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.

  • kandoh@reddthat.comEnglish
    341·
    1 year 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

  • Rentlar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24·
    1 year ago

    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.

    • Link@rentadrunk.orgEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      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.

      • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        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

          • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            I wasn’t talking about how the wii u was failure. Just that their first game for the switch was also their last on wii u simultaneously.

            • olympicyes@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              Yes but Switch should have better longevity because the the size of the install base. I’m sure we are saying the same thing.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    41·
    1 year 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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  • BellaDonna@mujico.orgEnglish
    2·
    1 year 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.