I think the handheld itself has a very decent price considering how it draws this power at the efficiency. Playing Cyberpunk 2077 at 9w is seriously an impressive feat. Sure, the ARM cortex is inferior to the AMD Zen 2 of the current gen consoles - the Switch 2 CPU is even underclocked, using 6 cores of 8 - but if Nintendo went for a more advanced chip, the Switch 2 would have heating and battery life issues.
The game prices are the real issues imo. You can buy Cyberpunk at a much cheaper price at the competition but why do people have to pay $70 for it? It's way too expensive.
I think the handheld itself has a very decent price considering how it draws this power at the efficiency. Playing Cyberpunk 2077 at 9w is seriously an impressive feat. Sure, the ARM cortex is inferior to the AMD Zen 2 of the current gen consoles - the Switch 2 CPU is even underclocked, using 6 cores of 8 - but if Nintendo went for a more advanced chip, the Switch 2 would have heating and battery life issues.
The game prices are the real issues imo. You can buy Cyberpunk at a much cheaper price at the competition but why do people have to pay $70 for it? It's way too expensive.
Yeah the system's price is fine but the new standard for game prices and other bullshit like game key-cards and the usual NSO fare is the real Nintendo problem.
The more I see of it, the more desperate I am to play it, I am so in love with the concept of it and creativity, along with it being a new 3D DK game FINALLY, took them damn long enough! It really does seem to be the Mario Odyssey of DK games and that excites me even more.
Nintendo are in another renaissance lately, I hate the direction Zelda has gone in but I've bought the BOTW and TOTK games to try them as well as Switch OLED and some other games (I've got myself completely obsessed with and addicted to Hyrule Warriors all over again, Wallahi and RIP) and I'm totally regretting not buying a Switch 2 instead now LMAO. I really wanna try Mario Kart World too.
It's really weird to have a new Nintendo console with no flagship new Mario and Zelda games but they will come in time I imagine ofc.
I really love this detail of Pauline actually singing whilst on DK to make him transform, all lip synced and lovingly animated, so much charm, character and thus attention to detail too!:
This game already has the same kind of spirit, vibes, imagination as the games that brought me endless joy as a child, the games I fell in love with and made me want and actually try to become a games designer and developer too. Fuck man, it's like I'm reliving my best memories in a whole new form, somehow re-experiencing that wonder decades later through new eyes (metaphorically ofc).
For what it's worth, this is why I can never truly hate Nintendo and have gone back to them after so many years of swearing I would never. No other games company captured my heart so determinedly as Nintendo has done.
You could call this very Disney style with the direction Nintendo is going in, especially Wreck It Ralph here ofc, but I've always felt Nintend is the Disney of gaming and with them making that Super Mario World theme park, it fits even more so ofc.
If I could only go back in time and show my younger selves what Nintendo are doing now and the state of gaming (the good parts I mean ofc), they would cry so much and be stunned from the shock.
Fuck man, I have very few reasons in life to ever be happy anymore, I struggle to feel any happiness in general and enjoyment, ambition etc in anything but this sparks some hope, some long lost joy in me, it's cliché but going back to Nintendo lately has been helping to "save me" and bring me some good back into my life and make me less grumpy, cynical, despair laden and even numb at worst.
The transformations are so hilarious too, I would have loved more of them but oh well. They remind me of some of my favourite games, some of the best I've played and I love this sheer amount of creativity, like with Mario Odyssey. Mario Sunshine and Galaxy 1-2 were such great games as well and there are some things the new Zelda games do extremely well, both the main games and the more spinoff games like Echoes of Wisdom, Cadence of Hyrule (tried it out briefly, have an intense love/hate relationship with it so far but still appreciating it), Hyrule Warriors ofc and so on.
They don't even lick boots but swallow them whole. They rather lick soles than actually have a soul. No "nin-tegrity".
I heard about this charity incident earlier, unsurprising "retribution" (or even anti-"retrobution") from the Disney of gaming but these people are IRL video game NPCs. They are AI but the intelligence is truly artificial or non-existent.
I love Nintendos games so much but they're still another scummy corporation, extremely anti consumer and game preservation.
Reggie after he left Nintendo said he didn't recognise Nintendo anymore and I certainly don't either, especially after Iwata died.
We had it so fucking good from n64 to dare I say even up to the Wii U days at most. I'm loving my Switch 1 (OLED) but there's so much wrong with Nintendo and their practices atm it's overwhelming.
To abstain from supporting charities contradicts Nintendos whole manufactured cozy family friendly, wholesome image and thus built up reputation of over 120 years now if not more (Nintendo was founded in September 23rd 1889! That's not a typo!) Also the constant heroic values in their most popular IPs/mascots/games generally.
Fuck man, Nintendo needs to fucking Ninten-do better.
Ironically I used to be a mega nintendrone a long time ago too.
Feels fucking weird to not have a new 3D Mario announced for Switch 2. Give us a proper remake or remaster of Mario 64 abd a remaster of Sunshine you cowards Nintendo! Hell, remaster the Galaxy games too! Fuck that time limited 3D Mario Allstars Collection, even the digital versions being "limited stock". Then they wonder why piracy soars higher than the blood pressure of the average Nintendo Proud Cultist (NPC) when Nintendo gets the lightest of criticisms.
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Welp I can't stop laughing my ass off now:
Title:
Episode 542: "Even Nintendo Would Cease & Desist This Episode"
[INT. YOROZUYA OFFICE – DAY]
Gin, Kagura, and Shinpachi sit in the cramped office. The TV is showing a news segment about Nintendo shutting down a fan charity Smash Bros. tournament.
