It is Mario Odyssey. They probably wanted to play with that idea some more. Hey Odyssey never got DLC, did it?
A Switch Micro would be great, something cheap and pocketable.
I wouldn't personally be interested in that but it would probably be the smartest choice for a revision.
Low budget games aren't necessarily shovelware, which implies they're bad games. I think Nintendo makes/publishes something called Boxboy, people like the series but it's quite obviously as low budget as they come. They could pump out DLC for bigger games too. That kind of stuff wouldn't even be bothered with if it wasn't profitable. I wouldn't rule out having some heavy hitters be cross-generation either. That's plenty to play it safe while giving Switch 2 the support it needs.
Yeah, a completely different situation where they played it safe pretending DS wasn't the successor to GBA despite not needing to do so as much as they would now, yet you think they wouldn't play it safe at a more experimental time (now). That makes no logical sense, assuming management still thinks largely the same way.
No, it was the successor to GBA, which is where your thinking about all of this stumbles.
All information we have is virtually nothing except new hardware is being developed, leaks and rumors have been all over the place for years. We know almost nothing concrete about how Nintendo will market this thing or exactly what features it will have.
That's too bad, though I didn't really like the game anyway. I just threw it out as an example of the kinda things that could keep appearing on Switch during the transition to Switch 2.
we're talking about consoles/handhelds that not only have games that rely on online servers for replay-ability (servers, might i add, that companies are not going to keep alive if the demand for it isn't big enough), but also where a good chunk of the games for said systems are digital download only (and again, the online shop servers for them had their life support removed). We are WAY beyond the era where we had companies like Sega giving the genesis a new lease on life. WiiU users are lucky they can still play Mario Kart 8 with other people online.
I am making it in my shed. Nobody else could be trusted. I promise a 9/10 or above.
Probably the same still-living studio that made every other Paper Mario?
It isn't an official successor. The DS line is a separate hardware family from the Gameboy line of systems. Its why its not called the "Gameboy DS".
The DS was a far more experimental idea when it debuted. The chance of failure was actually very high. Meanwhile, Nintendo had both its home consoles (this was around the time Nintendo were making the transition from the Gamecube to the Wii) and the Gameboy to fall back on. Nintendo right now only has the Switch, which has clearly reached the point of diminishing returns in terms of sales potential, and has reached the ceiling of its graphical performance. A direct Switch successor won't be a brand new unproven idea, but it will be building upon the groundwork that its predecessor has already set. If anything, the original Switch itself was more of gamble than the Switch 2 would be.
We can gather that its more than likely going to be another hybrid. Nintendo is still working with Nvidia and is more than likely still using one of their mobile SOCs judging by what we've been told about the console's performance, we just don't know the exact chip yet. There have been no leaks or indications of Nintendo doing anything else out of the ordinary, and the Switch worked so well, that its highly unlikely that Nintendo would abandon the hybrid concept. We just don't know how that hybrid concept will be deployed.
While its true that Nintendo has never used sequential numbering, that bit them in the ass with the Wii U. If Nintendo should have learned anything with that console's failure, its to not get too clever with naming conventions.
Xbox's weird naming scheme aside (which they've been vociferously mocked for in the past), the general gaming precedent, including with Nintendo, is to simply give an entirely new name to a new gaming console and not hearken back to the previous console at all. The Wii U was an outlier when it came to Nintendo in the home console space, only matched by the NES/Famicom and SNES/Super Famicom (and it should be noted that I've found old articles online from the SNES era actually mentioning that the same confusion over the name and people thinking the SNES was an add-on also afflicted that console, showing that Nintendo should have learned then). Similar names for products don't work unless you make them sequential, so, assuming the Switch 2 is basically a better Switch and Nintendo wants to ape the Switch's success for their new console, they would do well to either use a sequential name or just name it something completely different.
Considering we have the New 3DS XL i question if nintendo will have learned that lesson.
Huh. That's actually not a bad idea. Like a reverse PS4/PS4 Pro situation. Though, if they go that route, it might make more sense to just abandon the hybrid idea and separate the Switch's successor back into two consoles, a home console and a handheld, and simply have them share the same carts and library to simplify game development.
that would mean nintendo would be selling at least three different consoles, the Switch Micro, the Switch 2 portable, and the Switch 2 TV. I think that would only serve to add confusion. Better to make the Switch 2 a single hybrid console and have the Switch Micro be the handheld. Maybe a limited run Switch TV to test the waters for a cheap TV console.
Nah call it the Switch U
Sure, the same way trannies are official women, but we know what's really up.
I don't just mean experimental in terms of hardware, but business structure. Since the 80's Nintendo always had a home and handheld console until Switch. If Switch 2 is a failure like Virtual Boy or Wii U, or even a disappointment like GameCube then they've got nothing. You'd see an N64 Mini and Mario Movie 2 shipped ASAP to help with profits (I suspect the Minis were partly for that reason before).
That depends on the choices they make. If they don't gimmick it up and don't market it differently then sure, it won't be an unproven idea.
I think that's the safest of all assumptions, I agree with it, and yet is itself still technically an assumption.
There hasn't been much "ordinary" since GC/GBA for Nintendo. Switch is as close as it gets, but having detachable dual mini controllers with HD Rumble on a hybrid isn't exactly normal either. I expect similarly subdued/optional gimmicks like HD Rumble and 3D, but who really knows, it might be something wild.
I agree. The often suggested Super Switch title would probably be their worst possible option (just short of Switch U, which would have to be corporate sabotage lol).
But they've already largely made that transition. The 3DS has been retired for a while, and the Switch has largely carried the company by itself. What is more likely to happen is that future consoles like the Switch 2 will be more iterative than revolutionary to ensure a more stable install base that continues to support the company across generations. No more weird one offs like the Wii and Wii U. No more blue ocean strategy. Now that Nintendo has found a working concept, they will largely stick to it. They'll become more like their competitors, in other words, and play it safe.
Like I said, chances are Nintendo will just play it safe and not try anything too out there. The hybrid concept has proven to be workable. Now, what Nintendo could do is what I suggested earlier: split the Switch 2 into two consoles, a home console and a handheld that simply share the same library, online network, etc. That's a more viable option if Nintendo don't want to put all their eggs in one basket. Or Nintendo could increase their focus on mobile gaming to supplement the Switch 2's profit margin. Or they could follow Sony and Microsoft's lead and start supporting PC releases. Nintendo has multiple options, but just supporting the Switch 1 is the most limited option because its already hit diminishing returns; its reached its graphical ceiling, major third party releases are drying up, and the console's sales are trending downward.
I thinking more along the lines of forgoing the Switch Micro and simply selling the Switch 2 portable as the cheaper alternative, while allowing the tv console to be the more capable more expensive version.
