{"id":33393,"date":"2025-03-13T02:55:54","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T05:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/?p=33393"},"modified":"2026-04-28T13:18:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T16:18:56","slug":"nintendo-switch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/en\/nintendo-switch-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Switch 2: Key to its guaranteed success \ud83d\ude80"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Nintendo Switch 2: Another update or a revolution? \ud83c\udfae<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"title icon i-list\">Summary<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Many are disappointed that the Switch 2 doesn&#039;t offer anything groundbreaking, but Nintendo&#039;s previous consoles have been fairly conservative. \ud83c\udfae<\/li>\n<li>Nintendo&#039;s history shows that consoles were straightforward upgrades; handhelds, on the other hand, were more experimental.<\/li>\n<li>Making the Switch 2 a refined version might be the right decision to maximize its existing success. \ud83d\ude80<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- Not injecting Ads due to No-Ads mode. --><\/p>\n<p>With what we have seen so far, the <a title=\"Nintendo Direct Switch 2: Key Announcements You Can&#039;t Miss \ud83d\udea8\ud83c\udfaf\" href=\"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/en\/nintendo-direct-switch-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"5197\">Nintendo Switch<\/a> 2 is simply a bigger, better, and more modern version of the original Switch. Does that mean Nintendo is taking a conservative stance? No, it&#039;s just <a title=\"Comparison: M4 iMac vs M3 iMac \u2013 What&#039;s New and Improved\" href=\"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/en\/m4-imac-vs-m3-imac\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"4458\">reflects<\/a> that Nintendo remains faithful to its established strategy. \ud83d\udd0d<\/p>\n<p><!-- Not injecting Ads due to No-Ads mode. --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"people-are-disappointed-that-switch-2-has-no-apparent-ldquo-gimmick-rdquo\">The Disappointment of the Switch 2&#039;s Lack of a Gimmick<\/h2>\n<p>A Eurogamer article titled <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/if-switch-2-is-the-end-of-innovative-nintendo-theres-much-to-be-sad-about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">If the Switch 2 marks the end of innovation at Nintendo, there&#039;s much to regret.<\/a><\/em> It caught my attention shortly after the reveal video Nintendo posted a few days before writing this. Criticizing the company for seemingly abandoning its innovative approach in favor of a successor <a title=\"Microsoft Releases Hotpatching for Windows 11 Updates\" href=\"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/en\/microsoft-launches-hotpatching\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"4457\">&quot;sure&quot;<\/a> from the mega-hit Nintendo Switch. \ud83d\ude15<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/El-aburrido-Switch-2-es-en-realidad-fiel-a-la.png\" alt=\"Nintendo Switch 2 docked playing Mario Kart.\" width=\"4026\" height=\"2265\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/El-aburrido-Switch-2-es-en-realidad-fiel-a-la.png\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p>On social media, many people in the gaming world have referred to the Switch 2 in a similar way, calling it a &quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TRIPSTER0\/status\/1880424506151334260\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">tasteless device<\/a>\u00bb or expressing the feeling that it&#039;s basically a Switch &quot;Pro&quot; and not something truly innovative and new. \ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I absolutely 100% agree with Max here, The Switch 2 is the most Meh Nothing Burger Device ever, with the most uneventful Reveal ever in the history of gaming, this is so bad that Investors didn&#039;t even wait 5 minutes to say \u00bbnahhh thanks we&#039;re out\u00ab, This shouldn&#039;t be called a\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/steCNJiNwh\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/steCNJiNwh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tripster (@TRIPSTER0) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TRIPSTER0\/status\/1880424506151334260?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"most-nintendo-home-consoles-were-straightforward-upgrades\">Most Nintendo Consoles Were Simple Upgrades<\/h2>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/El-aburrido-Switch-2-es-en-realidad-fiel-a-la.jpg\" alt=\"A Nintendo SNES connected to a CRT TV, surrounded by game cartridges.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/El-aburrido-Switch-2-es-en-realidad-fiel-a-la.jpg\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"body-img-caption\">M-Production \/ Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The thing is, if you look at the history of Nintendo consoles as a whole, that streak of <a title=\"ChatGPT&#039;s new Canvas feature\" href=\"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/en\/the-new-canvas-feature-of-chatgpt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"4459\">innovation<\/a> risky is just a small slip in a line of gaming hardware that is usually pretty sensible. Interestingly, the Eurogamer article starts with the Wii, which is special precisely because it was a huge shift for Nintendo. The SNES was just an improved NES.