Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour Receives Its First Update (Version 1.0.1)

theyre so ominous with the patch notes

Can't wait for the paid DLC

This game/tech demo has been pretty decent, I think.
It's a bit of fun and it can be interesting.
I think I've gone through most of it, but some of those higher-difficulty minigames can be pretty tough!
So, I look forward to checking out some more of this, and trying to overcome said minigames.

If they don't have a stability exhibition/secret, I'll cancel my wishlist (don't have a Switch 2 so I cannot buy it even if I want to).

@OctolingKing13 I hate them but I will take it over the stupid ones when like youtube updates and they're like "greasing the tubes that your videos go down" and I know someone on their team thinks it's SO CLEVER, but when literally every update is that it's just annoying.

Aw man, I’m definitely picking it up now!……said no one ever.

@ATMVF
The minigames never get better they don’t care about being fun they care about being infuriating, there’s dialogue that mentions that they were developed by a bullet hell fan and that explains everything.
They completely lack the Nintendo charm that makes me excited about the new features of the console the way Wii Sports or the minigames in Mario 64 DS did instead they feel like they had completely zero oversight and were made with the goal of attracting streamers with ragebait where they spend hours trying to get all the stars

An update for a paid tech demo. Laughable.

@SalvorHardin I find the mouse games in it fun, they remind me of the fly swatting mini game in Mario Paint.

@SalvorHardin Interesting points, and fair enough.
Where's this dialogue that mentions the minigames were developed by a bullet hell fan? I'm not doubting you, I'm just curious more than anything!
Or was it part of Welcome Tour and I forgot about it (possible!)?

@ATMVF Some of the dialogue in it really made me laugh like the person with a broad Northern England dialogue and the man and woman hiding under one of the Joycon sticks who you can barely see, whose dialogue was only "he he he... " The implication being they were up to something naughty under there.

Also like the little touches like being able to skate on the screen and falling over if you go too fast.

Very much disagree with comments that it's without charm. It was developed by Nintendo Cube (previously NDcube) who made Clubhouse Games/51 Worldwide Classics and they both share a very similar art style, soundtrack and humour which I enjoy a lot. They make a nice quirky pair.

I almost 100%ed it. Really enjoyed it actually.

@Suketoudara Ha, nice. I do recall having a few laughs at some of the dialogue. I can't recall the first instance you mentioned, but I do recall the latter exchange!

I agree with you, it definitely had some charm.
Sometimes I wished there were more minigames compared to quizzes, but I probably just need to focus more on the minigames, and perhaps just do the quizzes every now and then.

I didn't actually know that NDcube developed Welcome Tour, there you go! Cool.
That does remind me, because I did enjoy some of the dialogue exchanges in 51 Worldwide Classics, with the humour and such. Cool!

@Tangerine I have only 80%. I found it interesting and the demos and mini games were fun. (At least some.) and my toddler loved those to try things our especially the saw demo and the rumble hd 2 demo with the balls.

@ATMVF
It’s one of the random NPCs in the later areas I’ll have to dig around to find it again, they used something like “barrage” instead of “hell”.

I caved and bought it, but it’s pretty boring and should have been free! It’s NOT worth the money.

@cvrator That's the camera! 🤣

Which is so weird..because I may buy the camera if I can see what it can do you know...🤔😂

I hope they changed the colors of the UFOs in Dodge the Spiky Balls Parts 3 & 4. Its wild to me that games like Welcome Tour often reinforce the idea that Blue represents Left Joy Con and Red represents Right Joy Con, but this game sets Left as Red UFO and Right as Blue UFO.

This small detail completely confused me for which UFO my hand controls and I ended up switching Joy Cons to opposite hands to try to correct this.

@TKundNobody Awesome. I'd have preferred it came packaged with the switch but I must say I did feel i got my moneys worth. Really was rewarding learning just how specifically detailed and thought out the design is for every element of the console. They really have it refined other than an oled. Learned a lot from the previous generation.

And obviously presented the info in bite size easy to understand pieces.

Yeah it was fun and interesting:)

In my Opinion. If you're not gonna tellwhat the issues where, then why even do patch notes? For all the crap I give to ubisoft, but their patchnotes are fantastic. Listing the issues and even if they dont have a fix they thell you what solutions are planned. Nintendos patchnotes are practically useless..... But that's just my 2 cents. Atleast their games are fun (which is all that matters)

@Tangerine agree. But just as another NL-fan posted: if it where pack-in S2 would be more expensive and everybody would paid for it.

I can’t seem to find where there dialogue, it seems to have a lot of one-off dialogue that only happen after certain minigames or demos that you can’t repeat, the NPC mentioned the spike ball minigame being difficult and there was a reason for it then later popped up again mentioning the designer was a barrage game fan who thought it was a fun to make the mouse minigames like that.
@Kyloctopus
This would have gotten rooted out if they play tested it more or had more oversight but it’s like I said earlier it seems to delight in being infuriating, the two star medal requirements require near perfection and the secret third ones require perfection with no wiggle room I can’t even think of a Nintendo game that is quite like that outside of the hard/very hard story missions in F-Zero GX.
@TKundNobody
I think doing what they did was was a last minute call when Nintendo looked at the end product and realized it would turn off and annoy people and that’s the last thing you want as a first impression from a pack-in.

