Thread 715438727

It's been a month since Nintendo Switch 2 alongside Mario Kart World was released. To anyone who bought at day 1, what are your thoughts so far? To anyone who still haven't bought yet, you need to explain.

>>715438727 (OP)
Only resellers and youtubers bought it.

>>715438727 (OP)
I didn't buy a PS4, PS5 or Xbox past the 360 and now the switch 2 stinks like those consoles. I bought everything before those cutoff points (besides the wiiu)

>>715439641
If you have a PC you're cringe.

>>715438727 (OP)
I'm mainly just waiting for new games, third parties are extremely disappointing, I actually think this is the worst third party situation I've ever witnessed, what they have is already on deep discount literally everywhere else, and literally not a single one has announced a game of any actual value.
Nintendo are pretty disappointing too, I'm just playing Tears of the Kingdom, then hopefully Donkey Kong keeps me going for a week or two, after that I've literally got nothing, Nintendo are slack on the updates, third party updates are completely non-existent.
I like the hardware but software support is really bad, fuck third parties.

I haven't bought one yet, I have no opinions on it.
Good Day (:

>>715439641
Your cringe if you have a PC

>>715438727 (OP)
>To anyone who still haven't bought yet, you need to explain.
I don't really care for Mario Kart.

I'd buy it instantly if they announce a Pokken 2 for it though.

>>715441067
CHECK SEREBII HOLY SHIT

>>715438727 (OP)
It's literally the greatest video game system of all time
.

>>715438727 (OP)
No games, no good games

>>715438727 (OP)
mario kart's online mode is getting me so fucking tilted can't wait for dong bananza though

>>715439641
Oh I cringed. PC?

>>715438727 (OP)
Original opinion: I like MKW and I like how it coexist with 8, both mario kart, both different games. Popping in 8 for something different keeps my copy relevant.
Played pokemon violet on it(first time) liked it, still have like 10 games in my backlog from switch 1,most of them needing the better performance(zelda, bayo3) so I'm happy with it.
Coming from the oled, the screen sucks to my eyes, can really see the blur. In combination with ingame motion blur its a lot. Battery life also sucks a fat cock. Pokemon violet also drains it in 2 hours or so.
So where I have to charge my oled every 2 days, I'm charging my switch 2 sometimes 2 times a day.

All in all, pretty positive, but it feels like a gpu upgrade. Shit runs better now and better res, ok, good. But not wowy zowy.

>>715438727 (OP)
>what are your thoughts so far?
My thoughts is that I haven't really enjoyed Mario Kart at all since Mario Kart Double Dash. I tried Mario Kart on the Wii. And I played way more Mario Kart 8 than I should have. Though I never got MK8D because I wasn't really having fun with MK8.

But I have had a lot of fun with World. I might still have my biases towards Double Dash. But with MKWii and MK8 I really just felt like the games were pretty much just straight downgrades of Double Dash. With World I kind of feel like the game is for better or worse different enough to be enjoyed in its own way for its own sake. And I am having a lot of fun.
It is fun to bounce on the walls and rails. I like being able to jump in my kart racers in general.

Beyond Mario Kart I'll say that I've enjoyed playing NS1 games with improved performance a fair bit more than I thought I would. But that was not why I bought an NS2. I can't say I think it's important but it's undeniably nice.
What I am really excited for though is Bananza, Splatoon, and Metroid Prime and whatever else is to come. That's why I bought the system.
For that and for 3rd parties that I'd prefer on the Switch over my PC, like Shadow Labyrinth, Hades2 1.0, and Silksong or whatever else. That Digimon Story Time Stranger game if the leak is to believed to be true and if the NS2 version doesn't launch months after PC, in which case I'll just get it on PC anyway.

I am pretty happy with it. Unless Bananza is somehow way worse than expected, which I kind of doubt, then all is good. I even enjoyed Welcome Tour and trying to get all the medals. Which was not something I expected to enjoy.

My first Switch broke because I left it docked while barely playing it for like a year and a half back in 2023-2024. Instead of fixing it I opted to get the Switch 2 to replace it. I can barely tell the difference beyond there actually being games I want to play on it again. The name "Switch 2" is very literal because it just feels like another Switch.

Surprisingly became my main machine for Fantasy Life i. play it at my desk while listening to music.

I think there's only been one day since I bought it that I haven't played it, and that was because I spent all day at the beach and I didn't want to get sand all over it. That said, I haven't played Mario Kart World since about a week after launch, I've mostly been shiny hunting in Pokemon Scarlet.

The Nintendo Switch 2 is an objectively bad video game console that only objectively bad people buy. Nobody with friends has a Switch 2.

>didn't play a mainline pokemon game before getting a Switch 2
>get Let's Go Eevee
>"This is pretty fun, actually"
>higher resolution screen for VNs
>some games run better than before, giving me a reason to continue getting Switch games or replay them
>oncoming games look to be pretty solid
I think I'll be alright. My main gripe with the Switch 2 is its battery life.

