Nintendo Direct - Switch 2 | April 2nd, 2025 - 6:00 A.M PT / 9:00 A.M ET (60 Minutes)

[br82186]

Damn, i could have swore Metroid would have been a day one game.

I think a new Metroid comes out in the holiday season

 

[Hey_zeus]

They really have an all time immunity lmao. I just hate this this will lead to others normalizing it too.

Them finally reaching ps4 level games while being the first to get us back to 90s prices feels disrespectful.

 

[Jaguar93]

Mario Kart, Donkey Kong, Bloodborne 2, Kirby, and Prime 4. Straight Fire!!!

 

[Khalil's_Black_Excellence]

Link to get added to Nintendo's distro to purchase the Switch 2, brehs. Must have Nintendo account, online membership for a year, opted to share data with Nintendo, and 50 hours of gameplay time.

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Nah, we good on that, fam.

 

[MischievousMonkey]

You wanted them to fake it? I prefer transparency…


But

I prefer them to do other shyt that works

 

[Volt]

All the games I really wanted are still coming out on Switch 1

The Switch 2 is clearly not a whole gen behind like before tho... Multiplat releases byke?

Nintendo really got FF7R before Xbox

 

[MischievousMonkey]

I'm finally gonna taste Yakuza 0 tho

 

[CarltonJunior]

Theres more cons than pros here. When i get more time ill write a more detailed post.

Heres what I liked:

Pros

- New console, finally, better specs. The specs don’t blow anyone away but this has more than enough to hold us down for the next 5 or so years. No device thats convenient to use is consistently giving us 4k 60+ fps until 2030 minimum so thisll do.

- I like the dock and its cooling system, maybe even have a minor gpu in there idk, good for longevity. The old dock was a piece of junk, in retrospect.

- The library of games on this will be excellent (in the future)

- Gameshare is a great feature that should make some of my christmases cheaper.

- Finally including features other systems have had for 20+ years (like game chat)

Cons

- Pricing pricing pricing. Games on this being more expensive than PS5 games is disrespectful, if i saw whoever made this decision id pull my dikk out and piss on them

Not to mention this is going to drive up the price ACROSS THE BOARD. Get ready for GTA6 to be $200. Dont get me started on the accessory pricing.

- Not supporting full backwards compatibility with upscaling/better performance means I wont be getting this on day 1. Theres so many switch 3rd party games that just need to have higher graphics settings/fps unlocked that will fail to be realized now because nintendo skimped out.

- Those new joycons look like they will fail. Ill give it 8 months before the magnets weaken and the mouse stops working/stick drift/what have you. That $80 (!!) pro controller is not going to be optional.

- The launch lineup for this is pathetic. One new game, some ports, and the promise of maybe 2/3 more as the year goes on. Zero reason to buy this on day 1.

- 3rd party games are supporting this now but they always do on year 1 of nintendo. Will they continue to do so on year 2, 3, 4, etc? Thats never been the case. So idk why they made them such a big area of focus for this direct

All in all..will i buy this? Of course. But itll be AWHILE. Theres just not enough here

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

I blame Nintendo but mostly trump

 

[Tetris v2.0]

We gotta up the original Switch reveal thread

A lot of hot takes in here and this will sell and will be a massive success once again lol

Switch 1 launch was much lighter than this and only picked up at the end of 2017

My main issue is pricing but I don't think that will stop most people who want this

 

[GambinoMakeItWork]

@The Mad Titan @MeachTheMonster please come shyt on "paid upgrades" like y'all did for Sony.

Wukong-gate appears to be a more pressing matter

 

[Camammal]

$80 games?? Nah g, I’m boycotting that shyt.

 

[CarltonJunior]

We gotta up the original Switch reveal thread

A lot of hot takes in here and this will sell and will be a massive success once again lol

Switch 1 launch was much lighter than this and only picked up at the end of 2017

My main issue is pricing but I don't think that will stop most people who want this

I dont think anyone thinks this wont succeed, this isnt a wii u blunder.

But the concerns and criticisms are more than legitimate

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Is that a world tour or your girls tour?

 

[Hey_zeus]

We gotta up the original Switch reveal thread

A lot of hot takes in here and this will sell and will be a massive success once again lol

Switch 1 launch was much lighter than this and only picked up at the end of 2017

My main issue is pricing but I don't think that will stop most people who want this

You think so? They haven't had back to back console successes since the Snes. Even the transition from 2DS to 3DS was a struggle which people forget. One of the only time I remember Nintendo dropping prices to help sales. I'm not saying this will be Wii U but they're trying to get the same play off twice with little differentiation and gimmicks from 3 generations ago. That chat and camera look like ps2 Eyetoy shyt. Idk if this is an easy sell for the millions of casuals who can't tell the difference outside a 2 and price. We'll see...