Julius Posted Monday at 02:55 PM Posted Monday at 02:55 PM Digital Foundry have released a special based on hands-on impressions from the Switch 2 Experience: Quote Fresh from visiting the Nintendo Switch 2 showcase event in London on April 11th, Tom and Rich sat down with Oliver to discuss their hands-on experience with the hardware, sharing details on the ergonomics, the screen, the controllers and much more - and then it's on to the games, including the big Nintendo heavy hitters, Street Fighter 6, Hogwarts Legacy, the GameCube emulator and much, much more. Excited to dig into this later! 33 minutes ago, Hero-of-Time said: I would love to see the gifting option make a return from the Wii days. It was such a great feature and I'm baffled why modern consoles don't allow for it. Absolutely. I'm not much of a PC guy (closest I really get is the Steam Deck), so I use it much less than the PS Store and Nintendo eShop, but the Steam store runs circles around the current console storefronts, despite there not really being anything to it that couldn't be done on these storefronts. I much prefer gifting my younger brother a game on Steam for his birthday (if there's nothing else he wants) than giving a gift card/sending funds to do so on Switch. Just seems like they've all phoned it in with the bare minimum on that front for a while now – but with how they've talked about wanting to make changes to it, the Switch 2 eShop is easily one of my most anticipated features of the Switch 2.
darksnowman Posted Monday at 03:44 PM Posted Monday at 03:44 PM 22 hours ago, Dcubed said: Come to think of it... you're right. This is the first time we've ever had a new console launch without a 1st party game without some sort of significant single player mode available on Day 1. DK Bananza would be it, but that's not coming out until the month after launch day. Luigi's Mansion 4 would be it, but that's not coming out until... 1 hour ago, Hero-of-Time said: I would love to see the gifting option make a return from the Wii days. I'm sure you would, you ingrate.
Hero-of-Time Posted Monday at 04:01 PM Posted Monday at 04:01 PM 15 minutes ago, darksnowman said: I'm sure you would, you ingrate. Shining Force?
darksnowman Posted Monday at 04:11 PM Posted Monday at 04:11 PM 3 minutes ago, Hero-of-Time said: Shining Force? And a jangle bellsing DKC 3? You've been off my Christmas card list since, not that you'd have noticed. 1
Hero-of-Time Posted Monday at 04:15 PM Posted Monday at 04:15 PM 3 minutes ago, darksnowman said: And a jangle bellsing DKC 3? You've been off my Christmas card list since, not that you'd have noticed. Worth it. 1
darksnowman Posted Monday at 04:37 PM Posted Monday at 04:37 PM 21 minutes ago, Hero-of-Time said: Worth it. 1
Hero-of-Time Posted yesterday at 11:12 AM Posted yesterday at 11:12 AM Quote "This is Furukawa. On April 2, we announced the details of "Nintendo Switch 2" and started the lottery for the sales on the My Nintendo Store. As a result, we received applications from an extremely large number of people, approximately 2.2 million in Japan alone. However, this is far more than we had expected in advance, and the number of "Nintendo Switch 2" units that My Nintendo Store will be able to deliver on June 5 has been greatly exceeded. We regret to inform you that a significant number of our customers will not be able to be chosen when we announce the winners tomorrow, April 24th. In order to avoid the hassle of re-entering the lottery for those who did not win in the first lottery, the My Nintendo Store will automatically carry over those who did not win in the first lottery to the second lottery. However, we will not be able to respond to all applications, including those for the second lottery. We deeply apologize for not being able to meet your expectations despite our advance preparations. We are currently working to meet this demand by further strengthening our production system. As for product shipments, from tomorrow, April 24th, game retailers and online stores nationwide will begin accepting reservations or lottery sales of the "Nintendo Switch 2" console sequentially (please check each retailer's information for details). My Nintendo Store will also continue to sell the console after the release date (details will be announced at a later date). With the cooperation of our retailers, we will continue to ship the Nintendo Switch 2 so that as many "Nintendo Switch 2" products as possible will be available to everyone. We are planning to produce and ship a considerable number of "Nintendo Switch 2" in the future. We apologize that it will take us some time to meet your expectations, and we appreciate your understanding." Records are about to be destroyed. For context, someone on Era posted this. Quote This is just ONE retailer in the entire country. The highest selling console debut in Japan is the PS2 with 630k. Switch 1 sold 330k units on its first week. 2
Ashley Posted yesterday at 12:28 PM Posted yesterday at 12:28 PM No wonder, they're getting the cheaper Japanese language only model.
Dcubed Posted 17 hours ago Author Posted 17 hours ago France seems to be following suit too... https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/04/major-french-retailer-says-switch-2-pre-orders-at-historic-level RIP Japan. And RIP France.
Julius Posted 4 hours ago Posted 4 hours ago eShop pages for the digital versions of Switch 2 games are going up, and with them comes confirmation of upgrade pricing: £7.99/€9.99 for basic upgrades, and £16.99/€19.99 for upgrades including additional content. 1 1
Dcubed Posted 2 hours ago Author Posted 2 hours ago (edited) As expected. Seems reasonable considering that the more expensive ones come with very substantial DLC. Remember that the other upgrades that don’t come with new gameplay content are free. Edited 2 hours ago by Dcubed
Kav Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago 1 hour ago, Dcubed said: As expected. Seems reasonable considering that the more expensive ones come with very substantial DLC. Remember that the other upgrades that don’t come with new gameplay content are free. It’s a bit of a stretch to call the Zelda app thing “gameplay content” to be fair.
Glen-i Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago 12 minutes ago, Kav said: It’s a bit of a stretch to call the Zelda app thing “gameplay content” to be fair. I mean, yeah. That's why it's in the £7.99 tier.
Julius Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago 1 hour ago, Dcubed said: Remember that the other upgrades that don’t come with new gameplay content are free. Assuming you're referring to this list of games, I feel like it's safer and less confusing to refer to them as patches rather than upgrades, as the wording on the page implies that they're not getting dedicated Switch 2 Editions/upgrades. Best example I can think of is God of War 2018 on PS5 not getting a native PS5 release (wild, I know), but the work being put into a patch for those with the PS4 game on PS5 to take better advantage of the hardware (4K60 if I'm remembering right) should they do choose. You can even still choose to limit yourself to the PS4 Pro performance of 4K30 after the PS5 patch, if you're a weirdo
Nicktendo Posted 51 minutes ago Posted 51 minutes ago 33 minutes ago, Julius said: Assuming you're referring to this list of games, I feel like it's safer and less confusing to refer to them as patches rather than upgrades, as the wording on the page implies that they're not getting dedicated Switch 2 Editions/upgrades. Best example I can think of is God of War 2018 on PS5 not getting a native PS5 release (wild, I know), but the work being put into a patch for those with the PS4 game on PS5 to take better advantage of the hardware (4K60 if I'm remembering right) should they do choose. You can even still choose to limit yourself to the PS4 Pro performance of 4K30 after the PS5 patch, if you're a weirdo That's not a bad list at all tbf. The two Zelda games would definitely benefit from a performance patch on better hardware, as would Pokemon of course. Odyssey is a bit of an odd on as that is already buttery smooth at 900p on the OG. I have an inkling this means they're going to boost resolution or add in 120hz support. I hope that is the case! Will definitely boot up ARMS again if that is the case.
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