>>715442745
Oh, and I didn't get MKW because I don't like Mario Kart. I only play it if I'm invited to play it.

Mario Kart World is much better when there's real live people around, and you can hear their cries as they fail to make it to the next lap in Knockout tour

>>715438727 (OP)
>To anyone who still haven't bought yet, you need to explain.
Sold out. I was planning on buying one this month but no.

>>715438727 (OP)
I like it. Mario Kart World is fun, I'm looking forward to DK Bananza, and it's nice to go through my Switch backlog on a console that can run most of those games way better.
>>715442427
Is Fantasy Life worth a try? It seems pretty fun.

>>715438727 (OP)
>To anyone who bought at day 1, what are your thoughts so far?
It's exactly what it says on the box. Feels nice, but it's too early to say how good it is

>>715443118
>Is Fantasy Life worth a try? It seems pretty fun.
yes, it has charm out the ass
if you don't like grinding, stick to one or two jobs instead of going for all 14 jobs

>>715438727 (OP)
>To anyone who still haven't bought yet, you need to explain.
They're sold out everywhere. I requested an invite from the nintendo store since the day of the direct and still no word if I can buy it yet. I requested on amazon as well since they're also doing the invite system

Fuck best buy so much
they keep telling me they get a new batch of Switch 2 every tuesday, but when I get there during my lunch break, they say it's sold out

I'm getting it in October.
I already have a gaming PC so I'm buying it for stuff like Mario Kart World and Mario party and such.
I'm much more of a casual gamer now so things like that is what I want. Also I never played a switch 1 so any games that get an upgrade are new for me.
There's also the N64/Gamecube/SNES games that I want to play. I used to love emulating games on the PSP and I'm pretty excited to play these old titles again.

>>715438727 (OP)
Its being fun so far. I went back to MK8 yesterday after playing hours of MKW and found out that MKW is really an upgrade overall.
Also, the improvements on older games I havent finished yet (like echoes of time) makes the games a lot better and I think its underappreciated by most people.

>>715438727 (OP)
It's my switch pro and I play the switch library on it everyday.

>>715441268
May I have one of those switch 2's please? :)

>>715443295
Did you try the postgame? I beat the main story after around 50 hours and then lost motivation. Maybe I'll be back when new story dlc is released.

Currently playing rune factory GOA and that game is really nice too

Shitpost aside. It's okay. I just have anxiety with playing used games in the future due to a poisoned second hand market. I got what I wanted out of it which is an indie-middleware machine. I heard if you buy a Switch 2 then the game industry dies. Which the industry should crash because the industry stopped making games I and msny other people want to play long ago.

>>715438727 (OP)
My old switch 1 was on its last legs so i went ahead and got one, in large part to play MKW with the /v/eekend thread guys. It's fine so far, the quality of the hardware, the way the joycons feel ext is better than i was led to believe by the many review videos i watched. It seems like people have gained a mob mentality against Nintendo due to the price thing. That's the only reason i can think of for such a large discrepancy between what i was told absolutely everywgere and what i have experienced. the Joycons run no risk of coming off while playing in handheld mode and feel less wobbly than switch 1, ive had no drift or overheating ect. The only single issue i and several other people have had in the /v/eekend threads is communication errors while trying to play MKW online via wifi. that does happen sporadically even though the singal was strong, high bandwidth and my swotch 2 was pretty close to the router, i simply rand a cat6 cable to it.
I've revisitef a lot of switch 1 games on the switch 2 and had no crashes or performance problems, load times are shorter and ghe games all run smooth including Brothership. I'm just biding my time waiting for Nintendo to drop more fun online experiences, which is what i mainly play modern nintendo gqmes for. Things like Mario 35, Tetris 99, Super Kriby Clash, Smash, etc. It's taking a bit longer than i would like but we didnt start getting stuff like that on the Switch 1 until the mext calendar year after release so for now it's mostly MKW for me. Which i also find to be much more fun than i was led to believe and easily the most skill based mario kart to date. I do not like the way it looks, especially the anti soul gas and washed out colors compared to 8 deluxe, qnd the water tracks aren't fun, but they are the minority. I enjoy the intermission tracks and the best part is they tend to blow baggers the f out. Whe you are actually playing the courses don't feel too wide either.

>>715444373
still going through the story, so I'll have to see what the postgame is like

>>715443295
I do enjoy grinding in games. Hopefully it'll scratch that itch for me.

>>715438727 (OP)
Haven't bought one yet. Games are too expensive, not enough games, and I'm waiting to see what they do with Zelda next before I decide to even consider buying a Switch 2. I hate the current botw era.

>>715438727 (OP)
I didn't buy it day 1, but I'm enjoying mine. MKW isn't worth $80 IMO, but it's still fun as hell. Currently, I'm playing Wind Waker on NSO and waiting for Bananza.

