Mr. Arlo, the better dock could go in the same bag whit a better cooling system i believe is important : D, i hope you know, o did start a channel and like a lot of creator even im 30 i feel inspired by so many of you, obviously you included, so i thank you for the hardwork.
Plot Twist: He does all his video recordings at once whenever he gets sick, does everything else in the meantime, then waits until he gets sick to record anything more. This is the real reason reviews take so long. He has to get sick before recording them.
12:22 Arlo’s a coward I want the entire console to stretch out like an accordion. It bends and twists and makes noises and you have to play Kass’s theme to make Mario jump.
I feel like the idea of switch 2 having $70 is a very different threat from any other company doing it. If ubisoft releases a game for 70, I can probably find it for 20 later that same year. If Nintendo releases a game for 70, it'll still be 70 when my grandkids are born.
So Totk was just setting a precedent rather than actually needing to be more expensive due to technical reasons, which was their excuse? I figured as much.
You could argue that’s because Nintendo games will still have value years from now, unlike Ubisoft games. Age doesn’t always cause a game lose value, and Nintendo’s games are always timeless. It’s why I’m confused why people complain about MK8 still being successful, since the game is still just as good as it was in the Wii U.
From the leaks it literally just looks like a bigger OLED switch with joy cons that attach from the side instead of sliding on, that includes the better kickstand!
15:44 I would assume the S2 will have way less problem than the S1… cause if they plan on manufacturing buttloads of consoles they need the first batch to be perfect
My wishlist is 1. Menu and eShop music 2. The better activity counter talked about in the video 3. To own one before it's halfway through its lifecycle 4. More theme colours at least 5. A much easier way to get screenshots/clips onto other devices 6. A way to message friends on the system
I so agree about the eShop music and themes. Whenever I play my Switch, I miss both of those features from older consoles so much! It may seem like a small thing, but it makes the console so much duller and blander than it needs to be.
The 3DS one was actually amazing. It was actually fun and I teresting to look at. Especially the medals for total playtime, uses, and average playtime.
@@NateFordProbably because they got rid of the weird stuff for plain functionality and to appeal to a larger audience because the Wii U was a flop. Mostly because the Wii U was confused to be an add-on to the Wii and graphics are not the best motivator to buy a new console. Hopefully they can realize that most people don't mind a bit of goofy UI and charm. And, it often attracts their greatest fans. They just had to play it super safe for the Switch because the Wii U did not work out for them.
Lol that’s funny, I didn’t even realise. Also, if you wouldn’t mind. Would you please consider the Gospel message? There is a loving God who wants to save you. And because He loves us, He (Jesus) died on the cross and resurrected 3 days later so we can be forgiven of our sins and be saved. Repent and believe the gospel! Please think about the state of your soul, don't let this chance pass you by. Believe in Jesus and follow Him so you may have salvation. Life is short, please make the right choice today before its too late. Jesus loves you.
For the most part, but if you dig for it you can find footage of him unmasked at a convention (probably more than one?) as well as another channel I forget the name of
The goofy stuff is quite a big part of why I've always loved Nintendo products. It gives their stuff personality and makes them stand out from other companies and, particularly in games like Warioware, it can just be so funny!
Exactly! The Wii was fun and silly, and full of cool gimmicky stuff to do outside of playing games. The Wii U and Switch in comparison just felt sterile in comparison :/
Every Switch feels exactly the same aside from the games downloaded on it, but the 3DS had so many personalisation features and stuff like the Mii Plaza, sound and camera apps that it felt like everyone's 3DS was a reflection of themselves and the experiences they had while playing with it. That feeling is really what I want to see return with the Switch 2
Yeah. I doubt its just me that misses Arlo's high quality videos that are really well thought out. I mean, the average view count of each video nowadays are really lower than what it used to be...
Personally I prefer what he does now, I like hearing him talk about a LOT more stuff. It gives us more content plus it gives Arlo more freedom and less stress. He's told us many times that focusing so hard on the big videos can be really hard for him.
