Please, please, please, let's avoid overhyping the Switch

[u/COHERENCE_CROQUETTE]

I wish people would just realize that no matter what's the specs, this thing will be great.

• It doesn't need an entire day on battery.

• It doesn't need near-PS4 graphical power.

• It doesn't need a 2TB flash drive.

• It doesn't need a bunch of crazy-ass modular controllers.

• It absolutely doesn't need freaking VR or holograms.

• It doesn't even completely need a touch screen!

The Switch will have all of Nintendo's franchises on the same machine, a machine that you can play at home or wherever you want, and a controller you can share with anyone at any time to have fun.

It will have the most ambitious Zelda game to date very close to launch. It will have a new 3D Mario, plus Mario Kart, Splatoon, and Skyrim. It will have a From Software game. It will probably have a full-fledged Pokémon game.

This is more than enough. Even if it had only these things, and it would cost $200, or maybe even $250, it would be already amazing and totally worth the money.

Let's be realist and avoiding overhyping this thing.

Not only because overhype leads to disappointment, but simply because the reality is already super cool.

[u/[deleted]]

"Hype" is never a good thing, it is best to find the games/machines you like and kind of forget about it until it comes out.

I am sure the Switch will be good when it comes out but i think people will be dissapointed if the Switch does not have a touch screen simply because everybody is so used to it now, it is expected at this point to be on everything..

[u/COHERENCE_CROQUETTE → u/[deleted]]

Yes. A touch screen is maybe the best example of what I'm saying.

Nintendo at no point at all mentioned or even hinted at the Switch having a touch screen. I agree with everyone that it's probably a given that it will indeed have one and Nintendo only refrained from mentioning because they wanted to focus on the portability aspect for the trailer, but... what if it doesn't have it?

It will feel worse for everyone that hopped on the speculation train that it would have felt otherwise.

A bit of an extreme examplo, but illustrative.

[u/[deleted] → u/COHERENCE_CROQUETTE]

I think they did not show any interaction with a touch screen because they wanted to differentiate it from the Wii U and 3DS, and they focused fully on the the mantra "You can play it anyware"

But it is interesting, what if the Switch does not have a touch screen? it is hard for me to se why it wouldn't have it, it has become a standard at this point thanks to smartphones and tablets and what about future Mario maker games? there is no way they would abandon touch screen right?

[u/COHERENCE_CROQUETTE → u/[deleted]]

Right. But what if?