*** Nintendo Switch ***

Mobius 1 said:
Gonna pick one up. My ageing switch needs replacing tbh. Or do I wait for the inevitable refresh / new switch 2 :D
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I was in the same position, but FOMO and the lack of any announcement from Nintendo about a successor for the Switch pushed me toward picking up the TOTK OLED edition. I don't have any regrets ;the OLED screen is a big upgrade from the original in terms of colour vibrancy & contrast with much better black levels. The screen is also a bit bigger. I still think a new console will be announced at the end of this year or early next year. But very little is known about what Nintendo plans : could there be two separate SKUs - a home console and a handheld ?
 
Plainsong said:
I’ll be gutted if it isn’t BC I’ve bought a ton of digital Switch games since launch.
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Same, and that will be true for millions of people. Nintendo ditched BC going from Wii to Wii U and lost literally tens of millions of customers in that process. They won't want to face that scenario again - it nearly bankrupt them the last time.
 
I think/hope Switch 2 will have a decent first party line up.
Metroid 4 (guessing will be on Switch 1)
Mario Kart 9
New Mario platformer
Pokémon (they're pumping this out every few months)

Don't think we'll see a new Zelda due to totk being in development for so long. Or maybe some past Zelda game remake.
 
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kakarott said:
I think/hope Switch 2 will have a decent first party line up.
Metroid 4 (guessing will be on Switch 1)
Mario Kart 9
New Mario platformer
Pokémon (they're pumping this out every few months)

Don't think we'll see a new Zelda due to totk being in development for so long. Or maybe some past Zelda game remake.
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If it's based around the same tech then TotK will just probably get bumped to 1080p on Switch 2.
 
xaldub said:
Same, and that will be true for millions of people. Nintendo ditched BC going from Wii to Wii U and lost literally tens of millions of customers in that process. They won't want to face that scenario again - it nearly bankrupt them the last time.
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Sorry xaldub but that's wrong the wii u is fully backward compatible with wii games (although it couldn't play gamecube games that the launch wii models could).
 
kakarott said:
If it means that we get a powerful handheld and no BC, I'm for it. Maybe they can implement some kind of emulation?
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I think this is how it would have to be if they were going to move on to something else. I know Nintendo can do no wrong* but backwards compatibility has been a staple of pretty much every console they've ever made and locking out their large current fan base really doesn't sound like the best idea.

*By that I mean they seem to get a free pass whenever they do something the fans don't like.
 
According to MVG it would be hard to have backwards compatibility on a Switch 2 without the original switch hardware
Either that or it would need to be emulated. It's worth a quick watch for his explanation

 
no_1_dave said:
According to MVG it would be hard to have backwards compatibility on a Switch 2 without the original switch hardware
Either that or it would need to be emulated. It's worth a quick watch for his explanation

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Yea I watched it couple weeks ago. Wonder how long ninty gonna milk the switch though, weren't their rumours of wind waker and twilight princess remaster?
 
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kakarott said:
The Wii U flopped because of poor 1st party games and the console was just so slow.
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3 or the top 4 selling Switch games are Wii U games. The Wii U had better first party originals than the Switch.
The Switch was a success because it is a handle with a option to dock it. Nintendo handhelds have always sold well and the Switch is no exception.
 
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