@@cookiesontoast9981 Well, I am talking purely from my perspective, not his. I know its egotistical and all, but thats my take(and honestly, my finite time that I spend on hobbies). I dont mind his rambling or his "free-form" videos. I quite like them actually. But both serve a purpose. He has created Topic Arlo to focus exactly on that aspect of a more podcast-like feel, and to set expectations accordingly. And thus, his main channel has years of expectations in which each video is meant to be a deeper, more focused discussion of a """better""" quality. In other words, they are different products. And for the last year or two, I have not been getting that. And thus, I'll seek to fill that need elsewhere, of which I didn't want to. That's what I meant. What Arlo does and does not do, that's up to him.
ive been watching ur channel since like 2017 when the switch first came out, so coming up on this new nintendo era feels so surreal😭 you will always have a special place in my heart arlo for the laughs ive had as i grew up🫶
@Smeik2901 March reveal will likely increase the chances of the system coming out later in 2025. Whereas if we see it in January, the chances of a Spring release would be higher. Personally don't want 2025 to be a year where the majority of it is Switch 1 only games. Time for a change already lol
@@vgmarkis they could easily squeeze this gen out with Pokémon za, ww hd, Metroid prime 4 and maybe a m&l remake to keep the rpg trend until holiday season
Theirs a bunch of stuff I wouldn't mind but the one thing I really want is the E-Shop needs an overall and be more similar to Steam: Recommended games tailored to the user, a Wishlist that you can alter with which games take the top spot, filtering out specific genres and buying games for your friends.
Arms sequel with a proper, robust single-player mode on the level of the Splatoon series. Something that does justice to the amazing character designs and lore established for the world.
Aside from the things you talked about in the video, my personal wish for the Switch 2 is a simple plan and built in way for Nintendo to accessorize on the system. I’m all for keeping the base Switch 2 straight forward and no crazy gimmicks, but I think leaving themselves some ways to add a second screen or something similar for DS games, communicate with the dock while not docked to have a “gamepad” and the tv at the same time for Wii U games, and just in general give the Nintendo team room to be Nintendo still would be amazing. Big out there wish, but I think it would help the system stand out, allow for more backlog games to be playable, and improve its longevity.
I hope pikmin 5 is more like pikmin 3 from a graphical standpoint, and maybe change the order of pikmin that you discover. Imagine finding rock or white pikmin first! And please make the game more difficult, I’m sorry but get rid of oatchi, he made the game stupid easy.
@@Its_A.Secret618 I think they'll want to make Pikmin 5 similar to 4 graphics-wise, it's part of the reason why the game really worked, the whole promotion was showcasing the cutesy artstyle mixed with obviously those real-life environments
@@KevZ7. I mean the space like UI with the iconic bubbly buttons. Even Pikmin 1 and 2 had them, and I feel the modernization of Pikmin 4 hurt it quite a bit. It definitely did not hurt it as much as a game like Mario and Luigi brothership, but imo Pikmin three was the peak graphics of the Pikmin series. It felt like a otherworldly adventure, and don't even get me started on the sound design. clicking on buttons in Pikmin 3 has to be the most satisfying thing ever. Also, I may be a bit biased because I grew up on Pikmin 3 and the Wii u.
@@Its_A.Secret618 I think Pikmin 4 UI fits with the whole point of the game (the whole rescue thing), it's like a nice blend of the modern touch that's been going on with Switch games but still having its own flair I don't see why you mentioned M&L Brothership tho because imo the game is really pretty and the UI is actually pretty charming for a Switch game
@@KevZ7. Really? I bought Mario and Luigi Brothership and I found the UI to be heavily modernized. whenever you land on an enemy with an excellent rating, unlike the 3ds and 2ds games, the screen does not fill up completely with orange and yellow lights. I also found the damage number font they used was just meh. I don't know if you can tell but I really hate modernization in media. I like when things are whacky and have unique Identity to their respective series. I just found it to bother me, and if it does not bother you that much than good on you, but I can't not notice it while playing.
I highly doubt it due to the corporate minimalist trend, but can we bring back the old charm? Nintendo consoles used to have so many fun sound effects, the menu themes on the Wii. Even Mario and Zelda title screens have been simplified and scraped of personality. I would for the home menus or the stores or at least the GAMES to have some personality again. Things like the lack of themes and customization options were so obvious that it almost feels like they were planning to release them with some kind of canceled switch pro, and instead held off and saved much of these things for the successor console
One thing i miss from the wii/3ds Era - miis. I miss the whimsy of it all. I miss streetpass. I miss the plaza. I wish for some amount of social interaction in the friends list like those things, if that makes sense?
hell even the activity log!! Why is my only option for seeing my most played games of the year and monthly trends on a "wrapped" that comes via fucking email lol?
I'm hoping that Metroid Prime 4 is a launch title for the Switch 2, I want to experience that game in the best way possible the first time I boot it up
Careful what you wish for. The best way possible might not be on the latest console since the game was made for switch and will only be adapted last minute for switch 2.
Personally, I don't think Nintendo is going to down-clock the Switch 2 to the same level as Switch 1 when playing Switch 1 games. There's no reason to do that anymore. Games aren't designed around a single clock speed anymore. So I think that any game that is dropping below its target framerate will be improved, and I think that any game that uses dynamic resolution scaling will be improved. Those can be improved without a patch. It might even be possible for the Switch 2 to fool Switch 1 games into thinking they are always docked in order to get them to play at 1080p when the Switch 2 is undocked. But some things will need a patch: Increasing the framerate of games that are hitting their target framerate, getting games to go above 1080p, being able to take advantage of new features of the Switch 2, etc.
