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Relevant: https://www.nintendo.com/successor/en-us/index.html Nintendo Direct focused on Switch 2: Apr 2nd. Looks like joy-cons will have 'mouse-like' functionality and there's a 'C' on right joy-con but its functionality is not reveled. New Mario Kart showcased would probably be one of the first exclusives.

That was a new mario kart? it looked like mario kart 8 to me.

Donkey Kong has a new design, it’s definitely the new game.

Re: Nintendo announces the Switch 2 [video]

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Same here. Really hope it is more than what was rumoured, which was using some 6 years old tech.

What was missing from games 6 years ago that current tech has made possible? Besides more leaves on trees, of course.

BoTW definitely struggles in many situations FPS wise... And thats running the same resolution I ran on my PC in 2008, but now on my 4k tv...

It's kind of hard to look past it at this point.

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Wasn't expecting it to actually be called "Switch 2", but I'm glad they stuck to a name that makes sense.

It's possibly the most normal successor name they've ever chosen. I like it. I'm picturing someone suggesting "Switch U" and getting thrown out the window like in that meme comic, even though he's often used as the voice of reason...

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Honestly i was expecting a little more info. I get this is on purpose, to create hype, but not having a graphical demo, a release date... anything really more than the design, input ports, and joycons, seems too little. And the direct in april seems too far away honestly. All they showed is the things that leaked, i mean, to me (besides the confirmation of something that was obvious) is like nothing happened really.…

I think it comes out in June.

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I’m glad to see Nintendo found a form factor that’s kind of gimmicky that actually worked. The Wii and Wii U were too gimmicky, but portability was a great choice. I’m also glad to see backwards compatibility. I’m excited to see what kind of hardware improvements have been made. The switch came out in March 2017, just about 8 years ago. Just due to the way Nintendo games have their animated charm, they’re able to mak…

> That said, I’d love to see how good a Zelda game looks on some new hardware.

Hopefully they'll go back and update their major Switch titles to leverage the new hardware. BOTW and TOTK look fantastic in an emulator with the resolution and framerate cranked much higher than the original Switch hardware could handle, even without updating any of the assets.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex2iIvuc78k

Re: Nintendo announces the Switch 2 [video]

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A little sad about the lack of a rail compatible with charging existing controllers. Hopefully it's compatible with current gen controllers anyway given how expensive they are.

One of my favorite parts about the Xbox Series generation of consoles is that it's fully compatible with the previous Xbox One controllers.

It would be amazing if they could get their multi-gen multi-console save-sync to work nearly as well as Microsoft's so I could switch back and forth between my existing Switch and Switch 2 seamlessly but I doubt that's in the cards, this is Nintendo were talking about.

Re: Nintendo announces the Switch 2 [video]

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Relevant: https://www.nintendo.com/successor/en-us/index.html Nintendo Direct focused on Switch 2: Apr 2nd. Looks like joy-cons will have 'mouse-like' functionality and there's a 'C' on right joy-con but its functionality is not reveled. New Mario Kart showcased would probably be one of the first exclusives.

I was honestly a bit disappointed this wasn't revealed in a Nintendo Direct.

"Nintendo Direct: New games in 2025" would have been the perfect setup for a "and one more thing"-moment.

Re: Nintendo announces the Switch 2 [video]

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The problem with Xbox naming is that names are both inconsistent and too similar to each other. Aside from the Wii/Wii U debacle, Nintendo console names haven't been consistent, but they have been distinct. It's easy to remember that the GameCube and the Wii aren't the same thing. Xbox, though, it's just the word Xbox followed by arbitrary numbers, maybe with the letter S or X thrown in for fun. I have no idea why th…

(I am still trying to work out if the 360 was named after the 360º ring of red on the power light that it so often would produce...)

RRoD only had 3 of the 4 quadrants lit so that'd be the Xbox 270.
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