Mario Kart World releases exclusively on Switch 2 launch day; June 5th

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JackHandy said:

Switch 2 is much closer to its competitors, on a hardware level, than the Wii was to the PS3 and 360. 

The Gameboy was a nerfed NES. The GBA was a nerfed SNES. The DS was a nerfed N64 and the 3DS, a nerfed Gamecube. Their handhelds have always been nerfed devices, hence the Switch being a poor-man's PS4. And, likewise, the prices of these handhelds have always reflected as much. I paid under a hundred dollars for a launch GBA. Launch. Not at the end of its lifecycle mind you... this was day one. And that is the sort of price-point we've come to expect from a Nintendo handheld, mostly due to it being so under powered and technologically behind what is currently on the market. But this time, you're talking about something that is only a hundred dollars less than the top of the line launch-PS3, a system that was so expensive, the parent company literally told us we'd get second jobs to afford it... and that machine was cutting edge. The Switch 2 is not. Not even close.

You failed so hard in disdaying Switch 2 for being a handheld that flew through your head how handhelds were compared with Sony/MS consoles on that time. 

Playing the current AAA releases on the go plus being Nintendo best hardware on the market is an HUGE advantage over these brick sized consoles. Something you wouldnt see on a 3ds or GBA

Last edited by 160rmf - on 04 April 2025