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Nintendo announces the Switch 2 [video]

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781 points HelloUsername | 3 comments | 16 Jan 25 13:08 UTC | HN request time: 2.887s | source
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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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VyseofArcadia ◴[16 Jan 25 14:12 UTC] No.42725337[source]▶
Yeah, I am not a big fan of the Switch UI. They really took out the "surprise and delight" compared to the Wii U and 3DS. Very bland and straightforward, and yet somehow awfully slow and laggy.
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jncfhnb ◴[16 Jan 25 15:22 UTC] No.42726461[source]▶
I disagree. I find it delightful. The sounds are awesome.
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1. joshuakcockrell ◴[16 Jan 25 15:52 UTC] No.42726910[source]▶
Have you scrolled through the Switch store? The UI freezes for seconds at a time while network requests lock up the main thread.
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2. glhaynes ◴[16 Jan 25 20:00 UTC] No.42730133[source]▶
That's the only part I don't like about the Switch OS, and, yes, it's very bad. And it always baffles me why they wouldn't improve the app that generates revenue of all things.
3. saulpw ◴[18 Jan 25 01:02 UTC] No.42744836[source]▶
And you can only buy one game at a time, and have to enter your password in for each one? I like to do all my game research and shopping in one evening and buy 3-4 games at a time. If there's a way to do this I would love to know how!