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Such a good price in Japan for the Switch 2. Only 10,000 yen more than the PSOne sold for 30 years ago. I would expect if they got the same price we did that the response would be much more muted.

The box art is glorious… because it has no download/keycard warning banner.

Wasn’t sure how much I wanted this one until the direct! Preordered from Costco because it’s cheaper there. This will be my first Switch 2 cartridge unless BOTW or TOTK get a discount before its release.

I want to put a screen protector on but I’m afraid if I ever have to remove it the film may also come off. That would kind of defeat the purpose.

None of the above

PSOne will always have a special place in my heart, it rekindled my love of gaming at a time I thought I might be done. But since then not much they’ve done has appealed to me. I thought the PS2 was weak graphically, only used PS3 for blu-ray and haven’t looked back. These days the only reason I can see to get PS5 is for western AAA games that don’t appeal to me. Now, if they had Nintendo games I would have one. Seems like pretty great hardware for the money. All I need are Nintendo heavy hitting titles, a few great Japanese 3rd party titles running well, and awesome indie games.

Loving playing Switch games on Switch 2. It may be time to finally open my copy of Disaster Report. Need to pick up a copy of Bakeru. Thanks for this list!

"When was the first time you played No Man's Sky?" Last night, haha. I think I'll get into it, but I really wish western developers would take the time to understand how Nintendo makes gyro controls great. The right stick is for large camera movements and the gyro controls are for precision. Just look at Splatoon and copy that system. I'm also kind of surprised that all the menus really seem to revolve around an on screen pointer. It's not a good experience but at least they could make it work with the joycon mouse. UI is an art form that so many developers haven't figured out.

I was really looking forward to the Switch Pro for many years. I just wanted my library to run that much better. Just a consistent 1080p/60 on every game. Switch 2 brought that and rekindled my interest in a lot of games I already have. The launch lineup isn’t really for me, but I have plenty to play and am looking forward to DK, Metroid, and the next Direct! So glad we are finally here!

Just got my cartridge right before I saw this. Looking forward to playing this game tonight. I don’t think either of these issues will affect me, but glad to hear they’re likely to sort it out quickly. Not being a big fan of racing games this will be the first thing I really sink my teeth into on Switch 2!

@JJtheTexan Send those joycons in for repair/replacement while it’s still free! I have, twice.

“While the Pro Controller didn't suffer in the same way” - My TWO drifting Pro controllers beg to differ. I don’t believe I’ve ever replaced a controller before going back to the NES so I don’t think it’s me.

The back paddles on the 8bitDo controllers don’t map to GL and GR. Not a major problem, but it would be really nice if it was an option. That way we could have per game and per using settings for the paddles without having to go back to the ultimate software every time. I submitted this idea to 8bitDo and they said they’d consider it. If you want to see this feature send them an email supporting the idea.

Cool! Hope it’s better than Blossom Tales. Something just didn’t click on that one for me.

Back paddles are great. I’ve found a lot of gameplay uses for them previously. I’m hoping developers will start mapping suggested uses to them in their games because I often switch the commands around a few times before finding a good setup.

It’s no Daytona USA, but I was blown away playing the PS1 version at a Sony event prior to launch in Japan. I thought I was done with gaming but the Ridge Racer port and Toshinden convinced me to get a PS1. These days I find racing games too repetitive and Ridge Racer is probably one of the worst offenders there. Don’t see myself picking this up, but it seems promising that Arcade Archives is moving into this era of arcade games. Now if only they could find a way to do Gunbullet! Wonder if it would be fun with mouse control. Probably not.

The 8bitdo Ultimate Bluetooth has been my go to since my 2nd Switch Pro Controller developed drift. I was planning to hold out on the new controller, but with Costco selling them for $75 right now (and no guarantee they will keep stocking them for the long term) I grabbed one. Haven’t opened it yet. With all the positivity around it though I probably will. Having GL and GR supported on a per game per account basis will be nice.

