Watched this in the Nintendo Today app, which is a lot better than yustub. Apparently I did need a videogame company-specific news/calendar app.
- Mario Kart World: Open world! Just drive for fun all day. Nobody throwing shells at you! That's a good launch title.
- Sharing C button & voice chat, external webcam: Seems pretty close to modern Discord, etc. VC. What's not great is the webcam isn't on the device. And here we see the first shots of real people holding a full Switch 2, and it's HUGE. Like a mini skateboard.
- Screen is 2x higher-rez. JoyCon 2 can be used as a mouse, which is the funniest interaction I've ever seen. Kickstand does make small desk use possible. But I will miss almost-pocketable Switch Lite size.
- Welcome Tour: Paid game, not a freebie. Why?
- Uuugh, S2 takes new SD Express cards only, not the cards you already have. Fucking why‽
- There's S2 paid upgrade versions of S1 games. It's probably too much to expect Nintendo to do anything free, but it's shitty.
- Launch June 5.
- Elden Ring Tarnished: Looks kickass. "ELDEN RING Tarnished Edition include the original game “ELDEN RING” , the expansion “SHADOW OF THE ERDTREE”, a new armor and customization features for Torrent’s appearance. The ELDEN RING Tarnished Edition arrives on Nintendo Switch 2 on 2025."
- Street Fighter 6: Looks fine.
- Daemon X Machina: Giant robot fighter, Xenosaga without the Nietzschean philosophy.
- Split Fiction: Dual-play games are so annoying to get someone for.
- Hogwarts Legacy: The Wizarding world always looks good. Nasty TERF creator of the original books, but Kids Today™ need to learn about "death of the author", and in any case the game studio has very little to do with her. Probably a no for me, but I do miss silly kids waving wands around.
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4: What's great is, the S2 is as big as his old-school longboard. You should be able to stand on the joycons and grind! In any case this is an A+ title.
- Hyrule Warriors Age of Imprisonment: Ugh brawler with Zelda skins.
- Online + Expansion: GAMECUBE emulation! The Cube has so many good games. Down side is you're paying monthly, AND only get games Nintendo wants to release. I think Nintendo should have ONE, cheap subscription.
- Cyberpunk 2077: Now you can have terrible framerate and bad clipping in your hands! Such a disappointing and ambitious game.
- Duskbloods: Long pretentious vampire setting, no idea what gameplay is. 2026.
- Kirby Air Riders: Cutesy Wipeout?
- Donkey Kong Bananza: Explore destructible environments. Gameplay looks fantastic. But how on-rails will it be? The CGI monkeys look weird.
No mention that I saw of Animal Crossing.