Max_the_German

Is the Japanese box of the same size as the Western one? If so, these pictures are misleading, because the Japanese text and pictures would be quite small. I like the big logo on the Western cover!

@Skunkfish Native NS1 games will probably benefit from the higher clocks. But will Nintendo implement „NS1 docked resolution in NS2 handheld mode“? And if so, will it be done by whitelisting or blacklisting?

@Solid_Python Square Enix is an exception, right.

PlayStation is still king for other publishers. I don’t see this to change anytime soon.

@Bizzyb Astral Chain would be nice, but it isn’t developed by a Nintendo studio, so my hopes are quite low.

I‘m surprised not to see Animal Crossing and Luigi‘s Mansion 3 in wave 1. For Xenoblade Chronicles X, I think we will get a Switch 2 Edition in December.

Edit: And Paper Mario TTYD also not being in wave 1 is disappointing.

120 fps for NS1 games seems pretty unlikely to me. But I must admit, I‘m surprised that NS1 games get HDR!

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet with 60 FPS will be transformative. (All other games already aim for 60 fps on NS1.)

So THAT‘S why Nintendo needed 3 GB of RAM for its OS.

I‘d rather get native NS2 remasters, with high resolutions, framerates, LoD, and modern controls.

@babybilly I’ve also read that 64 GB is the only option - right now. These cartridges would cost 16 USD, and those with lower capacity and lower price are not available yet. For a third-party game like CP2077 with almost 64 GB acceptable, but not for smaller releases with a lower price point.

Baseball, huh?

@Elitepatriot They say it wouldn’t feel like Nintendo EPD quality, with something lacking, but they can’t say what it is.

Oh yeah, the more text, the higher its quality.

I prefer shorter text. THE LAST METROID IS IN CAPTIVITY. THE GALAXY IS AT PEACE…

@Alcea The risk is real, but I don’t buy games I don’t love to play just for „supporting“ a franchise.

My excitement for Bananza is fairly limited, after mixed hands-on impressions of 3D platform fans.

„I‘ll play my backlog“, „I‘ll wait longer for discounts“

BS! I‘m old enough to know that people and their habits only gradually change, and it’s even harder with passionate hobbies.

Most of you will still preorder, be it physical or digital games, and then put them on your (virtual) shelves, making your backlog pile even higher.

For significantly changing habits, these price increases are simply not high enough!

The JP box art is the most aesthetically pleasing box art I‘ve ever seen.

@NeonPizza We probably won’t see NS1 games running on NS2 with resolutions higher than 1080p.

Because 1080p is the highest resolution of the NS1 SDK, and I would be very surprised if Nintendo would raise this limit with its latest NS1 SDK just for improving these games on NS2. Because for that, Nintendo could port them directly to NS2, and this doesn’t seem to be the case with this 12 games.

I think that these 12 games will mainly get resolution updates to run natively 1080p both on handheld and docked on NS2.

33 % „Absolutely not“: And in reality? I‘d guess most of them will buy physically as they did before.

Nintendo knows its customers better than they know themselves.

@FirMatt And for 120 DM I got a 50 Hz version, i.e. it was running at 16.7 fps. But it was a revelation nevertheless!

@FirMatt I paid 120 Deutschmark for Ocarina of Time back in the day. It‘s not that far away from today’s prices!

I don’t get it, please correct me if I’m wrong:

• Games which are installed: visible in the library, both in the old and the new system
• Games which aren’t installed: hidden in the old system under eShop - Account, hidden in the new system as described in the article

???

I thought the teal-coloured icon means „This VGC is virtually put into this console“.

@Nlife: Please test and explain the „Online License“ system, I still don’t get it.

• Do you activate it for the specific console or for the account?
• What happens if you have a VGC injected and running with a Switch which is online, and then you start the game from another Switch via „Online License“? Will the Switch with the VGC shut down the game?

„If Johnny Silverhand‘s mind fits on a cartridge, CP2077 certainly fits on one as well“, thought CDPR.

Hogwarts and FC have great Switch sales numbers. With NS2 becoming more „mainstream gaming“ than the previous systems, I see that third -party games will become more important for Nintendo, both from a strategic and financial perspective.

I want to praise Nintendo here: Most PS5 games could be played with a standard PS4 DualShock controller, but Sony doesn’t allow this and forces the PS5 owners to buy new, expensive PS5 DualSense controllers.

NS2 accepts all NS1 controllers. This puts the prices for NS2 and PS5 for owners of the previous systems into perspective.

