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Nintendo announces the Switch 2 [video]

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jjice ◴[16 Jan 25 13:40 UTC] No.42724951[source]▶
I’m glad to see Nintendo found a form factor that’s kind of gimmicky that actually worked. The Wii and Wii U were too gimmicky, but portability was a great choice. I’m also glad to see backwards compatibility.

I’m excited to see what kind of hardware improvements have been made. The switch came out in March 2017, just about 8 years ago. Just due to the way Nintendo games have their animated charm, they’re able to make their games look excellent on that hardware still. That said, I’d love to see how good a Zelda game looks on some new hardware.

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jsheard ◴[16 Jan 25 14:04 UTC] No.42725221[source]▶
> That said, I’d love to see how good a Zelda game looks on some new hardware.

Hopefully they'll go back and update their major Switch titles to leverage the new hardware. BOTW and TOTK look fantastic in an emulator with the resolution and framerate cranked much higher than the original Switch hardware could handle, even without updating any of the assets.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex2iIvuc78k

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1. jjice ◴[16 Jan 25 14:19 UTC] No.42725413[source]▶
I personally don't have much faith that Nintendo will do that, _but_ I hope I'm wrong. That would be wonderful. Also just removing some of the lag from those games (and the Link's Awakening remake was pretty bad) would be a big win.