Switch 2 costs 49,980 yen for a Japanese only system and 69,980 yen for a multi-language system
GD Nintendo making me pay 20k more. Yet another foreigner tax.
New Mario Kart + new Donkey Kong Odyssey (basically) + FF7 Remake Integrade + Elden Ring + Street Fighter 6 + 120 FPS Metroid Prime 4 + GameCube VC = count me in day 1.
The presentation was odd though with a lot of emphasis on lower budget games, a 3 on 3 wheelchair basketball sci-fi game is a ... choice, also Sakurai's game being Kirby's Air Riders (lol) was underwhelming. But an exclusive From Software game was a big get for Nintendo. They could have presented the whole thing better and feels like they held back a lot of software.
Star Wars Outlaws and FF7 Rebirth basically being sorta-confirmed means it can run PS5-tier titles so I'm ok with that.
Early June is also good for me, so happy about that, glad they did not drag this into like fall 2025 like some people were speculating.
| Farsala said: Switch 2 costs 49,980 yen for a Japanese only system and 69,980 yen for a multi-language system |
Huh? So Japan is getting a huge discount and they're doing this to avoid exports.
That's $334 for the Japan language version instead of $450 for USA.... Lol....
That's a crazy discount for the Japanese.
rapsuperstar31 said:
Mario Odyssey did come out 7 months after the Switch came out. Mario Kart comes at launch, and Donkey Kong in July, I'm sure they are going to have another direct where they announce a big winter game hopefully Mario. |
Yes but my point is every successful launch for Nintendo has had either mainline Mario or Zelda. SNES had SMW, N64 M64, Gamecube didn't and it did very poorly, Wii had TP tho of course Wii Sports was the main thing there, WiiU had 2D Mario instead of 3D Mario and the system was a complete failure (for many other reasons too of course), Switch had BotW. Switch 2 obviously wasn't going to have Zelda at launch or any time in the next few years, so 3D Mario was 100% expected, instead it wasn't even shown and they have no major single player first party game at launch. And DK is much less popular than Mario and isn't even coming out until 6 weeks after launch.
There's no way to sugar coat it, that particular aspect (which is important) is a HUGE blunder by Nintendo.
Mario Kart looks incredible, but no 3D Mario for the launch is simply the biggest mistake Nintendo could make.
Slownenberg said:
Yes but my point is every successful launch for Nintendo has had either mainline Mario or Zelda. SNES had SMW, N64 M64, Gamecube didn't and it did very poorly, Wii had TP tho of course Wii Sports was the main thing there, WiiU had 2D Mario instead of 3D Mario and the system was a complete failure (for many other reasons too of course), Switch had BotW. Switch 2 obviously wasn't going to have Zelda at launch or any time in the next few years, so 3D Mario was 100% expected, instead it wasn't even shown and they have no major single player first party game at launch. And DK is much less popular than Mario and isn't even coming out until 6 weeks after launch. There's no way to sugar coat it, that particular aspect (which is important) is a HUGE blunder by Nintendo. Mario Kart looks incredible, but no 3D Mario for the launch is simply the biggest mistake Nintendo could make. |
The 3D Donkey Kong is basically Odyssey 2 it looks like to me, just with Donkey Kong. I get it, they invested massively into a DK theme park at Universal, there was always going to be a big DK game, probably there is a Donkey Kong spin-off movie coming at some point too. I'm not too bothered about it. Mario Kart is a way bigger franchise than Mario platformers these days too, and Mario Kart + Mario 3D platformer together earlier would be a bit too much Mario. Mario Kart + Donkey Kong + Metroid Prime 4 feels a bit more balanced IP wise.
First half of thst presentatio. Was great, second half I was waiting for first party Nintendo games and only got Remasters. I suppose Metroid can be considered a launch game or close enough hopefully and I haven't played TOTK so that remaster as well as bravely default would be new to me but still, just Mario Kart World. That's not good for Switch owners. Damon X Machina looks good and Hitman looks great graphically like a really polished ps4 game. Should have aligned the games with release, hopefully Metroid prime 4 aligns but should have pushed for Hyrule Warriors and have one or two games on there from first party.
Idk if I'm set on it yet but I'd be pissed if I was as hard-core into Nintendo as I am PlayStation, extremely disappointing release catalogue, feels like a PRO console tbh. Bit sickened that I'll have to buy a new memory card, mine was already pricey to begin with and these things are another 100 euro plus for substantial data of 256gb, I spent n9t mich more than that for a 1tb SSD drive for PS5. I hope they don't pull out silly file size and a 512gb card or higher is needed or God forbid the cards now get bumped in price cause of demand for Switch 2, that could very easily make or break the sale for me although I'll likely be waiting for some 10/10 games to accumulate, if I go in at all cause PS5 gaming is so stacked with incoming titles in all genres.
Zippy6 said:
Huh? So Japan is getting a huge discount and they're doing this to avoid exports. That's $334 for the Japan language version instead of $450 for USA.... Lol.... That's a crazy discount for the Japanese. |
Multi language is also online only. So I really have no choice but to get the Japanese version. Maybe games will come in English still.
| Soundwave said: New Mario Kart + new Donkey Kong Odyssey (basically) + FF7 Remake Integrade + Elden Ring + Street Fighter 6 + 120 FPS Metroid Prime 4 + GameCube VC = count me in day 1. Early June is also good for me, so happy about that, glad they did not drag this into like fall 2025 like some people were speculating. |
Okay, I'm not the only one who got those vibes lol
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Slownenberg said:
Yes but my point is every successful launch for Nintendo has had either mainline Mario or Zelda. SNES had SMW, N64 M64, Gamecube didn't and it did very poorly, Wii had TP tho of course Wii Sports was the main thing there, WiiU had 2D Mario instead of 3D Mario and the system was a complete failure (for many other reasons too of course), Switch had BotW. Switch 2 obviously wasn't going to have Zelda at launch or any time in the next few years, so 3D Mario was 100% expected, instead it wasn't even shown and they have no major single player first party game at launch. And DK is much less popular than Mario and isn't even coming out until 6 weeks after launch. There's no way to sugar coat it, that particular aspect (which is important) is a HUGE blunder by Nintendo. Mario Kart looks incredible, but no 3D Mario for the launch is simply the biggest mistake Nintendo could make. |
This is Nintendo's first 4k system, it's going to take them longer to make games now. The new Mario game isn't ready for launch, would you rather they delay the system until it's ready?
| LegitHyperbole said: First half of thst presentatio. Was great, second half I was waiting for first party Nintendo games and only got Remasters. I suppose Metroid can be considered a launch game or close enough hopefully and I haven't played TOTK so that remaster as well as bravely default would be new to me but still, just Mario Kart World. That's not good for Switch owners. Damon X Machina looks good and Hitman looks great graphically like a really polished ps4 game. Should have aligned the games with release, hopefully Metroid prime 4 aligns but should have pushed for Hyrule Warriors and have one or two games on there from first party. |
New Mario Kart, new Donkey Kong and new Metroid Prime in the span of a few months isn't disappointing.
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