Nintendo Switch 2 is already in end users' hands. | Switch Locked behind Day 1 Patch

Buggy Loop said:
Whole setup and menu walkthrough. Nintendo ninja took down the youtube link but this is still available as of now

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Krathoon said:
Ok. If you want to keep your old Switch, you don't do the System Transfer, right? Doesn't it wipe you old Switch?

Isn't there an online transfer?
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depends on why you keep your old one. do you want to use it as your main system for Switch 1 games still? then don't do the system transfer.

I personally keep it for maybe game share multiplayer stuff only or maybe to have a second system around as a local LAN thing,
so I will do the transfer.
as my Switch 1 will basically be used as an accessory for the Switch 2.
 
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kevboard said:
depends on why you keep your old one. do you want to use it as your main system for Switch 1 games still? then don't do the system transfer.

I personally keep it for maybe game share multiplayer stuff only or maybe to have a second system around as a local LAN thing,
so I will do the transfer.
as my Switch 1 will basically be used as an accessory for the Switch 2.
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I think you can carry all you saves over to the Switch 2 and keep then on your old Switch. I read something about that.
 
I was reading up on it an it sounds like there is this virtual card system for digital games. You can eject a game from your Switch and put it on the Switch 2.

If you are using Switch cartridges, you can just put the cart in the Switch 2 and it will pull your saved games down from the cloud.

So, if you are keeping your old Switch, there is no need for a system transfer.
 
Really, it sounds like you might as well eject all the digital games and put them on the Switch 2. Then, pull down the cartridge saves whenever you pop one in. Pull them down on a cart by cart basis.
 
awwr999999 said:
Firmware that makes the system work.
End result would be:
1. Out of the box - you get a Switch 2 console that plays Switch 1 games via game cards without 'installing' them. Swapping game cards would involve redownloading games from cards.
2. The system would be entirely self-maintained. If a user has the companion smartphone app the Switch 2 HW will silently update itself while the device is charging, adding the Switch 2 functionality.
2. Otherwise, logging into the store automatically updates the HW, adding the Switch 2 functionality.
3. With 100% of Switch 2 games requiring activation at the store level that activation would come bundled with silent updates.
4. With 100% of Switch 2 games owned at the store level users keep their library forever and bring their games with them to future Switch consoles.
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BlackTron said:
Nintendo does have a companion app now, but I don't have it. I must agree that if downloading the app silently transformed my old Switch into a Switch 2, by sending magic firmware that told the old chip how to turn itself into nanobots that rearranged into a 30 series GPU capable of playing Switch 2 games, I would download it instead of buying a whole new system. They may have screwed up here, another lost opportunity from Nintendo.
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As things are, Switch 2s needing an update before they can do anything is going to make lots of users angry.
Nintendo could have given Switch 2s limited functionality until they're updated.
That way anyone jailbreaking an unpatched Switch 2 would end up with the equivalent of a jailbroken Switch 1.
A companion app is just one easy way to pass internet to the Switch 2 and update the firmware for the user.
PlayStations could easily do the exact same thing via Sony TVs without the need for an app.
Consoles needing to be updated manually by end users is bad design.
 
Getting pumped for this, my question for you nerds do you think we will see ports of the following?

- KCD2
- THPS 1+2/3+4
- EX33
- MH: W
- Baldur's Gate 3

Come on I can play all these on my ROG ALLY X but thats not the point man.
 
awwr999999 said:
As things are, Switch 2s needing an update before they can do anything is going to make lots of users angry.
Nintendo could have given Switch 2s limited functionality until they're updated.
That way anyone jailbreaking an unpatched Switch 2 would end up with the equivalent of a jailbroken Switch 1.
A companion app is just one easy way to pass internet to the Switch 2 and update the firmware for the user.
PlayStations could easily do the exact same thing via Sony TVs without the need for an app.
Consoles needing to be updated manually by end users is bad design.
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I understand that you have...opinions, about how consoles are updated.

I was referring specifically to the parts of your post that I quoted (crazy, I know).

I think the fact that you think Nintendo can just transform a Switch 1 into a Switch 2 with "Binary Blobs" says everything about your qualification to tell Nintendo how to run their business.

It's completely looney.
 
Mozza said:
The screen looks fine. And from the Switch experience videos I hardly noticed the side bevels.
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The screen is fine and the bezel is not a problem. Fact.

Also a fact: Nintendo would never have released a first-generation version without a bezel to get rid of next time. They would either make the case slightly bigger or the screen slightly smaller, even if their design team's first draft had no bezel. They would be corrected and told to fix it.
 
TrebleShot said:
Getting pumped for this, my question for you nerds do you think we will see ports of the following?

- KCD2
- THPS 1+2/3+4
- EX33
- MH: W
- Baldur's Gate 3

Come on I can play all these on my ROG ALLY X but thats not the point man.
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They ported the original Kingdom Come Deliverance to the Switch 1 somehow, so porting the sequel to the Switch 2 seems like a no-brainer.

Pro Skater 3+4 has already been announced for Switch 2, and 1+2 are on the OG Switch, so they'll be playable via backwards compatibility. No word on an upgrade patch for the first two games yet though.

The Expedition 33 developers hinted at the possibility of a Switch 2 port in a recent interview, so that probably has a good shot too.

Monster Hunter Wilds is probably the biggest question mark on your list, since it has performance problems on current gen systems, and since Capcom made a new timed-exclusive Monster Hunter for Switch instead of trying to force World to run on it.

There's no evidence either way for Baldur's Gate, as far as I know, but it does seem like it'd be a good fit, especially given mouse mode.
 
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