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I put switch 2 side by side with my OLED, and I struggle to see a difference. If I only saw the screen and not the consoles, I could guess wrong as to which was which.

@tsim21 There's a lot of game there. And Splatoon 3's Salmon Run is splendid.

YES! A new single player!? I think splatoon is prime for a fuller single player experience. I'd love if this is coming soon.

Is this Radiers reveal and the S3 content update all we're getting for the Splatoon 10 year anniversary?🤔 My money is still ready for a splatoon 1 single player port.

Games you say?🤔

@TKundNobody I registered for MKW bundle with nintendo immediately when the direct ended, meet the requirements, and still haven't gotten an invite. I only got an email two weeks ago saying I'm in the queue. I guess I'm fortunate I landed an in-store preorder elsewhere.

I would have thought there would have been some charm, or more charm, to this. This video did not help.

Oh, I'm reporting this guy for promoting youtube channel. Jk<3😁

@Ganner With out an invite email at this point, I would start thinking about trying to land launch day switch 2 at a retailer. Jake Randall's youtube has been a very good resource foe knowing what's going on at different stores, and his channel is focused on helping people secure consoles in the US. I imagine he'll post a new video update covering what Liam covered in this article. I would watch his most recent video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXAooCByNbk.

With the way things are rolling out, you can get up to three chances for a console at launch, june 4 at 3pm at gamestop (starting at 3pm, you can reserve one of their launch day consoles), midnight at best buy, then when target opens the following morning. ...If Target doesn't come through, I think Staples might fly under the radar enough you they may be a good chance of landing a console there. So, you may have four options, since staples may open later than target. With all these retailers offering in-store only consoles, I think you could have a decent chance to land a console.

Splatoon 2 was my first Splatoon, and I do like the single player. I've been dying for the option to buy Splatoon 1 single player for the Switch, my money has been ready ...and collecting dust. Still waiting for Nintendo to get off their duff and port Splatoon 1 to the switch or switch 2.

I just played a run through the Side Order tower a couple days ago.

Ug.

Still never even got english physical versions of Spaltoon 2+DLC or Splatoon 3+DLC.

@NintendoLife I don't want a switch 2 logo broadcasting a switch inside. There isn't much on the market for carry all travel cases for swtich 2. If NL ever finds a decent DSLR camera case that fits a switch 2 well (possibly with customizable padding dividers), I'd love to see some options.

Is that thing still around? Gee wiz. (disinterested eye roll)
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SURELY, for 85 flipping dollars, some GENIUS company that LOVES making quirky, innovative controllers could make a great switch pro controller with analog triggers.🤔🤔🤔🤔 (If you can't tell, I'm implying NINTENDO should alredy be making this alternative pro controller of equal quality & features of a switch pro controller. If Nintendo or HORI can make a damn steering wheel, you can make a switch pro controller with analog triggers, like every race game liker wants. Not a gamecube controller with less buttons than a proper pro controller, or wierdly shaped/placed buttons) We need a proper controller with analog triggers because pushing a stick up for gas is so awkward and awful, it's just not serious.

And don't say 8bitdo. I just want a ninetndo controller. But if it has to be 8bitdo, please just make it look like the existing nintndo pro controller, and not something weird looking.

After 8 years of the switch and NO galaxy 2, I'm so bitter now. I think Ninendo's NEVER going to let it out of their precious clutches. Why would they ever release it now when they could save it for Switch 3?

I can't see the Mario Kart World concept working for the switch hardware. Which makes me wonder how Mario Kart World looked & worked for the Switch before they changed it for Switch 2.

I still can't believe the absence of 3d rayman since switch launched.

@marktehshark69 Keep an eye on jake randall's youtube for switch 2 stock updates. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKVonelGdPs

Plus, there's a rumor that target stores will have stock on launch day - these will be for in-store purchase only, not competing with bots. Target stocks new consoles in the morning, so try going when they open. If you don't see any out, ask the electronics department person if all the stock is out on the floor or if they know what day new stock is coming. If they can tell you the day they get new stock, try to show up when they open.

More info is likely to surface as launch nears. So, target may not be the only retailer offering in-store only consoles. I expect jake randall to keep on top of that.

I think the success of game key cards will be the result of whether young people know any better, which depends on when they were born mostly. I'd love to be wrong.

I'd rather pay the extra for game card that publishers won't.

I'd rather pay a $15 switch tax for the full game on a game card.

My kingdom for the option to buy full games on a game card!

Will physical game card capacity ever settle down to bring prices down? Gee whiz. I'm excited for express cards, but here we go again with physical game cards scaring off game publishers for switch 2.

I want High On Life, but I may have to wait for a switch 2 version.

@Osmium Ditto, I enjoyed Trover, too.

I picked Spaltoon, but only because I didn't want super mario to get all the votes, I also want that equally.

I want first person view! ...like the mario kart VR ride at Universal's Nintendo World. I know it's not the best functionally (as evident in MK7), but I still like it! I hope there's a first person view option or update.

Come on NL, I wanna be surprised when I brick mine!😉

My gamestop was toxic (it closed, unsurprisingly). This is why I refused to shop there, and preferred to shop at best buy or target, where I won't get hassled.

Although, I will say, in-store-only pre orders was great. I hope other retailers do these.