The natural upgrades is doing already quite well and they already have a lot of exclusive. Besides, PS5 and Xbox Series X used it as a selling point, would switch successor be laughed at for not doing as great as PS5 even after the upgrade?
Here’s what I want for Switch 2: 1. System music on the home menu, eshop, and all the built in applications, like the 3DS and the Wii U. 2. Themes with custom music and sounds. 3. A REAL Mii maker application. 4. Unrealistic, but would love to see Streetpass and Miiverse return, or really any built in Nintendo social media app.
Most of your list is unrealistic, i don’t want my Switch 2 to be like the other consoles, I like that the current Switch is unique and snappy, i don’t want my Switch 2 to be a media Box, I want my Switch 2 just play games. That’s it!
Please rest up, Arlo. As someone who just recently recovered from pneumonia (in which I've been told is basically bronchitis but worse) I know it SUCKS to wait on getting over the ickyness of all of it. PLUS, ya don't wanna fall into getting pneumonia afterwards. I hope you feel better soon!
Basically, bronchitis is an infection and inflammation of the air passages (bronchi, bronchioles), whereas pneumonia involves inflammation of the alveoli/actual air sacs that involve the exchange of oxygen. Ya pneumonia can be nasty if not treated completely. Feel better!
I really think people should have higher standards, it was 2017 that Nintendo released the switch and they are the biggest gaming company. It's ridiculous to think that with all that time and money they couldn't make the next one 4k 60 fps at least when docked.
@cyrus8886 yeah I just looked it up, you're right. They are the third biggest it looks like. Thank you for correcting me. I think my overall point still stands regardless though.
@@Artista_Frustrado true but that could backfire actually. If the switch has good holiday sales that could lead to less switch 2 sales on launch day. I think on a new console you want as many buyers as possible not people who go “I just bought one! No way”
@@JudgeՏamson I don’t think it’s that simple. Parents buying their kid a new console for the holidays are less likely to go buy them the new version if it comes out 3 months later too
I saw that patent that came out today, about using phones as extra controllers for a switch or maybe the switch 2... That would be neat, to be able to easily play with more friends without needing to buy 8 controllers.
My number one wish for the switch 2 is an addition/amendment to your entry about the backwards compatibility extending to eshop purchases as well: the ability to move your save data from the first switch to the switch 2. This was less of a concern with the DS > 3DS (or even the GB > GBA or GBA > DS) moves, since the save data of your games was saved to the cartridges, and if you bought games digitally, your save data was saved to the SD card. So you could keep playing your games with the same save data when a new console came out. Since the switch saves your data to your player profile (and for games that have the same general data across profiles, like with animal crossing, the console itself), my number one, absolutely most basic hope, is that the _save data_ also is able to be immediately transferred over alongside the game itself. This seems obvious, but I'm a bit worried that it _won't_ be obvious and will fall through. If it doesn't happen, I can't see myself being able to justify buying a switch 2, honestly, unless there's a launch title that's _really_ attention grabbing for me specifically. And even then, it'll feel somewhat like a waste. I'm not starting over all of my save data.
It's a system designed to take with you and play with friends. How did they not release a travel dock? I got a cheap second dock and ripped the board out to put in a smaller enclosure and it's still much nicer being portable with more satisfying docking.
I really want themes back. The personality of a console matters a lot to me. I also really want to see Miiverse come back, especially given that Nintendo has bailed out of supporting Twitter functionality.
Unless the Switch 2 has some inane gimmick, improved power + performance will absolutely be its selling point. NOT including performance patches day 1 for, at least, the majority of its 1st party games would be suicide.
I love the Switch but its only con is the weak power. So many games can’t be ported to it due to its hardware, and some that are ported look bad. This time Nintendo will for sure “perfect” the Switch execution you could say.
1:38 Can someone explain the subliminal message? sounds like the text messages I randomly receive at 3:00am from my clinically depressed friends when they forget their medications.
Sometimes when Arlo talks about sickness making recording difficult, I think "so your voice is a little off and you cough a bit - we don't mind! That's not a big deal!" and then I remember Arlo is a puppet, and recording is waaaay more involved than just talking to a camera lol
You get strep throat THREE TIME A YEAR? good lord dude wash your hands, take some pills, do something. That is like top 0.00001 percentile amount of getting strep throat
Kinda sucks how much we expect from other comanies, but with Nintendo it’s like…well I won’t expect ANYTHING and hope they do something small that surprises me.
