The potential end of an era.

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.

  • Guy Ingonito@reddthat.comEnglish
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    2 years ago

    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

  • BellaDonna@mujico.orgEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    The bombshell you’re not expecting that I am is that this system will be fully backwards compatible with digital games, not physical. They already hinted at this a while back, so I’m unfortunately expecting the carts won’t be backwards compatible.

    I’m even concerned it won’t have any physical media.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    31·
    2 years ago

    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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