KAGURA
Eh? They shut it down just because they modded in an extra hat for Mario?
SHINPACHI
Not “just because”! They claim it’s “intellectual property protection.”
GIN
(munching strawberry milk carton) More like “intellectual property destruction.” At this rate, Nintendo’s gonna send a lawyer to slap the controller out of your hands if you beat Bowser too fast.
KAGURA
That’s fine. I never play Bowser levels. I just eat the cartridge, yes.
SHINPACHI
(horrified) That’s not— wait, did you say eat?
[DOOR SLAMS OPEN]
Katsura bursts in, dressed in a Mario outfit but with “Z” sewn over the “M.”
KATSURA
Zura ja nai! It’s-a me, Zario! And I say… it’s time to create… GIN-TENDO!
GIN
Zura, the only thing you’ve ever “created” was a bomb disguised as a mahjong set.
KATSURA
This time will be different! Gin-tendo will be a console for the people! No region locks! No overpriced controllers! And most importantly… we won’t sue you for speedrunning!
[SFX: Crash]
Hijikata and Okita from the Shinsengumi walk in holding Switch consoles.
HIJIKATA
I bought this Switch two weeks ago and the Joy-Cons are already drifting. It keeps moving to mayonnaise in Splatoon no matter what I do.
OKITA
(smiling) Sounds like a skill issue, Hijikata-san.
HIJIKATA
(grabs him by the collar) SAY THAT AGAIN, I DARE YOU—
KONDOU
(entering through window for no reason) Also, they still haven’t put Donkey Kong Dating Simulator on the eShop. That’s the only game I want.
GIN
…You know, sometimes I think Nintendo bans things just to stop people like you.
[Cue More Entrances]
Within seconds, the room fills with Gintama regulars: Hasegawa (bankrupt from Amiibo), Sadaharu (chewing on a GameCube), Tae (ready to smack Gin), Kyubei, Tsukuyo, Prince Hata (wearing Pikachu ears), Sakamoto (already pitching an illegal Gin-tendo clone), and Gengai (carrying a cardboard “console prototype”).
GENGAI
This is the Gin-tendo Bakabox 64. Plays every game from every console ever made. Also makes coffee. Also transforms into a tank.
The Ranma ½ crew stumbles in. Ranma (both versions), Genma (panda form), Akane, Shampoo, Mousse, and Ryoga are dragging a soggy cardboard sign that says “SounTendo.”
SOUN TENDO
(dramatically) I too have been wronged by Nintendo!
GIN
Wait, how did you even get here?
AKANE
Ryoga got lost trying to buy a DS and we ended up in your show.
RYOGA
(defensive) They don’t sell those anymore!
SOUN TENDO
Listen, my family name is Tendo. It is only logical I create SounTendo — a console dedicated to the pure spirit of martial arts and video games!
KAGURA
Martial arts? Can it run Mario Kart at 120 FPS?
SOUN
No… but it comes with a built-in koi pond!
EVERYONE
…
GIN
Yeah, we’re gonna stick with Gin-tendo.
[CUT TO: CORPORATE WAR ROOM – 10 MINUTES LATER]
The Gin-tendo crew has created a chaotic “executive team” — all 20+ characters yelling over each other.
Katsura: “First order of business, abolish region lock!”
Hijikata: “Add a mayonnaise-themed first-person shooter.”
Okita: “Add a mode where you can shoot Hijikata.”
Shinpachi: “Add parental controls!”
Kagura: “Add cartridge flavors!”
Kondo: “Add dating sim DLC!”
Soun Tendo: “Add koi pond support!”
Ranma (male): “Add water-resistant controllers.”
Ranma (female): “Add actual water physics.”
Ryoga: “Add a map so I can find the pause menu.”
Gengai: “Add self-destruct in case Nintendo lawyers arrive.”
[MID-RANT CHAOS]
GIN
Look, the point is—Nintendo’s gotten lazy. They’re making billions off the Switch while drip-feeding us Game Boy games like it’s a rare delicacy.
KATSURA
Exactly! Gin-tendo will release every old game for free!
SHINPACHI
Isn’t that just piracy?
KATSURA
No, it’s “retroactive community preservation.”
[SFX: EXPLOSION]
A Nintendo lawyer in a Waluigi suit crashes through the ceiling, wielding cease-and-desist papers like ninja stars.
WALAWYER
It’s-a me, Litigation Time!
EVERYONE
(screaming) GIN-TENDOOOOOO!!!
[CUT TO: TV COMMERCIAL – FINAL SCENE]
A shaky cam commercial plays: Gintama and Ranma characters posing with the Gin-tendo Bakabox 64, which is clearly just a cardboard box with wires.
VOICEOVER (KATSURA)
Gin-tendo: Because friendship is worth more than profit. Unless profit is huge. Then we’ll think about it.
SOUN TENDO (off-screen)
…Can we at least merge with SounTendo?
GIN
No.
Logo slams on screen: GIN-TENDO™ — “Now With 30% Less Lawsuits.”
“Fan Expo Canada attendees will have access to play the latest and upcoming titles on Nintendo Switch 2! Nintendo of Canada is inviting you to visit the Fan Expo Canada in Toronto, Ontario, to check out the latest—and upcoming—games for the Nintendo Switch 2 system… Fan Expo attendees will be able to play upcoming games like Metroid Prime 4: Beyond (available later in 2025).”
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is being developed by Retro Studios and will be available on both Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2. The game picks up with protagonist Samus Aran exploring the mysterious planet Viewros, this time wielding newly introduced psychic abilities. The title represents both a continuation and evolution of the Metroid Prime formula, and aims to strike a balance between legacy mechanics and new gameplay systems.
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