cavalcade

Yeah I could but still tempted by a version that is dedicated for a handheld console. I feel like your takes are a tad negative for what we saw (get yours are your views and elsewhere will be worse). I watched with an enthralled 8 year old and was really excited by what I saw too so maybe it was the rub from her enthusiasm. The Switch hybrid console/handheld is a different experience to a Steam deck/ROG Ally for many and so having a better handheld experience and a better console or docked experience is pretty much as good as you could expect I feel.

Also thought the DK game looked really decent.

I wouldn't let your 8 year old play Cyberpunk. Its got robot dicks in it.

I don't see what a "dedicated" version will get you. It runs at 60fps+ and has full pad support on the Ally. It also costs about 20 quid for the full version. I mean, maybe it'll have Switch exclusive features, but I doubt it. Also, you can dock and play an Ally on the telly if you want. No fan though.

I don't think I'm being that wildly negative. Mario Kart looked OK and there were a few bright spots, but it wasn't great. I mean, perhaps it's laser targeted at Gen Alpha/Beta, and the parental image of Nintendo will carry it through, but I'm not sure the brand has that much cachet with kids these days.

The launch lineup is:
Mario Kart World
Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour
Street Fighter 6
Split Fiction
Hogwarts Legacy
Hitman World of Assassination
Bravely Default Flying Fairy HD Remaster
Yakuza 0 Director's Cut
Deltarune Chapters 1-4
Civilization VII
Survival Kids
Cyberpunk 2077 Ultimate Edition
Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess
Puyo Puyo Tetris 2S
Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma
Nobunaga's Ambition: Awakening Complete Edition
Fast Fusion
Fortnite
Arcade Archives 2 Ridge Race

I mean, it's not a disaster. Whatever I guess. Maybe I'll be proved wrong and it'll also sell 150 million units.

Changed my mind. Fuck off cav.

I mean, what do you want me to say? It was fucking marvellous because you've worked on it? It was underwhelming and a pretty threadbare collection of titles. The best of them are either not out now, or also coming to Switch 1. Maybe swing into rllmuk or NeoGAF if you want to read fruitier takes than that.

I try to cure diseases for a day job. If I don't cure the diseases nobody pats me on the back and tells me well done for not curing the disease. I know the world's shit and we're all about to die in a nuclear trade war, but that doesn't excuse a Kirby game.

Personally Cyberpunk handheld appeals to me. Loved it but never did the DLC and it's difficult to play something that violent on the big Tele with little people around, so am intrigued to see that.

You have a ROG Ally. You can play Cyberpunk on it today, no?

I mean…. guys…

That was pretty shit. Mario Kart World was fine, but who really wants The Crew/Forza Horizon Kart? I'm not sure I do. Maybe you do? MK has always been about the course design and while I'm all for Blur levels of competitors, I'm not sure I'm so up for massive wide courses, with the ability to drive off into an undertextured grassland. It is the best game they showed though. System seller? Maybe.

Nintendo Discord was laughable. Please understand.

There is a fan in the stand!

Metroid in 120fps at 1080p was fine. The hardware also looks OK - LCD, but with HDR and a high refresh rate. It's 400 quid and so is a ROG Ally. And on the ROG Ally you don't pay £75 for a game. In fact, a second hand PS5 and a Portal isn't far off £400.

We got a load of 3rd party ports, which I guess is a YMMV moment. If you have kids with a Switch who have never had a home console, then that might be exciting, I guess? Showing Fortnite in a Nintendo presentation (when it's also on Switch 1) is a vibe.

From Software title looked OK. Bloodbourne-esque, probably will be good. Out in 2026 though.

The double finish of a shit Kirby game (nobody likes Kirby, even Kirby doesn't like Kirby as someone said on rllmuk) and open world Donkey Kong with digging (No Man's Sky: Gorilla Edition) looked shit and if you're defending that, then I don't know what to tell you.

The icing on the cake was the tutorial game for your new console that costs money, and all the upgrades for your old games that will [checks notes] also not be free.

What the fuck have all Nintendo's silent first party studios been doing for 3 years?

I think MK saved it from a total car crash, but there is a strong whiff of WiiU to this.

£379 innit.

I do think the landscape has changed quite a lot - portable gaming has come a fair way since the original Switch, but I was surprised to see it did launch in 2017, which doesn't seem that long ago….

I think I'd be interested if it's more comfortable, can play all Switch titles no bother (maybe a bonus if it makes them run better) and perhaps has one or two unique titles you really couldn't do on another portable. A decent Mario Kart and maybe Metroid Beyond would do it.

Otherwise I think I'm more interested in the ROG Ally successor coming out later in the year, which looks like it's going to have a Windows gaming OS reskin and the Z2 Extreme in it. And will be emulating the Switch 2 within a week.