Personally, I think this is great. Why worry about managing multiple accounts on questionable third party software when you can just make your own unfiltered news distribution app directly to the customer, and rely on the customers then sharing to the info to the third parties themselves. Everyone can verify what is official news because it is right there on the app. Why is it an app instead of just the website? I imagine it was designed with the average Japanese salaryperson student in mind, riding the busy morning train to work, Switch left at home, doom scrolling through their phone for 20 minutes: now they can be like “oh yeah, Nintendo” just click on the app on their phone and get a few minutes of articles, fun extras, wallpapers direct from Nintendo before they arrive at the office. A few thoughts: wish there was a central Nintendo app instead of the multiples we have right now. Also… man wasn’t RSS the best idea ever? So sad it did not take off the way it should have because everyone plugging into official feeds carefully curated on their own choice of RSS Reader is always going to be the best solution for this problem.
The best thing about first party Nintendo games is always how smooth and easy to understand the gameplay mechanics often are, and this is what they have done for game sharing: made it smooth and easy to understand and visualise for the average user or busy parent too busy or not interested enough to figure out the old primary account system. Everyone can figure out how it works now. IMO it’s kind of genius actually.
Note it leaves on March 28th, the last Friday of the financial year, suggesting some games may disappear, ie. licenses expire, around this time every year.
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Re: 'Nintendo Today', A New Mobile App, Will Deliver Fresh Switch 2 News Every Day
@Twilite9 This is exactly the reason why we love them so much, isn’t it! Genius!
Re: 'Nintendo Today', A New Mobile App, Will Deliver Fresh Switch 2 News Every Day
Personally, I think this is great. Why worry about managing multiple accounts on questionable third party software when you can just make your own unfiltered news distribution app directly to the customer, and rely on the customers then sharing to the info to the third parties themselves. Everyone can verify what is official news because it is right there on the app. Why is it an app instead of just the website? I imagine it was designed with the average Japanese salaryperson student in mind, riding the busy morning train to work, Switch left at home, doom scrolling through their phone for 20 minutes: now they can be like “oh yeah, Nintendo” just click on the app on their phone and get a few minutes of articles, fun extras, wallpapers direct from Nintendo before they arrive at the office. A few thoughts: wish there was a central Nintendo app instead of the multiples we have right now. Also… man wasn’t RSS the best idea ever? So sad it did not take off the way it should have because everyone plugging into official feeds carefully curated on their own choice of RSS Reader is always going to be the best solution for this problem.
Re: Nintendo Announces 'Virtual Game Cards' For Switch, Unlocking Digital Lending
The best thing about first party Nintendo games is always how smooth and easy to understand the gameplay mechanics often are, and this is what they have done for game sharing: made it smooth and easy to understand and visualise for the average user or busy parent too busy or not interested enough to figure out the old primary account system. Everyone can figure out how it works now. IMO it’s kind of genius actually.
Re: Nintendo Switch Online Announces Removal Of Super Famicom Title
Note it leaves on March 28th, the last Friday of the financial year, suggesting some games may disappear, ie. licenses expire, around this time every year.