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@Vyacheslav333 Although NoA and NoE are already just subsidiaries of Nintendo Co. Ltd, so IDK how it would go through with Nintendo Co. Ltd. choosing to operate them themselves?

@Vyacheslav333 Well, you might be right there

@Vyacheslav333 What if it ends up being game release-related stuff Nintendo Co. Ltd. starts taking over for both Nintendo of America and Nintendo of Europe (also including Nintendo Australia) while they both still get to make their own decisions for other things?

@jesse_dylan With the extra power the Switch 2 is set to get, it appears as if it will help it run smoother and better than on Switch

@WhensDinner You have to pay for shipping on physical rewards from My Nintendo Rewards

@PoeTheLizard If they also bring the My Nintendo Store to the Switch 2 as its storefront, there’d be more you could spend your platinum points on, like those physical rewards (varying by Nintendo Account/MNS region, but you’d have to pay for shipping) and then also to buy themes and music we would want playing in the Switch 2’s home menu

@Vyacheslav333 Wait. What would even happen if Nintendo Co. Ltd. chose to just operate NoA and NoE themselves instead of just letting them do what they want?

@Vyacheslav333 Italy and Spain are also options. Even Belgium

And to add for such Switch 2 "universal store that operates almost akin to the AppStore in that titles displayed will run on the hardware you’re navigating the store on" with different sections for Switch and Switch 2, I’m pretty sure that would already be the My Nintendo Store (as well as having extra selections like purchasing hardware, accessories, other merchandise, and even the My Nintendo Rewards), so they could use that as the Switch 2 eShop and add some extra features if they wanted to

Unless the universal store part refers to something else

@SwitchForce One thing they should bring to the Switch 2 eShop: Rating/review features

@Vyacheslav333 Where would they even move NoE offices to if they considered it? The Netherlands? United Kingdom? France?

I’d say crackdown with AI games and clones of games

Not sure about how filters could end up working if they also bring those over to the Switch 2 eShop

Merry Christmas to everyone at NintendoLife!

Here’s to an amazing new year!

@HeadPirate If Nintendo adds an update to Alarmo that makes #$@%* Dudes Be #$@%* Sleepin play if you don’t wake up after 20 minutes with Pearl representing it, I’ll probably consider buying one in the future

Switch 2 reveal is getting closer…

How long until it’s finally announced

@Lady_Galadhiel Doesn’t look like Nintendo will need to take a long time to release the Switch 2 after the announcement

If anything, the announcement and reveal could be the same event

We’re reaching the end of 2024, and no Switch 2 news other than backwards compatibility with Switch games and NSO coming over has been announced. Now it just leaves us wondering when it will be announced when will it come out, and what could be the price.

If the Switch 2 is gonna have a similar release timeframe as the Switch, 4-5 months, then it will probably come out near the end of the first half of 2025. For example, if the Switch 2 gets revealed in January, with a showcase in March or April, then it would leave it to get released in May or June.

But then since there are already many Switch 2 units manufactured and ready to get sent to stores, we might actually see it in March or April, but that could probably be a short amount of time to market it after a January reveal (it would only be 2 months from the time of announcement to release). A January reveal and March release could also have the reveal and showcase as one full event rather than separate ones.

And then release timeframes are also getting shorter these days, like Apple releasing new products only weeks after revealing them, so no surprise if Nintendo only has 2-3 months of marketing the Switch 2 after it gets revealed. If they do a January reveal and release it in February, I’m pretty sure it would already start selling out fast.

Now for the price: It’s pretty likely Switch 2 will be more expensive than the Switch with the extra power it’s set to have, as well as other things that can jack up the price. Probably somewhere at $399 or $449. But with you-know-who becoming president of the US soon, he also has plans to put tariffs on products imported from countries like China or Vietnam, so this could lead to the Switch 2’s price in the US being somewhere at $499, $549 or $599. We’ll just have to wait and see what they price it at, especially if the price is low before tariffs start being implemented and depending on how the tariffs get implemented, if they do.

