Goodbye NX, hello Switch

[SteveGrabowski]

So basically, Metroid Prime 4 got delayed again?

 

[Pohemi]

IMO Nintendo is much like Apple in that the hardware is less powerful than the competition, but what they do well is the software optimization. I mean it runs MK11 beautifully. Should that even be possible? lol

That being said...their hardware improvements from one gen to the next hasn't been remarkable since SNES to N64. I don't expect the Switch 2 hardware to be a huge jump, but we'll see.

 

[purbeast0]

IMO Nintendo is much like Apple in that the hardware is less powerful than the competition, but what they do well is the software optimization. I mean it runs MK11 beautifully. Should that even be possible? lol

That being said...their hardware improvements from one gen to the next hasn't been remarkable since SNES to N64. I don't expect the Switch 2 hardware to be a huge jump, but we'll see.

Well now look at how MK1 runs on it lol.

 

[Pohemi]

Well now look at how MK1 runs on it lol.

I know that one just came out, and admittedly I have not played it. And will not. Friend told me about the super-excessive DLC. Get a character through DLC, great. Oh, but now you need to pay more JUST TO GET THE CHARACTER'S VOICE-OVERS? Holy frick. No thanks, WB.

 

[RPD]

So while I purchased it months ago I never really got into it until this weekend, Dead Cells with the Castlevaina DLC. Took a few attempts to finally realize and get the gist of the game flow, but it has its hooks in me now. Must collect all the cells!

 

[igor_kavinski]

Does it make sense to buy a switch

Only if you are into Mario/Luigi/Zelda games.

 

[blckgrffn]

Only if you are into Mario/Luigi/Zelda games.

And at this point in its lifecycle and there being strong rumors that Switch 2 has backwards compatibility? Line up for a launch of next gen switch and enjoy it for 5-7 years

 

[JujuFish]

Only if you are into Mario/Luigi/Zelda games.

More than just those. The Switch has a bunch of well received exclusives. Xenoblade games, Fire Emblem games, Pikmin, Metroid, Mario and Rabbids, Kirby games, Animal Crossing. And, of course, the behemoth that is the Pokémon franchise.

 

[igor_kavinski]

Line up for a launch of next gen switch and enjoy it for 5-7 years

Or buy the current one when it's discounted and wait for Nintendo to release the Switch 2 OLED variant

 

[purbeast0]

Does it make sense to buy a switch if I have a PS5, an iPhone with a subscription to arcade games and a PC with many games

Are there games you want to play on it?

If so, yes. If not, no.

It really is not a complicated question lol.

 

[SteveGrabowski]

Or buy the current one when it's discounted and wait for Nintendo to release the Switch 2 OLED variant

Nintendo never discounts. If you want a system cheap gotta buy used.

 

[blckgrffn]

Nintendo never discounts. If you want a system cheap gotta buy used.

It's all about the backwards compat. If it comes out and it's not, I'll buy a Switch OLED for the long haul. If it is, I'll buy as close to launch as possible and hope that some of my games that remain unplayed because of my perceived performance issues (Astral Chain) will get some sort of FPS boost mode or something.

 

[jpiniero]

Nintendo finally admitted that the Switch 2 will be (at the very least?) announced in their fiscal year (ends in March).

 

[ToTTenTranz]

Nintendo finally admitted that the Switch 2 will be (at the very least?) announced in their fiscal year (ends in March).

I guess Takashi Mochizuki can finally write an article about Switch 2 on Bloomberg that won't be proven wrong.