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@Ellie-Moo If you have NSO, you can save your data to the cloud and share between consoles. If just cart (and no NSO) then not sure you can.

@Ellie-Moo I sold my OLED on in favour of a Lite as I needed something pocketable. You can have two consoles on your account and just switch 'virtual' game cards between them.
Just bought Nier: Automata to try on SW2. If I get to a stage where it crashes, I can just continue playing on the Switch Lite, then go back to the SW2 when its stable again. Virtual cards are brilliant when you have more than one console.
Try Fast Fusion on Gameshare, its pretty good, even on the second console.

@Exerion76 Belking do a £50 case with built in charger. Says it will charge the Switch 1.5 times. As you can imagine, its a deep case like the Skull and Co Max case.

@Ellie-Moo it is still running the same CPU, larger screen etc. and its emulating the SW1, so you will get a little more than something like MKW or Cyberpunk, but still nowhere near the duration of the OLED.
Its about on par with the OG switch or Lite but they can't run demanding games like SW2 can.
Price to pay for progress. Bear in mind no powerful handhelds have solved this problem. There must have been magic dust in the OLED to run that lovely 7 inch screen for up to 9 hours!!

Great, nothing makes you feel good about your new £400+ purchase just a week old like this comment “ We're hopeful Nintendo might provide updated models later down the line with improved battery life”

@Ellie-Moo you could get up to 9 hours on the OLED switch. I don't recall many (any?) games hammering the battery more than others.

@FishyS same here, sold my OLED as its a momma bear size and doesnt fit my needs. Lite is now the portable option, with Switch 2 docked.

Attention seeking plonks. What next, fork hurts when I stick it in my eye?

A solution to a problem that doesn't exist? Over caution based on an 8 year old design?
Great to have the option there but sales will be very slow for these guys. Surely this would have been a plan after numerous reports of drift. What if Ninty actually fixed it? Hall effects are not the last word.

Nice, a great little game for Switch 2 which deserves to do well, especially if it gets regular updates 👍

I am not blown away as I got exactly what I expected; a Switch Pro. I have a PS5 Pro for eye candy and this is a hybrid console I can play on the couch or the TV. Everything is faster and slicker which makes a lot of difference. If you had an eight year old smartphone, you would be looking to upgrade that too.
I dont get the gripes about the UI either, its not a PC or media centre, you just want to choose your game to play.
My only gripe is the battery life which means it will be a TV based console 90% of the time, but I have a Switch Lite for something pocketable with better battery life anyway.

@WillQuan
Just tried pulling my cover off and ripped it. Will Nintendo Life reimburse me?

@Jack_Goetz
Same here. Very random.

Quiet news day?

@Blofse he is just using a camera, and you are seeing a stream of that at the top of the screen. You can see his fingers on the top screen at several points.

@gcunit £399 would have been accepted as a normal cost price and that's a fiver a copy.

If every owner of a Switch 2 bought this, with their projected sales of 20 million in the first year, thats around £160 million income from just a tech demo....no wonder they want to charge.

@TR4KERZ
That advice sounds very familiar 😉
Never!!

Now less than 3 weeks until people have this console in their hands but, especially for those still undecided, why are Nintendo holding back details at this point? I would think they would share all the details ahead of the launch.

I literally dont need (or really want) the Switch 2 on day of release, but I move overseas in August and UK is still the best place to buy so will keep my preorder. Im sure I will love it...

@SirLink
Same, sold my OLED, missed it so much, bought another and still playing my 3DS XL. My PS5 Pro hasn't been played since I finished Astrobot.

Given the 2nd hand prices are bombing since the direct, I am keeping mine for on the go duties, even considering a Switch Lite and Switch 2 combo as the SW2 really isn't portable to throw in a pocket. The OLED, however, remains a lovely machine and looked what happened with the 3DS prices after they stopped production....

Is it too much to ask for an actual Metroid release date?

Switch sales wont grind to a halt for some time, and if prices are reduced or they bring out a Switch Lite OLED (today’s version of the New 2DS XL) they could still string out a few more million. Imagine Metroid 4 and all the other great games in a pocketable size console with a great screen. One that also serves as an additional controller for multiplayer games on SW2….

Hopefully a message to others so keen to ‘leak’ desperate for a bit of temporary kudos that they will risk losing millions in sales. Not being able to sell a licensed product will hit them hard.

I will not support this but lets be honest, if Metroid 4 or some other must have AAA title is ONLY available this format, most of us will buy it.

@Vivianeat i will probably design something to 3D print once I get the hardware, pretty sure there will be a lot of these.

@YunoboCo
I think its a long way off dead when there are 150 million consoles out there eager for new games to play.

