One would hope so. Otherwise it's just a kick in the balls.

Gave it a generous 6/10.

1) No specs for the console with release right round the corner.

2) more expensive than I thought without a Pro controller.

3) not sold at all on the waggle games.

4) Nintendo seems to still not have figured out their online strategy yet with pricing or content.

5) for me, there were only 3 games that were worth getting excited over: Mario, Zelda and Xenoblade. From the 3, only one has a release date. Launch line up is looking pretty weak.

6) the whole clicking fingers and saying "switch" got very boring and annoying.

7) Joy Con's being used as 2 pads look seriously uncomfortable.

8) this close to release and no user interface was shown for the console and what other applications it may bring.


On a positive note:

1) this looks like the Mario we deserve. Finally a true successor the best Mario game I've ever played.

2) although there was no mention of a WiiU version, this Zelda was breathtaking. The art style, vista's, gameplay etc everything was just so damn good. I can see this being GotY maybe even game of the gen.

3) that HD rumble future looks awesome. I wonder if it is as good as they say.

4) the smartphone / tablet connectivity future seems interesting.


I still get WiiU vibes from this. I really just wanted a console with a regular pad to play some games. I don't care about motion controls and miniature controllers. I'm not going to pay $299 for a console that doesn't even box a regular controller.

I'll do the same as I did with the WiiU, I'll wait a couple of years and buy it cheaper so I can play Zelda and Mario.

5/10

Nintendo doubled down more on the negatives this time around than the positives. Meh launch, $300, worse portability with bad battery life ..,

The least Nintendo done was get Zelda at launch (which they did) and show some other high profile games to save it for the fringe fans out there ...

Mario Odessey looked great. Looks to me like a big improvement graphically over 3D World, and the levels shown off were very good.

Zelda seems to have full voice acting, and looks amazing. Noticed a Wind Waker Kokiri at the beginning. I know it won't happen, but I'd love for there to be the option to use the joycons for the sword and shield like in Skyward Sword. Going back to analog control is going to be a step down for me.

I think Xenoblade 2 is a direct sequel to the Wii game, so that's cool.

Translator was terrible. There were parts where he was so clearly struggling to keep up it was painful. That did the presentation no favors.

Yeah it would be horse's kick to the balls at that! That would shine Nintendo in a negative light if they make us pay for online and not beef up their infrastructure.

Boring. WTF. Let's spend 50 mins showing hardware and talking to devs. Provide literally 3 launch titles and tell people how excited this will be.

What I liked
1) joycons are fucking awesome, I'm completely sold on this.
2) Zelda at launch
3) launch date of 3/3
4) Splatoon 2
5) Battery life - up to 8hrs. That is actually more than most feared and good for a portable of this caliber.
6) Mario Odyssey

What I'm meh about
1) $300 price
2) 1-2-Switch game
3) Splatoon 2 launch date
4) Mario Odyssey launch date

What I'm upset about
1) severe lack of launch titles show in presentation... wtf. It doesn't matter that games will be shown off tomorrow. This is THE presentation. This should not have had dev discussions but game reals showing all launch titles. I can't fathom there are so few at launch.
2) Japan based / run event. Absolutely most boring thing I've ever seen with complete lack of emotion and thrill. I hope all hype and buzz generated from 3 min presentation was LOST with this video until Zelda. This should have been in CA (better timezone for world) ran by NOA (much more interesting).
3) 80+ 3rd party games but you could only show 1 that is actually done and teaser/image/voice description of potentially others??? That is so fucking dumb.


Where was mario kart?
Where was ssb?
Where was pokemon?
Where was so many other big games that should have been here?
Where was Retro?

Switch is to be their all-in-one platform and they showed 2 new games that apparently are not even packed in games, but should be... 2 big games not coming out until much later and Zelda. Granted Zelda is freakin' amazing, but still... one game worth buying the system for. WiiU had me excited for 5 games at launch. Switch... a far better system... one. ONE!

Not really sure but for now a 5/10, I loved some of the games but overall it was weak.

Probably a 4/10.

+ Zelda looks cool.

+ Some interesting third-party games, particulary JRPGs.

· Mario looked...weird.

· They had to shoehorn that Link amiibo because more amiibos!

- Not a price of my liking.

- Hardly anything else wortwhile was shown.

- Paid online.

- Holy fuck, a disastrous, terrible battery life. When your minimun is 2.5 hours...that's just plain disgusting.

- Left me with the uneasy sensation of wasting my time while at the same time killing what little, small hype I had.

Price is expected, thats a lot of proprietary tech.  I feel like $249.99 for the standard unit and $299.99 with a pack-in would move more units, but nintendo doesn't sell at a loss.  Its a shield tablet with Nintendo customization and games.  

If we get 3DS level support this thing will be fantastic.

Everyone needs to RELAX.  this is the 3DS succesor, but you can plug it into the doc and play the games at 1080p.  This is the future of Nintendo, lets not bury it before we can get it in our hands.  I will be buying 3 of them on launch day, for me and my 2 daughters, and I will happily enjoy it.

Paid online...  who cares, this is 2017.  Were all paying for PSN, Xbox Live, possibly both, premium prices for home internet, and probably lots of money on Steam games for the PC if your a true gamer.  Stop complaining about non-issues.

If it fails, it fails...  But this is a portable, the most powerful portable in history; and portables are Nintendo's bread and butter.  Bring the heat.

5/10

Zelda looked great. The new Square game, too. But the price is too high. I got the Uncharted Collection bundle in Black Friday 2015 for the same price, so I was hoping this to be $250. I don't pay for PS+, so of course, I'm not paying for Nintendo's online either. Pokemon Star, the game I was looking forward to the most, wasn't announced. Absolutely mediocre.