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Nintendo announces the Switch 2 [video]

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781 points HelloUsername | 9 comments | 16 Jan 25 13:08 UTC | HN request time: 1.115s | source | bottom
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VyseofArcadia ◴[16 Jan 25 13:53 UTC] No.42725103[source]▶
I don't like the aesthetic as much as the Switch 1. Looks a little too sleek, too monochrome, not Nintendo-y enough. Other than the splash of color around the thumbsticks it looks like any number of those handheld Steam Deck-alikes that have been coming out.

That said I always wait for the special Zelda editions of Nintendo's consoles, so I don't know that I have standing to complain.

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talles ◴[16 Jan 25 14:08 UTC] No.42725279[source]▶
Nintendo is not Nintendo-y enough for a while now. The switch system UI is bland and on launch the gray switch was the one being presented.
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1. Johanx64 ◴[16 Jan 25 14:54 UTC] No.42725990[source]▶
It's so odd to see Nintendo who hasn't competed on hardware specs for decades to release new console without atleast some gimmick(s) to sell their severely underpowered hardware.

Absolute zero gimmicks and zero excitement.

I personally dont care for gimmicks, but I expect them from Nintendo.

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2. CitrusFruits ◴[16 Jan 25 15:24 UTC] No.42726504[source]▶
People are speculating that you can use the controllers like a computer mouse. You can see an allusion to that towards the end of the video.
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3. koolala ◴[16 Jan 25 15:49 UTC] No.42726867[source]▶
That's a really old-school gimmick if so.
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4. dasKrokodil ◴[16 Jan 25 16:07 UTC] No.42727146[source]▶
Yeah, and this might make first-person shooters and some strategy games play a lot nicer if (big if) it works well. Perhaps the next iteration of Mario Maker might also make use of it.
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5. numpad0 ◴[16 Jan 25 16:16 UTC] No.42727284[source]▶
That sounds like such an obvious oversight with benefit of hindsight. They could have instantly plugged Valorant/Apex gateway into PC established by YT Live/Twitch through that if only they had it on the right joycon.
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6. bobthepanda ◴[16 Jan 25 16:21 UTC] No.42727359{3}[source]▶
Retro things have a habit of coming back. See: polaroids
7. cma ◴[16 Jan 25 16:47 UTC] No.42727674{3}[source]▶
The Lenovo Legion Go I think has this for FPS games. Joycon like thing goes into a little slider adapter and becomes a vertical mouse.
8. 2muchcoffeeman ◴[16 Jan 25 20:14 UTC] No.42730299{3}[source]▶
They had it right with motion controls on the Wii. I could headshot on the Wii edition of Resident Evil 4 so effectively it was cheating.

The Switch also has motion control for fine aiming in some games (Zelda, Borderlands 2). Joysticks for gross movement then motion controls for smaller adjustments. Much better scheme than Xbox or PS.

Strategy games might benefit.

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9. WickyNilliams ◴[16 Jan 25 22:20 UTC] No.42731650{4}[source]▶
Resi 4 on the Wii was so good. It was a good game anyway, but the aiming was precise and a hell of a lot of fun. I think about it a lot. I'm hesitant to play the remaster on my steam deck because I doubt it's possible to be as good