Nintendo Switch 2: Thread 01

[egparadigm]

Splinter Cell Blacklist, ****ing hell, was anyone asking for that?

Literally no one, least of all SC fans like me. And Driver 1 & 2? More than a remaster methinks, a ground up remake if it’s too not offend the ears and thumbs.

[fuse]

I see this trailer is gathering attention...



... not just for the game, but for the unspecific "Nintendo" logo appearing alongside the PS5 / Xbox / PC ones at the end.

[Neon Ignition]

I was a KS backer for the game so am in the credits

BORDERSDOWN WORLD EXCLUSIVE

Neon Ignition confirmed to appear on Nintendo Switch 2!

[briareos_kerensky]

According to Brazilian journalist Pedro Henrique Lutti Lippe, Switch 2 could be announced this week, before Nintendo's earnings report on November 5.
He mused this during a Youtube livestream and now his Twitter is private. Dorsn't mean a thing, but it'll be probably enough to restart the rumor mill.

[fishbowlhead]

It’s not, 1 last Christmas for Switch before they announce Switch2 in Feb/Mar for a release in Nov/Dec25.

[Neon Ignition]

I'm not expecting it to be revealed in 2024, way too damaging to the original Switch to do it - possibly the worst time of the year. Era has been hung up on it for weeks because of the timing of the original Switch announcement but (as is the way with how bad they've been with Switch update guesses for years now) they pay no attention at all to how dramatically different Nintendo's marketplace position was in October 2016

[wakka]

Yeah the WiiU days are completely irrelevant. That machine had been on its arse for years by that point, served with only bare minimum maintenance efforts like that Mario Tennis game. Switch absolutely has legs this Christmas.

The start of next year is a given I think. My personal guesses would be early Feb for an announcement and July for the release. The machine has likely been ready for a while now and I don't think they will wait as long as next Xmas to launch.

[fishbowlhead]

Switch 2 confirmed to be backwards compatible & Nintendo online is staying the same including your account purchases.

A small mercy then Nintendo for once.

[Neon Ignition]

Furukawa: "By allowing our existing Nintendo Switch userbase to carry over their Nintendo Online Accounts to the successor console, we anticipate many more years and millions of sales for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe"

[fishbowlhead]

This is the bit where the coolaid man gif comes in.

[Nu-Eclipse]

Switch 2 confirmed to be backwards compatible & Nintendo online is staying the same including your account purchases.

A small mercy then Nintendo for once.

Bittersweet.

Switch BC for Switch 2 is obviously a good thing - the only sane decision that Nintendo could come to on that score.

Nintendo Switch Online is absolutely gashtastic though. Would it really kill Nintendo to provide dedicated servers for proper online infrastructure? No, I don't want a sh1t halfbaked Spotify derivative, nor do I really want mediocre-at-best classic game emulation.

[doodledude]

They'd better invent another way of selling us there old games again for Switch 2 then!

[fuse]

I'm still waiting for the curveball of "yes it's backwards compatible... with DIGITAL SOFTWARE ONLY"

[wakka]

I'm sure it'll be backwards compatible with physical cards, and I don't think Nintendo will have any problem re-selling 'remastered' Switch 1 games. Sony have had great success with even the lightest remasters of the most recent games, despite comprehensive physical and digital backwards compatibility. Nintendo will aim to do the same.

I know a few on here are scooping up Switch 1 first party titles as they drift out of print, but I honestly don't personally think it's worth it, since they'll assuredly get enhanced rereleases on Switch 2 for the most part.

[Junko]

I’d imagine it’s already in production as Nintendo want to have as many units possible available at launch to avoid scalpers etc . Hasn’t GameCube for NSO been as good as confirmed ? I hear manufacturers have pretty much all but confirmed the components are in place for the controller ?