• BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works
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    8 days ago

    Okay my thesis on this:

    Nintendo perfected the Handheld gaming console with the switch.

    This thing is the first time ever that Nintendo upgraded an existing home console.

    I hope they don’t fuck up the naming

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      8 days ago

      They didn’t perfect shit, that thing had tons of problems not the least of which is that it’s super breakable

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        8 days ago

        Please take my perfect with a saltmine of salt. I meant it as a way of experience, usability. My OLED is a total asshat that gets warm and turns off while in stand by for no real reason. For this I sold my release day switch.

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      8 days ago

      What about NES>SNES or N64>Gamecube

      Neither of those updates was revolutionary, imo

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        8 days ago

        Yeah, it’s pretty normal for Nintendo to make a slight improvement every two consoles. Also see the Wii and Wii U.

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        8 days ago

        Im guessing its differentiated on te basis that neither new entry supported the previous’ titles or peripherals. It is more an iterative improvement than a new console

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      8 days ago

      Not the first time, but the last time they just added a Super.

      as much as we’d love it to be called the “Super Nintendo Switch,” it’ll likely be introduced as the Nintendo Switch 2.

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      8 days ago

      I mean Gameboy to Gameboy Color. DS to DSi. They were the same machine with improved specs to the point where the new one had unique games that couldn’t run on the old hardware.

      • f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz
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        8 days ago

        They said “home consoles”, which is still a bunk claim. The Wii was, internally, an upgraded GameCube that could still play GC games using GC controllers and memory cards; and then Wii got its own upgrade…

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      8 days ago

      i mean, this is also a handled. if we look at the way they name their handhelds then switch 2 may not be it, but switch extra or switch (new feature here) would be very in line with their names. Nintendo ds, ds lite, 3ds, others? Gameboy, Gameboy color, Gameboy advance, Gameboy advance sp - particularly egregious.

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        8 days ago

        Super Switch, Switch Advance, Switcharoo… as long as it isn’t SwitchPLUS or reSwitch or even SwitchON… or Swiitch… or NewNintendoSwitch…

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        8 days ago

        The problem was that the WiiU wasn’t just a hardware upgrade, which is why the name was horrible and completely misrepresented what it was.