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[Mozza]

Yeah, everyone thinks Nintendo is infallible but this isn’t an inspired console from them

I don’t know why their (casual) consumer base will feel the need to upgrade

Everything is super safe and that MK9 footage just isn’t doing it

My sister who is a prime example of a casual gamer, was so hyped for tis even before it was revealed, the Switch 2 is a guaranteed success. No doubt in my mind.

 

[tmlDan]

I was talking about the specific unveiling of the hardware. It did a great job showing all the differences between the Switch

what differences LOL

oh theres a new way to put your controllers on and the docks the same, i cant believe what im seeing online lol

this is also the same video format they've been using for almost a decade

 

[Emedan]

theyre gonna drag this on until october arent they

pls no... June/july

 

[jshackles]

Only thing I cared about was that I'd be able to play my physical and digital library of Switch 1 games on it. Glad to see that's confirmed.

 

[Mozza]

Is that new Mario Kart? Looks pretty unremarkable just going by graphics. Looks like it could play on Switch 1, which it probably will

Very cool unveiling of the system, though

I think we have not seen enough of the new Mario Kart to pass judgement as yet............ but it looked pretty awesome to me.

 

[kevboard]

that eas very underwhelming, and the gap to the Nintendo Direct seems way to big.
I bet until then all of the direct will also leak lol.

 

[DanielG165]

This is going to move so many units lol. Holiday 2025 is gonna be ruled by Nintendo.

 

[Ev1L AuRoN]

WTF os this real life? Come on Nintendo put some effort into It.

 

[readonly]

Thank God the screen size is indeed way bigger. My old eyes didn't do too well with the OG switch.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

My sister who is a prime example of a casual gamer, was so hyped for tis even before it was revealed, the Switch 2 is a guaranteed success. No doubt in my mind.

I’m not saying it’s going to sell like the Wii U

I just don’t get the feeling why parents will feel the need to drop $500 on a switch 2 when their switch 1 plays Mario Kart 8 just fine

Could be a more muted success for them, really depends on how good the software is eventually. Switch 1 had a ton of great Nintendo games early on, but BC and cross gen wasn’t as much of a thing back then as it is now

 

[llien]

Honestly with all the "remastering" they've been doing, I wouldn't put it past them, lol.

Nintendo should switch to software as a service model.

Mario Karts 365
Donkey Kong 365

etc.

 

[Warnen]

Port of destiny 2 please.

 

[kiphalfton]

There are those who said this day would never come, what are they to say now?

Everybody knew there would be Switch 2.

Not like Nintendo was never going to release a successor to the Switch, given how successful it is.

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

FUKKK!!

He was right....(sigh) and here I thought we'd get out of this era of listening to insiders like they're the pope during the Dark Ages. Guess for most the blind faith will continue.

Still need to watch the trailer; quite excited.

 

[dorkimoe]

WTF os this real life? Come on Nintendo put some effort into It.

as you can see from the "will you buy thread". They dont need to put any effort into it, they could release it right now with 0 information and still sell out.

 

[od-chan]

That reveal sucked big time, I do wonder what Nintendo's strategy in all of this is. I honestly don't think they have a good one, or know too well themselves. I honestly think Nintendo is scared shitless, and rightfully so. Look at Sony. The PS4 was immensly successfull and the PS5 is doing fine - but that took a lot of effort from sony. It wasn't exactly like this win was guranateed to them. It took a lot of Microsoft fumbling and a lot of Sony building up IPs and stuff to get into this position.

What I'm saying is, selling a new system in this day and age is hard. Now they're waiting till April to announce more? So that's like a summer or fall or maybe even christmas release? Nintendo is not ready yet at all for this, clearly, which is kinda laughable if you think about it. They've been paralyzed out of fear of fucking this up.

Again, that reveal was awful, but obviously in terms of broader marketing this reveal wasn't even the start for Nintendo, it basically felt more like a way to make the internet shut up (and I'm kinda grateful for that in a way). It's going to be interesting what they cook up until April. They need STRONG STRONG STRONG marketing and games, because as of now, they honestly have pretty much nothing and I'm not sure how well this is gonna play out.

 

[Mozza]

I’m not saying it’s going to sell like the Wii U

I just don’t get the feeling why parents will feel the need to drop $500 on a switch 2 when their switch 1 plays Mario Kart 8 just fine

Could be a more muted success for them, really depends on how good the software is eventually. Switch 1 had a ton of great Nintendo games early on, but BC and cross gen wasn’t as much of a thing back then as it is now

This is selling tonnes, and Nintendo did the right thing by calling it the Switch 2...

