Iggy-Koopa

The optimism around here is staggering.

@korosanbo People still do that whole 'first' thing? How quaint.

Can't wait for the 39 minute YouTube video from various people discussing this today.

I'm sure Nate is absolutely thrilled that someone is using his posts on an internet forum to make reports again.

@ComradeThom I think a lot of it is driven by this being Switch Pro Article#563, but yeah, the attitudes are laughable. There's a lot of users that hang here now just to post lame troll attempts, so I usually just slap an ignore on them.

This is coming, too much smoke now and if Bloomberg are hearing about this next progression in production then its pretty set. Yeah, they misfired on a revision when it was just redbox coming, but they nailed Switch Lite and there's just too much chatter about this for it not to be true.

People will still be disappointed, but there you go.

I still think there's more to this than people know, but hey, it's far more fun to whine about things and endlessly speculate about Nintendo's business practices (and it would appear that they are considerably richer than yaaaaaaau so......).

Anyways...... Yeah, doesn't make much sense. Moving on.

@SeantheDon29 If it fits the narrative then..... 🤷🏻‍♂️

After the last couple of years in particular, I've come to the conclusion that anyone that says "this is the worst thing to happen in gaming since" should always remember that anything, and I mean pretty much anything, that 'happens' in gaming is rarely worse than gamers themselves. Gamers are probably the worst thing to happen to gaming, like, ever.

So toxic.

@SeantheDon29 Budget. Artistic decisions. Punching that nostalgia button. Whatever.

Preorder cancelled!!!

Just kidding, imagine.

Anyways, wasn't this already known? I mean, it's no surprise anyways.

"No mention of Nintendo Switch yet".

Yeah, thanks for that.

@Anti-Matter I'm grabbing both

@Tempestryke You're just another irrational moaner, no surprise there either.

Oh dear....... I'm up for this.

Mumble mumble..... Joycon something...... Mumble mumble......

@Tempestryke Lol no, I'll die on this hill (right next to the blazing pyre of irrational detractors who didn't have any interest in this game yet feel the need to pull it and everything in its orbit down into the flames).

Anyone describing Skyward Sword as "an average Wii game" needs their head read.

Just let people be, their purchasing decisions have nothing to do with you nor affect you on any way.

Move on.

@Arkay Agreed. I have no idea why people take exception to this request, there are plenty of new players after all (moreso than the Wii U install base could muster).

Japan × cats = DEVASTATION.

Prepare yourselves for disappointed doomsayers.

I love how whenever a Direct gets announced, the lofty expectations follow soon after. I've played this game long enough to know better, lol.

No BotW 2, no Metroid Prime 4, no Bayonetta 3, no 'Switch Pro'.... That's my initial prediction right there, but I'm sure that there may be a slew of things that draw my interest.

It's been a long wait.

I've owned it, sold it on and am buying again for multiplayer with the kid and Bowser's Fury. Unexpectedly received the steel book as well, so bonus 👍🏻

"Development hell". "Vaporware". "Some other idiotic statement".

They run a tight ship.

Looking at how fast and hard the leaks come, it's hardly surprising.

@PBandSmelly The same people are playing pirated copies of games, then claiming that they had them on order anyway so it's okay. Or they never had them on order, and it's still okay because Nintendo/Sony/MS et al are biiiiig, baaaaad companies who forcibly take your hard earned cash for full-price retail games that they would rather steal.

Scrubs.

Good job I'm not I interested in anything these sadsacks will put out on YouNoob.

It will sell MILLIONS regardless 🙂

I'd be happy with a new model even if it was an incremental upgrade, my Switch isn't anywhere near its last legs but I sure do love me a shiny new toy.

Is is happening? Well, like I said elsewhere, that depends on a number of factors, but the current level of vanilla Switch sales says no (like the chances of Mario Kart 9 any time soon given current sales.of 8 DX).

Will Nintendo do it anyway? Ehh, who knows?

Nah, I'll skip it regardless.

There's plenty on the way, and we won't know a thing about them until they are near release.

As frustrating as that can be, and as counterintuitive a strategy it seems, that's just the way it is now.

You can partly thank all the so-called 'insiders' for that.

Do we need a Switch Pro? Yes and no. No, we don't necessarily need one, but yes, a few gains in performance and features would be a nice thing to have.

Does it make good business sense? Depends. It's not going to poke those 70 million Switch users in the eye, rather it will give some of them (myself included) a valid reason to upgrade sooner or later. New consumers then have a tier of models to choose from depending on budget, and all games will be scaled depending on which model you use (any other suggestions such as exclusives are ludicrous). Win-win.

Now..... Will it actually happen? Again, that really depends. If I was old school Nintendo, I'd be sat back rubbing my belly at all that dough I'm raking in while doing objectively very little. Then again, if I was one of the young bucks that are currently leading the charge (hopefully with my finger firmly on my pulse and nowhere near my arse), I'd be thinking in terms of keeping that momentum going in ways that don't rely purely on software (always a bit of a gamble in the current climate). A shiny new Switch that is capable of upscaling to 4K, has improved Joy-Cons, a display capable of doing VR justice etc..... That would be too much for a lot of people to resist.

