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Wonder what other first party games will get some sorta Switch 2 updates...would love to see it for Mario Party Superstars too

over 3" thick though...

I ordered a matte glass screen protector before the Switch 2 even came out, and immediately put it on before even powering it up for the first time...

Lack of HD Rumble support on 3rd party controllers is still a real shame, and also inability to turn on the Switch 2 remotely (though maybe that'll come later, since at least SOME 3rd party Switch 1 controllers can wake it)

Pretty much since 3DS it was never advisable to go online or update a system you used a flash cart with or otherwise modified to pirate games...

It's fun after a GP or online races and you want a break...or just to find new challenges and race around tributes to old courses before finding the next impossible P-switch to attempt over and over.

I'm just playing at 150cc, which clears all slower speeds if you beat that level.

I dug up an old Logitech webcam and plugged it into one of the USB-A ports on the side of my dock and poof, it works just as well. Anyone interested in trying video Game Chat should try whatever random webcams they might have laying about first, at least until there's a higher-res piranha camera

Wish they'd redeem themselves by updating this for Switch 2...

Delivery people do this to us sometimes, but that's to avoid walking up the steps of our tall stoop...this guy just didn't want to walk a few steps down a flat path?!

Eh, I basically only play on 150cc and have for the past few Mario Karts...when I tried 200cc I felt like it broke a lot of the courses which were designed around the other classes.

Does this fix the bug where the right joy-con can't pair as a horizontal controller?

You had me at pinballvania...also comparing it to Yoku's, which I loved.

I'd imagine even normal Switch games that do not get updates will run smoother on Switch 2 just because it has more power, and it feels like the dev kit for Switch 1 must have been running at a slightly higher clock speed than our retail Switches, which is why so many 3rd party games would have to send out performance patches for unexpected issues once their games launched. Also, as you can find on YouTube, overclocking the Switch fixes A LOT of performance issues in Switch 1 games, including Link's Awakening.

Maybe with more RAM reserved for the system it can keep something like the eshop or Nintendo Online app open in the background rather than always relaunching them. Also, as fun as folders were when they were finally added into the Switch 1, I wish there were better ways to sort your games, like by genre or year too.

@HeroEightBit The reason would be so that everyone's battery is protected from capacity loss due to full charging cycles. Some electric cars do this, where the "100%" reported by the car is actually lower so there's no way to harm the battery by fully charging it. This software option is helpful, but still means if you try to, or do not set it, you'll charge up to 100%, which wears on a battery more than stopping earlier.

As long as I can transfer over my Mii icon again I'll be happy

Boooo, this has all the problems of needing to insert a physical card, without any of the benefits of games you buy digitally and have downloaded onto the system. Just means more games I will never buy physically.

NO, absolutely no reason whatsoever. If I want to buy a game physically, I want the game on the cart, otherwise I'd just assume buy it digitally.

Mario/Luigi's new eyes are freaking me out though

Mario and Luigi's eyes are kinda crazy looking in the updated icons...

I'd like to get a decently sized MicroSD Express card, but they basically do not exist

I'm currently considering ideas that include keeping my joy-cons and passing the console itself onto someone else...who gets a Switch, but just needs to buy their own JoyCons for it

Good list of games to just buy digitally, thanks!

I get this idea basically for one purpose: buying a gift for someone, otherwise if I'm buying something physically, I want the game on the cart!

Only took about 2 hours last night of reloading lots of tabs...Walmart never let me through their queue and Target's site was so messed up, I couldn't put in my address or payment info and then it was sold out. Finally around 12:30am I got into the Best Buy queue, sat there until about 2am when it told me sold out. After picking my local store for pickup AGAIN, it put me into the queue and then I was able to order the system bundle for launch day pickup (or midnight?)

Hopefully this is a mistake/oversight and it'll get updated to reflect support for cloud saves..makes zero sense for a new launch game like DK to not support cloud save backups!

In MK8 you can also dodge a Blue Shell if you had just gotten hit moments before and are still in the middle of recovering.

I really hope Switch 1 games will run at 1080p in handheld on Switch 2 since they already have that rendering/output mode built in without any update...the Switch 2 would just have to run them in their docked mode.

Why can't they manage to match the Nintendo camera? You can get 1080p webcams off Amazon for $10 or less, maybe someone else will make a cute camera for the Switch 2, otherwise I may just buy something random and test it out instead

Still better than having to use a phone app. I wonder if there will be a mode for JUST video chatting with people, outside of a game that might then work at a higher framerate/larger videos of people, would be fun when trying to decide what to play, or for afterward.

They should license this out so 3rd party controllers can actually support HD Rumble this time around

Yay, button remapping and rewind...now I just hope they let us do SINGLE BUTTON REWIND, aka allow us to remap a button to be rewind, like L, which is rarely if ever used on N64 anyway

So does it emulate "docked" mode and render Switch 1 games at 1080p while in handheld mode on the Switch 2?!?

Can anyone answer this question: does Mario Kart still have assist settings for steering/acceleration?

This should be free and included with every Switch 2...like Wii Sports!

But will Switch 1 games play at 1080p in handheld now that the screen can support that??

SOLD, this is adorable and will look way cuter sitting there on our TV stand compared to the official one.

I'm sad I missed out on the DKC theme last time around, and a couple from a year or so ago that still have yet to show up in the shop...wish they'd offer them

@Wisestfool Damn, I missed that, really have never noticed it on sale since it launched and became part of the Online Expansion subscription

You know, if they ever even once discounted the Mario Kart DLC, I'd have bought it outright by now...

All the more reason to buy it digitally I guess?

Isn't there a top USB-C port on Switch 2 already, so you wouldn't have to flip it around like that...

So it SAYS to wishlist now, but it's not in the eshop yet...

They should launch it at two price points, an LCD and OLED at launch...otherwise, like I did with the first Switch, I'll just stick with my launch day console throughout the lifespan. But I would be willing to pay more initially for OLED if that was offered.

Shame I can't even wishlist this on the US eshop...

I would much rather they stick with the smaller Switch case sizes instead of using more-standard DVD/Bluray cases like everyone else... or maybe even smaller like the 3DS/DS cases, it's not like the games are any bigger inside

Nice, glad they're adding some more racers into the N64 roster...would be amazing if we ever got Diddy Kong Racing, but I'd take Beetle Adventure Racing or Automobili Lamborghini if they're looking for suggestions

Nope Did not hear anything about a waitlist, but I can't imagine I'd get into that either...I'm sure demand was incredibly high and they seemingly only want to do these demos for a couple days.

Mario Kart is the best game for introducing kids to video games, you can pick any character, any kart/bike combinations, and still enable the steering and acceleration assists independently for each player. Our daughter can play as Princess Peach or Cat Peach and doesn't get frustrated because she drove off a cliff over and over.