>>715438727 (OP)
>To anyone who still haven't bought yet, you need to explain.
The one time i've been to the city since it wasn't at the store I checked, I later figured out that was the one store it was sold out at and I could have gotten one anywhere else. i'll be up there again in a couple weeks i'll pick one up then

>>715438727 (OP)
>To anyone who still haven't bought yet, you need to explain
Too expensive
Paid feature button (C)
Paid roms
Nintendo is cancer trying to kill emulation
One game that is objectively the worst Mario Kart where you drive in a line

>>715442745
You know the Steam Deck could do all of that for years now right?

>>715444657
Game chat is free until Spring of next year

>>715443118
Seems like it's mainly for fags and troons and women unironically. So just be aware. its like webfishing all over again where a bunch of normal gamers got tricked into wasting money on a game that caters exclusively to women and the gays, mostly the gays

I'm glad I got one. Here's to 8 more years of asshurt snoys being in second place.

>>715444498
>>715444373
Post game is treasure troves and Ginomorsia grind. Ginomorsia doesn't get interesting until you level up areas to 5 or higher. That's when the treasure trove bosses appear post update. Even then you're looking at level 70+ areas. So take your time in treasure troves collecting what you need. Also the desire sensor is bad if you're looking for a specific thing.

>>715444736
>720p screen
>no new Nintendo games
No. And my PC does more than a steam deck

>>715438727 (OP)
I own a Deck

I think it's funny how so many third worlders came out of nowhere to try to tell civilized people that $500 is an non affordable amount of money

>>715444849
I for one love carrying my pc on my back with a car battery when I'm out and about.

>>715444936
base

>>715444423
Oh i should mention that the price tag came with an unanticipated up side which is i a. not getting matched with a bunch of 3rd worlder south americans constantly like i did/do with switch 1 multiplayer games. The playerbase for Mario Kart World is noticeably better, more tolerable and less laggy internet prone than i ever saw on the switch 1. I honestly hope the system continues to sell poorly in those parts of the world and that those countries switch mainly to wntirely pc gaming and leave me and my favorite IPs alone. such an unexpected blessing

>>715444925
Nintendo used to sell Gamecubes for $99. They're not selling at a loss anymore, this is just pure greed

>>715444657
>Paid roms
What?

My Switch 2 is coming today!

>>715444925
PS5s are cheaper and more powerful

>>715438727 (OP)
dogshit hardware, worst mario kart i have ever played personally
bananza better be a gaming revelation or i'm selling this shit

>>715444925
I WILL BE HOMELESS IF I LOSE 500 BUCKS!

>>715438727 (OP)
It's my dream machine at the moment. Plays all my Switch 1 games at a better frame rate, I'm now in the newer ecosystem with switch 2 games, Pro 2 controller can finally be used with my Sony Noise cancelling headphones and best of all I use it in conjunction with my Switch OLED for games that have problems on the Switch 2 and as a secondary Device to play my more storage demanding games on. What's better is I don't need to get everything since companies are retardly doing virtual game cards so my wallet is safe. This will be the last generation I buy a home console though.

>>715444340
Switch sniper. Helped me get my Switch 2 after a week of try.

>>715445146
Congrats anon, join us next weekend on the MKW /v/eekend threads if you'd like. it's a lot of fun.

>>715444925
the funniest thing is how deck poorfags seethe at people buying games instead of pirating
and they even have the audacity to claim that buying games is killing the industry like they're not the ones leeching

>>715438727 (OP)
I fucking love it, and I bought a PC with an i7 14700kf, 32GB DDR5 6000mhz RAM and a GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super OC in 2024.

I don't play anything on the PC, but it will run all PS5 games better and it would be able to emulate Switch 2 if we could, at 60fps 4K if I wanted to.

But I hate PC gaming. It sucks, and I love the Switch 2, because it makes me feel way more happy because Nintendo just does that to me.

>>715445225
Which games are you having problems with on Switch 2? my Switch 1 is a broken down POS at this point, i hope i don't need to get it repaired just to revisit some of its library later on

>>715445283
Hell yeah! Thanks for the heads-up.

>>715444423
I get no communication errors in mkw
Its probably your shitty wifi lil bro

>>715444657
this nigga poor lol

>>715445148
the ps5 is a great console, much cheaper than a pc of the same performance
however, you're comparing it to a handheld. The ps5 is the best home gaming device you can get for $500 but the switch is the best handheld you can get for $500

>>715438727 (OP)
It's fucking amazing, an objective improvement to the Switch in almost every way imaginable, faster OS, faster booth up, faster load times, faster everything, don't play in handheld much so I don't really know much about this screen blurriness thing, but on boot up it felt like holding up pretty well when compared to my OLED and the 1080p screen absolutely made a world of difference, the Joy-Con 2 is also far more comfortable than the first ones, it makes the handheld grip actually tolerable, but again, I'm mostly a docked Chad, so my primary experience has been on my 4K TV with the Pro 2, which is the best controller I've ever held in my hands.

