Nikkei rumor: Nintendo Switch Mini Launches In Mid 2019, New Online Services Aimed At Core Gamers

[Nautilus]

 

zorg1000 said:

 

Nautilus said:

Even if you exclude Pokemon, there are a number of titles that would suffer, like MP and ARMS as an example.

ARMS is fully playable in handheld mode. But that's the thing, if you want games that dont work in handheld mode like 1 2 Switch, Labo or Mario Party than you get the sku that plays them.

ARMS is playable, dosent mean its the preferred way to play it.This is one game that being playable is not good enough, at least in my opinion.

But wasnt the entire point of making a handheld only SKU is to have a more acessible model for the more casual market?(What the user refered as the kids market)The games I just listed are some of the most casual there is, not to mention multi million sellers.Even if Lets Go is playable, you are taking away an important playstyle out of it, which kids or casual might gretly enjoy.And if you are one of them, and in order to enjoy those games fully, you would have to buy a 70 dollars pair of joycons and/or an 80 dollars dock, then you are killing the whole point of having a cheaper model.Assuming the mini dosent outright stop you from docking the system.

This Switch mini idea is full of holes.