Everything Nintendo has said about the Joy-Cons
The New Nintendo Switch 2 Spectroscopy: Where Do I Stand? Where Are I Going? Where Am I? What I’m going?
$449.99 is higher than I was expecting for the Switch 2. I was hoping for $399. I will do anything I can to get the Mario Kart World game, one of the more expensive games on its own.
Another big new feature of the Switch 2 Joy-Cons is that they can work like a mouse with select games. When they’re detached, you hold them, connection rail down, on a surface like a coffee table. In games like Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, gyro control is still a possibility, as well as in Super Mario Party Jamboree, the feature can be used for aiming.
The new Joy-Con rumble feature is updated to allow for a wider variety of vibration, according to Kawamoto. He said they would be stronger and had quicker response times. According to Nintendo’s official specs, the controllers will last about 20 hours between charges and recharge in about 3.5 hours, same as the original Joy-Cons.
As for accessories, apart from the included wrist straps, Nintendo has also announced a $19.99 set of two wheels you can attach the Joy-Con 2s to for games like Mario Kart World. The charging grip will retail for $34.99 and the console will have a standard non-charging grip as well.
I like black. My entire wardrobe is almost exclusively black. The Switch 2 design looks off to me. The original Switch may have launched with a gray Joy-Con option, but the neon red and blue controllers that also launched on day one became iconic. Now, the Switch 2 has just splashes of colors, and they’re mostly hidden.
Nope, it’s not an OLED. Nintendo will probably repeat the strategy of releasing a Switch 2 with that display technology down the line. There is a lot to be liked about the new Switch 2 screen.
I am blessed with a large 7.9-inch screen that is good for my eyesight, as I grew up with Nintendo consoles. I was pleasantly surprised that the company went with a 120Hz panel that supported variable refresh rate.
The New Nintendo Switch: What I’m looking for in the Next Generation of 3D Platforming Games, or Why I wouldn’t I Buy a Nintendo Switch?
The new Joy-Con are bigger, look more comfortable, do indeed attach via magnets, and can even be used like a mouse. Now, the real question is: will the sticks drift?
Just imagine: the joy of Zoom meetings, now integrated into your gameplay. Voice chat and video streaming are the worst parts about gaming to me. I will not be yelling at my friends to leave.
I play a lot of my Switch games with a licensed PowerA replica GameCube controller. While it unfortunately uses AA batteries, it includes an additional ZL button that lets me play most of my Switch games. Nintendo decided to give it a small nub of a ZL button instead of the full button on the GameCube controllers for the Switch 2. Hardly the Pro Controller replacement or WaveBird successor I was hoping for.
I’m sure I’ll play plenty of Mario Kart World, but I’m an antisocial sort at heart, so I spent most of this Direct waiting for Nintendo’s first-party, single-player killer app. I never would have bet on Donkey Kong Bananza leading the charge.
This is the first 3D platforming game by Donkey Kong since 1999, his first since 1999’s Donkey Kong 64, and his first solo game since Tropical Freeze in 2014, making him as old as Mario. He’s an unlikely candidate for a system seller. That is likely what Mario kart is for.
Source: Verge staffers react to the Nintendo Switch 2
Switch 2 Arrival and Welcome Tour: An Update for Digital Game Management in the Era of the Super Smash Bros. Game, My Favorite Game, and Other Games
The age of new consoles being bundled with a free game is behind us, but it’s confusing why Nintendo is charging for the Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour app. Although it does appear to include a small selection of mini-games, the app seems to be more of a highly-polished interactive tutorial than a game.
Wii Sports not only helped make that console a huge hit for Nintendo, it also cleverly introduced gamers to the Wiimote and Nunchuck’s unique capabilities and motion-controlled gaming. The Welcome Tour app feels like a similar idea, but with much less replay value.
Throughout the Switch 2 Direct, I was waiting for the iconic Super Smash Bros. logo to flash across my screen. And I nearly jumped out of my seat during the Kirby Air Riders trailer, which looked almost like an intro for a new SSB game.
It wasn’t, unfortunately, though SSB creator Masahiro Sakurai, who also directed the original Air Ride, is directing Riders. Here’s hoping he’ll be up for another SSB.
F-Zero GX was released more than two decades ago, but Nintendo revealed that it and other GameCube games are coming to the new console as a Nintendo Switch Online feature. I can not wait to play the games from Nintendo’s most adorable console in high definition without the need for a emulators.
My decision to stick to digital downloads for the original Nintendo Switch resulted in frustration with the games on the Switch OLED, so I was going to get a physical version for the second game.
Nintendo unveiled its new virtual game cards last week and I have changed my mind. Being able to more easily move games between several versions of the Switch without the consoles needing a constant internet connection is exactly the upgrade Nintendo needed to introduce to streamline digital game management with the Switch 2 enroute.
Nintendo shared some promising information about the updates for older titles during today’s Direct. The selection of games getting updates is fairly small, and it sounds like Nintendo is taking steps to make them compatible with the Switch 2’s Gamechat feature. But Nintendo also said that the updates “may improve performance,” which feels very significant for certain titles on the list like Pokémon Scarlet / Violet and The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom.