As for the games, Mario Kart World is indeed amazing, I'm glad I didn't bought into the negative hype, Intermission tracks aren't actually "straight lines" as haters like to throw around and they become extra challenges for what I consider to be the best improvement overall when compared to 8DX: Movement, the game plays like a dream, the trick system has been improved to perfection, and grind/wall riding ended up being WAY more fun than I expected.

DK Banana also seems like a certified classic so I'm looking forward to it, Hogwarts Legacy also finally runs at a decent performance and doesn't have load times between transitions, which is all it needed and gives me the confidence that this things can actually handle modern 3rd party ports. Finally, the enhanced Switch 1 experiences have been an absolute blessing, TOTK at 60fps and the App were such strong additions that it finally compelled me to 100% that game.

I can understand someone thinking $80 for certain games is ridiculous, but how is it that some people think the console itself is too expensive? It isn't much more expensive than any other console on the market.
>>715445087
They sold GameCubes for $100 because it was 2003 and the system was flopping hard as fuck.

>>715438727 (OP)
no 3d mario
no buy
i'll consider it again when it has games

>>715445312
>you must install linux
what the fuck vegans were based all along??

>>715445252
what the fuck happened here

>>715438727 (OP)
It's great. I've mostly been playing mario kart world, fantasy life, and replaying tears of the kingdom.

Console feels like a straight upgrade to the switch, basically. Kinda like the PS5, which i also got on release, except this one will have exclusive games.

>>715440456
Gigabased

>>715438727 (OP)
>To anyone who still haven't bought yet, you need to explain
I'm not spending 580€ for one single video game

Is there any known way to revive or reset a bricked console yet?

>>715445391
It could be but other anons were having the issue too this weekend. I just drilled a hole in my floor and ran another cat6 cable from my router to the switch 2 to fix the issue. if i ever build a home i am going to have conduits connecting each rokm where you can freely run wires back and forth to future proof it. But i'm stuck with a home from the 70s for now so its either running the wires under and uo through the floor or wifi.

>>715445552
according to one reddit post, he ask the customer service to unban it after showing pictures of him buying a used copy off facebook

>>715445225
Why no Steam Deck?

>>715445087
>not selling at a loss is greed
lol

>>715445412
>reddit spacing
conform to our board culture you stupid internet immigrant

>>715445674
It worked? That doesn't sound like a proper bricking if it can be Switched back on.

>>715439641
A PC fag. How cringeworthy.

>>715445715
Shut the fuck up faggot, I've been in this chink shithole longer than you

>>715445732
it wasnt bricked he was just banned from using any online functionality

>>715445732
it's reddit so most likely lying about being banned in the first place

>>715445819
Then act like it pablo

>>715445830
Nintendo bricking IS banning from online functionality

>>715441268
Will body harvest ever gave a chance to be on nso?

>>715445715
That's not what reddit spacing is, retard.

>>715445131
>Paid roms
Nintendo's paid rom service?

>>715445906
You first Ranjeet

>>715445454
The best time to shop around is 6am to 7am when shipments come in. After that, you can order it online and have it shipped to your house.
>MI
I'm holy convinced 4chan as a whole is just a Michigan imageboard.
>fellow mitten

>>715438727 (OP)
There aren't many games yet. I've already had my fill of Mario Kart World and Fast Fusion. I'm not interested in Donkey Kong so I think I'll be waiting a while for something new to play.

>>715438727 (OP)
I deeply regret buying this system on release. Should have waited until it actually got games like everyone else.

>>715438727 (OP)
Mario Kart looks like shit and Donkey Kong looks mid

>>715446032
>>715446117
Any backlog? Interested in some recommendations?
RPGs
>Unicorn Overlord
3D Platformers
>Bakeru
Puzzle game
>Bomb Chicken

>>715445409
>much cheaper than a PC
Nigga, it is cheaper by a country mile. Graphic cards are out of control with VRAM being the biggest e-waste accelerator. A PS5 with a disc drive and Switch 2 both cost 450 dollars. A prebuilt PC with the RTX 4060/5060 8gb (worthless) are $1,100 everywhere, I've checked the most recent prices online and in-person. If you build it yourself that's 800 dollars and you're running AMD GPU (kek). It's not like the old days where you could make a potato PC build and throw in any GPU to kill a console in the early 2010s.

system is great just needs more games. DKB looks fun

>the battery sucks
I wouldn't know

it's funny watching all the tendies praise the Switch 2 for running Switch 1 games better when they shat on people buying a PS5 because it ran PS4 games or shit like Fortnite better

>>715446398
I haven't bought a single Switch 2 game and I use it to play Switch 1 games at 60FPS. I only bought PS5 games when the prices dropped, I still use my PS5 for PS4 games mostly. I might buy Mario Kart World this year if I can get it for 50 physical.