 

[64gigabyteram]

I just don’t get the feeling why parents will feel the need to drop $500 on a switch 2 when their switch 1 plays Mario Kart 8 just fine

who said it was gonna be 500?

 

[Mozza]

That reveal sucked big time, I do wonder what Nintendo's strategy in all of this is. I honestly don't think they have a good one, or know too well themselves. I honestly think Nintendo is scared shitless, and rightfully so. Look at Sony. The PS4 was immensly successfull and the PS5 is doing fine - but that took a lot of effort from sony. It wasn't exactly like this win was guranateed to them. It took a lot of Microsoft fumbling and a lot of Sony building up IPs and stuff to get into this position.

What I'm saying is, selling a new system in this day and age is hard. Now they're waiting till April to announce more? So that's like a summer or fall or maybe even christmas release? Nintendo is not ready yet at all for this, clearly, which is kinda laughable if you think about it. They've been paralyzed out of fear of fucking this up.

Again, that reveal was awful, but obviously in terms of broader marketing this reveal wasn't even the start for Nintendo, it basically felt more like a way to make the internet shut up (and I'm kinda grateful for that in a way). It's going to be interesting what they cook up until April. They need STRONG STRONG STRONG marketing and games, because as of now, they honestly have pretty much nothing and I'm not sure how well this is gonna play out.

You are insane, and probably one of the people that thought the original Switch would fail.

 

[neocycle]

Why are they making us wait 85 days?

 

[od-chan]

You are insane, and probably one of the people that thought the original Switch would fail.

Nah, I was actually pretty excited for the Switch back then. I'm not saying it's gonna fail, I'm just saying this "reveal" and how they go about it is bizarre, and there's clearly a lot of reasons why it is so bizarre.

 

[MayauMiao]

That reveal sucked big time, I do wonder what Nintendo's strategy in all of this is. I honestly don't think they have a good one, or know too well themselves. I honestly think Nintendo is scared shitless, and rightfully so. Look at Sony. The PS4 was immensly successfull and the PS5 is doing fine - but that took a lot of effort from sony. It wasn't exactly like this win was guranateed to them. It took a lot of Microsoft fumbling and a lot of Sony building up IPs and stuff to get into this position.

What I'm saying is, selling a new system in this day and age is hard. Now they're waiting till April to announce more? So that's like a summer or fall or maybe even christmas release? Nintendo is not ready yet at all for this, clearly, which is kinda laughable if you think about it. They've been paralyzed out of fear of fucking this up.

Again, that reveal was awful, but obviously in terms of broader marketing this reveal wasn't even the start for Nintendo, it basically felt more like a way to make the internet shut up (and I'm kinda grateful for that in a way). It's going to be interesting what they cook up until April. They need STRONG STRONG STRONG marketing and games, because as of now, they honestly have pretty much nothing and I'm not sure how well this is gonna play out.

 

[Beechos]

No feeling that pertruding piece to attach the controllers to the system. Hopefully it'll be easy.

 

[JangoRain]

The negativity here is kind of hilarious

 

[DragoonKain]

I figured the rumors of a March or April release date were not true. No way they were going to reveal it in January and then drop it 2 months later. Plus I think it's going to have Metroid Prime 4 as a launch title and no chance Prime 4 releases that early in the year.

 

[Ceadeus]

There are those who said this day would never come, what are they to say now?

Banned or on the purple website

 

[od-chan]

You do know that these numbers are not accurate at all, right? That addon you installed for showing the likes doesn't have access to any Youtube APIs, it's basically guessing the numbers. Also I probably don't need to go into how ridiculous it is to compare the announcement of a new system with the announcement of a mid-generation refresh, lmao.

 

[Giallo Corsa]

I had no expectations lads whatsoever so, for me, that short trailer/presentation was actually OK since it showed me the differences between Switch 1 and 2, also, BC confirmation is nice.

...then again, my last Nintendo console was a Wii which I had for a whopping 2 weeks since I just couldn't with that low end hardware/graphics (and I only had a Gameboy and a SNES previously).

I just want a new system as to play some fun shit with my GF in the living room (LG 60Hz LCD), my PS5 Pro will remain connected to my OLED in my mancave for personal use.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

who said it was gonna be 500?

