“special kudos”
Is Nintendo Life planning to do full/short reviews to Switch 2 Edition games? It would be great to decide which upgrades are worth it.
Congratulations to all on the Switch 2 news coverage with special kudos to Alex, Felix and Zion! Love to watch their discussion videos.
RenanKJ
Thank you, Renan – I’ve passed on the message to the video chaps! One sent me a teary-eyed smiling emoji as a reply.
Yes, we will be reviewing all the major NS2 Editions, with the upgrades and additions being the main focus (the original Switch reviews will still be there for reference). Whether they’ll be full or mini will be a case-by-case thing. – Ed.
“mildly disappointed”
Hi,
I am mildly disappointed in the game chat feature for Switch 2 because I normally play games alone, with friends in person, or on the NintendoLife discord; Plus, it records you. So, I’ll probably never use it. But, since they’re bringing back Download Play, which is my favorite feature, they should bring back another DS feature PictoChat.
OswaldTheLuckyGamer
It’s a strange one – ever since writing a little thing about GameChat, the idea has been slowly growing on me, despite news that it’s hogging system resources and, you know, it’s just video chat. We’ll see how it works, but I do have plans to conduct NL staff meetings over GameChat.
Moderating anatomically exaggerated doodles is something Nintendo never wants to do again, so I don’t see Pictochat returning. But StreetPass is the (3)DS feature we really need, Oswald. StreetPass! – Ed.
“that big playtest thing”
With all the leaks and news of lawsuits coming out I just thought about one thing: Whatever happened to that big playtest thing everyone had to be quiet about or face the Ninty ninja’s? I actually never saw footage of it, so I’m guessing it never truly leaked?
What do you guys think about it now that we have the new system in our paws soon? What was it made for, did we already see that or is something still in the works?
garfreek
Testing it on Switch 1 suggests it will be a cross-platform thing, whatever it ends up being. There was nothing in it that suggested the power of Switch 2 was needed to realise its ultimate potential.
It’ll be coming. Whether anybody’s really bothered is the bigger question. – Ed.
Bonus Letters
“Regarding a potential Switch 2 Lite, Nintendo has not officially announced such a version.” – Trinny G
This is true. Aside: If you’re in the market for a brand-new Switch Lite, now’s the time to be looking for a bargain! – Ed.
“I think we’re all missing the true potential of the Switch 2 microphone: Odama 2” – Munchlax
Pff. It’s panpipe time. – Ed.
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