{"id":3555,"date":"2025-04-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=3555"},"modified":"2025-04-03T18:30:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T18:30:31","slug":"games-inbox-will-the-switch-2-nintendo-direct-be-a-disappointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/02\/games-inbox-will-the-switch-2-nintendo-direct-be-a-disappointment\/","title":{"rendered":"Games Inbox: Will the Switch 2 Nintendo Direct be a disappointment?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Today is most certainly the day (Nintendo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Wednesday letters page is excited and anxious about today\u2019s Switch 2<\/a> news at the Nintendo<\/a> Direct, as one reader is unimpressed by the Xbox<\/a> Asus team-up.<\/p>\n

To join in with the discussions yourself email gamecentral@metro.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

PLEASE NOTE:<\/strong> We will have very limited time to put together the Games Inbox<\/a> on Wednesday, so please get your emails in as quickly as possible, especially if you\u2019re planning to comment on the Nintendo Direct. Otherwise the next Inbox will be on Friday.<\/p>\n

The day today<\/strong>
So here we go, the biggest Nintendo moment in eight years: the full reveal of the Switch 2<\/a> and all (some? a couple?) of its games. I don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to be there anymore than anyone else does but I can tell you I feel that tingle of excitement in a way I haven\u2019t in a long time.<\/p>\n

We don\u2019t need to go over what a disappointment this generation has been again, but this is the sort of thing it\u2019s been missing: a big event, that probably isn\u2019t going to disappoint, and will have tons of new things to talk about and look forward to.<\/p>\n

When was the last time we had something like that? For me The Game Awards just don\u2019t do it, they\u2019re just paid ads and what is shown is almost always pre-rendered and very brief. I\u2019d probably have to go back to the unveiling of Elden Ring<\/a> for the last time I was anticipating things this much and that wasn\u2019t hyped up like this.<\/p>\n

Maybe that will hurt it in the end, if it means Nintendo can never do enough to please people, but I have a good feeling about it and I certainly plan to get no work done between 2pm and 3pm today.
Onibee<\/strong><\/p>\n

One hour<\/strong>
60 minutes of Nintendo Direct<\/a>? Now we know they\u2019re serious. I\u2019d worry that a lot of that is going to be waffle but Nintendo are the masters of the Direct format and a lot of that is due to fast pacing and being very lean, with no wasted time and never staying on anything for too long.<\/p>\n

Maybe they\u2019ll suddenly switch strategies, but I doubt it. This is their moment and I hope for their sake, my sake (as a fan), and the games industry\u2019s sake they make a proper job of it. This has been such a rough generation, where the great games seem to almost be in spite of Microsoft and Sony, not because of them.<\/p>\n

I want to see Nintendo reset the clock and show what video games are about: an affordable console that\u2019s clearly different to the last one, unique and imaginative games that don\u2019t cost the earth, and no live service trash – or at least a bare minimum, I know Nintendo has dabbled with it.
Lofty<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dream team<\/strong>
My wish list for today: Mario Kart (a given), 3D Mario, F-Zero, a new Zelda remake, and two new IP. Might seem a bit of a tall order to some but I think there\u2019s a reasonable chance it might come true. The Mario games are obvious, but I think some kind of Zelda representation, even if it\u2019s a cheap remaster of The Wind Waker, is very likely.<\/p>\n

Nintendo must have some new IP, I think, and even if one is a smaller thing like 1-2-Switch hopefully we still get something. And then F-Zero\u2026 well, we\u2019ve had some rumours about GameCube support recently so maybe it\u2019ll be F-Zero GX on Nintendo Switch Online. If it\u2019s a brand new game then I promise to pre-order a Switch 2 the second you can.
Hester<\/strong><\/p>\n

Email your comments to: gamecentral@metro.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Cheap advice<\/strong>
This Xbox crossover with Asus<\/a> seems so cheap. I know that\u2019s a strange word to use for something that\u2019s probably going to cost \u00a3600+ but the ROG Ally does look cheap and that whole teaser trailer thing looked like an ad for DLC, not a hyper expensive handheld console.<\/p>\n

I can sort of see the idea that Microsoft wants to get their foot in the door with portable consoles, but most people aren\u2019t even going to know this exists, let alone buy it. So what does Microsoft gain from that?<\/p>\n

As usual they\u2019re trying to take a shortcut, because they want a portable next gen console out now, but it\u2019s not going to be ready, according to them, for a few years. You would\u2019ve thought they\u2019d learn by now, after so long making the same mistakes again and again, but no.<\/p>\n

Just do the groundwork and success will come to you. There is no shortcut and if there was it certainly wouldn\u2019t be slapping an Xbox logo on a weird portable console that only plays PC games.
Gaza<\/strong><\/p>\n

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