Then again, Animal Crossing has proven that you don't need 4K and a buttload of games to conquer the world and is destined to be the next Skynet, so what the hell do I know

@Abeedo Let's let that whole line of thought just..... Drift away.

😎

My five year old just popped time big for this.

People really need to bare that in mind.

Ehh...... An easier pass than I thought it would be. Was hoping for more colour.

I don't see why people have such a stick up their butt about people having a stick up their butt regarding MK8 DX content. The VAST majority of people who own that game didn't own it on Wii U, so those of us that still play it AS WELL AS the people that are relatively new to it would eat up some new tracks/karts/racers, no doubt about that. The people that take issue with that desire are hypocrites at best.

In addition, Switch is unlikely to see a new entry any time soon given how well 8DX is selling.

@eltomo Pretty much all controllers I've owned have issues over time, I think the song and dance about joycon is that it seems to happen a little quicker. I'm still convinced it's as much about how people take care of their things as it is a design flaw.

@AlexSora89 It will likely be a mix of both, if anything at all.

I recognise that this is an issue, and I hope that everyone gets the compensation owed to them in the end.

However..... I do feel the need to agree with others who have had a Switch since day one, and have experienced little to no issues. I've had third party controllers develop drift before there's been so much as a twitch from either joycon, but I do tend to take very good care of my system (cleaning etc), so.....

Nintendo should offer to repair all affected controllers for free, or at least replace them if in warranty. I do hope that a more robust design or tweak is presented with any potential revisions this year, but until then there's as many YouTube videos showing how to clean and care for your controllers as there are ones complaining about drift.

It's an issue, but there are fixes.

@Maxz I love Tingle, and miss him dearly.

I'd still take a complete package (hurr hurr) of DS Tingle remakes for Switch.

Scalping should be made illegal.

I doubt that anything will be shown for Switch, cloud versions of other games perhaps, but the focus will be on Village here. I reckon all their attention will be on Monster Hunter for the foreseeable future.

@SeantheDon29 Oh, believe me (and you can, as I work in a setting that completely validates my opinions on the subject), you absolutely should be afraid of Covid. Put aside your personal safety for a second, and consider the wider impact on society as a whole. I know that may be hard for you, but give it a fair go for me. The virus is moving SO QUICKLY, that's it's thwarting almost every effort we make to get in front of it. It's mutations are now so rapid that younger generations are being struck down harder than before, 1500 people died in the UK alone yesterday, bringing the real world figure over 100,000 dead. This IS NOT the flu, it's much nastier and people are nowhere near protected enough at present for my colleagues to cope in their respective care settings. People are being asked to stay home for a reason, and while it is mostly the fault of the government for moving at a snails pace to tackle it head-on, it's equally the dingbats that decry such measures and refuse to comply with efforts such as social distancing and masking. PEOPLE'S ATTITUDES are equally to blame here, and tougher measures to ensure compliance are LONG OVERDUE. Call that what you will, but don't be surprised if, in turn, people lump you in with the absolute morons that you see on YouTube or whatever every single day. Let's all keep the world moving, and sacrifice just a bit more of our personal lives and freedom to ensure a rapid recovery from all of this nonsense. If we don't, you can 100% guarantee that this will go on for months, if not years, longer than anyone wants or anticipated.

My case. It is rested.

@Lordplops I mean, yeah, but still..... Why go all that way to walk your pooch? I mean, that's the very epitome of something that could be done locally, and I'm sure man's best friend doesn't m.....

Oooooooooh, I see.

3DS for me, specifically when the interchangeable face plates became a thing.

Wii a close second, something simple and clinical about that little white slab.

Mario Kart 8 DX has some looooong legs on it on my house.

They'd be even longer, if Nintendo bothered to add any more content 😏

Perhaps I can get some cheese to go with your whine, people.

Honestly...... It's not like NL should just keep quiet until there's a spit of game or console news to talk about.

They want you to engage, and it's working

@Fandabidozi Depends on the context really. I've known people to walk mile after mile for Pokémon Go, and that's hardly considered essential when you are supposed to keep very local to home when you are only supposed to be exercising. Given that people are prone to gathering in certain locations while playing too, and I can quite understand why someone would land in hot water for leaving their house in pursuit of Pokémon lol.

FWIW, if you are popping out for a Starbucks then that's hardly considered essential either! Get some bloody instant from your local shop and make do, yer hipsters.

I can't believe that people are still finding ways to interpret the rules to further their own ends at this stage, it's beyond ridiculous.

@Heavyarms55 Sadly, we are probably to many a case of such behaviour thanks to the internet.

Stay safe.

@FantasiaWHT Debatable. Regardless of how people try and interpret the rules, wandering 'round playing Pokémon Go is classed as a non-essential journey, and will undoubtedly lead to people eventually gathering in groups.

Oh, and you may need those police one day, so try not to **** them too hard.

Bit of unnecessary geek shaming in the original message perhaps?

But yes..... Lockdown is lockdown, regardless of your hobbies.

I'll wait for the inevitable Zelda or Monster Hunter version. Or perhaps the rumoured pro.

This is cool though.