Name a single feature you’d like to see in a Switch 2
This is a weird one, but I’d love to see a reimplementation of the sensor bar. The gyro controls haven’t cut it for me. I like how the Wii U game pad had the sensor bar built in to the bezel. The real engineering nightmare would be squeezing IR cameras into the top of the Joycon
Backwards compatibility is the big one, especially cloud saves. I’d settle for native Switch 1 performance as long as every Switch 1 game worked properly.
I guess this is kind of cheating since Nvidia software engineers have already shown that it’s a supported feature set of the t239 soc, but cameras + Nvidias AI camera/video feed analysis features enabled by tensor cores.
Combined with the accelerometer/gyro nintendos already been using since wii, this… this can enable some serious shit.
Motion control Drift would be ridiculously real time mitigated, to the extent it might become completely inconsequential even over hours of play, as it can turn basically whatever static objects it sees into reference points, which can be used to auto correct and null drift from the accelerometers missing axis. The main one undoubtedly being the big rectangle with 4 corners that is the TV itself.
Assuming a camera is put in the joycon(s) again, Effectively pointer controls would be back, on steroids, as in 3d spatial accurate, with no need for a sensor bar (any fixed structure in the room)
If you are playing handheld, it can use eye tracking to let you aim by looking…
Return of 3ds augmented reality stuff, except completely nuts in capability compared to what the 3ds could do…
And considering it’s original use case as a feature for an automotive gpu, who KNOWS what bonkers nonsense they could do with that neat but ridiculously niche Mario kart RC peripheal thing now.
It’s such a simple concept and it increases engagement when they are well implemented. I’d love to play the next Zelda and try to get all achievements. Also I love Steam’s achievement rarity, it makes me feel like a pro knowing that i’m one of the 1% that got some random achievement.
Haven’t seen this mentioned yet, but I want to be able to put my save files on the SD card, not just games. I have crappy rural internet, so backing up save flies to the cloud is painful.
It’s infuriating there is no real way to back up switch saves at all without a subscription. It’s a portable console which is even more likely to have issues than a traditional one, I already had mine stolen once and lost everything. Now I just play on Yuzu and I can backup whatever I want.
I don’t need gimmicks. Better controllers, more comparable specs. Backwards compatible with current switch. I think I may be at a breaking point with exclusive hardware. I have enough games to play and I may stop moving forward if i can’t bring my games with me
A much smaller bezel. It’s so big on my original Switch, and the screen could be so much larger and prettier if it went nearly to the edges, without making the console larger at all.
I’d like it to be modern. Up to date specs that can have games that look good, rather than releasing dated hardware at launch.
I’d like a console only version without a screen, like how the PSVita had the Vita TV. I have no interest in a portable Nintendo, I only play docked.
The ability to play old games on it. Switch games at the very least, but similar to wanting a console only version, add a disc tray and let me play GCN and Wii.
It sounds like you basically just don’t want a switch. The reason the switch has done so well is because of the portability and ability to easily dock and “switch” between modes. If you want a traditional console, that has a disk tray, and tons of power, you should consider a playstation or xbox. Additionally I am very supportive of backwards compatibility but at this point, the GCN would be 4 generations (going to be 25 years on switch 2 release) back and having to put in hardware to be backwards compatible that far back I think is unreasonable.
Pretty much, I don’t want a Switch. But I’m required to have one to play Nintendo games legally. Considering how little I play my Switch I think I’m just going to wait and see how emulation for Switch 2 goes.
Yeah but it’s solidified that I won’t be doing it again. Switch emulation is brilliant, with another underpowered Switch console I don’t doubt emulation will be easy.
I would like to see a much better home firmware than horizon. Compared to the 3ds and the wiiu horizon is severely lacking.
folders
themes
activity log
music
mii maker
All are severely lacking compared to previous implementations .
Ontop of this Nintendo online still sucks and I’d love to see it improved once and for all. I’d love to see servers for Nintendo games instead of them relying on peer to peer.
@Coud I would think from a storage perspective it shouldn’t be an issue. The cartridges should be able to hold 10x the storage of an average Switch game, so should be plenty for a next gen console.
It would be cool for the 3D display tech to get an improved implementation on the Switch, but whether it’s worth it will depend on how much cost it adds to the system and how much it lowers the resolution. I did enjoy its use on the 3DS, but I often play the Switch in docked mode and I’m not sure I’d like to pay extra for its inclusion on the Switch 2.
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