ANOTHER. I TAKE STEPS BEYOND COUNTING. THE SUN RISES AND FALLS AND RISES AND FALLS. MY FRIENDS, I HAVE LOST THE NUMBER OF STEPS, OF DAYS, OF FORESTS AND VALLEYS AND CITIES AND MOUNTAIN PASSES AND WASTELANDS I HAVE CROSSED. AT TIMES THE TOWER SEEMS TO GET CLOSER. OTHER TIMES IT SEEMS EVEN FURTHER, SOMEHOW. FURTHER THAN WHEN I FIRST LAID EYES UPON IT...? PERHAPS, BUT THE WHY MATTERS NOT. I KEEP MOVING. TAKING ONE STEP, THEN ANOTHER. AT TIMES I FEEL RENEWED DETERMINATION, OTHERS I FEEL CRUSHING HOPELESSNESS, AND THE WAR BETWEEN THESE TWO STATES BEGINS TO WEAR ON MY SOUL MORE DEEPLY THAN THE ENDLESS OF THE JOURNEY ITSELF. THE TOWER NEVER LEAVES MY SIGHT, SOMEHOW IS NEVER OBSCURED BY THE LANDSCAPE. IT JUTS INTO THE SKY IN THE DISTANCE, OFTEN FEELING AS THOUGH IT IS TAUNTING ME, DARING ME TO PROVE MY LOYALTY TO THE QUEST WHICH EACH HEAVY STEP. AND NOW, WITH THIS STEP, HELPLESSNESS HAS CLUTCHED ME ONCE MORE. BUT THIS IS DIFFERENT. I FALL TO MY KNEES, MY BODY UNABLE TO MOVE FURTHER. I STARE AT THE TOWER. ACROSS THE VAST PLAINS I HAVE TRAVELED FOR WEEKS UNKNOWN AND SUDDENLY I KNOW IN MY HEART THAT I CANNOT REACH IT. IF THERE IS A DISTANCE I MUST TRAVEL IT IS BEYOND THE STRENGTH OF BOTH MY BODY AND HEART. I PLANT MY PALMS UPON THE DRY EARTH, I TEAR MY EYES FROM THE TOWER AND SHUT THEM TIGHT. NO. THIS IS FOLLY. THE TIME TO CONCEDE IS NOW. I WILL TURN MY BACK TO THE TOWER AND LEAVE ITS GHOSTLY VISAGE BEHIND FOREVER. WITHOUT OPENING MY EYES I PUSH MY BODY BACK UP INTO A STANDING POSITION WITH GREAT EFFORT. I MAKE TO TURN AWAY...AND INSTEAD I TAKE ANOTHER STEP FORWARD. A FLAME HAS ERUPTED IN MY HEART, UNLIKE ANYTHING I HAVE FELT BEFORE, IN THIS MOMENT MY HUMANITY IS LOST, MY VERY ESSENCE HAS BEEN STRIPPED AWAY, I EXIST ONLY TO REACH THE TOWER, I OPEN MY EYES...AND MY FRIENDS, I FIND, SOMEHOW, THAT I HAVE ARRIVED. THE TOWER LOOMS ABOVE ME, IMPOSSIBLY TALL, REACHING FURTHER INTO THE SKY THAN I CAN EVEN SEE. IT IS SURROUNDED BY A VAST CASTLE OF JAGGED ROCKS, AND THE ONLY THING SEPARATING ME FROM ITS GATES IS A BRIDGE OVER A CHASM. I KNOW INTUITIVELY THAT ALL I MUST DO IS CROSS THIS BRIDGE, AND THE TOWER WILL BE MINE TO ENTER. MY BODY TENSES TO BEGIN MOVING AGAIN, MY HEART ERUPTING WITH JOY,...YET SOMEHOW, EVEN AFTER EVERYTHING, WITH THE TOWER BEFORE ME, SOMETHING GIVES ME PAUSE. SOMETHING HAS BEEN TROUBLING ME. THE OLD MAN SAID THAT TO REACH THE TOWER I WOULD NEED SOMETHING FROM THE REALM OF SHADOW. I GAINED NOTHING FROM THE REAL OF SHADOW. IT WAS FILLED ONLY WITH TERRIFYING MONSTER WHO THEMSELVES HAD TRIED TO REACH THE TOWER. OH, THE TRUTH, AS CLEAR AS IT IS, TRIES TO ELUDE ME. IT DANCES AWAY FROM MY EYES BUT I FIND THAT IF I TRULY TRY, I CAN SEE IT, KNOW IT. HERE AT THE END OF MY JOURNEY I WISH NOT TO THINK OF THOSE MONSTER, I WISH NOT TO UNDERSTAND THEIR FATE, AND HOW THEIR FATE IS ALSO MINE IF I TAKE ANOTHER STEP. MY ENTIRE BEING VIBRATES WITH THE INDESCRIBABLE NEED TO CROSS THE BRIDGE. NO CREATURE IN THIS UNIVERSE OR BEYOND HAS EVER WANTED-NEEDED-SOMETHING SO BADLY AS I NEED TO REACH THIS TOWER. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO FIGHT THIS URGE. AND YET, DRAWING UPON A POWER I CANNOT IDENTIFY OR UNDERSTAND OR EVEN SENSE IN THIS MOMENT, I TURN AWAY, FEELING AS THOUGH MY VERY SOUL IS TEARING IN TWO AS I PULL MY GAZE FROM THE ONLY THING I HAVE EVER SOUGHT IN A THOUSAND LIVES. IT IS THE MOST EXCRUCIATING MOMENT I HAVE LIVED, A PAIN I COULD NEVER HAVE FATHOMED, BUT THE MOMENT IS OVER QUICKLY. I LOOK AHEAD, EXPECTING TO SEE A DREARY LANDSCAPE. INSTEAD, MY EYES WIDEN IN A SHOCK TOO GREAT FOR MERE WORDS. GAZING UPWARD I SEE THAT I AM NOW SURROUNDED BY