@macaron35 That’s frustrating. I’ve written their support twice and no response.

The files were linked on reddit and I found the one I needed but by the time I got home all the links were dead. I emailed 8bitdo support almost a full day ago and haven't heard back, but apparently a lot of people DID get the new firmware from them so I wrote again.

I never bought an OLED so the screen looks great to me. All my games play better, which is what I had been hoping for from a Switch Pro a few years back, but with this I know bigger and better games are coming. So for now it's my Switch Pro and when the new heavy hitters come out it will finally be a Switch 2.

I tried unsuccessfully to get my Ultimate Bluetooth to connect. Updated the firmware to 1.10 but that didn’t help. I wrote to them. This article gives me hope it’ll come soon.

It only offsets the cost of game development if people buy them…

All the official Switch controllers I’ve had developed drift. Nintendo fixed the joycons but not the pro controllers. I’m not buying any more until I know they’re decently reliable. Unfortunately my 8bitdo Ultimate controller doesn’t work with Switch 2 right now. Hopefully it will get an update.

I had been playing Nier Automata on Switch and in one location with a waterfall in a building it would chug. On Switch 2 I couldn’t get it to stutter at all.

Always intended to pick this up on sale but never did. Grabbed one now. Didn't know it was lacking gyro controls before, that would have been a deal breaker so I'm glad I waited. The major retailers don't have it anymore. Wonder if it will get reprinted.

I know it’s a marketing video, I should not be this hyped!

I loved my Switch Pro Controller but it finally developed drift. Then I got another and it developed drift. Now I have an 8bitdo Ultimate. I love everything about it other than the lack of HD rumble. I’m tempted to get a Switch 2 Pro Controller, but Nintendo hasn’t earned my trust enough for me to take a chance at the price they’re asking. I’d need to add on a warranty and then we are probably talking about $100 all in. I’ll wait. I’m tempted to try my hand at adding Hall effect sticks to my old pro controllers.

Recently replaced the swollen battery in my day 1 switch that rarely leaves its dock. Wish Nintendo had allowed the thing to work without a battery for the future. This old unit will move to my desk to make room for Switch 2 in the living room. Some day years from now it will get hacked.

If it hadn’t been for all the Switch Pro rumors I MIGHT have picked up a 2nd Switch to play Splatoon with my daughter, but now we will have that chance.

Put a screen protector on my day 1 switch and forgot about it. But kind of feel like I don’t really need one this time. The point of a screen protector is that if you get a scratch or crack you can remove it and the screen is fine. But in this case it seems likely the film will also come off. What then?

Mistake for sure. I don’t pay much attention to MS and Sony, but from what I’ve heard they’ve been abandoning exclusivity. Nintendo would be unwise to follow them with demand for their brand new console super high precisely because of their exclusive games. Selling another million copies of a Xenoblade game won’t make or break anything for them.

I’ve got 2 Switch Pro controllers with drift. I’m tempted to try and replace the sticks with Hall effect. It might be a fun project, but it’s more than I want to invest in something that might or might not work out. Now I mostly use an 8bitdo ultimate and am pretty happy with it other than the lack of hd rumble. I’m not buying a Switch 2 pro controller until I’m fairly confident the sticks are much higher quality.

Yikes! My heartfelt condolences to anyone affected by this. That really sucks.

One week! Can’t wait.

@DiamondJim While that might be the case it may also be that smaller cartridges wouldn’t be any cheaper due to the new technology. Hopefully the price will come down as more cartridges are made.

It was a cool game, but didn’t have enough variety for me. I kept it for a few years and then sold it off. Glad it’s getting an update for people still playing it.

Just picked it up in a sale and waiting for it to arrive. Not sure it really needs it, but a switch 2 patch would always be welcome as I won’t be playing it right away.

I have a bad memory for entertainment. It’s a blessing really. I can replay games and only have vague memories of them. But when people start talking specifics about them I have no idea after a few years even though I beat them.

