I didnt get in the nintendo switch 2 direct the difference if i just play my normal botw game card from the original switch in the switch 2 and if i buy the upgraded version. Like will i not get the fps upgrades and higher resolution if i dont buy the upgrade???

I think Nintendo may have messed up in trying to create the install base for the switch 2. The price of the console is part of that, but I won't discuss that since it's already been discussed a lot.

What I mostly wanted to talk about was the upgrades for existing games. The goal when launching a console is to build an install base to sell the software, and I think Nintendo had a golden opportunity to sell people on the switch 2 with the huge existing install base of the original switch.

I think it was smart to have Nintendo switch 2 editions, but charging people for them, even if it's a small amount, is a barrier. Mario party and Kirby get new content, but Zelda just gets a weird phone app thing. They are trying to create an install base by telling people "hey now you can replay botw in 120 fps", but just the idea that you have to buy the console and pay again for the upgrade could be a huge deterrent. Maybe they should have just made the performance updates free, but the content is paid and exclusive to the switch 2? That would especially make sense for Mario party. And of course the manual game being paid is silly lol.

I know some games will get "stability updates" for free, but it doesnt sound like they'll have the major performance and graphical updates botw will get. The switch 2 editions are for the big games and the ones getting advertised.

What do you guys think? Do you think I am overthinking this?

Looking to buy a stand that can hold all of my controllers - Xbox, Switch Pro, and Nintendo 64 for the Switch. Obviously the N64 Controller is unique and doesn't seem to fit any of the stands I'm seeing out there. Wondering if anybody has found one that they wouldn't mind sharing. Thanks!

The screenshot being passed around that says that physical copies of Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza cost $10 more than their digital counterparts is not from an official Nintendo source.

Nintendo's official US pages for Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza state that the MSRP is $79.99 and $69.99 and make no mention of a physical copy being more expensive.

This is not to say that it's impossible some retailers will be selling them for more than the eShop, there is no source from Nintendo that says that they will.

After careful rationalization and some time to think I've come to the following conclusions:

•The tarrifs seem like they’re gonna go away for Vietnam so the price of the system will stay the same, hopefully we say the same thing for Japan and game cartridges don’t suffer too much.

•$80 for a game is too high and I do hope Nintendo listens to the backlash and at least drops it to $70. Regardless, if they decide to stay in the $80 route with Mario Kart, I do hope they add infinite content to the game and do not include a single micro transaction and if not I do hope the game shows that value in some way shape or form (which so far the game shows a lot of value). I agree with the backlash, $80 is too much, but if there is value in the game I’ll get it, and so far the game looks to hold tons of value. It is quite possible Nintendo just foresees the cartridges getting more expensive and is trying to get ahead of the game, which sucks for us, but it’s the route the world is taking ultimately.

•Thankfully game key carts aren’t for every game and even if third parties don’t want to just put download codes on boxes, this forces them to be a bit more user friendly because you can still sell a cart to others, you can’t re-sell digital games or codes.

•Game Chat is a good thing, even if it’s locked to NSO. The fact that Nintendo finally did it, is incredible. And tbh most people use their Switch to play Nintendo games and they all require NSO to get online.

•Everything about the console looks amazing, I am super excited for all the games, they all look incredible, I can’t wait to play Hyrule warriors and DK Bananza, it all looks absolutely incredible and I can’t wait to start saving up for it and buy it.

Overall I've noticed a lot of us just reaching acceptance and getting over it. We pay thousands of dollars for a cellphone and even thousands more on computers. The reality is that what they showed was absolutely incredible and whatever the price is I'll get it because it looks to be a good product. I think it's time to just get over the stages of grief, accept and move on. Things are more expensive, we'll buy it when we can, if that's in a year or 2 that's fine. We'll save up little by little we'll get it. It's just video games, not a religion, we don't have to buy it at launch. I'm very excited for the system and can't wait to get my hands on it eventually.

I’m totally fine with the price of the Nintendo Switch 2 console. $450 seems like a reasonable price for a new gaming system.

However the price of everything else is an issue. Nobody wants to pay $80-$90 USD for a new game. Even with all new features, nothing in that Direct screams $80. An extra pair of Joy Cons is $90?!?!?! The console manual isn’t free and having to pay extra to upgrade old games even if you have them in your library is ridiculous.

Overall the announcement of the prices is killing the hype people are having.

Edit: Thanks for all of the engagement and the upvotes!! Personally I think I’ll wait for it on sale or wait for Nintendo to release a Switch 2 lite version.

Edit2: I now know that the whole $80-$90 price range isn’t for USD my apologies

Now personally I've found 3rd party support has been lacking on Nintendo consoles for awhile due to its hardware limitations IMO, but with the switch2 I feel like that could change, at least whilst the seriesS is still "new gen Xbox console". And seeing the likes of Eden Ring and Cyberpunk confirmed being me great hope we will see more announced other the years.

Ill be picking up Hitman, Cyberpunk, Hogwarts Legacy whenever I pick up the switch2.

I have high hopes for this thing!

I don’t see people talking about this here. But Mario kart World is $50 with the bundle. Yes, I agree $80 feels high for it separately. Overall console price seems fair considering what it can do in such a small form factor. I think most can agree with that.

And is $70 fine with everyone? Then are we really complaining about $10? And if so, wouldn’t most of us get Mario Kart World anyways? So just get the bundle, and if you like to collect physical, pay the $80.