This is what it says “ANOTHER. I TAKE STEPS BEYOND COUNTING. THE SUN RISES AND FALLS AND RISES AND FALLS. MY FRIENDS, I HAVE LOST THE NUMBER OF STEPS, OF DAYS, OF FORESTS AND VALLEYS AND CITIES AND MOUNTAIN PASSES AND WASTELANDS I HAVE CROSSED. AT TIMES THE TOWER SEEMS TO GET CLOSER. OTHER TIMES IT SEEMS EVEN FURTHER, SOMEHOW. FURTHER THAN WHEN I FIRST LAID EYES UPON IT...? PERHAPS. BUT THE WHY MATTERS NOT. I KEEP MOVING. TAKING ONE STEP, THEN ANOTHER. AT TIMES I FEEL RENEWED DETERMINATION, OTHERS I FEEL CRUSHING HOPELESSNESS, AND THE WAR BETWEEN THESE TWO STATES BEGINS TO WEAR ON MY SOUL MORE DEEPLY THAN THE ENDLESSNESS OF THE JOURNEY ITSELF. THE TOWER NEVER LEAVES MY SIGHT, SOMEHOW IS NEVER OBSCURED BY THE LANDSCAPE. IT JUTS INTO THE SKY IN THE DISTANCE, OFTEN FEELING AS THOUGH IT IS TAUNTING ME, DARING ME TO PROVE MY LOYALTY TO THE QUEST WITH EACH HEAVY STEP. AND NOW, WITH TI THIS IS DIFFERENT. I FALL TO MY KNEES HELD 3S HAS CLUTCHED ME ONCE MORE. BUT FURTHER. I STARE AT THE TOWER, ACROSS THE VAST PLAINS | HAVE TRAVE AND SUDDENLY I KNOW IN MY HEART THAT I CANNOT REACH IT. IF THERE IS A B เบร IS BEYOND THE STRENGTH OF BOTH MY BODY AND HEART. I PLANT MY PALMS UPOI DRY EARTH ‹ MY EYES FROM THE TOWER AND SHUT THEM TIGHT. NO. THIS IS FOLLY, THE TIME TO CONCEDE IS NOW. I WILL TURN MY BACK TO THE TOWER AND LEAVE ITS GHOSTLY VISAGE BEHIND FOREVER. WITHOUT OPENING MY EYES I PUSH MY BODY BACK UP INTO A STANDING POSITION WITH GREAT EFFORT. I MAKE TO TURN AWAY...AND INSTEAD I TAKE ANOTHER STEP FORWARD. A FLAME HAS ERUPTED IN MY HEART, UNLIKE ANYTHING I HAVE FELT BEFORE, IN THIS MOMENT MY HUMANITY IS LOST, MY VERY ESSENSE HAS BEEN STRIPPED AWAY, I EXIST ONLY TO REACH THE TOWER, I OPEN MY EYES...AND MY FRIENDS, I FIND, SOMEHOW, THAT I HAVE ARRIVED. THE TOWER LOOMS ABOVE ME, IMPOSSIBLY TALL, REACHING FURTHER INTO THE SKY THAN I CAN EVEN SEE. IT IS SURROUNDED BY A VAST CASTLE OF JAGGED ROCKS, AND THE ONLY THING SEPARATING ME FROM ITS GATES IS A BRIDGE OVER A CHASM. I KNOW INTUITIVELY THAT ALL I MUST DO IS CROSS THIS BRIDGE, AND THE TOWER WILL BE MINE TO ENTER. MY BODY TENSES TO BEGIN MOVING AGAIN, MY HEART ERUPTING WITH JOY... YET SOMEHOW, EVEN AFTER EVERYTHING, WITH THE TOWER BEFORE ME, SOMETHING GIVES ME PAUSE. SOMETHING HAS BEEN TROUBLING ME. THE OLD MAN SAID THAT TO REACH THE TOWER I WOULD NEED SOMETHING FROM THE REALM OF SHADOW. I GAINED NOTHING FROM THE REALM OF SHADOW. IT WAS FILLED ONLY WITH TERRIFYING MONSTERS WHO THEMSELVES HAD TRIED TO REACH THE TOWER. OH, THE TRUTH, AS CLEAR AS IT IS, TRIES TO ELUDE ME. IT DANCES AWAY FROM MY EYES BUT I FIND THATIF I TRULY TRY, I CAN SEE IT, KNOW IT. HERE AT THE END OF MY JOURNEY I WISH NOT TO THINK OF THOSE MONSTERS, I WISH NOT TO UNDERSTAND THEIR FATE, AND HOW THEIR FATE IS ALSO MINE IF I TAKE ANOTHER STEP. MY ENTIRE BEING VIBRATES WITH THE INDESCRIBABLE NEED TO CROSS THIS BRIDGE. NO CREATURE IN THIS UNIVERSE OR BEYOND HAS EVER WANTED-NEEDED-SOMETHING SO BADLY AS I NEED TO REACH THIS TOWER. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO FIGHT THIS URGE. AND YET, DRAWING UPON A POWER I CANNOT IDENTIFY OR UNDERSTAND OR EVEN SENSE IN THIS MOMENT, I TURN AWAY, FEELING AS THOUGH MY VERY SOUL IS TEARING IN TWO AS I PULL MY GAZE FROM THE ONLY THING I HAVE EVER SOUGHT IN A THOUSAND LIVES. IT IS THE MOST EXCRUTIATING MOMENT I HAVE LIVED, A PAIN I COULD NEVER HAVE FATHOMED BUT THE MOMENT IS OVER QUICKLY. I LOOK AHEAD, EXPECTING TO SEE A DREARY, EMPTY LANDSCAPE. INSTEAD, MY EYES WIDEN IN A SHOCK TOO GREAT FOR MERE WORDS. GAZING UPWARD I SEE THAT I AM NOW SURROUNDED BY”