Given the ‘limited’ storage on Switch 2, and the fact an unboxed OG Switch is worth less than a 512gb express SD card might as well keep it for the titles not getting updates and use the SW2 for those that are.

@PharoneTheGnome
You can still download all your purchased 3DS titles and Sony still sell and support downloads of ps vita games.
I bought both consoles earlier this year and pretty much filled them up right away with content I had bought over many years

this has been a thing since the PS4 and everyone is used to it. Yes, the data is on the disc but it is all copied to the internal storage. The disc is essentially the game key. A notable exception is the new Indiana Jones which only has 20gb on the disc. PS owners don't mind as they can sell the discs just as you can with these. The key difference is PS consoles generally come with 1TB of storage, 256gb will fill up quickly while an extra 2tb of SSD for your PS5 is about the same as a 512gb SD Express card.

@jfp ditto, have 5 titles getting free upgrades, both Zelda titles and I just have to pay to upgrade Kirby in August.

@Nintoz I just used my last game voucher to buy Kirby based on that same logic.

@Medic_alert I just saw a few copies of Kirby on FB market for £25 so still bargains to be had before everyone twigs on.

Looks like upgrades are £16.99 in the UK!!

I wonder if Nintendo have forgotten about the PS Vita. A contributing factor to its demise was its use of proprietary cards which were small and expensive. It's not easy finding the new SD express and most are 256. The market will no doubt be flooded with knock offs when Switch 2 releases.

Cool, now let's hope Nintendo announce Metroid 4 as another launch title...(I know, almost zero chance).

If talking about a docked Switch, it might as well be comparing it to a PS5...but you can't play that in handheld mode without a Portal and a decent internet connection. They all do different things, offer different experiences. I have Switch and PS5, I also have iPads and had a Steam Deck. It was great, but the Switch got more play as a handheld and the SD couldn't compete with a PS5 on the big screen. Hell, I still get the 3DS XL and Ps Vita out as they also offer different experiences/games etc. Always like a good opinion piece, but you are comparing a Nintendo console to a PC handheld and its Steam library which are two very different markets. Where the line is blurring is the games that are available on both.

@Smithicus
just messing with an older Switch gifted by a mate after selling my OLED. That had 500gb of storage, this has 128, so I am loading it up with games I want to play now and/or are the ones getting updates or SW2 editions; just want to see how the transfer process works before moving the SW1 on. That card fills up pretty quickly.

I have already removed MK from my Switch ready to transfer my data to the SW2 (I have plenty of other games to play) so I can see why actual sales would drop.
I am hoping that Nintendo support the booster pack some way in MK8 seeing as its linked to NSO.

If you want ridiculous, try this….a clock app for £89.09
https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/Nintendo-Switch-download-software/AAA-Clock-Gold-2605275.html?srsltid=AfmBOorKACNUWSlzFJpqYd5Sc5zlpahN3J7qnd6962yanwB633nn9Ao5

As someone with a game voucher left to use before July, is this any good in single player? Im moving overseas and, while I would expect to make some friends in time, will likely be playing alone for some time. I considered Pikmin (didnt grab me) and Kirby FL for the SW2 upgrade, but that’s a very kid friendly game which I completed already. Anyone recommend this for solo play?

I'm now on the fence about cancelling my preorder. On the one hand, 8 year old hardware, that was already behind cutting edge at the time, is desperately in need of a hardware update. On the other hand, this looked like MK8 in places, and not a game I can get excited about. The other 'selling' points of the SW2 (to a PS5 pro owner) are updates to games I already own and the extra cost of a memory card just to house my existing collection. As much as I was sure about upgrading when I slapped my money down, this hasn't really reassured me. As for £75 for it, not a chance.

Any sign of a Metroid release date yet??

@GamingFan4Lyf
Have you tried going into Currys and ordering in person?

@karatekid1612 maybe i have just been lucky to avoid a job where I count the hours to retirement like many of my friends. I was a teacher for 30 years, now an education consultant and will be a director of design in Switzerland. I want to look back on my life and appreciate the variety and adventure, not what a slog it was to get to retirement.

its a great idea, and brilliant marketing for Nintendo who already have a few mobile titles. They did say some time ago that this was a market they want to explore more.

@karatekid1612 maybe I just love my work but Im not looking to retire anytime soon. In fact my 56th birthday will be celebrated in a new job in Switzerland. I suspect the SW2 and PS5 Pro will be keeping my busy through the cold winter nights.

@The-Chosen-one I thought it was just me. Both Zelda games I have done literally everything but finish the final boss fight...I just didnt want it to end

So, anyone here survived gaming past 55? Not that I think the Switch 2 will finish me off or anything