I hope they fixed the "find the strongest rumble 3" minigame as it's really a pain.

All the complaints for this are getting old. Nintendo engages in plenty of anti-consumer practices, but selling this thing was not one of them. I got more out of it than most legit 10 euros games I've bought.

Yes, it's a digital museum with minigames. I like the concept and enjoyed it a whole lot. If you think that 6-7 hours in a digital museum are boring, then save your 10 bucks for, I dunno, renting a 2-hour movie or something.

I downloaded it and had low expectations. But after playing it I can only assume that the low reviews are mostly because of Nintendo charging money for it. It is a fun well-rounded experience.

Oh it’s for completing the quizzes guy talks to you and mentions certain tidbits but it takes a lot of them to get this one:
“ You may recall when I brought up the minigame Dodge the Spiked Balls. I mentioned it was designed by a staff member who's really into bullet-barrage games. Which is fine! But the problem is, I think the designer likes that sort of game too much...and went a little overboard. Part four is really, really hard! Its designer said the difficulty is what makes it so fun. So, I guess what I'm saying is... Dodge the Spiked Balls part 4 is the toughest challenge you'll find at this exhibition. So be ready for it! Oh, but if you're really struggling with it, try handing the second controller to a friend. It can actually be played with two players!“

I bought it because my daughter wanted it. $10 is nothing if it makes her happy. All the people triggered about this make me laugh. Nobody is forcing you to buy it.

No excuse for it not being FREE.

@undeadly can you please explain your thought process when you say "Nobody is forcing you to buy it"? I can't get my head around folks who think this fixes anything about the problems people complain about. Like for example, there's an influencer who's considered a bad example for children and then some people think it fixes the problem when they say "but nobody's forced to watch". Like WTF?

its a joke, this game should be as free game, rediculous

And here I thought for moment Nintendo first party game would become a full Switch 2 cart update.

@beartown let's see. people are complaining it isn't free and that it's just a tech demo anyway. well, if it's just a tech demo to you anyway, then why does it matter if it's free or not? people are complaining just to complain. buy it or don't, stop complaining

@nusco exactly. people are complaining because they need something to complain about. my daughter and i got $10 worth out of it easy

I bought the game on release and it really is a neat little tech demo with a lot of cool information. The mini games are fine, but even after finishing it, I still believe it should have been free.

There were so many little moments reading through the information boards where I was like "Wow, I wish I didn't have to spend $10 to learn about this."

@cvrator There is a paid DLC and it is massive. You need a 4K display which supports HDR, a ProController or a battery Grip for the GL and GR buttons and a WebCam to play everything. I guess they show Amiibo there, too, so get one, too

@undeadly The seething is absolutely hilarious...I can feel their veins popping out in their heads.

@SalvorHardin I think the hardest thing Nintendo has put in a game would be New Super Mario Bros. 2’s “Impossible” Coin Rush DLC. I’ve put a ton of time trying to beat these 3 levels consecutively, as required, but I couldn’t ever finish the last level.

Nightmare Mode in Spiky Balls was hard, but it still took me fair bit under 2 hours to get 30 stars once you have a few tips up your sleeve.

Im ok with this game, it could use a couple of quality of life enhancements though.

The fact it locks me out if i start a mouse minigame by accident with the pro controller forcing me to get up and enable the joycon is aggravating. Not game breaking, but reminds me of the old days with wired controllers or multidisc titles. It breaks the experience.

@Geit_de Well, I bought all of these regardless, so not really paid for me. Also, who doesnt have atleast a 4k tv? They are like $100 for cheap large ones now. About the same as a game

@undeadly because technical demo should be free?

@undeadly If you enjoyed it for $10 then wouldn't you have enjoyed it as a a free pack in even more. The very essence of this game screams "here's something to show off all the cool features for a new consoles that most games won't even utilize yet". It's a neat experience, so why not enable that for everyone bypreinstalling it and having it be the first experience with the console? I don't get why anyone would want to spend more money on a product and defend a company for charging for it.

@dePaige22 of course free would be better. i never, anywhere, said i would rather pay for it. however, it isn't free, and i'm not going to whine and complain about it like so many others continue to do. it's $10, pay for it or don't

@Runex2121

> so, who doesnt have atleast a 4k tv? They are like $100 for cheap large ones now

Ah, so I have to dump my old tv? Ohj, wait. I am playing on a monitor. And in FullHD. Not only Switch, but also PS5. Fun Fact. I know many people playing ps5 and switch. but noone has a 4K display of any kind.

@Geit_de Thats really odd sounding to me. I honestly cant fathom why people would play on a monitor in full hd over even a cheap 4k tv.
I dont even think I could find a non 4k tv these days. Monitors, yes, but consoles arent meant for monitors.
I can only imagine you must be very young.

@Runex2121 Because they have the display a home and don´t see a point in throwing it away just to buy a new one.

Would you dump your three year old petrol car, just because there is a new electric version of it? This isn´t even a proper example, because many people would to depending on home charging and mileage.

And no. I am for sure not very young. I am probably much older than you.