It reads "Another. I take steps beyond counting. The sun rises and falls and rises and falls. My friends, I have lost the number of steps, of days, of forests and valleys and cities and mountain passes and wastelands I have crossed. At times the tower seems to get closer. Other times it seems even further, somehow. Further than when I first laid eyes upon it…? Perhaps. But the determination, others I feel crushing helplessness, and the war between these two states never leaves my sight, somehow is never obscured by the landscape. It juts into the sky in the distance, often feeling as though it is taunting me, daring me to prove my loyalty to the quest with each heavy step. And now, with this step, helplessness has clutched me once more. But across the vast plains I have traveled for weeks unknown, and suddenly I know in my heard and body and heart. I plant my palms upon the dry Earth, I tear my eyes from the tower and shit them tight. No. This is folly. The time to concede is now. I will turn my back to the tower and leave its ghostly vistage behind forever. Without opening my eyes I push my body back up into a standing position with great effort. I make to turn away… and instead I take another step forward. A flame has erupted in my heart, unlike anything I have felt before, in this moment my humanity is lost, my very essence has been stripped away, I exist only to reach the tower, I open my eyes… and my friends, I find, somehow, that I have arrived. The tower looms above me, impossibly tall, reaching further into the sky than I can even see. It is surrounded by a vast chasm. I know intuitively that all I must do is cross this bridge, and the tower will be mine to enter. My body tenses to begin moving again, my heart erupting with joy… yet somehow, even after everything, with the tower before me, something gives me pause. Something has been troubling me. The old man said that to reach the tower I would need something from the realm of shadow. I gained nothing from the realm of shadow, It was filled only with terrifying monsters who themselves had tried to reach the tower. Oh, the truth, as clear as it is, tries to elude me. It dances away from my eyes but I find that if I truly try, I can see it, know it. Here at the end of my journey I wish not to think of those monsters, I wish not to understand their fate, and how their fate is also mine if I take another step. My entire being vibrates with the indescribable need to cross this bridge. No creature in this universe or beyond has ever wanted-needed-something so badly as I need to reach this tower. It is impossible for me to fight this urge. And yet, drawing upon a power I cannot identify or understand or even sense in this moment, I turn away, feeling as though my very soul is tearing in two as I pull my gaze from the only thing I have ever sought in a thousand lives. It is the most excruciating moment I have lived, a pain I could never have fathomed, but the moment is over quickly. I look ahead, expecting to see a dreary, empty landscape. Instead, my eyes widen in a shock too great for mere words. Gazing upward I see that I am now surrounded by"
My wishlist: -1440p in docked mode -haptic feedback in the analog sticks -get rid of joy con drift -more ui customization to give it a bit more flare like wallpapers and music -a new eshop format that doesn’t lag every time I click something -social app like miiverse returns to have a community within the console (unlikely) -more storage (500 at minimum to future proof the console)
@@Tintin_desi_billa The PS5 and Xbox probably upscale 1440p to 4K when connected to a TV that doesn't support it. Generally speaking, 1440p is a computer monitor thing, not a TV thing. I'd expect the Switch 2 to be the same. Rumor has it that it's supporting nVidia's DLSS, so even if it's internally rendering the game at 1080p, it should be able to upscale it higher using a good algorithm.
