The Switch 2 is in trouble IMO

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Switch 2 has several things going for it that the Wii U and 3DS did not.

Right off the bat there is three, if not four, large scale "epic" Nintendo titles at least in the first 5-6 months ... Mario Kart World, Donkey Kong Banaza (looks like a Odyssey scope platformer), Metroid Prime 4, and then maybe you can add Pokemon Z-A to that as well.

That's a lot more than the Wii U, which launched with a 2D Mario game ... which I mean no offense to 2D Mario but it's not exactly a showpiece kind of franchise these days you launch a new console with (it's not 1991 anymore). The NSMB series did well on the back of nostalgia, but it's was a bad choice to launch a console with in 2012/2013 with when they had already brought back 2D Mario several times in a short span.

The Wii U and 3DS were banking heavily on the casual crowd coming out and supporting them with titles like Nintendo Land and Nintendogs + Cats too and that audience dipped out to go iPhone gaming instead, and that killed Nintendo. Nintendo isn't relying on that with this transition, all the big games are core Nintendo IP with some scale to them.

The Wii U did have some decent 3rd party games to launch with like Call of Duty and Assassin's Creed ... the problem with that though was there was no real big value to those games. They already existed on the PS3/360 ... so these versions had some extra menu commands from the Wii U Game Pad ... whoopity doo. There's just no added value there. 

Switch 2 benefits more from 3rd party games like Elden Ring, FF7 Remake Integrade, Call of Duty. Why you ask? Because the total portability aspect is still a much larger hook. Most people do not own a Steam Deck or ROG Ally, so Switch 2 is going to be the first time they're going to see games of scale like FF7 Remake, Elden Ring, Madden NFL, Cyberpunk 2077, etc. etc. playable on a portable device. The hardware concept is just a lot better in this respect for Nintendo, it makes even 3rd party games more valuable to them. You can't put your PS5 in your pocket and play it on the go in any reasonable way. 

Last edited by Soundwave - on 03 April 2025