No good games
Another Mario kart .eh, dk looks like shit
Pokeshit lol call me when it get good games

>>715446398
3 years in and all the PS5 has is PS4 games. And the PS4 library is already lacking.

>>715446398
My only beef with the PS5 is that after 5 years, it still only has 1 or 2 genuine exclusives. Everything else has been a timed exclusive or multiplat. Hopefully the Switch 2 will get more genuine exclusives down the road that aren't also on Switch 1.

>>715446398
Does it? I've never heard about PS4 games on PS5 running better aside from games that specifically got updated for it. I had only heard about PS3 games getting that out of the box emulation boost treatment. Conversely, I also didn't hear many complaints about the backwards compatibility, either. Most people I know that own a PS5 say they're happy enough using it to play their PS4 games without the hard drive or loud fans.

>>715446335
How much extra hours does this get you?

>>715446720
6 million

>>715446720
I would say around an extra 5 hours.

Fartendo shit flop, can't wait for pokeshit za run like shit and normies still blame Nintendo like always even more when gf is making other game for PS5 and Xbox hahaha mk being bad was not enough

COVID took a year from development. This included Nintendo as we know Smash Bros Ultimate content was delayed.

>>715446249
I've already run out of Switch games to play.

>>715445830
Oh, so wait are they actually fully bricking consoles like people said they would be?

>>715438727 (OP)
>To anyone who still haven't bought yet, you need to explain.
No money. I m broke.

>>715447075
see >>715445935

>>715446985
Speaking of Pomemon as somebody who hasnt touched pokemon since pokemon x was the biggest gaming let down of my whole life, it's going to be very funny seeing the mext mainline switch 2 exclusive pokemon game lokk just as bad as the switch 1 poke.on games because thats simply all the no-talent gamegreak devs are capable of anymore.

>>715447053
COVID was 5 years ago and also gave the Switch a massive sales boost.

>>715438727 (OP)
>To anyone who bought at day 1

>>715447068
You play a lot of games...

>>715447092
Switch 2 costs less than any 16GB VRAM PC master race video card.

>>715438727 (OP)
>To anyone who still haven't bought yet, you need to explain.
Haven't bought one yet. It has one game, and I will never give a shit about that one game it has. The first Mario Kart game is literally the ONLY good Mario Kart game.

>>715447170
>You play a lot of games...
Yep, all 1 of 'em.

>>715438727 (OP)
>To anyone who still haven't bought yet, you need to explain
I didn't care for the differences between the wii u/ 3ds and switch 1, but I got it because smash, and the wife likes zelda games
Switch 2 is simply all the qualities I didn't like about switch 1, magnified
I bailed from Microsoft after the 360, and barely played the PS4. Leaving modern gaming wasn't an easy choice, but I feel better about it the more I move on
I would come back, but not unil basically every practice 2010 or so onward went away, which won't happen.

>>715447342
which 1?

>>715438727 (OP)
I'm having fun with it

>>715447390
>which 1?

>>715447170
Ignore him, that faggot doesn't actually have a Switch 2 (or a Switch 1)

>>715447405
no you aren't

>>715438727 (OP)
>To anyone who still haven't bought yet, you need to explain.
Explain what, that the PS3 has more no games than Switch 2 does, that I don't want to pay a 10 dollar upcharge to play the games I already bought on a higher spec'ed console I already hypothetically bought, or how Nintendo went from a quality company to the Disney of videogames producing as much slop as the rest of the industry with an inability to make online multiplayer services actually smooth and functional?

>>715447075
No, they're BANNING consoles. Banned consoles still function, they just don't have access to online services. You can still update your console, play games offline or play games that don't use Nintendo's servers (like Fortnite), but you lose access to the eShop, most online games and the friends list. Bans are reversible and you can get your console unbanned if you're able to prove with evidence that there was no foul play involved. All of this works exactly the same way it did on the Switch 1. They don't brick consoles, that's just ragebait rhetoric.

>>715438727 (OP)
I've been really enjoying it. Mario Kart World is a great game that feels like a good evolution of the series mechanics. The open world is kind of pointless and its not worth $80, but the addition of rail grinding and charge jumping has made online races really fun.

I've also been playing BotW with the new update, and it feels awesome. I just killed the Lynel on the plateau before getting the paraglider. Pic related.

Hyped for DK this week.

>>715447424
>just remembered /v/ doesn't play games
silly me

>>715447628
Fuck me, I guess I fell for ragebait. I know about banning consoles from online, they've been doing that for generstions.

>>715447730
>steamdeck pic
>nintendo game
>first 30 minutes of the game
classic

>>715447796
Name a more iconic combo lol

the enhancements over the switch 1 are really nice and the upgrades for older games are pretty cool too (playing totk without the fps shitting the bed is such a relief)

the only game for it has been mario kart though, which isn't all that exciting. It's better than nothing but I'm just waiting for more games to play at this point

>>715447424
Fuck you nigger.

