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Hands-on with the Switch 2: It’s the Switch, too (arstechnica.com)
submitted 3 months ago by TAG@lemmy.world to c/nintendo@lemmy.world
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TL;DR:

  • Joy-Cons are more comfortable for adult hands, though still not as big as other systems.
  • Mouse mode joy-cons are awkward. The buttons are small and there is no place to rest your other fingers and palm.
  • You will want to have a table if you are playing mouse-oriented games like Metroid Prime 4 and Civ 7.
  • Graphics seem better than the Steam Deck, worse than a PS4 Pro, but will improve as games are optimized.
  • Mouse aim works well in Metroid.
  • Mario Kart World is good and Knockout Tour is a fun addition to the game.
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[-] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago

The first Switch still seemed like a good purchase because you could own the physical cartridge of a game so it'll still be available long after its servers shut down. The Switch 2 just gives you a physical NFT with which to download the game with. Anyone who purchases this system will be very disappointed a few years later when it cuts off access to their library.

[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

There’s only a subset of games that use the cartridge as an access token. Cyberpunk comes fully loaded on a 64gb cartridge, for example.

[-] dinckelman@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I’m not sure what exactly this author expected in terms of performance. It’d be diabolical if it were worse than a 3 year old Deck, but i’m not shocked that the mobile SoC is worse than the furnace that was the ps4 pro. They’ll undoubtedly be using frame gen for this, so time will tell how the quality is

[-] TAG@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

The entire article has a tone of "it is exactly as we expected it to be". Good to have a journalist say that Nintendo was not covering up some horrible, obvious flaw.

[-] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space -2 points 3 months ago

It’s called the Switch 2 because you take one look at it and switch to a Steam Deck

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