Including tax and the game, it’ll at least be $500

This is selling tonnes, and Nintendo did the right thing by calling it the Switch 2...

But it looks like a switch 1 and many games releasing on it probably will also run on switch 1

MK9 doesn’t look like a generational leap or anything. I said this before but I expect tons of cross gen games from Nintendo.

The hook to get people to upgrade isn’t really there at the moment

 

[MayauMiao]

You do know that these numbers are not accurate at all, right?

So is your opinion when you said it sucked.

 

[Fess]

Insta-buy whenever possible.

 

[Horseganador]

After everything has been leaked (design, motherboard, specs, etc...) this presentation feels like too little and feels rushed, this MK9 is almost identical to MK8, I hope it improves a lot for the final version.

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

Alright just watched the trailer. It was pretty decent. I mean, there's not much you can mention in a two-minute trailer, but I think the larger audience watching it conveyed what the product is pretty well, similar to the PS5 Pro's reveal. Though like the PS5 Pro's reveal, a trailer or commercial-like infomercial sizzle reel doesn't do too much for me personally.

Also while I'm still thinking about it, maybe the Switch 2 trailer reveal has a similar "issue" I had with the PS5 Pro reveal? That being, with the PS5 Pro reveal I think SIE didn't do a great job actually showing the performance gains of Pro over base PS5 with most of what was selected in that trailer. Similarly, I don't know if Nintendo's really communicated what makes the Switch 2 a large upgrade over the Switch 1 vs. seeming like more of the same. Yes, they showed it's slightly bigger and has new improved sticks & some controller buttons, but if they didn't specifically mention "Switch 2" in the trailer I wouldn't be mad if someone thought it was just a Switch XL.

This might just be me, but when you're revealing a new system, show off (even as some teasing snippets) a new game to go along with it. Something that can really sell we're about to jump into a new experience. I'm not saying the trailer reveal is bad by any means, but again, similar to the PS5 Pro's reveal (where IMO it needed more games like GT7 showing off its improvements, and less like TLOU2), it could've been quite a bit better. Even having said that, well, we know Nintendo's going to share more about Switch 2 over the next few months; it'll have its proper full-featured presentation and new big 1P exclusives, so ultimately my critique is on nothing more than the trailer itself.

I'm not expecting a Mark Cerny-level seminar into the technical specifics of the system, because that's something which worked (and was needed) for PS5 Pro; Switch 2 isn't that type of product. But I am expecting a more fully-featured Switch 2 Direct at some point at least comparable to the Summer 2020 PS5 Showcase. Whether that's with 1P games, 3P games, or a mix of both...I'll be expecting something to that degree.

EDIT: Also hopefully they clear up the bit about some Switch games not being compatible. I figure all games would, so I'm curious what the exceptions are. Maybe it's similar to the PS2 not being able to play a (really small) handful of PS1 games like MK3 Trilogy for some odd reason, but otherwise it's less than 1% of the total library. Could be the games that relied on cloud streaming to be playable on OG Switch, that won't be exactly compatible with the new system.

After everything has been leaked (design, motherboard, specs, etc...) this presentation feels like too little and feels rushed, this MK9 is almost identical to MK8, I hope it improves a lot for the final version.

I don't think that was MK9.

what differences LOL

oh theres a new way to put your controllers on and the docks the same, i cant believe what im seeing online lol

this is also the same video format they've been using for almost a decade

Yeah like, the trailer for me was overall pretty decent, but without them specifically mentioning "2" near the end I could have just as easily assumed it was a Switch XL.

You know, similar to the 3DS XL model that came out for that system. Then again, I have very specific standards for new console reveals, just like for mid-gen refresh reveals (in fact some of the issues I have with this trailer are analogous to issues I had with the initial PS5 Pro reveal trailer, too).

 

[od-chan]

So is your opinion when you said it sucked.

at this point I'm not sure if you're trolling or if you're actually offended because I'm not saying exclusively nice things about the company you love

 

[KU_]

Including tax and the game, it’ll at least be $500




But it looks like a switch 1 and many games releasing on it probably will also run on switch 1

MK9 doesn’t look like a generational leap or anything. I said this before but I expect tons of cross gen games from Nintendo.

The hook to get people to upgrade isn’t really there at the moment

The simple fact that the only way to play the next iteration in the Mario Kart franchise is on the Switch 2 is going to be incentive enough for many people to purchase it at launch.

