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I'm gonna need to see how it actually performs on the console but I may have to double dip here.

They did mention the Switch 2 carts was "faster and bigger" so the physical prices might drop once production gets up to speed.

reminds me of the Switch Tax in the early years.

Not that I like the idea of buying the entire 9 part (plus spin-offs) franchise on Switch 2 but I do love 0 and I really like the idea of co-op raids.

I hope this one fits better, age of Calamity went all alt timeline on us which was so frustrating these setting don't need any nonsense to make them extra relevant, just tell the story.

If memory serves, only Halo 1-4 were included in the original release, ODST and Reach were added later as DLC (or free as part of Gamepass), so I'm guessing that's what they mean here (and probably by extension the PS5 port)

If they had said connects to an app on your phone I'd find it easier to believe but an old gen console? Something that has more games use the feature the harder it'll be to get hold of.

That being said might make sense if they have some sort of Switch equivalent to the N2DSXL

I want to be interested but how many times have we see this story "original X game developer is now indie and making a spiritual sequel to X" and then the game is either poor (Mighty 9) or fine but not as good as the games that spawned it (don't get me wrong no small part of that is rose tinted).

I'd be shocked if RGG has nothing else this year since it's LaD's anniversary.

I do remain slightly sceptical that "mouse mode" is actually a mouse mode. Don't get me wrong that would be amazing and that patent sure looked like using one Joycon for movement and another as a mouse BUT knowing Nintendo is just as likely it's not actually a "mouse mode" and instead limited to just emulating touch screen whilst the console is docked

@Slobbert Probably is but considering how much less my money stretches year on year the "better screen and larger battery(compared to day1)" just wasn't enough to justify it vs using those funds elsewhere.

This made me realise this is the first Nintendo "handheld" I didn't replace or upgrade.

GB-Pocket-Color
GBA-GBA SP
DS-DSLite

Well done my day 1 Switch, you have served me well... No idea what's going to come of you, I fear trapped in the Labo fishing game that my daughter loves (and is upset doesn't "work" with the lite)
3DS-N3DS

I don't see a decent way of playing 3DS games on Switch, even putting the console in "tate" would work well (though would for DS) so I'd prefer "native" ports, basically replacing the Wii U ports from the Switch 1.

@nomither6 I am almost certain the Switch 2's colour is intended to help make it look different to Switch 1 (avoiding a Wii U situation), and it'll either come in other colours at launch (like the Switch 1 was launched in grey/Red and Blue) but the "black" one being the "face" or will appear for Christmas.

I think for me the bigger red flag is the vouchers not ending outright, just for Switch 2 exclusives. Again get the reason (particularly if the standard RRP is higher) but it could imply that the Switch 2 will have a separate eShop and that means we have to worry about that shutting down in 5 years

This sort of thing always happens when a new generation rolls around. Not saying it's "good" just expected.

I remember Xbox and Sony not offering new-gen games with their monthly sub at launch, only adding them later when sales of launch title sales had completely stalled out and the new-gen exclusive library had gotten bigger.

I expect some new rewards program to roll around a year or so down the line.

Played CIV6 alot on Switch for a good while before the loading drove us to the brink of madness and a well timed mega sale on Xbox ended it.

It looks like it's running a lot faster, I really want this one Switch but I do feel like I need to know what the "deal" is going to be with Switch 2. Will there be S2 natvie port, will there be a next gen update, or will it just run better by virtue of the better hardware.

It is the traditional next gen issue. You need exclusive content to sell you new platform but you can't ignore that existing user base (in this case 160 million) of paying customers.

My only worry is here's us thinking mouse as control input and then theres Nintendo only thinking about it as a way of using the touch screen even when its docked.

I was playing around with the joycons earlier and tried using it as a mouse, not once did I put my thumb on the stick in doing so.

Obviously, the Switch 2 joycons are different size/shape and that "foot" is going to have some effect but having your thumb that far down seems, unstable.

@SpaceboyScreams There was reports the Switch 2 had some sort of scrollable shoulder button, so maybe that?

I may pick up these or the Nitrodeck for the inventible future where I decide to play on the Switch 1 and the Joycons are borked.

Plus, I'd be shocked if Switch 1 pads don't work wirelessly on Switch 2

@Anachronism To be fair I don't think theres ever been a Direct announced that far ahead, normally its a few days maybe a week.

Wait.... Wasn't there a random Direct dropped right before an E3 Direct once?(think it was the puppet one) And everyone was surprised because the E3 Direct was rather light and could have done with the content from the Direct.

I do really like the idea of a Switch having a final Direct. The console gets it's last sprint to the finish line, and they give it some celebration, look back at the games that came out for it, look at all the special editions and end with some tease for the April event.

