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I can see plenty of reasons why they chose to play it safe. Portable gaming is coming back into popularity, it would best to keep that form factor. The Wii U was a major change from the Wii and that was a major flop while the Switch was a success, so they'll want to follow up with a Switch 2. While a whole new original thing that stands out a lot may be more interesting, what people typically ask for is just a more powerful Switch.

Also when Nintendo goes out of their way to make something unique those unique features are rarely ever supported as the vast majority of games are multiplatform and the other platforms do not support those features. So you end up with unique components on a console that are only ever used for Nintendo first party games and the very rare exclusive from a third party major publisher.
 
I'd like to play main series Pokemon games at more than 15 frames a second, so hopefully the improved hardware can help with that.

As for the design, I like it, even if it is a bit uninspired. The Switch was a return to form for Nintendo after the flop of the Wii U (as has been mentioned), so sticking with that core concept, design, and name makes sense. We've got months of speculation ahead unfortunately. Nothing confirmed in terms of the 'insides and specs', which will be the interesting part.

Although, I do think there is something to be said for the uniqueness and ingenuity of Nintendo's past handhelds; it is something I wouldn't want them to lose as a company.
 
Due to the backward compatibility, you can't reinvent it that much regardless. Personally, I'd far rather a familiar design like this than see them reinvent it into something silly that ruins all the goodwill they've built up with Switch.

Honestly for me I'm just not looking forward to the fact they've made it bigger. I like the Switch Lite a lot more than the original design (mostly due to the reduction in weight!), so this one is probably not going to thrill me from that perspective. Although I am happy it's nowhere near as thick as a SteamDeck. Hopefully they'll be a Lite down the road I can side grade to.
 
There's an interesting discussion happening regarding the Switch 2. It looks like you could use the new Joycons as a mouse on a flat surface. There's a few clues for this, such as when they show the controllers moving around on a surface and you can see a mouse sensor on the flat edge of the joycons.

I can see plenty of uses for this if it is implemented, such as internet browsing, strategy and fps games. Any games with map editors would also benefit.
 
Looks like Ninja Gaiden 2 black is already released on Steam. I wonder why they decided to just release it without any advance press. It is nice to see that the extra playable characters from the Sigma release are included within this release, although there's no screenshots or video footage of what they look like.
 
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I'm so happy about these as well as the 2D game announced not to far back, it's been a long time coming for the series and NG4 looks amazing, definitely a day one purchase for me!

This reminds me, I still need to import the English friendly release of the NG Collection on PS4.

We just need DOA back now and we're golden.
 
Lucky_Deity said:
I'm so happy about these as well as the 2D game announced not to far back, it's been a long time coming for the series and NG4 looks amazing, definitely a day one purchase for me!

This reminds me, I still need to import the English friendly release of the NG Collection on PS4.

We just need DOA back now and we're golden.
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Speaking of DOA I wonder if the gyro gimmick from Sigma 2 is present if the characters are.
 
SAHO said:
Planned to release on August 28th, 2025

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When I played the original Jan 2023 I was blown away. Instantly one of my top games of all time (if I were to make a list.) I cant wait for it, bought the Master Collection right after this got leaked because I want to marathon eveything before it (except for the original mgs3.) I've already played through the main games at least once so this time I want to play the MSX games too (I think thats what theyre called?)
 
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PlayStation State of Play February 2025: Everything announced

Everything announced during Sony's PlayStation State of Play in February 2025.
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Lots of new game announcements from Playstation's State of Play stream. Too many were just cinematic trailers though; not a lot of gameplay on display. Also the trend of most big budget games being miserable-person-swings-a-sword or miserable-person-shoots-a-gun continues. Even the new Digimon game looked weirdly edgy until the titular cartoon monsters showed up. :confused:
 
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