BTW: What do you think of the new kind of Joycons/UI leaks for the Switch 2 with the actual legit info on their side? Is this going to be the replacement of a Direct here on out? Is it better or worse then a Direct?

[Heatblizzard]

Is this way of revealing new consoles better or worse then a traditional direct IE: Game Awards where they first showcase the actual machine then give more details at a later direct dedicated to it?

My theory is the best info will be for last which will be much more power when docked. The docking house itself will contain all the raw power that will make Nintendo actually be decently competitive and may even be why LNF hasn't made any moves yet.

They are waiting on Nintendo to see if they can port it over but can't do nothing without the hardware info so might as well just wait.

[Haruspex]

After more than 30 years, I'm done chasing after the newest consoles. It's all PC for me now. There was a time where I would have been really hyped for whatever Nintendo is rolling out with next, but since I have no intention of ever buying a Switch 2, it doesn't matter to me anymore.

I will say these kinds of "leaks" are often engineered to try and drum up hype before an actual announcement. Valve does it too. It's why we're suddenly hearing rumors about Half Life after everyone had already given hope.

[Heatblizzard]

Originally posted by Haruspex:

After more than 30 years, I'm done chasing after the newest consoles. It's all PC for me now. There was a time where I would have been really hyped for whatever Nintendo is rolling out with next, but since I have no intention of ever buying a Switch 2, it doesn't matter to me anymore.

I will say these kinds of "leaks" are often engineered to try and drum up hype before an actual announcement. Valve does it too. It's why we're suddenly hearing rumors about Half Life after everyone had already given hope.

I miss when Nintendo actually cared (somewhat) about power while being innovative. SNES was more powerful in many ways then the Sega despite not having any 3D acceleration for the faster games like Sonic at the time. Look at the differences for Lion King on Sega vs SNES there's a certain level that takes note of it.

Now Nintendo just only cares about gimmicks disguised as innovation but they are still gimmicks when all is said and done and the new generation of Nintendo players don't or can't tell the differences. The NES/SNES and up to Gamecube didn't really have any 'forced' gimmicks.

There were Gimmicks like the SNES mouse or the NES light gun or heaven forbid the stupid robot but they were NOT in any way required to play or enjoy the machines. You could do fine without those toys which would 99 percent of the time sit there worthless.

[Heatblizzard]

Originally posted by Haruspex:

After more than 30 years, I'm done chasing after the newest consoles. It's all PC for me now. There was a time where I would have been really hyped for whatever Nintendo is rolling out with next, but since I have no intention of ever buying a Switch 2, it doesn't matter to me anymore.

I will say these kinds of "leaks" are often engineered to try and drum up hype before an actual announcement. Valve does it too. It's why we're suddenly hearing rumors about Half Life after everyone had already given hope.

How do you suppose they do these internal leaks is it a paid employee usually? And what's Half Life? I know it's a game name but don't really understood it didn't pay attention then and didn't now.

[GlaceonChireiden]

The controllers relying on magnets worries me a bit. What happens when those magnets start to wear out? How finnicky will they be, will the console think the controller isn't connected if they're a tiny bit off center?

It sounds cool on paper but I feel like in actual practicality it won't be.

Also, what about the UI? Do you have a source for where the UI was leaked, because I'm not finding anything on what the UI looks like.

[Heatblizzard]

Originally posted by JustSomeLego:

The controllers relying on magnets worries me a bit. What happens when those magnets start to wear out? How finnicky will they be, will the console think the controller isn't connected if they're a tiny bit off center?

It sounds cool on paper but I feel like in actual practicality it won't be.

Also, what about the UI? Do you have a source for where the UI was leaked, because I'm not finding anything on what the UI looks like.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Nintendo+UI+leaked

Take your pick but DO NOT click on Switch Force. However this is not a rumor anymore but a full on leak I think internal.

If you paid attention to Japan economic news they have been close to war for several years with a record military now ready to fight for their homeland. I think Nintendo is scared their people will have to fight as they will do so if they are called.

[Heatblizzard]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-Z87LdD_0Y (2 years ago) This is where it all started in terms of Japanese military build up but it actually goes way back to here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GL6E8ETkbE (9 years ago).

China has been 'buzzing' their borders and being very aggressive in doing so without actually violating anything............yet. I don't doubt Nintendo doesn't know about this at least at the higher up parts which is why they are in a wait and see mode for anything big to reveal. Plus I think they overspent on their theme parks too which now they have to recoup.

I bet most of the Switch success money went to that plus their legal team which is why they are so aggressive more then usual even for them. They see all this possible SHTF and like any company they don't want to be thrown under the bus. It's better to at least ride it as a passenger if nothing else.

[Heatblizzard]

Originally posted by JustSomeLego:

The controllers relying on magnets worries me a bit. What happens when those magnets start to wear out? How finnicky will they be, will the console think the controller isn't connected if they're a tiny bit off center?

It sounds cool on paper but I feel like in actual practicality it won't be.

Also, what about the UI? Do you have a source for where the UI was leaked, because I'm not finding anything on what the UI looks like.

Also what about interference from other magnetic things?

[GlaceonChireiden]

I'm just going to skip over the war stuff because tbh I really don't care about that. I don't live in Japan so idrc what their politics are right now.
Nor do I really see how this relates to the Switch 2.

Originally posted by Heatblizzard:

Originally posted by JustSomeLego:

The controllers relying on magnets worries me a bit. What happens when those magnets start to wear out? How finnicky will they be, will the console think the controller isn't connected if they're a tiny bit off center?

It sounds cool on paper but I feel like in actual practicality it won't be.