I do think it would be a good time to revive Nintendo Selects for Switch games (excluding games that get Switch 2 upgrades, assuming that's a thing)

@HeadPirate Thats a different kind of VR tracking and now not how inside-out tracking works on devices like the Quest. It uses multiple cameras to track IR LED hidden in the controllers and combines that with data from the accelerometers.

The base stations method is more accurate but expensive and requires extra hardware, inside out tacking just needs IR capable cameras and IR LEDs.

@HeadPirate Unless it works like VR controllers and the sensor bar is tracking some hidden IR LEDs inside the Joycon

A Wii like sensor would explain why the Switch 2 has a USB on top. The sensor is mounted to the console not the TV

Atelier is always one of those seires that seems interesting that I just never have time to get into but this looks like it might scratch some specific itchs I've been having so I might have to pick it up.

Hmmm... What are you up to sega?

At this point I have assume they want to get shut down for the publicity because I refuse to believe anyone who has put that much effort in has somehow missed how protctive Nintendo is of its content.

Coming soon to a crowd funding site: their completely original "spiritual successor" movie that they can fully monetise.

I have to assume the item drops scale accordingly, otherwise that's a lot of blue shells lol.

I think the leaks were more impactful this time, last time we had rough drawings of the "NX" whereas here we saw the actual Switch 2 controller, complete with the inverted colour scheme.

If the reveal was more than a teaser it wouldn't have mattered as much, but the fact we "knew" the name, the size, the colour, the logo, the dock, meant the tease didn't tease, it confirmed

Between the apparent player bump and the apparent scale of that road, I wouldn't be surprised if they keep the graphics "current gen" to allow those other two bits.

All the character designs invoke some sort of SNES era nostalgia I can't quite place. For example Peach's silhouette kinda "boxy" like it was in the SNES games

For what it was, a teaser, it was great and I loved the whimsy of it. It didn't feel like it was doing anything but having fun.

Within the larger context, after all the leaks and how long we have to wait for the direct, it was underwhelming. Even the reverse "colour on the inside" had been spoiled long before we saw the trailer

@johnvboy Indeed as much as I like the idea of the "Super Nintendo Switch" so I can say SNS like SNES, this is for the best after the Wii U and "new" 3DS game confusions.

I wouldn't be surprised if colour options come quite quickly and the modern black is intended to help separate the Switch and Switch 2 at launch.

@PikminMarioKirby at the very least, have Switch 1 games run in "docked mode" even when in handheld.

See I wouldn't be surprised if the thinking by Nintendo was 'this way games can "use the touchscreen" even when docked', and Nintendo is caught off guard with us going "year mouse aiming FPS" and "yeah we can play proper RTS"

@link12684 agreed, some gameplay snippets showing how some of the new features but not actually detailing or announcing it.

Recently found my old GC and replayed Two Towers and Return of the King on GC, still held up remarkably well (also that King Kong tie-in). I'll have to try and track down third age.

It's still weird to me these aren't on VR. Seems like the natural place for light gun games in the modern era.

So what are the odds here?

Version 1: this whole thing has been some weird promo tool for Genki that's exposed them as a Company that will fake another companies hardware at a trade show.
Version 2: the company lawyer burst into their office "What are doing!?!? They will destroy your company."

I'm playing story of seasons ATM and I did find myself wishing the screen was a little bigger, so apprenty I'm good with the size increase, should also mean the joy cons go from "fine" to "rather nice" for my hands.

Gotta love Nintendo.

We've got a announcement
It's console related.
About something you'll hold in your hands...

That's right Lego Gameboy.

@sevex based on the reports the Switch 2 was delayed so Nintendo could get the games ready (and build up stock), and that's why it's accessory makers doing all the spoiling (almost certain those black joycons from last week are from the genki mock up)

It's worth remembering the Switch was "exposed" by Eurogamer before it's reveal too.

"That's what you get with an iterative update with a sensible name and a sound business plan to make as many units as possible before launch"

I suspect the sheer "normal and sensible"-ness of that is why Nintendo has been doing weird stuff like Alarmo, they have to "get the weird out".

-I do think we are at the edge of anti-climax. Take the "mouse" thing, if that's true then that's a big twist spoiled, and if it's not real then disappointment.

@Dev1024 I wouldn't be surprised Nintendo is going red in the face trying to not call it something like Super Nintendo Switch but is too burned from the Wii U confusion and complaints about "new 3ds" exclusives to risk it again.

No confusion with "Switch 2" though I imagine internally its spoken with the same tone as a small child being forced to apologise.

Now see this is that Nintendo weirdness we've come to expect! They could just let a logical revision out the door, they had to do something

I forgot Star Trek Legends existed, Now I'm disappointed all over again

I'd love for it to be called something different but after the confusion woth the Wii U, I think "Switch 2" makes the most sense.

I maintain that Nintendo is doing weird stuff like Nintendo Music and Alarmo is because they aren't doing anything "Nintendo" with the Switch 2 and let have to let the weirdness out someway.