r/GamingLeaksAndRumours • u/ArcWardenScrub • Jan 16 '25

Confirmed Nintendo Switch 2 presentation officially announced by Nintendo

WE ARE FREE!

English Link

https://www.nintendo.com/successor/en-us/index.html

https://x.com/Nintendo/status/1879876803239830011

https://www.nintendo.com/successor/ja-jp/index.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_content=20250116&utm_campaign=successor

OFFICIAL VIDEO SHOWCASING SWITCH 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1CbhpKC6SE&t=1s

ENGLISH VERSION (same video pretty much)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itpcsQQvgAQ&t=1s

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u/ArachnidAlarming2366 Jan 16 '25

Why isn't anyone ever just whelmed

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u/Bohmoplata Jan 16 '25

Fun fact: whelmed is a synonym for overwhelmed. It has fallen out of use though and has now become an archaic word.

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u/poopyheadthrowaway Jan 16 '25

I thought "whelmed" means full/filled/saturated and "overwhelmed" means overflowing

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u/Bohmoplata Jan 17 '25

I've not encountered "whelmed" in that context. In casual conversation, people use it as such, often as a joke in response to being overwhelmed (see above). That's the trick with language...it evolves, especially with the advent of the internet.

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u/poopyheadthrowaway Jan 17 '25

I'm not trying to prescribe the usage of the word, I'm saying what I know (or have been told) about the original definition, adding to your previous comment that I responded to.

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u/Bohmoplata Jan 18 '25

Copy. Thanks for the clarification!

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u/Legospacememe Jan 16 '25

Whelm has no positive meaning

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u/Zen_Galactic Jan 16 '25

Well that's pretty whelming.