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SteveGrabowski

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I'm going to have to disagree with you.

Mario 64 is the greatest launch title ever.
Never really liked that game, I guess I just hated the look of 3D that gen and the only N64 game I ever really got into was Ocarina of Time. At least newegg teased a 3D Mario for 2025 though, might make me reconsider and get a Switch 2 if it looks Odyssey quality.
 

Sonikku

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For the kind of specs this thing has it needs to be $350 tops. Nintendo never competed on spec, but it at least competed on innovation and affordability. When they debuted the Switch its innovation took the world by storm. Now the portability of the switch has been replicated by Steamdeck and others and the Switch 2 looks to have similar or worse specs for more money. If they price this thing at $450 they're no longer competing on price either. So instead of dominating with a trifecta of innovation, low price and 1st party nintendo titles we're basically left with just the latter to stand on.
 

purbeast0

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Have the specs been revealed or it's just the rumors thus far?

I personally couldn't care less about the actual specs or anything. If I cared about specs I'd have a high end PC to game on but I don't. It's all about the games. Good luck playing Mario Kart 9 or Metroid Prime 4 on the Steamdeck, at least in a non emulated way.

I never played Mario Odyssey or Mario Kart and wished it was higher res or had better graphics. The only game I felt that way about on the Switch was Zelda and the framerate, but I'm so sick of Breath of the Wild engine anyways that I wouldn't play another one of those games.
 

SteveGrabowski

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Have the specs been revealed or it's just the rumors thus far?

I personally couldn't care less about the actual specs or anything. If I cared about specs I'd have a high end PC to game on but I don't. It's all about the games. Good luck playing Mario Kart 9 or Metroid Prime 4 on the Steamdeck, at least in a non emulated way.

I never played Mario Odyssey or Mario Kart and wished it was higher res or had better graphics. The only game I felt that way about on the Switch was Zelda and the framerate, but I'm so sick of Breath of the Wild engine anyways that I wouldn't play another one of those games.
If it's $300 then I'm not too concerned about specs. If it costs the same as a PS5 Digital it's gonna feel like highway robbery for something that can only play games at 800p like a Steam Deck. I'll say as much as I loved Odyssey and was so impressed how much they could do on that dinky hardware, it was annoying seeing all the frame drops in New Donk City playing docked (never played SMO handheld since the split joycons were the best way to control it).
 

jpiniero

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Ooh, the haters gonna be eatin good. The console is $449 and Mario Kart is $80. Better buy the bundle if you are gonna buy.
 
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SteveGrabowski

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Ooh, the haters gonna be eatin good. The console is $449 and Mario Kart is $80. Better buy the bundle if you are gonna buy.
The game is $90 physical! Yeah f*** this system. I'll buy one when it's hacked. I'm never paying $90 for any game, I'll just pirate roms for it when it's hacked.
 

quikah

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WTH, they not even using OLED screen?! So they will release the OLED version for $499 next year?
 
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jpiniero

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The game is $90 physical! Yeah f*** this system. I'll buy one when it's hacked. I'm never paying $90 for any game, I'll just pirate roms for it when it's hacked.

I wonder if it's because of the cost of the carts, and Nintendo didn't want the digital price gap to be too much.
 
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SteveGrabowski

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I wonder if it's because of the cost of the carts, and Nintendo didn't want the digital price gap to be too much.
Mario Kart isn't going to be any kind of giant game to justify a $90 cartridge. This is Nintendo seeing how far they can push.
 
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gorobei

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game chat(with nintendo account subscription)
game share
7.9" 1080 120hz hdr
256gb internal storage
256gb microSD (not compatible with Sw1)

the tutorial game to familiarize you with it is a digital only 'pay' game.
uprez remasters of Sw1 games
mouse mode controllers is making some assumptions about people having a table/desk in front of them.
gamecube classics on online account (more chances to buy games you already bought)

jebus they do not get it.
 

jpiniero

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Mario Kart isn't going to be any kind of giant game to justify a $90 cartridge. This is Nintendo seeing how far they can push.

It's probably big compared to Switch 1 games. Now they are increasing the price of games in general though, DK is $70 I believe.
 

SteveGrabowski

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It's probably big compared to Switch 1 games. Now they are increasing the price of games in general though, DK is $70 I believe.
Because they know no one GAF about Donkey Kong. Way to be bastards about the game people will buy the system for though.
 

purbeast0

No Lifer
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Finally caught up and wow, what a disappointment.

Had MP4 been a launch title and the console was priced like $350, MAYBE $400, I would have been in.

But for $450 and $70 or $80 or possibly $90 games, I am out.

Maybe when a 3D mario game comes out I will be interested, but for the time being, nope. Half the direct was games I can play right now on Switch 1. That's just sad.

I mean DK looks cool but far from a system seller, and no one really cares about DK, myself included.

I am also not a fan at all of having a physical "key" instead of the game on the cartridge.

There is just so much they did wrong with this thing lol. It's like they had a god damn softball tossed to them and they completely swung and missed.
 
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SteveGrabowski

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I mean DK looks cool but far from a system seller, and no one really cares about DK, myself included.
Yeah DK is one of those games you buy for $30 on Black Friday because durr what a good sale and then never play. Or maybe that's just me lol.
 
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SteveGrabowski

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I do think it's fair to say that Nintendo's Switch 2 bigger games are going to be at least $70.
DK is $80 physical. That's going to be the norm for their smaller games now, $70 digital/$80 physical. The big first party titles look to be $80 digital / $90 physical.
 
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