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[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ubisoft mentioned in some recent interview that Nintendo recommended they don't release Mario+Rabbids: Sparks of Hope on Switch, and hold it for the next version of console. It's better to release one game from each series on a console.

Which suggests that next 3D Mario, and Mario Kart would be on next console, but then they released two Xenoblade and two Zelda on one console, so don't know how strict they are about all this.

Thing is, you never know with Nintendo, we may call the direct "sunset slate", but we have 3 first party games in this year. Zelda, Pikmin and 2D Mario. Doesn't look like Nintendo is slowing down, but let's see.

[–] nomadank@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Technically BoTW was released on the Wii U

[–] shinjiikarus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Switch should have been refreshed a few years ago. I’m not holding my breath Nintendo does it now.

[–] Fondots@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have a theory that the intended to do it in 2020-/2021, but COVID chip shortages and such threw a wrench into their plans, they already had their hands on the OLED panels they planned to use for them, but couldn't get whatever they needed for the rest of the upgrade, so they came out with the OLED to use them up because they decided by the time things normalized and they could ramp up production on the refresh it would've been to late in the switch lifecycle to be worth it since they were already kind of pushing it to begin with.

[–] cheesemonk@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have always sort of wondered if the switch was poised to be refreshed at that time but then since chips were having so many supply chain issues and regular switches were flying off the shelves they decided to hold off on releasing whatever is waiting in the wings. The only fear I have of this being true is that the refresh has a power that would have been slightly outdated in 2020.

[–] Grangle1@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The game Fire Emblem Engage was complete in 2021 and was originally slated to be released that year as a 30th anniversary game for the franchise, but according to sources at Intelligent Systems its release was delayed two years because of COVID related issues, which if the game was done and just sitting on the shelf, I would imagine had to do with supply chain complications. If a game can be delayed that long by those issues, it wouldn't be too hard to believe that console upgrades could be slowed by that too.

[–] cities@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

is there supposed to be a link to something here? i'm not seeing it, could be the app

[–] TAG@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I feel like there is always a rumor that Nintendo is just about to announce a system refresh or new System, even when they have just announced a system refresh or new system. It is not unheard of for Nintendo to have a drought of AAA games. I would take this article with a grain of salt.

[–] stephenc@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Update to what? Nintendo can release any game it wants and release it on one of the most popular consoles ever, and they want to get rid of this? They want to make a new console? Updating technology made sense back in the old days when things were moving quickly, but now? What are you going to do, make everything look slightly better?

Get over it. Technology isn't going to advance that much more. Put a holding pattern on your hardware and ride it out for years to come. Just because Sony and Microsoft want to throw out yet another version of their barely updated hardware console and PC users decide that yet another overpriced, overpowered, overheating card is absolutely necessary doesn't mean it makes any sense. Nintendo has the opportunity to grow a brand here and gain trust by allowing their hardware to become a standard. Lower its price. Retool its design. The portable Switch thing was a good idea. Just don't change your actual system and allow games to be released for a single system for a good long while for once in console history.

All they're doing now is getting ready to bring out another fucking WiiU that no one cares about after the phenomenal success of the Wii.

This is why PC is always superior. Not because of graphics. Because there is a consistency, and flexibility. People always believe that PC gaming is better because "oh, PC gamers buy $3000 PCs and play games on ultramegasuperhigh resolution". Bullshit. It's because we can play all the PC games, ever, and have the flexibility to play exactly what we want and not be forced into playing only what a company allows us to play.

Nintendo should stick with the Switch, or push moving to PC gaming. Enough of this constant pointless console treadmill updating.

[–] cosmicsploogedrizzle@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have a strong feeling that a switch 2 will be backwards compatible. If it's not then that's a big f up

[–] DarkWasp@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Wasn’t the Wii U backwards compatible as well? That and the name didn’t seem to help it at all.