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Most played/some new favourites from the last few months while I've been bouncing back... This one feels particularly nuts when you then see this: but like fr damn oh, and @drahkon you'll be happy to know that Nothing But Thieves were my #1 artist on Spotify last year, I think I was in their top 0.1% of listeners or something

I still have nightmares about those furry Sonic and Knuckles Xbox controllers they put out

The legendary David Lynch has passed away aged 78. Damn. Rest in Peace.

Missed it completely before, but the official site has a separate video which shows how the new Joy-Cons detach: (exactly as you'd expect from the leaks, but still )

There's a custom Chocobo Steam Deck: I think my hands just audibly gagged...

"Demo accolades trailer" Please tell me I'm not the only one laughing their ass off at the idea of "demo accolades"??

I do. Remake Explorers already you bastards!

ShopTo have added their Switch 2 page for people to start registering interest; please be aware that this isn't a pre-order and if it works anything like their PS5 pre-orders did, you'll need to confirm your interest as a pre-order once it becomes available for pre-order. That was a bit of a botched job if I'm remembering right with the PS5, so hopefully they've learned their lesson. Seems like they're the first to get a page up for the console in the UK. If only they could be on top of announced games in the same way... I've got a mate who has been waiting the last year or two for the Switch 2 to be announced just so he can hopefully pick up an OG Switch for a bit less – going to be his first Nintendo console since the DS and Wii era

Reminder that pre-orders went up today for these: The all-black DualSense Edge and Pulse Explores

Yeah, I think I'd have to agree – I think it'll be £379 or £399. I think more than £400 for "just" a Switch successor right now could be a pretty hard sell, especially if they don't lean into how much more powerful this thing supposedly is. Is there a particular title that you think could sway you, or is it more of a "hey, if it's great, I'll be there" sort of deal? (but also, this is the closest I've been to being sold on Wilds for a little while, so I'll keep that in mind ) Not saying it would happen anytime soon, but where do you stand on the idea of them remaking Ocarina of Time or A Link to the Past? I remember reading before how those are some of your all-time favourites -- would remaking traditional Zeldas be a bit of a cop-out or would you not mind? I think I said it when price came up last time but man, I feel like £349 could really muddy the waters, weirdly, with just how it wouldn't feel like a big enough gap in price for a casual to go "now THIS is the price of next-gen", ya know?

We haven't really had the price conversation in amongst all the leaks leading up to this reveal – so now that we've at least seen it officially shown off for the first time and know that there isn't a major gimmick on show as a selling point, and expect it to effectively be an elevated Switch, what are your expectations for the price of the Switch 2? Have they changed at all?

I'm praying that it's May just so you don't bring this up every other post and, of course, to spite you. Obviously I'm kidding (maybe ) How do you feel about the 2½ month wait for more/the Direct? It's roughly the same amount of time but feels so much longer than the wait for the Jan Presentation for Switch to me simply because there's not a rampant holiday period to help burn the days away between now and then!

Kids Icarus The Battle Modes are going to be closer to long games of hide-and-seek or manhunt than they are actual battles, too maybe Occasional Skirmish Mode would be more fitting?

Seven S̶e̶c̶o̶n̶d̶s̶ Minutes till the End

I'm honestly surprised they've gone with the Direct branding for it, even if it makes sense for how big a buzzword it's become for streamed presentations by Nintendo themselves as well as others, I totally agree that they could've gone with a better title. I honestly wouldn't be shocked if they rebrand it a little when we get the details on broadcast time. I just hope it isn't silly o'clock in the morning like it was for the Jan 2017 Presentation...

Demo is available now on PS5, Series X|S and PC: Seems to be around an hour long.

Oh great I didn't even think of this Well now I'm going to be having nightmares about mismatched Joy-Cons and consoles. You monster!

Nate is saying that there'll be a State of Play next month: Be good to finally stick some dates or at least release windows on the games we know are coming this year. Is it Yōtei time?

The January Presentation which announced virtually everything major (titles, hardware, etc.) took place the Thursday 12th night/Friday 13th (timezone weirdness, I think it would've been like midday on the Friday in Japan?) and then there was private hands-on following the event in Tokyo followed by wider hands-on around the world over the weekend of the 14th/15th, if I'm remembering right. I feel like some smaller games like Snipperclips might've been there too but not necessarily shown in the Presentation? I remember that getting loads of buzz. On the Switch marketing front I feel like it was virtual silence between the event being announced and the Presentation taking place? Breath of the Wild didn't get any new trailers that I can remember during that time, we didn't have titles for any of the other games shown in the reveal trailer until the Jan Presentation...maybe I'm forgetting something but I do feel like they were dead quiet. Makes the Pokémon Day Presents next month a bit awkwardly timed, guess they'll just focus on those games being OG Switch titles and maybe mentioning the backwards compatibility, if anything, about the Switch 2?

Mochizuki reporting that Nintendo will have 20 million units ready to ship in the first year: Well, holy hot damn. Go on Nintendo, get those scalpers. Sic 'em. Definitely giving me these vibes:

Steam Deck verified: Some off-screen footage (looks great):

Might as well get their official image in here: We had a similar colour combo last time out, of course -- but do we think this launches with a second colour variant like the Switch had with its all-Grey colour scheme?

Bring back the music and the themes and real folders and the... Can't believe we've had nearly 8 years of only black and white themes on the Switch

Don't want to read into this too hard but after a few calculations the dates are lining up a bit too nicely for it to mirror the OG Switch campaign, so let's do some completely baseless projecting based on that: OG Switch Reveal trailer 20/10/16 (--) Switch Presentation announced on 26/10/16 (+6 days) January Switch Presentation on 13/01/17 (+79 days) Switch launch on 03/03/17 (+49 days) TOTAL CAMPAIGN LENGTH: 134 days Switch 2 Reveal trailer and Switch 2 Direct announcement 16/01/25 (--) Switch 2 Direct on 02/04/25 (+76 days) Projected Switch 2 launch 49 days/7 weeks later on the week of 21/05/25, OG Switch launched on the Friday so here that would be 23/05/25 so +51 days TOTAL PROJECTED CAMPAIGN LENGTH: 127 days Could then add a week to match the 134 days if you wanted, meaning a 30/05/25 launch. Obviously a bunch of ifs and speculation, but it's interesting how close the number of days from the Presentation announcement > Presentation is vs the same for the Switch 2 and its Direct in April.

Correct 20th October 2016 for reveal, Jan Presentation announced 26th 13th Jan for Presentation/follow-up events and hands-on 3rd March launch