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Forums - Nintendo - Nintendo Switch 2 Has Potential To Become Nintendo’s “Wackiest” System Ever

 

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You can play it on the TV, you can play it on the go. When on the go, you can play it as a GB/GBA (buttons on the side, screen in the middle), as a DS (with a second screen attached to the top of the GB/GBA-style of handheld play), as a 3DS (in the DS-style handheld play BUT with 3D glasses to create the 3D effect), you can even play it as a Virtual Boy (as you can now) or Virtual Reality (Labo but fully fleshed out).

And I feel like this is only scratching the surface of all the ways you could use your Switch/Switch 2 system in a new, imaginative manner… just look at all the ideas they came up with in Labo! 



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I do quite like "whacky" Nintendo when they come up with stuff like Labo, Mario Kart Live, Ring Fit Adventure, etc.

Even if they're not always for me, it's still cool to see a platform holder trying new and creative things.



I hope they make more creative experiments for S2. This has always been a cool side of Nintendo.



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firebush03 said:

You can play it on the TV, you can play it on the go. When on the go, you can play it as a GB/GBA (buttons on the side, screen in the middle), as a DS (with a second screen attached to the top of the GB/GBA-style of handheld play), as a 3DS (in the DS-style handheld play BUT with 3D glasses to create the 3D effect), you can even play it as a Virtual Boy (as you can now) or Virtual Reality (Labo but fully fleshed out).

As far as this stuff goes, gimme a modern Wiimote/pointer and let me aim that way again, easily the best method of aiming I've ever experienced.

Hey, I can dream, can't I?



I believe that the Switch 2 can be wacky, but hear me out. We forget how much Wacky stuff Nintendo did during the Wii/DS era.

Wii Music.
Wii Play
Nintendogs.
Wario Ware Smooth Moves
Wii wheel
SM64DS minigames
MP3 motion controls



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firebush03 said:

you can play it as a DS (with a second screen attached to the top of the GB/GBA-style of handheld play), as a 3DS (in the DS-style handheld play BUT with 3D glasses to create the 3D effect)...

A second screen on top of the Switch 2? That would be adding additional weight for the screen and its bracket, add a wacky weight distribution and reduce battery life (power for the second screen). Also upscaled DS games would look very bad on those two big screens.  

For DS & 3DS games they should use a "portrait mode grip" instead of a second screen. Similar to that:

The Switch 2 display is big enough in portrait mode to display the upper 3DS XL screen in almost full size (and that display area would be bigger than the "normal" 3DS upper display):

Just detach the Joy-Cons and attach the "portrait mode grip" with 3DS controls (similar weight as the two detached joy-cons).

You could display the upper screen of the 3DS (800x480) pixel perfect in the 1080x960 area of Switch2's upper screen half (should be "normal" 3DS size) or upscale the resolution from 400x240 to an 1080x648 area.

The lower 3DS display (320x240) could be displayed pixel perfect in an 640x480 area (same size as the pixel perfect upper screen) or in an 864x648 area (same size as the upscaled upper screen) or pixel perfect in an 960x640 area of Switch2's lower screen half:

DS games would be displayed in two pixel perfect 1024x768 areas (4x of the 256x192 DS-screens) or in two upscaled 1080x810 areas:



I might be getting one soon



@Conina I have a dream…

Just choose a light-weight option for the second screen. I’m fine with a bulkier build.