Do you remember the day when you have enough games on the Switch to show the full game listings where folders now reside. People genuinely didn't know at launch.
I will say - this might be the most safe prediction of all time, but Switch 2 is going to launch with a new 3D Mario right? That was a tradition for many years and with the timing of Odyssey, and Bowser’s Fury, it would be extremely shocking if a new 3D Mario wasn’t going to be completed by the time the console comes out. Unless they were cooking up something else I can only imagine Mario being their console launch game, just like BOTW was for the switch (maybe Metroid prime 4 as a secondary launch title?)
But it haven’t been since n64. Zelda seemed to be their go to, but not for this generation for obvious reasons. Even still, it probably be something else like DK
1. Theyre definitely gonna go for $400, they can get away with it, they will 2. I don't think $70 for games is gonna be the new norm, i think they will save that for sequels 3. New 3D open world mario OR mario kart on launch definitely
I FULLY AGREE that we need to be able to see the exact playtime on our profiles! Great video Arlo! And yeah really cool more info should be soon! Honestly I agree with everything, I think one of the most important things to me is that the controller prices aren’t higher or at max barely as they already aren’t priced the best (especially Joycons I feel) also I greatly want to play games like TotK with better frame-rate, so I hope they go for patches. I have no clue what the launch line up will be, most of the games I’d want I think would come significantly later (Pikmin/Zelda/Animal Crossing) but yeah I think it’d be great if they had a big Mario game at launch!
I don’t think people will buy a 2D Mario for 70$ maybe 3D but that’s it. Elden ring and BG3 were only 60$ so hopefully only Zelda and major Mario games are 70$.
@@THEONETRUEOVERLORD I would 100% buy a 2D Mario for $70 as someone whose always preferred them to the 3D ones. Maybe Metroid Prime 4 too if it's substantial enough to warrant that price.
I was just thinking about that one point you made earlier. I'm 100% ok with waiting till next year, specially since it wouldn't really make sense to announce it now and cut the Switch and Switch games's sells during the most important month of the year, but I'd really like it to hit us as soon as January.
I think we’re forgetting that Nintendo’s primary focus is play and fun, even at the expense of standard QOL found on other consoles. We’re closer to getting scratch and sniff Nun-Chuck+’s on the Nintendo Laugh’o’long Karaoke gaming console than we are a terabyte storage on a “Switch 2”
I think base model is $399, which is roughly the same as Switch’s launch price adjusted for inflation. Nintendo isn’t going to confuse people with dramatically different SKUs. I understand wanting it to be cheaper, but no, they don’t “need” a $350 model because of proximity to the competition. By the time Switch came out you could get a PS4 or Xbox for *cheaper* than the Switch and it didn’t matter. Those devices don’t do what the Switch does or play its games. It’s not all about raw horsepower. The portability is the feature people are paying for, and it adds a lot to the production cost.
Nintendo doesn’t even consider the other companies to be competition. Probably because you’re paying for access to their first party franchises. You’re paying for Mario, Zelda, Pokemon and Donkey Kong.
11:15 the switch 2 main selling point will be “your games but better". 100% certain. They need to blow us all away with a TOTK crisper that emulation and they know it
My guess is that it's a paragraph from The Dark Tower. Still weird, tho. edit: nevermind, after googling some of the terms I think it's related to Elden Ring.
@@Kurlija I have an honorary degree in Elden-Soulsology and I'm not sure if I agree, though others seem to concur with you. Regardless, I hope you are correct. Would be an odd choice to include in a Switch 2 video...