If Tomtoc had a their slim hard cases out for switch 2, I would have gladly ordered that accessory with my switch 2 preorder. Do case options have to be so poor for console launch preorders?

What's my incentive to use Nintendo Today when Nintendo's priority lately is not-revealing things?😆 There's kind of no point for it lately. I think Nintendo just needs their own news feed page. Needing to open this app just feels like a homework assignment.

I downloaded it and never saw anything interesting in it. We only care about securing a switch 2 lately. I want to know about switch 2's 3d mario, but nintendo's keeping that secret indefinitely.

@HammerKirby I think the chance of it being a fake pro controller is higher than I want to mess around with. I've already had at least one terrible misleading product from a third party seller on walmart's site. Plus, I've seen at least one post from someone with a pro controller problem, and as we probed further, it turned out to be knockoff from a third party seller on the walmart site. That seller, "Care for There", with that current $45 listing, only has one review rating, which isn't a confidence booster.😆 I'm mainly outlining these details in case the info benefits anyone else that may be reading. Thank you, though!😉

Dang it. If Best Buy preorders go live at noon on the 24th, I'm going to miss it. Unbelievable timing. My money has been ready all month.

@HammerKirby Nintendo brand pro controller, new, where? https://www.dekudeals.com/items/pro-controller

Joycon and pro controller prices were already too high, especially for families. $95 joycons and $85 pro cons, oof. On top of that, switch joycons and procons have gotten about zero sales in the US since 2021.

Does Nintendo need to re-assess their controller philosophy? Controller innovation is nintendo's thing, but does a family need 4k rumble, nfc reader, optical sensors for a second set of joycons for little timmy and tammy to play Mario Party? I'm not sure I've ever seen any decent joycon alternatives from third parties.

If I can play new modern games & Nintendo games with switch 2, this actually saves me money because now don't have to buy two consoles(nintendo + PS/Xbox).

Oof. Ok. Well, if I can replace a stick without soldiering, that will be a good step. The pro controllers sticks required soldering. If these new controllers are easier for cosumers to repair, that would be very welcome!

I'm guessing kawamoto's jacket is ironically oversized/artsy/trendy like some harajuku-like fashion trend.😆 I think ive seen some other artsy designers dress similar on NHK World<3

I played the GC version, with the slower sailing. I only want to play HD for faster sailing. I've been waiting for WW HD since switch launch, and I'm holding out for HD. I can't care enough to justify NSO expansion subscription.

@dartmonkey I have to avoid TOTK Switch 2 edition, because I don't want to upgrade my TOTK ver. 1.1.1. I'm too burned out on scarce resources of TOTK, and I only completed the game because of the easy paraglider duplication glitch.

I think it's kind of ironic that I never felt the need to duplicate in BOTW, but with TOTK, the scarcity of some resources or zonai devices just felt too restricting for me to enjoy the game and continue playing past a certain point without the dupe glitch. Maybe BOTW's infinite bombs spoiled me, and I can't go back to not having them.😆

Dangit. I just wanted to get my pre order over with. Sigh.

Thanks NL for the update<3

I'm not sure I'll want these upgrades. Although, these upgrade packs may be worth it on a large 4k tv. Since current switch looks kinda low res on a large 4k tv.

Wow, I assumed it would be $400. Dang. $450 and I'll still need a pro controller. Now I'm dreading how much the pro con will cost.

That joycon 2 grip better be a charging grip!

@OldGamer999 I don't think the direct mentioned if switch pro cons will work with switch 2.

Unboxing an oled before things change? Who's premise was this!?🤣 Guessing zion. I'm not actually disappointed. Just poking fun. I will watch the video.

Still playing Rocket League. Might try Mario Wonder, but 2d platformers don't tend to excite me too much. As far as I can tell, I'm mostly waiting for Switch 2. I'm not sure anything else will come out for the Switch that I want. (I don't like many games)

@John_Deacon Yeah, I think it is rare. I've maybe only seen one or two games get a price reduction. Whatever it is, it's sparse. I think Wii U and 3DS were the last console generations for Nintendo Selects, a permanent price reduction for popular games toward the end of a console generation's cycle. I'm guessing you've noticed these days, publishers across the board prefer to keep full retail price now, but offer periodic sales to game the best seller list system. I guess I can't complain, because most games you want, you can find them on sale if you're patient (or watch dekudelas price tracking).

Wow, it's rare these days when a game gets a price reduction.👌

Someone needs to turn nintendo's clocks ahead one month to fool them into putting out the Switch 2 direct a month early.

The track portal jumping thing looks too jarring to me. I'm not sure Crossworlds is going to get out of the shadow or All-Stars Racing Transformed.

Maybe I'm a freak, but I ended up playing up playing Meow Motors and Mini Motor Racing X more than I did Sonic Team Racing. I guess I don't like sega? I'd LOVE a Crash Team Racing sequel. I'm definitely dying to see more of Mario Kart 9.

I've been waiting forever for Mario Wonder to get a sale. I wonder if major retailers will finally put it on sale in March?🤔

Is Ninetndo maybe waiting for switch 2 to address eshop shovelware/slop? I don't think it's helping them.

Why not here

These days, I think it may be a short lived novelty for most. I'm not sure its coming back. If they can make it work, I welcome it.

I get it. I could see how game development work could kill the illusion of the game, or have other negative impacts.