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Nintendo unveils Switch 2 ahead of June 5 launch

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The original battle royale. My friend was addicted to this game as kids but I never enjoyed it because he always stomped me.

Back in the day, we'd play city trial in sandbox mode and drive all the vehicles we unlocked up on top of the floating platform. The achievement system was also great.

Same, such fun memories. Those were some good times.

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Cripes that’s incredibly expensive for a lower spec handheld

The specs seems to exceed that of the Steam Deck. And that was barely selling at a profit for a while. I'm not really mad at the specs.

But no linux or steam

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No new Zelda, no new Mario. I don't know what Nintendo is doing but I am not a hyped up for the Switch 2 as I thought I'd be.

Why would there be a new Zelda? There were two new games in the past two years. Yeah, it has been 8 years since the last new 3D Mario game.

ToK was a rehash, and the zelda game was not made to be serious like the Botw series is.

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The specs seems to exceed that of the Steam Deck. And that was barely selling at a profit for a while. I'm not really mad at the specs.

But no linux or steam

I mean, yes?. Also no Playstation or Xbox. If Linux/steam is your deal breaker nothing Nintendo did would change your mind.

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Haven't heard much complaints about the hardware. Seems like a good iterative evolution. even the $450 price point was somewhat expected. As always, it's the software pricing that makes everything absurd. They jumped straight to $80 in a mere 2-3 years for them after Tears of the Kingdom's $70. And Mario Kart hits further beyond with $90. I wonder how that will fare in this economy. Will consumers still take upon tha…

$90 if you buy it, $80 if you ~rent~ ehm I mean "acquire" a temporary digital license. my point being: due to the risks assumed (someone can click a button and rob the product from you), the rights lost (cannot exchange games with your cousin), and the general lack of consumer protections on digital rentals aka. licenses, I'm a firm believer that their price should be 20 to 50% of what a proper physical copy costs; s…

Nintendo is going to be doing digital game lending now so that's an interesting addition. I'll probably still buy physical since the first-party games hold their value so well.

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A Kirby Air Ride successor? Kirby Air Ride was one of the best and most unique Gamecube games. A sequel to do the original justice would be a big deal. Sadly, Nintendo has made a reputation for itself as a copyright troll, most notoriously their legal takedowns of YouTube lets plays. As a result, I have boycotted Nintendo for over ten years now. While the new releases are tempting, Nintendo's recent legal actions aga…

>Windows-only game Huh? Palworld is available on Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, and macOS.

Sorry, I meant in the context of desktop operating systems. Steam page says only Windows is supported. Not sure why Wikipedia says MacOS.

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>Windows-only game Huh? Palworld is available on Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, and macOS.

Sorry, I meant in the context of desktop operating systems. Steam page says only Windows is supported. Not sure why Wikipedia says MacOS.

It’s in the Mac App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/palworld/id6503918400?mt=12

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A Kirby Air Ride successor? Kirby Air Ride was one of the best and most unique Gamecube games. A sequel to do the original justice would be a big deal. Sadly, Nintendo has made a reputation for itself as a copyright troll, most notoriously their legal takedowns of YouTube lets plays. As a result, I have boycotted Nintendo for over ten years now. While the new releases are tempting, Nintendo's recent legal actions aga…

I don’t dare boycott gaming companies because then I’d be stuck with indie games on itch.io. While they aren’t always bad, they’re not my cup of tea.

All 3 major gaming companies are horrible in their own ways. Just like both major smartphone platforms. The times we live in…

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In the past month i was also considering to buy a Wii to play some games with friends, but i waited to see if the switch 2 could be worth it. Now i'm seriously considering the Wii.

You will never run out of games to play with a softmodded Wii plus a massive SD card. Make sure your Wii has the correct ports and get some Gamecube controllers too.

Doesn’t Wii only support sd cards up to 4GB?
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