@shgamer Switch 2 units might also be produced in Vietnam, kinda like how Switch units are currently being produced there

@Atomic77 Nintendo doesn’t want to ruin the Switch’s last major holiday season, so they’re waiting until after the holiday season ends to announce the Switch 2

@PikaPhantom With that in mind, is there a chance Nintendo decides to release the Switch 2 sometime between September and November

@Ulysses Nintendo can announce the Switch 2 in January and release it early February and it would already sell out really fast, especially since we’re all pretty aware of it now

Nintendo games are really pushing through this holiday season (Well, at least in the UK. I wonder what the results are in countries like the US and Japan).

Now it’s just a matter of seeing how many units have been sold, because it looks as if the Switch’s last major holiday is coming out to be successful

@Spider-Kev It’s probably British English

@LavenderGloom In all seriousness, if the leaks are anything to go by, then it appears as if Nintendo is pulling a PlayStation and calling it the Switch 2

@LavenderGloom Hear me out: New Super Nintendo Switch 64 U Deluxe Color and Knuckles

@AstroTheGamosian Super Nintendo Switch?

@Ulysses And in this day, do companies even need long turnarounds after product reveals?

@Overzeal I don’t think Nintendo will be waiting that long to release it after the reveal

Only took them like 4 or 5 months to release the Switch after revealing it, so Switch 2 may also take 4-5 months or shorter

@Koda1000 They did say Switch games would also work on Switch 2, so assuming they come out for Switch and Switch 2 comes out in May or June, those games probably won’t be affected a lot with Switch 2 sales

If it gets revealed in January, we’ll probably see another trailer for it sometime after, and then the Switch 2 showcase in March or April, leaving it to release in May or June

Switch 2 reveal is closer than we think

My bets are on January

@Geit_de Hoping for the Switch 2 dock to also have a fan

Now for Nintendo to expand more into Southeast Asia and Latin America

@Jokerwolf Basically after the holiday return period ends

It’s either Experiences or Presents for me, although knowing I’d get greedy for Christmas gifts, I’d probably end up choosing Presents

Oh god, they just don’t stop: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-switch-2-will-reportedly-fix-the-originals-biggest-flaw/

Even tho there are rumors on the outside looks, we still don’t know its true specs and how the UI looks (as well as the eShop)

Lately the fan on my Switch is getting louder when I turn it on, and then it goes somewhat quiet after.

Hoping for the Switch 2 to have a quieter fan, especially for the dock

Doesn’t look like it will be much longer before the reveal, then we will see if these rumors were correct

@Dev1024 Based on how the Joy-Cons will snap in with magnets rather than sliding in or out, it felt like a missed opportunity to call it “Nintendo Snap”

@Red_211 That’s pretty much set to happen, although its release date may likely be sometime between March and June depending on when they reveal it and how long they choose to market it for after the reveal

Anyone found themselves here after Grand Festival and new major updates for Splatoon 3 ended?

@Dev1024 Where will PlayStation and Xbox even go with their handhelds if they choose to move forward in developing them

@Rhaoulos Cartridges may be similar, but either they’ll give Switch 2 cartridges different pins or they’ll be almost the same but have an added notch (akin to 3DS cartridges) so they don’t play on a original Switch

If the wheels are gonna be real, Nintendo could actually sell them with Mario Kart 9, kinda like how they sold Mario Kart Wii and the Wii Wheel together

@Jokerwolf Now with everyone already aware of the Switch 2 by now, they really don’t need a very long turnaround after reveal

@Jokerwolf Pretty likely we’ll see the Switch 2 come out near the end of the first half of 2025, I’d say May or June.

It all depends on how long Nintendo chooses to market it for after the reveal and showcase

@Tenma And then Nintendo is also producing units in Vietnam, so if Vietnam doesn’t get hit with high tariffs, Nintendo might consider just sending the Vietnam-manufactured ones to the Americas instead

@Keman There was also that fake XDS design, so imagine if the Switch 2 is that

But when I saw the fake presentation video for it, god it looked like it would be more uncomfortable to hold unlike the Switch due to its chunkier and even bigger size, plus the corners don’t look curved. Also how would you even spin it without possibly snapping it off, especially since it feels like it can snap off easily as well as the fact that the top screen is way thinner than the bottom screen. Who even had the idea of doing that?

@sevex It might be for things like chatting with friends or voice chat

Or it can also be to transmit stuff from the Switch 2 screen to a TV in a similar fashion as the Wii U

I know it may not be revealed until January, but how much longer until official news comes up?