<\/p>\n<p>The Nintendo 64 represented a huge generational hardware leap, but it wasn&#039;t fundamentally different from a PlayStation, save for Nintendo&#039;s conservative decision to continue using cartridges instead of switching to optical media. <a title=\"Tutorials\" href=\"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/en\/category\/tutorials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"4460\">innovative<\/a> The Gamecube&#039;s unique feature is that it&#039;s cube-shaped and has a handle. \ud83d\udfe1<\/p>\n<p>Nintendo tendi\u00f3 a mantener sus consolas sensatas y experiment\u00f3 con perif\u00e9ricos locos. El robot vendido con el NES en Estados Unidos, el Zapper, el Power Glove y el NES Power Pad son todos accesorios innovadores y fuera de lo com\u00fan, pero la consola a la que se conectaban no lo era y estos accesorios eran opcionales.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"the-wii-and-wii-u-were-the-exception-not-the-rule\">The Wii and Wii U Were the Exception, Not the Rule<\/h2>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1737562358_990_El-aburrido-Switch-2-es-en-realidad-fiel-a-la.jpg\" alt=\"A blank Nintendo Wii console.\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1737562358_990_El-aburrido-Switch-2-es-en-realidad-fiel-a-la.jpg\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"body-img-caption\">Maursk8\/Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Wii was born out of necessity. It&#039;s easy to forget that consoles like the SNES, N64, and GameCube were competitive in terms of performance. <a title=\"Threadripper 7000: Leader in reliability \ud83d\udcc8\" href=\"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/en\/threadripper-7000\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"4454\">hardware<\/a> with its peers. With the Wii, Nintendo realized that it was not going to be able to match the graphics power and <a title=\"Top 7 Ultrabooks y Laptops Premium 2024\" href=\"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/en\/ultrabooks-and-premium-laptops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"4462\">performance<\/a> of their competitors, so they decided not to compete directly. \u26a1<\/p>\n<p>The Wii was like lightning in a bottle, but it&#039;s not the kind of foundation on which a future console line can be effectively built. The Wii U attempted to extend Nintendo&#039;s madness, but we all know how that ended. \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"their-handhelds-were-more-experimental-but\">Their Handheld Consoles Were More Experimental (But!)<\/h2>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1737562358_673_El-aburrido-Switch-2-es-en-realidad-fiel-a-la.jpg\" alt=\"Close-up of the Nintendo 3DS handheld video game console.\" width=\"2100\" height=\"1400\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1737562358_673_El-aburrido-Switch-2-es-en-realidad-fiel-a-la.jpg\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"body-img-caption\">Tinxi \/ Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Creo que Nintendo se arriesg\u00f3 m\u00e1s con sus sistemas port\u00e1tiles. Al no estar atados a un televisor y con la portabilidad en mente, pudieron experimentar con muchas formas y caracter\u00edsticas. M\u00faltiples pantallas, stylus, consolas plegables, b\u00e1sicamente probaron todo para ver qu\u00e9 funcionaba. \ud83d\udd04<\/p>\n<p>However, if we look at their console lineup <a title=\"USB-C Charging: Things You Didn&#039;t Know! \ud83d\udcf1\u2728\" href=\"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/en\/charging-by-usb-c\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"4463\">laptops<\/a>, la serie principal de consolas no hac\u00eda cambios enormes de una vez. El <a href=\"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/en\/cheats-for-pokemon-emerald\/\" title=\"Pok\u00e9mon Emerald Cheats: Get Rare Pok\u00e9mon Now!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"34700\">Game Boy Advance<\/a> era pr\u00e1cticamente un Game Boy mejorado. Un cambio similar al que vimos de NES a SNES. Lo mismo ocurre con el DS y el 3DS. Mismo dise\u00f1o. Mismas caracter\u00edsticas b\u00e1sicas. La \u00fanica diferencia real fue el <a title=\"Laptop Repairability 2025: Top and Bottom Revealed \ud83d\udcc9\ud83d\udd25\" href=\"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/en\/laptop-repairability-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"4455\">updated hardware<\/a> and the (still amazing!) 3D display. \ud83c\udf89<\/p>\n<p>So honestly, the move from Switch to Switch 2 is pretty much in line with the precedents set by the home and handheld console lines, which have now been combined into a single device.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"nintendo-rsquo-s-making-the-right-decision-with-the-switch-2\">Nintendo Is Making the Right Decision with the Switch 2<\/h2>\n<p>First, we don&#039;t actually know if Nintendo has done anything significant with the Switch 2 that differentiates it from the first Switch in any way. It could be that the rumored mouse-like function of the new Joy Cons is the novelty some are hoping for. Plus, there&#039;s the mysterious button that does, well, <em>something<\/em>My point is, you can&#039;t judge a console by its looks alone. \ud83e\uddd0<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1737562358_115_El-aburrido-Switch-2-es-en-realidad-fiel-a-la.png\" alt=\"Joy-Con Mouse for Nintendo Switch 2.\" width=\"3617\" height=\"2034\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1737562358_115_El-aburrido-Switch-2-es-en-realidad-fiel-a-la.png\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"body-img-caption\">Nintendo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, even if the Switch 2 is just a souped-up original Switch with more power and more modern games, it&#039;s the right decision for Nintendo. The Switch has a massive user base, and nearly all of the Switch&#039;s games are on board this new console. \ud83c\udf89<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>So there&#039;s no reason to make any big changes. The Switch 2 will almost certainly be great, and while Nintendo knows how to be creative and surprising, <em>needs<\/em> cheap tricks to succeed.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo Switch 2: A refined version that could maximize its existing success. 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