Also, what about the UI? Do you have a source for where the UI was leaked, because I'm not finding anything on what the UI looks like.

Also what about interference from other magnetic things?

That too. These better be some damn good magnets if they want them to be reliable. The switch 1 joycons were already crappy as is (drift, simply not being comfortable to hold) so these ones are hopefully better.

[Masque]

Originally posted by Haruspex:

After more than 30 years, I'm done chasing after the newest consoles. It's all PC for me now. There was a time where I would have been really hyped for whatever Nintendo is rolling out with next, but since I have no intention of ever buying a Switch 2, it doesn't matter to me anymore.

I will say these kinds of "leaks" are often engineered to try and drum up hype before an actual announcement. Valve does it too. It's why we're suddenly hearing rumors about Half Life after everyone had already given hope.

Indeed. Nintendo has a very easy way to get my money: release games and even controllers for the PC. But they're one of the weirdest corporations on Earth, in that they don't want my money.

[Haruspex]

Originally posted by Masque:

Originally posted by Haruspex:

After more than 30 years, I'm done chasing after the newest consoles. It's all PC for me now. There was a time where I would have been really hyped for whatever Nintendo is rolling out with next, but since I have no intention of ever buying a Switch 2, it doesn't matter to me anymore.

I will say these kinds of "leaks" are often engineered to try and drum up hype before an actual announcement. Valve does it too. It's why we're suddenly hearing rumors about Half Life after everyone had already given hope.

Indeed. Nintendo has a very easy way to get my money: release games and even controllers for the PC. But they're one of the weirdest corporations on Earth, in that they don't want my money.

I dream that Nintendo pulls a Sega, drops out of the hardware race and goes third party. Imagine buying Mario and Zelda games on Steam. Probably not going to happen, but a guy can dream.

[Heatblizzard]

Originally posted by Haruspex:

Originally posted by Masque:

Indeed. Nintendo has a very easy way to get my money: release games and even controllers for the PC. But they're one of the weirdest corporations on Earth, in that they don't want my money.

I dream that Nintendo pulls a Sega, drops out of the hardware race and goes third party. Imagine buying Mario and Zelda games on Steam. Probably not going to happen, but a guy can dream.

When Japan goes to war with China you'll get our dream come true but I'd rather not to avoid innocent people getting hurt. Nintendo WILL have to answer when that happens and China has buzzed their border many times in rather aggressive ways that they'd be well within their rights to call out. Japan's military is at an all time record high more so then pre WWII conditions. Japans way of businesses are very different then ours.

[Heatblizzard]

Originally posted by Masque:

Originally posted by Haruspex:

After more than 30 years, I'm done chasing after the newest consoles. It's all PC for me now. There was a time where I would have been really hyped for whatever Nintendo is rolling out with next, but since I have no intention of ever buying a Switch 2, it doesn't matter to me anymore.

I will say these kinds of "leaks" are often engineered to try and drum up hype before an actual announcement. Valve does it too. It's why we're suddenly hearing rumors about Half Life after everyone had already given hope.

Indeed. Nintendo has a very easy way to get my money: release games and even controllers for the PC. But they're one of the weirdest corporations on Earth, in that they don't want my money.

A lot of their 'success' money was spent on the dumb theme parks. Theme parks are NOT cheap by any stretch of the imagination. You won't believe the levels of spending there is and most of it doesn't go to just to keep appearances either. \

[Heatblizzard]

Originally posted by JustSomeLego:

I'm just going to skip over the war stuff because tbh I really don't care about that. I don't live in Japan so idrc what their politics are right now.
Nor do I really see how this relates to the Switch 2.

Originally posted by Heatblizzard:

Also what about interference from other magnetic things?

That too. These better be some damn good magnets if they want them to be reliable. The switch 1 joycons were already crappy as is (drift, simply not being comfortable to hold) so these ones are hopefully better.

I sure hope interference won't be an issue from other wifi devices.

[Heatblizzard]

Originally posted by JustSomeLego:

I'm just going to skip over the war stuff because tbh I really don't care about that. I don't live in Japan so idrc what their politics are right now.
Nor do I really see how this relates to the Switch 2.

Originally posted by Heatblizzard:

Also what about interference from other magnetic things?

That too. These better be some damn good magnets if they want them to be reliable. The switch 1 joycons were already crappy as is (drift, simply not being comfortable to hold) so these ones are hopefully better.

It relates in a lot of ways. They don't want to put something big out and have TSHTF. The majority of consumers will be theirs followed by the US but they are more concerned with their own people right now and coupled with 2 years of Covid (which is still ongoing but not in the news cycle) and the Long Beach shut downs that happened delaying microprocessors and now the Panama Canal shut down.etc

If you notice they have been doing remastered lately because it takes little to no risk they don't have to do much 'new' planning other then making it compatible with modern hardware so essentially a 'risk free' environment. If they do a Mario Kart 9 in these hard economic times it could easily back fire even if it's well liked people have to pay rent/eat.etc.

Note this does not apply to gamers living in mom's basement. They can have annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnything.

[Heatblizzard]

I also think that's why Tears Of The Kingdom became a cartoon game because of the crap I mentioned they didn't want to take any huge risks so they scrapped a lot of stuff and essentially had to start all over internally hence the loooooooong radio silence while they did Animal Crossings so long.

Tears was going to be a much darker game if you've seen the initial trailer and they've even said so in the early interviews they wanted a 'Majoras Mask' esque vibe to the game but I think with all those scenarios I mentioned Nintendo decided to wait and see and got tired of the waiting so redid it then we got the second trailer which didn't look anything like the first.