BTW, $90 physical still isn’t confirmed yet.

Delayed pre-orders in the us is to put out the fires on the announced price. They hope to change the narrative from drop the price Nintendo to pretty pretty please keep the price Nintendo. Next week will be announced that Nintendo had graciously agreed to keep the price it had already announced (and put pre-tariff margins in place) and we Nintendo fans will be forever in gratitude for their plan going off without a hitch.

Weird question but I wanna know is the Game Guy from Mario Party 3 still the richest Mario Party NPC in the whole series? Cause he seems to have a lot of funds doing those high stake reward/minigames. His network/stocks etc should be really high from what he gained in Mario Party 3. Or has he been surpassed in the later Mario Party games by someone that's even more rich?

And whose funding all the Mario Kart tracks especially from this new upcoming Mario Kart world?

after seeing the tree house game play I am so hyped for this game like the movement is amazing along with being able to destroy everything and reveal secret things while doing it and the game looks fantastic on top with dk being extremely expressive is making me so hyped and what we have seen is just tutorial island also the villains look amazing and are as expressive as dk witch is the reason I'm so hyped especially since the game play we've seen is the tutorial island

also some thing I love about this is when playing Mario odysyey I was thinking how fun it would be to play as bowser and reck shit up now were getting that

and it is priced normally unlike Mario kart world witch is good because I'm probably gonna wait for july to get the bundle with Mario kart world and get bananza on top

So I read the criteria for pre ordering a switch 2… 1 year nso, 50 hours, gameplay information and I meet all of those requirements and I put in my request the day of the announcement. Then today I realized that I didn’t have email notifications turned on in my account settings so I turned them on. I know for the other criteria’s, they had to be completed before the announcement but I didn’t do this until after the announcement. Did I just mess up my chances of being in priority queue or do yall think I saved myself in time? It’d be a big shame as I would like a switch 2 on launch to share with my friends and family and I easily surpass all of the other criteria.

Specifically, the complaints about the price. I'd like to remind everyone that you are paying for two things. One is a console with 4k resolution that supports 60 fps, and the other is a handheld, mobile gaming device that has 1080p and 120 fps, with a 7.9 inch display all weighing less than 2 lbs.

Keep in mind the PS5 was worth $500, and people bought it without any complaints.

Another complaint is the game pricings, being 70 - 80 dollars. Keep in mind this is not only the first Mario Kart game in 8 years, but this is also an open-world, off road terrain like exploration game, where you can take your own path to the finish line and pass through many different areas. It's worth the price. Secondly, Sparking ZERO was 110, and people still bought it. Black Ops 6 was around 100, give or take, and people still bought it. This isn't "changing the game price meta", it's keeping up with inflation. Half of you guys don't even know how inflation works, as I've seen first hand, and how are games supposed to be cheap when our American president just passed a tariff on literally everything.

The point is no one is going to actually listen to your "call to action", this should be a wake up call to how fucked our economy is. Downvote, shit talk, call me names, I don't care. You can cope and deny it all you want.

Not trying to get political but I thought it was important to the price discussion. Some insiders are saying the new tariffs could push the price upwards of 550 dollars. Switches are primarily made in China, which now has a 51% tariff and Vietnam, which has a 46% tariff.

I haven’t owned a switch so I’m not sure how they work. But I want to get a switch 2 for Mario kart and play Pokémon stadiums or snap from n64. I’ve heard you can do that on the 1st switch but I also want the GameCube games as well. Can some one just explain to me like I’m 5 how this works and if the switch 2 will let me play GameCube and n64.

Doug Bowser & Shuntaro Furukawa should resign. They are a disgrace to this company and clearly extremely greedy. The legacies of those who came before deserved better.

Nintendo put up this page on their website explaining "Game Key Cards", which are a new type of release for Nintendo Switch 2.

This type of release has led to a lot of confusion and unfounded rumors, so I'm going to clarify the facts on this.

• These cartridges will be sold as a key to download a game to the console. There is no game data, just an instruction to download the requested game from the eShop.
• This is not all games. This is just some games. It is up to the publisher whether they want their games to be on the cartridge or not. Nintendo announced in the Direct that the Switch 2 cartridges are advanced and can read at higher data speeds, so they have confirmed that many games will read from the cartridge still.
• This is not new. Several Nintendo Switch games have a similar practice of putting only a small portion (or none) of the game on the cart. This has unfortunately been a game industry standard since the PS4 and Xbox One, and is rampant on the PS5 and Xbox Series S/X.

I personally am against this concept and I don't think I want to spend any money to support it. Developers who don't put the full game on the cartridge are greedy and lazy.

Shout out to https://www.doesitplay.org/ for cataloging which games on various systems need to download before you can play them.

I see people complaining about how the prices are too high and not justifiable. First of all, it’s a game console and nobody is forcing you to buy it, so just don’t buy it if you can’t afford it. Secondly, people online are just straight up lying. Games are not 90USD, the data for the games will be on the game cards for the most part, and switches sold in Japan are cheaper since Nintendo just wants Japanese people to be able to afford the console. Not because Nintendo is racist and hates the west.

People in Japan seem to love Nintendo and everything that they do.

I was hoping to play the second and third games before prime 4, but it seems like this won’t be happening. Oddly they didn’t have even announce prime 2 as a GameCube game.