>>715445375
Borderlands 3 is broken on the Switch 2. I wanted it to be my primary way to play the game from now on since it locks near the 60 fps but it's just a mess on Switch 2. I just put it back on my Switch Oled yesterday and replaced it with Red Dead Redemption instead. I think that's the only game I tested that have a problem.
>>715445679
I considered it but realized I could play most of my games on my pc instead or the games I want to play have been ported to other consoles. Having Sparking Zero, Half Life, Left 4 Dead 2, Gears of war reload and the entire Halo Collection on the go is tempting though.

>>715447843
based racist

>>715444657
You could of just left it at 'Too expensive' you don't need to tell us that you're a third worlder

>>715447843
Congratulations on borrowing your boyfriend's Switch 2, he seems to have a lot of fun with it if Fast Fusion is any indication.

Post a screenshot with Mario Kart World's playtime, faggot.

>>715438727 (OP)
I considered buying a switch 2, but no OLED was a deal breaker and I got a Deck OLED instead. I have zero regret, the Deck rocks. I might be interested in a Switch 2 OLED in a few years when that inevitably drops.

>>715447730
PC vegan label really stuck.

>>715448051
Any other purity tests before I can have an opinion?

>>715438727 (OP)
>To anyone who bought at day 1, what are your thoughts so far?
Great launch sadly I believe they were using the Switch back-compat/SW2 Editions as a crutch while they finish more games like Bananza.

Besides that, MK World is a great game full of content, but I wish it had 2 or 4 more traditional cups, I don't really care that much about the Open World.

>>715448701
Well, I'm impressed, you actually do own a Switch 2.

Doesn't change that you're a retarded faggot if you can't find anything to play on a console with 11000+ games, also Bananza comes out in 4 days so I don't even know that's there to "regret".

was really loving mario kart world for the first two weeks. i played it like crazy. 60 hours in two weeks. nintendo killed the online and i haven't had any desire to play it since. ive been playing totk in 60fps and im having way more fun than i did when it came out. at the time i was annoyed that it seemed like botw all over again instead of a new game but that isn't bothering me now and i think the games great.
the screen is truly terrible and i honestly feel like i was tricked after nintendo touted the 120hz display and hdr and stuff. they really gave the impression that the screen was good but i noticed the blurry screen after 5 minutes of playing mario kart. it reminds me of an old LCD monitor i had 15 years ago. it really is awful.
battery life is not bad if you turn off wifi and hdr and rumble and turn down the brightness a bit. lasts about 3 and a half hours on mario kart and zelda.
was also genuinely surprised to see old switch1 games running with solid performance and load times cut in half. there are a bunch of games that didn't get update patches that still run and look better than on the old switch.

>>715449051
>nintendo killed the online and i haven't had any desire to play it since
Join /v/eekends fag

>>715449036
Who said anything about regret? All I said is that there's not many Switch 2 games yet and I don't have a Switch 1 backlog.
You fanboys get mad about even the gentlest criticism. I bought the console and enjoyed two games and you're still mad.

>>715449221
>Who said anything about regret?
>>715446117
Do you think I have the memory of a goldfish?

>>715449290
I'm >>715446032 dumbass

>>715449373
Then WHY the fuck did you reply to that >>715446249 >>715447843 chain while pretending to be >>715446117 ?

Retard.

>>715449539
Anon... that post replies to two posts...

>>715449154
i do, but i live in australia so by the time i hop on the lobbies only have like 4 or 5 people in them.
also, i shouldn't have to organise with people outside the game to play online. the game has matchmaking and it should let people play the game properly. motherfuck you and your cunt mouth and your cunt whore mother for defending what they did to the online.

>>715449589
Then you should know by my tone that I was referring to the falseflagging faggot.

>>715449635
>the game has matchmaking and it should let people play the game properly
Anon, the intermissions + track and the three lap track combinations ARE the intended way to play World, if you just want to play traditional Mario Kart you should definitely join the discord.

>>715438727 (OP)
Got mine from the fags in WA a few days ago. Waiting on DK.

>>715449965
nope. the intended way to play the game was the way it released. nintendo saw that people didn't like the open world aspect of the racing as much and changed the online system out of spite. you know this, i know this.
there is no defending what they did.

Mario Kart is meh. 24 players overdoes Mario Kart syndrome for me. Been otherwise glued to mine for my Switch backlog running better. Halfway though Three Hopes but dropping it for DK on Thursday.

>>715446117
Why is this image so powerful?

>>715450410
>nintendo saw that people didn't like the open world aspect of the racing as much and changed the online system out of spite
Anon that is a headcanon, the random button simply didn't work properly before, the game is far bigger than just the regular three lap tracks, now it's actually random.

>>715438727 (OP)
literally no games, don't forget to repurchase your old games again!

>>715438727 (OP)
No Metroid Prime 4, no buy

>>715450681
is he okay?