Here in Germany it was so easy to order my NS2 at Mediamarkt online, I hadn’t to hurry at all. I must admit, now Mediamarkt stopped the preorder process.

@SillyG Yes, this mouse would be recognised as a standard right NS2 Joy-Con, which is „always detached“. Unfortunately, you can’t use a standard Bluetooth or USB mouse, because it lacks the four face buttons you will certainly need for most games (MP4 needs them).

I‘d love to see an official NS2 Mouse.

Nintendo made the Japan-only version too cheap, 50k Yen are only 310 EUR. The international version costs 70k = 430 EUR.

Nintendo should have offered the Japan-only version as a Mario Kart bundle for 65k, this would have created a demand which fits to the actual supply.

One of the beat lineups in video game history. And Metroid Prime 4 is missing yet!

I‘m getting rude here: As long as I read comments like „My backlog (aka pile of shame) is so huge“ and „My copy is still sitting untouched on my shelf, perhaps I will try it next weekend“, 80 bucks/quids/whatever doesn’t seem to be an unreasonable price to me. Like many people, I have more money than free time playing video games.

@TrueBlueYoshi VRR presents the framerate on the screen in which it is rendered in the computer/console, and especially also odd framerates.

So if your game is rendered in e.g. 40 fps and displayed on a standard 60 Hz screen without VRR, the screen will show two new picures and a pause, two new pictures and a pause, … It visibly stutters!

With VRR, this display can‘t only show 60 Hz, but (in theory, simplified) all lower values, and this highly dynamically. Therefore no pauses: It doesn’t stutter.

This technology is especially useful for a device like NS2 with its limited performance compared to the upcoming big PS5 ports, because it makes playing these games much less of a pain in sections with bad framerates (< 30 fps).

@Discostew Fully agree to your description! The HDMI chip has not enough bandwidth, and HDMI VRR is not implemented yet (while the internal display uses Nvidia‘s superior G-Sync).

In the end, it will be a solution like „HDMI 2.1 feature set, but not fulfilling the minimal 2.1 bandwidth“.

Play Gris!

Play Portal!

And play Dungeons of Dreadrock!
The best 8/10 I‘ve played in a long time.

The GameCube was the last no-gimmick console from Nintendo. And while it wasn’t a huge success commercial-wise, some of its games were crucial for today’s Nintendo‘s identity: Smash Melee, Pikmin, Luigi‘s Mansion, Metroid Prime, Animal Crossing.

It‘s the games that define the identity, not gimmicky controls and displays!

And Sony lost the connection to its PS1/PS2 legacy, because it transformed SCE to SIE, from a Japanese company with (sometimes quirky) Japanese games to a California-based „Sad Dad and Live Service Games“ company.

If „Legacy“ means stripped down versions of the PS5 games, that’s actually great.

If it means pimped PS4 games, no thank you!

@Nlife: Please be careful with the wording.

„Nintendo Switch Online App“
is still the smartphone app for me, even though it‘ll be renamed to „Nintendo Switch App“ with the NS2 launch.

To avoid confusion, please use a more distinct name without the confusing „app“,
„NSO menu“ or something.

Edit: Also the term „Switch Online retro game“ could be avoided, the new name is „Nintendo Classics“.

What is its size in football fields?

In 1999, I bought Ocarina of Time for 119 DM, which is 60.84 EUR. With the inflation in Germany between 1999 and today, this resembles a today’s price of 98.70 EUR.

70 EUR is reasonable! (Even if it’s no Ocarina of Time)

I can understand the general pricing for NS2 and its games.

BUT: NS2 Welcome Tour not bundled, BotW DLCs not included? That’s this little bit too much.

Looks like an instant classic to me.

@CheapCheepBeach Nobody stops you from buying an Xbox Series S instead. It seems that Nintendo is doing something much better, and therefore you pay for it.

DK is rolling up warm.

I‘ve never played a Fetishmania, should maybe try this one.

A launch lineup without a proper new Mario or Zelda can’t be considered a good lineup. And quantity DOESN‘T matter here!

Super Mario 64 was a revelation.

This is just another entertainer, it’s his job. So why jumping through every hoop?

How loud are the fans?

@RupeeClock With the „NS1 docked mode with NS2 handheld“: Nintendo would probably solve this with a whitelist. Only tested and appeoved games would run with the enhanced resolution. And games like Pokemon Let’s Go will just not be included!

@Cliffj More like fools seldom differ 😬