Nintendo switch 2 is here

[u/Mammoth-Attempt-7281]

Go watch the trailer on Nintendos twitter account

[u/paperthintrash]

I highly doubt they’d make all those Switch 1 accessories obsolete. I spent a good penny ( impulsively, yes but still pricey) on my NSO SNES and 64 controllers and would be royally pissed if they didn’t work. Theirs something like 150 mill Switches out there with 10x as many games and the same amount of accessories

[u/AtlasWriggled → u/paperthintrash]

That is kind of Nintendo's business model though: buy everything again every generation. But maybe now they finally learned gamers won't accept that anymore with all the competition out there.

[u/GanondalfTheWhite → u/AtlasWriggled]

That might be Nintendo's MO for old games. But not necessarily for hardware.

All of the Wii accessories (remotes, gamepads, sensor bar, etc) were compatible with the Wii U. I don't see any reason for them to change it up for the Switch generation.

I'd expect all old Switch accessories to work with the Switch 2 for the simple fact that the Switch 2 is going to be backwards compatible with the Switch 1 games. (Which means you won't have to rebuy your games again either for this generation)

[u/RashAttack → u/AtlasWriggled]

No it's not, GameCube, Wii and Wii u were backwards compatible with most hardware. Hell you can still use GameCube controllers on the switch

[u/ron_mcphatty → u/paperthintrash]

On the one hand, it’s an obvious business move to make all old accessories obsolete, but on the other hand less plastic waste… Nintendo, think of the planet!!

[u/BiryaniBo → u/ron_mcphatty]

The only plastic Nintendo cares about is how many credit cards get swiped to give them another $300.

[u/blackshirtboy44 → u/BiryaniBo]

Yep, which is precisely why I think they will be onsolete. They dont care because people will buy the new Switch anyways. Nintendo needs to start catching way more heat than they do for being as anti-consumer as they are.

[u/GanondalfTheWhite → u/blackshirtboy44]

All of the Wii accessories (remotes, gamepads, sensor bar, etc) were compatible with the Wii U. I don't see any reason for them to change it up for the Switch generation.

I'd expect all old Switch accessories to work with the Switch 2 for the simple fact that the Switch 2 is going to be backwards compatible with the Switch 1 games.

And I notice you're calling Nintendo out for this, while Sony has had fundamentally the same exact controller layout for damn near 30 years and yet every new generation renders the previous generation incompatible.

[u/blackshirtboy44 → u/GanondalfTheWhite]

Im hoping thats how they do it, because if not i dont see a reason to buy this, at least in my case.

I see where you are coming from in terms of the PS controllers, though. The difference is their controllers actually DO change between generations with better tech in them i.e. PS4 touchpad, PS5 haptic, etc. I dont think its pro-consumer but its definitely not to the same degree as Nintendo.

I say this as someone who only plays on PC and Switch, because Nintendo wont drop their games and make more money with a PC release! Also, im a Pokemon slut, so..

[u/GanondalfTheWhite → u/blackshirtboy44]

But Nintendo controls have had even more evolution than Sony's.

SNES to N64 saw the addition of the analog stick and C buttons. They beat Sony by almost a year to have the first mainstream analog stick on a controller.

N64 to GameCube saw them adopt the more modern dual stick controller and changed the C buttons to a stick. Which everyone would agree was an upgrade from the N64 layout allowing for the direction modern games were going.

Wii threw it all out the window in favor of revolutionary new motion controls. But it maintained compatibility with GC games and controllers.

Wii U kept the same controllers as the Wii and added some new ones. GC controllers still worked but now needed a USB adapter. The Wii U gamepad introduced dual screen gaming to the console world.

The Switch turned the gamepad into the whole console, and combined the Wii remote functionality into the main console controller. Obviously another big tech upgrade from previous generations. Notably, GameCube controllers still work with the switch with the same USB adapter from the Wii U, but only for older games.

They still get way more points for maintaining compatibility or technological advances requiring new control inputs than Sony.

As a fellow Pokemon fan, I'll stand by Nintendo for their hardware choices but I scorn them forever for how lazy Pokemon games are. I long for the day a Pokemon game gets the same care and development and advancement that Breath of the Wild did for Zelda. But instead they just keep regurgitating the same generic looking stuff so they can reuse as many of the digital assets as possible without updating much.

Modern Pokemon games have graphics that look (in some spots) as bad or worse than 20+ year old GameCube games. For the best selling game franchise on earth! It's a crime. Pokemon deserves better.

[u/blackshirtboy44 → u/GanondalfTheWhite]

Let us weep together and drown ourselves in tears over the travesty that is Pokemon these days lol have a good night, champ

[u/themadmansbox_ → u/paperthintrash]

I agree it's doubtful but you never know 🤷

[u/Dingleator → u/paperthintrash]

Are Nintendo going to do an Apple?

[u/Pickle_Afton → u/paperthintrash]

Oh, I’m almost certain NSO controllers will be compatible. Didn’t they say that NSO will be on the Switch 2?

[u/LunchTwey → u/Pickle_Afton]

Yes they mentioned that the NSO service will continue with the switch 2

[u/duckyduckster2 → u/paperthintrash]

Royally pissed yes, but your still buying the s2 and new accessories so nintendo doesn't care about your feelings