>>715450830
I'm curious how well the mouse controls will work. If it's a game changer I'll have to get the next gen version.

>>715438727 (OP)
It's great. Straight upgrade over my launch Switch.
I'm playing MKW and Switch games I haven't finished yet while waiting for Bananza.
Please upgrade Xenoblade X, thx.

>>715450681
Why are you still pushing that meme when everybody knows it had BC?

>>715450592
your attitude is the headcanon one. typical zealotry of nintendo defence force.
>now it's actually random
but it isn't. most of the time the random option selects one of the 3 courses given as a choice. it is weighted HEAVILY to not let you race 3 laps.
they did this intentionally to stop people choosing random. it isn't random at all. it's designed to make people choose one of the courses already on screen, and those are open world courses 80% of the time.
i played 60 hours of online before the update and about 10 since.
before the update you got open world courses 50% of the time and 3 lap tracks 50% of the time. now you spend 80% of your time online playing open world sections. and it's not fun.

>>715438727 (OP)
...the switch 2 already came out???

>>715438727 (OP)
Live in leaf land and theyre charging the thing 700+$. No way in hell am I buying one just for desert bus Mario Kart and a drip feeding of exclusives that probably wont be worth the 100$ per pop. Ill wait for a emulator or several years for a price drop / oled version.

>>715451262
Anon, you're beginning to sound like a schizo

>but it isn't. most of the time the random option selects one of the 3 courses given as a choice
Yes, because before, the random button didn't allow you to select anything other than three lap courses that are not even presented in the selection screen, now it can also pick up one of those three tracks, which can either all be intermissions, or it can also have a separate three lap track, therefore the selection actually allows for intermissions tracks to appear more often, which is way less restrictive and more random than it was before.

>now you spend 80% of your time online playing open world sections
That's because there are far more intermission + track combinations in the game that there are three-lap tracks in the game, it's expected to have higher chances to appear in an actually random setting.

>and it's not fun.
That's subjective.

>>715447831
Oh the 20fps on the corner of a linear part of an openworld game is also funny

>>715451750
so you're agreeing that nintendo changed it to force people to play on intermissions 80% of the time when they knew that players did not want that to happen.
nice reddit spacing, by the way.

>>715452179
>to force people to play on intermissions 80% of the time
That's just how random matchmaking works, nobody is being forced to play the game that way, custom lobbies allow for various track and rules combinations, which is why the people that prefer a strictly traditional Mario Kart experience use them.

>when they knew that players did not want that to happen.
Anon, again, that's a headcanon

Mediocre successor to an already mid system

>>715452328
have you been playing the game? it sounds like you haven't.
it IS NOT random. selecting random is weighted -- very heavily -- to choose one of the pre-selected, non-random tracks. if it were random, you would now see one of the 3 available tracks being chosen when selecting random. you'd see a far more even spread of courses.
like i said, ive played about 10 hours since the update and when random is selected, it winds up being one of the three courses that were given as options more than half the time. you said yourself
>there are far more course combinations
so why would it, more often than not, "randomly" select one of the pre-chosen courses on the select screen? it wouldn't.

>>715438727 (OP)
>To anyone who still haven't bought yet, you need to explain.
No games, no dpad, still have the additional frame of lag, nintendo being extra shady with consumer practices (game key cards, virtual game cards instead of just having your account in multiple devices, agressive remote disabling possibility against piracy, attempting to sell games at 90eu, ...), outdated processing power

It simply isn't worth the price unless you don't have any other recent pc/console. Will eventually get it if there's a multiplayer game I really want to play, such as Kirby Air Riders or potentially Arms 2; but hope there won't be

>>715452857
>selecting random is weighted -- very heavily -- to choose one of the pre-selected, non-random tracks.
But those tracks themselves are preselected at random and excluding them with the random button is counterintuitive, the random functionality is not actually weighted, it gives an equal random distribution of 25% to the tracks show on screen and the possibility of a completely random three lap track, this is actually a balanced approach, as the idea is that the tracks shown on screen are intended to be played, similar to Splatoon map rotation, but with the added 25% of a track that is not present in the selection.

Additionally, from the three courses shown on screen, there's always a moderately high chance to get a traditional three lap track as well, so the odds are far higher than the ≈20% that you suggested, which is still fairly high compared to what you would actually get if the selection was completely random across the hundreds of intermission + track combinations in the game.

