{"id":4773,"date":"2025-04-17T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=4773"},"modified":"2025-04-17T18:19:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T18:19:31","slug":"games-inbox-will-the-nintendo-switch-2-be-a-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/17\/games-inbox-will-the-nintendo-switch-2-be-a-hit\/","title":{"rendered":"Games Inbox: Will the Nintendo Switch 2 be a hit?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Thursday letters page thinks that the concept of console generations is coming to an end, as a reader is surprised there aren\u2019t more Fallout<\/a> games.<\/p>\n

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

Despite it all<\/strong>
I don\u2019t think Nintendo<\/a> can be all that happy with the response to the Switch 2<\/a> Direct. The thing itself was fine, I think, but the lack of details and the way all the most important information has trickled out since has made them look bad, in my opinion.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re two weeks later now and we still don\u2019t know most of the UK prices<\/a> for anything, including the upgrades. Pre-orders are also very hard to come by for a console they said was not going to have stock problems. I know Trump\u2019s tariffs have put a spanner in the works but that shouldn\u2019t be a problem for anyone outside of the US<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The lack of big budget IP or news on other first party games was also a disappointment, although that\u2019s pretty normal for Nintendo and I\u2019m not so worried about that. Even though I\u2019m still surprised there wasn\u2019t a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Deluxe.<\/p>\n

So, quite a few problems but despite it all I really can\u2019t see the Switch 2 not being a success. We probably won\u2019t be able to tell this year anyway, because it\u2019ll sell out whatever, but I still feel people are ready for an upgrade and there\u2019s so much more negativity around Xbox and PlayStation at the moment that people that wouldn\u2019t normally buy Nintendo may be more interested than usual.
Grackle<\/strong><\/p>\n

Resident Evil Ultimate<\/strong>
I really can\u2019t see the point of remaking Resident Evil 2 for a second time, after such a short period. There\u2019s an argument for doing 3 again, because it\u2019s so different from the original, but then the original was always the weakest of the early games anyway, so I\u2019m not sure it\u2019s really worth it.<\/p>\n

I know we don\u2019t know what Resident Evil 9 is yet but my hope for a long time now is that it\u2019ll be more like Resident Evil 2, which I thought was almost the perfect Resi game. It\u2019s a bit limited by being based on such an old game, but if they made a brand new game in the same general style it could be the ultimate Resident Evil.<\/p>\n

I would play up the horror element more though, as that\u2019s one thing we haven\u2019t had from any of these remakes. None of them are scary or even really trying to be, and that\u2019s a shame. Resident Evil 1 one would be though, presumably, so that\u2019s one reason why I\u2019m also in favour of a remake of that.
Pr0metheus<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sticking to the plan<\/strong>
I really feel that Phil Spencer has outstayed his welcome at Xbox. People were saying that a year or more ago but now it\u2019s got to the point where I forget he\u2019s still there and for a moment I can\u2019t believe it. As usual, he gave a non-answer<\/a> as to why no Xbox games have been announced for Switch 2 yet and it\u2019s impossible to tell whether they\u2019re waiting for something or they were just lying about support in the first place.<\/p>\n

It certainly doesn\u2019t make any sense to me, for them not to have been at the Switch 2 Direct. That would\u2019ve made a very clear statement but instead I suspect they\u2019re going to sneak out the annoucement in some blog somewhere, because they\u2019re embarrassed about their own business plan. If this whole multiformat thing is going to work they really need to go all in on it or just stick to PC. There\u2019s no point doing it half-hearted.
Gibson<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Exclusive ending<\/strong>
Watching the second season of The Last Of Us, I\u2019m still not sure I really see the point. Finding out about Abby early is different but I don\u2019t see how that makes things better or worse. It\u2019s a well made show but the problem, I feel, is that the games are already so much like a movie that it really makes little difference making it live action.<\/p>\n

I also don\u2019t like the idea that they\u2019re going to invent a new twist to replace the one they\u2019re not doing with Abby. That already sounds super contrived and I really hope that isn\u2019t what happens.<\/p>\n

The best thing I would suggest is that if they make the final season of the show The Last Of Us Part 3 and finish the story that way. I like the games but at the same time I don\u2019t want Naughty Dog to spend another six years on a third one. Some of these people will be hitting retirement age before they ever get to do something new.
Tiger Balm<\/strong><\/p>\n

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