Nintendo Switch 2

[The Deadman]

There's a Direct coming at 9 am on Friday. Nearly an hour worth of content.

[Prowler]

I still am not fully into the idea of buying a Switch 2. The only games I really want to play so far are:

Donkey Kong Bananza
Mario Kart World
Final Fantasy 7 remake trilogy
Red Dead Redemption 2

Still no mainline Mario, Zelda or Pokémon game. Those are, like, the holy trinity of Nintendo consoles exclusives. Waiting to see how good the upcoming Fire Emblem and Yoshi games are too. Also, will we be getting a new Animal Crossing game? And will we finally get a new F-Zero?!

The upcoming Mario Tennis installment doesn't seem better than Aces, therefore not worth splurging 77 euros on it. Hell no.

Games that are on both Switches like Dragon Quest VII Reimagined and Pokémon ZA Legends? I'll just get the Switch 1 versionss instead.

Anyway, 2026 will be a fulcral year for the Switch 2. At the end of this year I will know whether to buy one or not.

[CyberCubed]

Metroid Prime 4 and Kirby's Air Riders are also great.

Also the point of the Switch 2 is it replaces the Switch 1 given its fully backwards compatible and a more powerful console. So you can sell your Switch 1.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Metroid Prime 4 and Kirby's Air Riders are also great.

Also the point of the Switch 2 is it replaces the Switch 1 given its fully backwards compatible and a more powerful console. So you can sell your Switch 1.

I don't sell my consoles. I did not sell my original DS or my GameCube when I got a 3DS or a Wii either.

Prime 4 is also on the OG Switch.

[sdp]

While the Switch 2 does lack exclusive software, just the whole "it runs Switch 1 games better" makes it a worthy upgrade.

Mario Kart World gets a lot of hate but I personally love the free roaming mode. It's so comfy and everything I always wanted to do in Mario Kart.

Donkey Kong Bananza I could just not get into it. I'll force myself to finish it I only got to the fifth layer I think, I was hoping it would click but it didn't.

Kirby's Air Ride, I didn't buy this one but played the 3 day preview for hours and while i had fun, I didn't feel like I needed to buy it after that. I felt I had already gotten plenty of hours out of that game and it didn't seem to offer much more.

So far I don't think there's any Switch 2 exclusives that have been announced that I care about. Anything third party I prefer to play on PC. Splatoon Riders perhaps, but yeah it seems I won't buy any Switch 2 games until they announce their big holiday titles likely in June. I don't even need a 3D Mario or Zelda, a new Star Fox, or surprise either new IP or old I'd be fine with.

Pokemon Gen 10 is likely not going to excite me. Gen 9 was the first generation I skipped. I was so disappointed with 8, I didn't even get to the third gym. So I think I'm done with Pokemon games unless they impress me which I don't think will happen since their current strategy sells millions easily.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by sdp

While the Switch 2 does lack exclusive software, just the whole "it runs Switch 1 games better" makes it a worthy upgrade.

I've been saying that since day 1. It makes a pretty huge library of Switch 1 games look like night and day if you've got even a moderately sized monitor.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by sdp

While the Switch 2 does lack exclusive software, just the whole "it runs Switch 1 games better" makes it a worthy upgrade.

Mario Kart World gets a lot of hate but I personally love the free roaming mode. It's so comfy and everything I always wanted to do in Mario Kart.

Donkey Kong Bananza I could just not get into it. I'll force myself to finish it I only got to the fifth layer I think, I was hoping it would click but it didn't.

Kirby's Air Ride, I didn't buy this one but played the 3 day preview for hours and while i had fun, I didn't feel like I needed to buy it after that. I felt I had already gotten plenty of hours out of that game and it didn't seem to offer much more.

So far I don't think there's any Switch 2 exclusives that have been announced that I care about. Anything third party I prefer to play on PC. Splatoon Riders perhaps, but yeah it seems I won't buy any Switch 2 games until they announce their big holiday titles likely in June. I don't even need a 3D Mario or Zelda, a new Star Fox, or surprise either new IP or old I'd be fine with.

Pokemon Gen 10 is likely not going to excite me. Gen 9 was the first generation I skipped. I was so disappointed with 8, I didn't even get to the third gym. So I think I'm done with Pokemon games unless they impress me which I don't think will happen since their current strategy sells millions easily.

I've played Odyssey and BOTW on the Switch 1 already. And I also am no longer playing games like MK8 Deluxe, Animal Crossing New Horizons, Smash Ultimate, Mario Golf Super Rush and Mario Tennis Aces, etc. So I don't need a Switch 2 just to have improved graphics. Plus, you need to pay a sum to "upgrade" those games to the Switch 2 version? **** that.

So no, it does not make it worthy for me. I buy a video game console for its LIBRARY. Paying 400-450 euro for a console just so I get better graphics for games I've already played? What a waste of precious money.

[Andrew NDB]

To each their own, of course, but "I don't care about the graphics!" always seems like a weird stance to me. Imagine listening to an audio book where it has a bunch of annoying static in the background but you can still make out the narrator, or a book where you can still read it but it's pretty blurry or it looks like someone sprayed nail polish remover over parts of the letters. "I only care about if the audio book/novel is good!" is a fine case, but wouldn't you want your experience of processing said audio book/novel to be as good as possible?

The "graphics" are like 75% of the experience. It's a VIDEO game. The VIDEO component should probably be top notch.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

To each their own, of course, but "I don't care about the graphics!" always seems like a weird stance to me. Imagine listening to an audio book where it has a bunch of annoying static in the background but you can still make out the narrator, or a book where you can still read it but it's pretty blurry or it looks like someone sprayed nail polish remover over parts of the letters. "I only care about if the audio book/novel is good!" is a fine case, but wouldn't you want your experience of processing said audio book/novel to be as good as possible?

The "graphics" are like 75% of the experience. It's a VIDEO game. The VIDEO component should probably be top notch.

You make it sound like the graphical differences between Switch 1 and Switch 2 are HUGE, as in going from Ocarina of Time or FFVII graphics to 2026 AAA games graphics.

And again, I've beaten or am kinda done with playing most of the Switch games I currently own. I'm not going to play Mario Odyssey or Zelda BOTW again just to justify paying €400+ for a Switch 2.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Prowler

You make it sound like the graphical differences between Switch 1 and Switch 2 are HUGE, as in going from Ocarina of Time or FFVII graphics to 2026 AAA games graphics.

1920 x 1080 (Switch 1) vs. 3840 x 2160 (Switch 2). That is literally DOUBLE the resolution, alone, by itself. Without even getting into the processing and rendering improvements (for which there are many).

[CyberCubed]

Originally Posted by Prowler

You make it sound like the graphical differences between Switch 1 and Switch 2 are HUGE, as in going from Ocarina of Time or FFVII graphics to 2026 AAA games graphics.

The Switch 1 was barely above Wii-U level and between PS3 and PS4.

Switch 2 is basically a PS4 pro portable. It's less powerful than PS5 of course but it's basically a portable PS4 now.