With a Switch 2 looming, Nintendo is sending out the original with a bang::With the launch of Super Mario Bros. Wonder on the Switch, Nintendo is capping off an excellent 2023 for the console, just ahead of the rumored launch of the Switch 2.
The Switch 2 will be a day 1 buy if it keeps the hybrid design and has full Switch backward compatibility…
Not holding my breath for the latter, though =/
That will make it or break it for me. If I won’t be able to play my library of games on the Switch 2, I’m not going to bother. I’ll just wait for a new version of the Steam Deck in that case.
I will take a chance here and say that the Switch 2 will 100% have backward compatability.
Many games are sold through the Nintendo Online Store, and they will work.
And they won’t kill the physical “discs”, but the uncertainty comes with keeping them the same size.
Nintendo has made a winner with the Switch. I think the Switch 2 will mostly be a massive upgrade of what it already does perfectly.
As of today, they have a habit of creating a brand new store with every new console, whit no port of your old game to the new one. So I won’t count on that. Still would be nice of them if they do.
This is Nintendo… They’ll make you rebuy everything if you want to play it on the new console.
Is Nintendo really going to stop first party Switch releases the moment they announce/release Switch 2? I can see they wanted to drop the Wii U fairly quickly, but for the 3DS stuff like new Mario Party games came out after the Switch release. Metroid 4 is still in development, presumably targeting the Switch.
The 3DS wasn’t meant to be replaced by the switch when it released hence they supported both for a period of time.
The Switch 2 on the other hand is literally meant to be a replacement to the Switch so I wouldn’t be surprised if they dropped first party support when it releases.
Like how they did with the wii U. The only thing that would make me think that they would still support the original switch with releases is that hopefully it’s successor is backwards compatible, a-la GBA -> DS style of support
The problem with the Wii U is that it didn’t sell very well.
Would nintendo really release something called the Switch 2 when there is a PlayStation 5 out already?
They should call it the Switch 360, or the Switch One, or Switch Series N
It’s Nintendo, so it will probably be called the New Switch U or something
That would be a pretty bad marketing move given the overall popularity dip that WiiU brought. Stronger option? Switch DS XL…
Super switch
Would nintendo really release something called the Switch 2
They released the Wii U
Switch 3D 3DS XL
This is the best summary I could come up with:
While rumors of a Switch successor have persisted for years, recent reports suggest that an upgraded device is not only coming but will be here relatively soon, with a potential 2024 launch.
The last time the company released a major Zelda and Super Mario in the same year was 2017, which just so happened to be when the Switch debuted.
Tears of the Kingdom, in particular, really feels like it’s pushing the upper limits of what the Switch is capable of — just look at some of the physics-defying creations players have come up with inside of its giant open world.
Nintendo built an all-new engine for the game and didn’t give the development team a specific deadline so that they could focus on quality.
After the dark days of the Wii U, Nintendo used the Switch to prove that it could offer a unified version of its console and portable businesses, one that — despite underpowered hardware — could find its niche among bigger, flashier competitors.
Nintendo is in a great spot when it comes to games right now, a process that was a decade in the making after the company merged its development divisions into one cohesive whole focused entirely on the Switch.
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