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Mr.GameCrazy on 16 January 2025
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HyrulianScrolls said:

This is very easily the worst console reveal in Nintendo history. Nevermind the leaks really were all legit and showed everything even the date of this reveal), but that trailer really does nothing for anyone. It doesn’t highlight what’s really different about the system for the non core-gamers who don’t know all the leaks, and for those of us who do, it doesn’t give us any reason to care. Why should we care about the mouse functionality shown briefly in the trailer? The big problem is it was absurd to reveal the console without highlighting the software much at all. It doesn’t help that MK9 looked barely any better graphically than 8D in the tiny bit shown,

So ultimately it really does send the message to everyone that it’s just a slightly better switch. A Switch Pro is really what this reveal said, not this is our next console. Hell, even the OLED had a far better executed and more exciting reveal trailer for casuals and gamers alike.

All I can think here is that Nintendo is having issues with the software and is not ready to launch the system until maybe late this year now, and they were not planning to reveal because of that until everything leaked. This just seems so messy, and feels like a Wii U level bad omen. The one good thing is we know for sure they’re naming it Switch 2. Anything else would have been an absolute disaster with how much it just seems like a switch from that trailer in terms of casuals not understanding it’s not just a hardware revision. Now it all falls to the games showcase to turn this ship around.

I understand not being a fan of the reveal video (I personally wish it did more), but I don't think it was that bad considering how much worse the Wii U reveal was back then than today's reveal of the Switch 2. I mean, Nintendo made the Wii U look like an accessory instead of a brand new console at the time.

I don't know about that. From what I've seen, it seems a good amount of people got the message that the console is the Switch successor, not the Switch Pro.

Regarding the third paragraph, you make it sound like as if Nintendo didn't learn how to optimize games in HD back in the Wii U era. I think they're gonna do just fine.

We'll know about the Switch 2's lineup by April. In the meantime, we'll find out what third party/indie games are coming to the system.