If possible, I’ll get it “for my kids” as a Christmas gift.

I don't want any new consoles. Just not ready for that, so the first time I will be waiting unless I have a change of heart.

I'm waiting for the holiday Mario game and/or MP4.

At launch, if I can. I already registered my interest for the bundle on the My Nintendo Store, and I’ll be on the internet April 9 hitting refresh a lot

I registered my interest but i think I'm stopping there. I've done the switch craze, and the ps5 craze.
I don't really feel it for the switch 2. The prices are high. The features feel lacking. Stuff like mouse control feels gimmicky.
And then come more and more Tariffs.

Just too much effort to play one game (Mario Kart). Announce actual new games (not just new content) - that are exclusive and I'll think about it

So if I get chosen then I will consider it a version of fate - if not I'll just wait. Wait for games, wait for prices to drop, wait for it to be available without fighting the refresh wars etc..

While the system looks incredible, and I'm far more excited about Mario Kart World than I've ever been about a Mario Kart game before (and I always enjoy Mario Kart!), I've still got a huge backlog of Switch games and with the crazy pricing for both the system and games there just isn't much reason to buy it based on the games announced so far.

If Mario comes out for the holidays I might decide to get the MK Bundle and Mario, Elden Ring, and MP4 (if I haven't already got that for Switch) and then I'd be good for a long time. If Mario, whenever it finally comes out, doesn't force me to get one then I imagine it'll be at least a couple years before I finally take the very expensive plunge, since I have plenty to play for a bunch of years still on my Switch.

The pricing killed it for me, pricing is just too crazy. If it was just the hardware that was $50 more than expected ($400 already being a steep price for a system), I could be like "okay it's because the system is more powerful than I thought it'd be", but that combined with $80 games just says Nintendo has lost touch with what makes them popular. I mean at $80 I expect their games to be absolutely incredible, no more oh this game could have been better if they had done x or y or done more with it or missing content at launch or lack of features or not challenging enough or lazy with the graphics, no, at that price they better be pulling out all the stops with every single game. If you're gonna charge like this is the best game ever, it better damn well blow away every similar game.

Switch is the most expensive system I've ever bought at $300, and it is hard to imagine shelling out $500 for a system and a single game. Amazing system, but I have little interest in paying $450 for a system or $70-$80 for games. I'll get it eventually, but hard to say when if the next Mario doesn't happen to make me feel like I just have to play it immediately. With that game pricing I'd probably only be buying at most one Nintendo game average per year anyway - 3D Mario, 3D Zelda, 3D Metroid, Mario Kart, maybe Smash, if they put out a superb open world Pokemon - but any other Nintendo series would have to be far and away the best the series has ever been to make me even think about buying it at such prices (assuming $70/$80 is the normal pricing for first party games). I'd probably pick up 1 or 2 big third party games a year as well and some indies throughout the system's life, so next gen I'd expect my game count to total well less than half the ~60 Switch titles I've bought, so if I don't jump into the gen for a couple years thats fine.

Mario Kart, 4k and 120hz support. Most out of left field FromSoft exclusive. Launch is a no-brainer for me.

Pro controller support is a huge benefit no one is talking about. The new Pro controller is more like a half-step towards the Elite/Edge controllers; they basically just took the current Pro controller, added a C button and some paddles. So anyone who exclusively uses Pro controllers like me and really needs two so one can always be charging doesn't need to buy any. The current Pro controller is still the standard controller moving forward.

I do have to swallow the extra cost of buying Mario Kart World separately for a physical copy. I'll also be ordering Breath of the Wild and Bravely Default for now. Might also add Cyberpunk 2077 and Yakuza 0 once I see them available.

Launch day. Already Pre-ordered.

Not a chance in holy hell. I was thinking about it this afternoon, I thought screw it and why not 450, that's the price I would have liked plus one game but then the Internet has shown me that the games will be 80 digital, perhaps even more in euro, 90 or above. I can't buy into a system where I won't be able to buy the games, 60 is around my price tag for a full release but I prefer when sales bring games down to around 50. I bought three 70 euro games since I bought my ps5 but I feel dirty thinking about them, thankfully I fully enjoyed them and got my moneies worth with 60+ hours each but nope, when Nintendo have shown they don't do regular meaningful digital discounts and the time I have spent on Switch waiting for price drops I'm not buying into a console where I'll do more browsing than gaming, checking the wishlist and figuring then stuck in decision paralysis when two games I equally want are on sale at the same time will become a game in itself like it did with the Switch. 

Gonna stick with PS5 where the full price games are now settling on 79,99 euro as a standard for games in 2025 and beyond but they go on sale quick and often. I never have to wait long for my wishlist to become a sea of discounts and significant ones too, even getting free first party titles for existing in the online ecosystem alongside many B games that are fun to dip into but since I prefer to "own" the games I love the fact that I can wait 3 or 4 months or so and get in for around 50 euro or if I wait it out longer even less than that. Gaming just a little back from the front line is so much better, wait around a 6-9 months lag and you get more choice cause of cheaper games, public sentiment settles on the game and you get a much clearer picture of whether you will enjoy it or not, HLTB figures become accurate, the games are patched up, content is added (Wu Kongs map is invaluable to enjoying that game), you just get a much better experience for cheaper and less regret.

I picked up FF7 Rebirth in a store late last year for 35 euro and it only out a few months, that'll never happen with Nintendo games now and I like the options as to why I have a disc drive in my ps5 despite being 95% digital. I'm not buying into a system where I won't be able to build a decent library or buy a game and have such a regret in the price tag. Can't do it. I feel FOMO right now but with Xbox games about to plaster PlayStation and so many upcoming games and so many already released that I have yet to dive into and always finding something to play in between big games on PS extra, I can't say I'll give a shit about Nintendo a week from now just like it's been the past 2 years, they are playing their own game and hood on them if they continue to succeed but I doubt they will. 

I know for a fact the casuals are gonna be the same as me and likely many a core gamer too especially with the looming world wide financial crisis. It might become difficult to keep up with bills, food and necessities if the trade war doesn't somehow get averted, never mind video games. Nintendo also have loads of kids, I can't see parents looking at those prices and going, yep, that makes sense, little Jim bob definitely needs this game and we'll do without the Sunday dinner.

Day 1. They won't price drop so no point in waiting.