 

[LordOcidax]

Holy shit And some people there thinks that the Switch2+MarioKart9 formula is going to fail

 

[VeganElduderino]

looks nice but one nitpick , why the fuck do they choose these gay ass colors ? like why cant they do full blown red and blue?

 

[touchfuzzy]

That reveal sucked big time, I do wonder what Nintendo's strategy in all of this is. I honestly don't think they have a good one, or know too well themselves. I honestly think Nintendo is scared shitless, and rightfully so. Look at Sony. The PS4 was immensly successfull and the PS5 is doing fine - but that took a lot of effort from sony. It wasn't exactly like this win was guranateed to them. It took a lot of Microsoft fumbling and a lot of Sony building up IPs and stuff to get into this position.

What I'm saying is, selling a new system in this day and age is hard. Now they're waiting till April to announce more? So that's like a summer or fall or maybe even christmas release? Nintendo is not ready yet at all for this, clearly, which is kinda laughable if you think about it. They've been paralyzed out of fear of fucking this up.

Again, that reveal was awful, but obviously in terms of broader marketing this reveal wasn't even the start for Nintendo, it basically felt more like a way to make the internet shut up (and I'm kinda grateful for that in a way). It's going to be interesting what they cook up until April. They need STRONG STRONG STRONG marketing and games, because as of now, they honestly have pretty much nothing and I'm not sure how well this is gonna play out.

Yeah dang man looks like you got it all figured out. Hopefully they have some sort of event upcoming to really show off all the new features and new games. Maybe April 2nd would be a good day.

 

[64gigabyteram]

But it looks like a switch 1 and many games releasing on it probably will also run on switch 1

according to who? when has nintendo ever done cross gen like that?

 

[rubik's dude]

I'm excited for the backwards compatability. This might actually be the best way to play Deadly Premonition, since the Switch version runs like doodoo, the improved hardware might actually make it playable. The Switch version is also the only version of the game that runs at 60 fps (other than the unplayable PC version).

 

[Celcius]

First of all, the new system physically looks fantastic and like a next-gen Switch. The all-black design looks so good. The music in the trailer was a bop too.
I'm assuming the next trailer is so far away because they got tired of the leaks and were like "let's just go ahead and show this much".
Mario Kart looks graphically like MK8D but I don't recognize that stage...
I'm hyped and can't wait to see more. Makes me wonder if we're not going to actually get the system until this holiday season though.

 

[MayauMiao]

at this point I'm not sure if you're trolling or if you're actually offended because I'm not saying exclusively nice things about the company you love

You're questioning Nintendo's strategy as if you know how to market the stuff better than Nintendo, which itself is hilarious.

 

[MMaRsu]

You are insane, and probably one of the people that thought the original Switch would fail.

He's not insane, he's 100% correct.

I think it's the blind Nintendo fanboys who will buy anything they get lapped up are the crazy ones.

 

[Euler007]

Here I thought we'd get some technical details.

 

[Guardian Monkey]

You're questioning Nintendo's strategy as if you know how to market the stuff better than Nintendo, which itself is hilarious.

To be fair they are only one system removed from the WiiU.

 

[Synless]

April 2nd!?!? Fuck that’s far away. I wanted a release date around that, not fucking details….

 

[Dacvak]

MARIO KART 9


But daaaamn man, April 2nd just for the Direct? We’re really gonna have to wait until, like, summer for this thing to come out.

 

[InterMusketeer]

The hardware was never that interesting to me, so this reveal/teaser doesn't do much for me. I just wanna see the games. Mario Kart looks mediocre though... Happy with the BC confirmation. April is still so far off too.

 

[touchfuzzy]

Including tax and the game, it’ll at least be $500




But it looks like a switch 1 and many games releasing on it probably will also run on switch 1

MK9 doesn’t look like a generational leap or anything. I said this before but I expect tons of cross gen games from Nintendo.

The hook to get people to upgrade isn’t really there at the moment

The hook is that this won't be the case. I would only expect currently announced games, those being Metroid Prime 4 and Pokemon Legends Z-A, to be cross-gen. Anything else announced from this point forward will be Switch 2 exclusive. Nintendo isn't going to make the mistake of fucking around with cross-gen like Sony and MS did.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Port of destiny 2 please.

First impressions look good though.