I go back and forth between movies and gaming. Switch 2 hype has put me into gaming mode. Funny thing is, similar to the previous commenter, I started up my WiiU and finished Windwaker HD. Then I brought out my 3DS and have been playing Majora’s Mask for the first time. I would’ve played them on Switch if they were there though.

As others have said, what matters are the games. We are likely to see some amazing new experiences from the best developer in the world with hardware more powerful than anything they’ve developed on before. If I cared about 4K/120 with all the latest graphics tech then I would spend $2k+ on a gaming PC and upgrade it often. But then I wouldn’t have Nintendo’s latest games, so what’s the point?

Recently finished up Windwaker on WiiU and broke out the 3DS to finally give Majora’s Mask a try.

Just in time for LRG to announce every Shantae game coming to Switch 2 just like they did with PS5. Glad I sold my copy of Pirate’s Curse while it was still worth something.

I’m not the biggest fan of western AAA games so I won’t be picking this up. I wish others would take this advice though, I was looking forward to checking out Elden Ring but it may as well not exist now.

A lot of interesting comments here. I find myself more interested in gaming news than actual gaming a lot of times. But in my very limited free time I go back and forth between movies and games. I’m in a gaming mood at the moment, which means I’ve put in about 3 hours of gaming in the past week. A lot of the Switch generation was spent building up a library of physical games on sale that I mostly didn’t have time to play. I’m getting switch 2 out of excitement for better performance (hopefully on some of those Switch 1 games I haven’t played yet) along with the next big Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Pikmin, etc.

With prices going up and fewer games actually on cartridge I will be slowing WAY down on purchases. I’m still open to sales, but if it isn’t on the cartridge I probably won’t buy. Who knows if the servers will even be up when I get around to playing?

“people expect games that are ever more ambitious and therefore expensive to develop”

Do they though? Does every game need to be some massive AAA game? Do we even really need more than a couple of those a year? The indie game scene is hot, and they don’t generally have crazy budgets. Maybe “get gud” at making games instead of pushing slightly better graphics over gameplay. I was listening to Digital Foundry talk about path tracing in the new Doom game and how you really have to look closely to see the difference between that and the ray tracing version. How much development cost is going into that and how many more sales will it lead to?

In a way this higher pricing will really make most gamers think twice about which games they REALLY want to own. Especially when they’re digital and can’t be resold.

They really need to hide games above the allowed rating level when parental controls are active. Not much of an issue for me anymore, but when my kids were younger some of the title images were a bit much for little kids. Not 100% sure anymore but I think titles like Doom and Diablo were the ones I didn’t really want to have front and center when they turned on the console due to scary looking demons. It would be pretty simple just to hide them and then show them when the parental controls are disabled.

Sucks to get laid off. Hope everyone will end up in a better situation.

Zelda will probably always be number one. I’m actually finishing up Windwaker HD on WiiU at the moment. I was really happy when they announced we’d get a new Zelda of some type every year. It sucks that the Warriors games are part of that rotation, especially after the mediocre Echoes of Wisdom. Hopefully next year we will get something cool. Not expecting a new mainline entry for a few more years, but anything is better than a Warriors game.

Not worth it. Plus the Switch 2 will mark the first time we’ve had two Switches in the house so maybe we can play some Splatoon together.

My battery expanded at one point and caused some damage to the backplate. I eventually opened the Switch and replaced it, but the process was not easy and some screws got stripped and didn’t get put back. Some of the work would definitely be noticed and I’d get even less than $125. Maybe enough for a new pro controller if I was lucky. I’d rather keep it around and one day use it as a replacement for my PSP as a retro gaming machine.

I think part of the record interest in Japan has to do with the price. 50,000 yen seems paltry. I haven’t been there for a long time, but when I bought my original PlayStation in Tokyo in ‘94 it was 40,000 yen.

@Zeebor15 Maybe because the yen is so weak they’re lowering the cost by doing key cards there.