Been trying to get one since a couple days after release and they’re always sold out. I never had a Switch 1 but there are a lot of those games I’m interested in so I’ll be okay with the lower amount of switch 2 games

>>715453670
why would random even include one of the pre-selected tracks? if people wanted to play one of those, they wouldn't select random.
>the tracks shown on screen are intended to be played
exactly. nintendo is forcing people to play in a way they do not want to play.
>so the odds are far higher than the ≈20% that you suggested
that has not been my experience. in the 10 hours i played since the update, about 8 of those were spent on open world straight lines.
it is mind bending that people like you defend this. why do you do it? do you think it's reasonable that nintendo simply does not give people an option to play on 3 lap tracks?
>just go play in player lobbies
no. i can't rank up that way and i need to organise another 23 people to play with at the same time. i need to organise this outside of the game itself. it's ludicrous to think this is a good system.
nintendo wants people to play the open world sections even though people don't want to play them (as evidenced by the fact that 80% of lobbies chose random all the time).
why does it pain you so much to admit that nintendo doesn't want people to enjoy their game?

The system is fine. Jack shit for games, nothing Nintendo has ever made or will ever make is worth $70, let alone $80. Looking forward to donkey king even if I hate his new faggot face.
Tendies are a massive cancer though.

>>715454423
>if people wanted to play one of those, they wouldn't select random.
That's a fundamentally wrong assumption, if you pick random in a game you are expected to get something that is visible on the screen as well, kind of like how you can see the full roster in a fighting game, yet you pick random because you either don't want to choose, or because you want to be surprised

>that has not been my experience. in the 10 hours i played since the update
Anecdotal evidence + insufficient sample size, do better anon. I just explained to you how the new random button works.

>nintendo is forcing people to play in a way they do not want to play.
That's a headcanon, and there's people that want to play like this.

>i can't rank up that way and i need to organise another 23 people to play with at the same time
You don't need to organize anything, there a lot of discord groups full of full lobbies with people that will test your skill, even if you live in Australia, you can still find a lot of people awake at that timeframe to play.

>as evidenced by the fact that 80% of lobbies chose random all the time
That'a not proof that people like to play three lap courses exclusively, that's proof that people like using the random option, that's a Non-sequitur.

>why does it pain you so much to admit that nintendo doesn't want people to enjoy their game
Because that's pretty biased and frankly, childish way to think about corporations anon.

>>715451189
To be fair don't you need to pay the upgrade to get better performance? I'm a little upset about that.

>>715438727 (OP)
>To anyone who still haven't bought yet, you need to explain.
It's sold out, nigga

Best gameplay of any Mario Kart!

>>715456947
Only if it includes additional content. Updates that only improve performance are free. Games also run better on Switch 2 without any updates but can't go beyond 1080p60

>>715456987
But /v/ told me stores have full shelves. They even posted pics

>>715457240
these fuckers make it look so simple, i keep falling out of bounds everytime i try this

>>715457240
if only every track was like this, 90% is a boring straight way

>>715438727 (OP)
Some tracks in mkw are good,but grinding time trials to get good at them feels pointless when no one else wants to play and online is fucked. Hoping bananza is more like frontiers and less like other open world slop.

>>715457496
those gay "tricks" in the air are the most stupid and pointless addition. What game introduced that dumbassery? 8?

>>715457240
This looks like a Mario Kart made for autistic trannies

>>715460912
mkw. idk it feels like the game went through 8 years of dev hell and they didn't really know how to make the empty open world interesting so they at least added these retarded tricks

>>715460912
>>715461107
how are they pointless or retarded? They literally make the game harder to master and more engaging to get good at

>>715445225
It's wild that the Switch actually has Bluetooth support and the PS5 doesn't, why's that?

>>715463068
This feature is not talked about enough

>>715444748
>free until
its not free then

>>715463068
It's actually been this way since Wii U and it got grandfathered into the Switch. The Wii U had Bluetooth 4.0 for whatever fucking reason but not a CPU powerful enough to support its own GPU.

It leads to this weird situation where a modded Wii U with Aroma is capable of connecting to all kinds of modern wireless controllers, like a PS5 controller, even though the console itself is basically a 7th generation console masquerading as an 8th generation console.

>you need to explain.
I had a switch 2 but exchanged it for a PS5, I only had a Steam deck and a laptop with a 3050ti that I got on a steep sale. I don't have anyway to play 3rd party modern games and I felt that $450 for a handheld to play only Nintendo games wasn't worth it. Also doesn't help that most 3rd party (especially Japanese games) are opting for key cards.

Has anyone here tried Touhou Artificial Dream in Arcadia on Switch 2 yet? I'd like to play it on Switch 2 but I'm concerned there could be compatibility issues.

>>715438727 (OP)
got mine yesterday on a whim, didnt expect to enjoy mario kart (never liked it much) but it's actually really fun.
my main game is splatoon and i get to play it in 4k, that's really the main draw.

>>715444936
Are y'all niggers underaged or can't afford a car

>>715438727 (OP)
>To anyone who still haven't bought yet, you need to explain.
Nintendo is a soulless, evil shell of their former selves run by an accountant and an EA executive. It's not the corporation anyone cares about anymore and they haven't made anything I'd consider good in over 5 years at this point. Everything I've heard about the S2 has been terrible and I'm not shelling out half a grand to get locked into a horrible ecosystem.