{"id":4126,"date":"2025-08-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/?p=4126"},"modified":"2025-08-11T10:11:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T10:11:50","slug":"why-is-nintendo-trying-to-make-the-switch-2-seem-so-unexciting-readers-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/10\/why-is-nintendo-trying-to-make-the-switch-2-seem-so-unexciting-readers-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is Nintendo trying to make the Switch 2 seem so unexciting? \u2013 Reader\u2019s Feature"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A reader admits that while he\u2019s satisfied with his Switch 2<\/a> so far, he\u2019s frustrated at Nintendo<\/a>\u2019s secrecy about its upcoming games.<\/p>\n

Like many other Nintendo fans, I have had the feeling that things are not quite right ever since they announced the Switch 2. It\u2019s hard to put my finger on exactly what but, although I have the console, and Mario Kart World<\/a> and Donkey Kong Bananza<\/a>, I\u2019m happy with it. But I\u2019m also worried I don\u2019t know what comes next and I\u2019m concerned that there\u2019s still no sign of an all-time classic yet.<\/p>\n

Two great games in two months is an achievement, and I\u2019m probably just being entitled, but there\u2019s this weird feeling that Nintendo is doing the absolute minimum, without compromising on game quality. When I put it like that there seems like there\u2019s not really anything to complain about, but while I am optimistic about the future of the Switch 2 it\u2019s a much milder feeling than I was expecting.<\/p>\n

Maybe I\u2019m not making sense, I don\u2019t know, but the obvious examples are the last two Nintendo Directs, which were awful. The Partner Showcase<\/a> managed to make me less confident about their third party support and the Indie World<\/a> was almost completely pointless. As a result, I\u2019m very quickly beginning to prefer Nintendo when they were on the back foot.<\/p>\n

The first Switch was an amazing console, but it had to be because after the failure of the Wii U Nintendo were in a very bad place. But with the Switch 2 they\u2019re coming off the back of one of the most successful consoles ever and I think it\u2019s very obvious they\u2019re holding themselves back.<\/p>\n

Maybe that\u2019s the right idea, it probably is given how long games take to make now, but it\u2019s not\u2026 exciting. I really don\u2019t see why they didn\u2019t announce the Switch 2 with teases of all the games they\u2019ve got coming, rather than wasting so much time on that basketball game and Hyrule Warriors.<\/p>\n

All they needed was a second or two of pre-rendered footage, but why not tease Zelda and Animal Crossing and Pok\u00e9mon and 3D Mario and all the rest? If the argument is we all know they\u2019re coming anyway then what\u2019s the problem in admitting it? I get Nintendo don\u2019t like to give away secrets but it\u2019s not like they\u2019d be revealing release dates or showing any real gameplay.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s simple stuff like that which would\u2019ve made so much difference, but they didn\u2019t even try to do it. Don\u2019t they see how annoyed people get with Sony and their boring State of Plays? Or do they look at the sales of the PlayStation 5 and think that\u2019s actually a good idea of how to do it?<\/p>\n

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