I don't know that Nintendo's gotten above 32 GB cards because they're too buggy to produce reliably and publishers just stick to 8 GB cards when they can to save money while making players download the rest of the content.
I don’t have enough knowledge of how storage carts work but since we have microsd cards that are already reliable, how hard could it be to make the switch cards bigger storage wise.
I expect it will be slightly different in shape but the slot would accept Switch cards and new cards. Likely light colored cartridges. Again, think of the 3DS accepting DS cards.
It's tougher and more expensive to make larger storage in the same size of card the higher you go, which is why there tends to be a limit to how high the different storage formats can go while being cost effective for the market. It's especially true when it's for proprietary formats for games, which is why publishers care more about costs for those kinds of formats since it's much higher than blu-rays by default. They've just had issues getting the 64GB card produced in a way that makes financial sense and publishers are just opting for smaller cards anyway, so it doesn't really make sense to push for it in this format.
Because they don't want parents buying a game for little Timmy that is for the Switch 2 and they go and stick it in their Switch 1 and complain it doesn't work. So like the DS -> DSi -> 3DS... they change the shape of the carts a little so they can still do a single slot on the new machine while keeping BC... but lock out the old machine from the new games. Same for the GBA games not fitting in GB/GBC .
So um, how do you get more cards? Do you need multiple pre-orders?
I’m willing to take the gamble!
What I was trying to say was there were major hurdles in the way of OS level BC for the Switch outside of the NSO emulators (even outside of properly carrying over your digital purchase history). It's especially a shame because the Wii U had their most robust backward compatibility support ever.
Yeah, you’d have to get multiple preorders to get multiple packs. But it looks like scalpers were all over this one since the preorder with cards is already sold out on Walmart’s site.
Same and waiting to see what the preorder bonus will be.
Yes, because we all know video game fans are sensible people who will take things at face value and not continue to have overblown expectations...
Did anyone really expect them to announce their new console in this direct? That would sabotage Switch sales for the holidays. I think an announcement will likely be in January.
I really like the 2 that we got and was hoping we would get another Mario one with SMB2/3/Land on it.
Hasn’t there been a big Nintendo Direct in the first half of September every year for the past 5 years? I don’t think the rumors were based on any leaks or privileged information- people were just making an educated guess.
Blegh, I heard the F-Zero 99 and Mario Minis rumors, too. No, thank you.
I dunno, I think Nintendo realized Metroid is a huge IP for them after Dread & Prime Remastered sold like crazy and the former ended up being their big critically acclaimed awards bait for that year. They restarted development a very long time ago and Retro Studios doesn’t have anything going on if the DK vs Minis rumor is true. There’s no new Zelda to launch alongside a new system, and big 3D Mario game’s always come later after launch these days. If you want the average core early adopter to buy your new Nintendo console, Metroid is probably the best way to entice them.
An exclusive Mario kart is all they need to launch a new system with.
Metroid does much better outside Japan. It won’t get Japanese players onto a new console. So it wouldn’t be used to launch a console.
I agree, I’d buy it day one despite always waiting on new systems. Mario Kart 8 is my favorite game of all time.
Zelda doesn’t sell as well in Japan either but both the Wii and Switch launched with one. The US & Europe are much bigger markets now anyway.
2024 will be 10 years since Mario Kart 8 came out so I think they’ve had time to make a new game.
Or the return of challenge mode.
Both times it wasn't exclusive and released on the previous console as well. They were late development titles in the systems life so they released on both to cover their bases. The previous console version usually gets pushed back after the new console versions release to make matters worse. it's easy to forget most people prefer gc twilight princess because of the janky controls and being mirrored on the wii.
), I agree that the upcoming Q1/Q2 2024 games all seem like budget titles which seems like even more evidence that the Switch 2 is on the way.
), so it’s probably time to figure out what direction to take future RPG spin-offs.
I hope they include digital. I would be down for splitting the cost of WarioWare with other CAGs
Probably not a huge dent given that ttyd isn't skies of Arcadia or fire emblem path of radiance.
