There's going to be a whole market based on different Joy Cons here.

Snes themed ones, NES themed ones, GC button layouts, etc.

This is fan mock up, but more like what I want.

SteelAttack said:

You want a pumpkin switch?

Anything more colourful.

SupremeAC said:

So I've had a good nights sleep over this (or I would have had, if our newborn hadn't had different plans with me) and I'm not too sure where I stand on the Switch...  It's basically what I've been saying all along that would be the worst case scenario for Nintendo: to merge their home and handheld business into one.  They're betting all their chips on convincing the PS4 and Xbox crowd that having your games on the go is worth investing in an extra system.  And for that to happen, they'll need to have third parties on board.  Which won't be happening unless porting to the Switch is dirt cheap.  So that most likely is off the cards.




That leaves them with their usual pool of customers: a small core of die hard fans who will get their new console no matter what, and their main market for their portables, kids.  The former will be there to support them, but they sure won't be buying third party games in masses to entice the first group.  As for the latter, I don't see parents buying a Switch (or 2, or 3) for their kids like they do with the 3DS.  It'll be too expensive and not half sturdy enough.  The 3DS didn't sell at €250, and this looks to be €299 at least.  No way this thing is ever going to come down to the sweet spot for portibles of €150-170.  I am a parent, but I don't see me owning more than one of these, while we now own a WiiU, a 3DS and a 2DS.  The pricepoint also brings it in line with Nintendo's biggest rival in the mobile space: the Ipad.  Parents who didn't grow up with videogames themselves just get their kids Ipads.

And then there's the slight chance that Nintendo will strike gold like they did with the Wii, but I don't see this happening.  Wii was an inclusive proposition, something you could play with your grandparents.  The Switch is exclusive and geared more towards gamers than anything Nintendo have created since the days of the GameCube.  It offers nothing that would interest non-gamers.

Nintendo basically switched the core concept of the WiiU around: on-screen play as an extra feature for their handheld.  Unless they can get the PS4/Xbone crowd on board, I don't see this ending well for them.  And even if they do, those gamers will drop them just as fast if their next console doesn't offer some added value to them like console gaming on the go could possible prove to be.

I'd say the same can be said of many sequels.  It looks sharper and more Fresh, what more could you expect?

Exactly. Perfect analysis.

I want a sequel that is in a new generation of graphics to blow away the previous game.

Now I want some Arby's mystery meat as well. Thanks.

Archangel3371 said:

I would definitely get a NES or SNES themed Switch.

Same here because those where some of the first consoles I played.

I played Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, SNES in that order.

I don't really remember the 2600 much because I was born after the NES released in North America but before my family got one. I think we got one in 1988 because we had Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt and that cartridge released in 1988.

Another good reason to eat at Arby's one time they messed up on my dad's sandwhich it wasn't what he ordered.

We called the resturant and said they messed up on just one of the sandwhichs we ordered. When we got to the resturant they gave us replacements for everything we ordered eventhough only one order was wrong. They didn't even charge use for the replacements.

So we got twice the amount of food for the price of one order.

Dvader said:

It's Splatoon enhanced, not a sequel says Emily rogers. That's stupid. Now we get this damn in between shit rather than a full sequel soon.

That's how they intend to build up an early library I guess. And since the Wii U sold like shit they're obviously expecting to sell more of the, err, Switch...man why can't they come up with a normal fucking name anymore....so they must think rereleasing Wii U games on Switch will give them a second life with people who never bought a Wii U, or gave up on it early on.

The more I look at it, the more the Switch just looks like what the Wii U should have been. That's all it is, for better or worse. Is it too late though? I still can't see it selling to the Playstation/Xbox/PC crowd unless they really do get and sustain great 3rd-party support for its entire lifespan. Otherwise its going to be the same story as always, with people buying Switch for exclusives and buying a Scorpio or PS Pro for everything else.