I personally would love to get themes back. Optional, so that people can have the simple mono-colored theme if they want, but it just added so much personality to my 3DS and PS4, having backgrounds and menu music based on my favorite games.
I think you’ve missed the specs boat. You’re hoping for literally a Switch Pro rather than a console generation jump. The Switch is the only one left that actually warrants a significant technical just up and we as consumers should not stand for less. Especially when competent competitors exist
Yup. We basically know what chip the Switch 2 is rocking with. It’s gonna be a generational leap for Nintendo and I’m quite excited to see how good their games are gonna look.
Man, ya don’t gotta make yourself record a video if you’re feeling sick, Arlo. Take the time you need to recover. I know the algorithm would disagree, but unless this bronchitis sticks around for a year or two, I imagine a little gap in video output isn’t gonna sink your channel. I don’t know all the ins and outs of the system, but I do know that being sick is the worst and it’s always best to pump the brakes on whatever you have on your to-do list, and do what ya gotta do to feel better. You’re a great content creator and I, and I imagine everyone else, don’t want you to suffer just to give us a new video. I hope you feel better soon, you funny blue muppet man. 🙂
Something smart they could do to get some of their NSO users to upgrade quickly to have GC games available on the NSO + Expansion exclusively on the Switch 2 with no extra cost for the first year (until they make it a separate add on subscriber) so existing subscribers will want to upgrade quickly and a new switch comes with a 3 month free trial for new subscribers.
$350 would be great but i see no world where it's that low, $400 minimum. new better hardware, plus new tariffs are gonna jack up everything. don't get hopes up for lower than 450 even
I'm pretty confident in $400. The only reason I could see it being lower is that the PS5 Slim got a price drop to $379 USD but at the same time Nintendo isn't a "direct" competitor to Sony. Above $400 is too high an ASP imo
My wish list: Streaming an optional second video feed to the dock wirelessly. That way, Switch 2 can play NSO versions (or elaborate remasters) of DS, 3DS and WiiU games. Wind Waker and/or Twilight Princess, but also Grezzo's Ocarina of Time and/or Majora's Mask remakes could be launch titles for the Switch 2. Starfox Zero and Nintendoland could meet a far bigger install base. Professor Layton could get a collection of the first six games before New World of Steam hits store shelves. Same with Metroid Prime Hunters or Samus Returns before Prime 4.
I understand the desire for a better screen. However, I play exclusively docked so a quality screen is lost on me. I want there to be a cheaper option for me and the fancy option for those who want it.
My biggest wish is that the Switch 2 will use all the extra horsepower for running games. I don't care about being able to switch between games without quitting them or a more fancy homescreen or anything like that. I don't know if such features actually take away from how well the games run, but if they do, I don't want 'em. Keep it simple, make things run better.
My wishlist for Switch 2: • The Mii's not being hidden in the settings and having a Mii icon in the home menu. • Background music. • Achievements in every game. • Able to add a wallpaper to the home menu. • The Mii's are given more options for cloths. • Able to win clothing for your Mii's from certain games.
Even the latest handlhelds, which cost a lot, can just about manage base ps4 level performance. Don't expect Nintendo to match it, much less surpass it. Portable tech is hard to do
I figure it’ll be about on par with the Steam Deck. It’ll probably cost the same and be a bit smaller but also come out three years later, so that doesn’t seem unreasonable. Each console’s graphics hold up longer than the last, so 1.5 gens behind is less bad for a PS4-level system than it is for the PS3-level system that is the Switch. Which is itself less bad than it would be for the PS2-level 3DS.
@@Tintin_desi_billaactually they've surpassed the ps4 pro a while ago. They're still like 600+ at that power though, and nintendo has physical media and a dock so thats an extra 100 taken from specs
@@JasonJrake ...hm. I... hesitate to entirely call it "obscure", personally, just because it isn't a Nintendo Microft or Sony, I feel like we can have like a third thing.
@ I’m old and out of touch, so you’re probably right. I just know that my friends and their kids don’t know about anything not sold at GameStop. I really appreciated you joke because I’m tired of otherwise intelligent critics/commentators saying: “I hope they don’t coast, or play it safe. Nintendo should innovate!” They don’t know how rarely we get systems that just do the basics well. Even a home run like the Switch has lost features that they pulled off just fine in the 3DS. I just want to to work reasonably well and not go up too much in price. That is not a sure thing with modern consoles/companies.
@@JasonJrake I want Panic's Playdate because I feel like consoles are getting too close to being basically just PCs, a crank on the side at least has Implications for the kinda games made for it. At least a crank can offer some sort of input that keyboard and mouse don't. Switch to me feels at best like a Wii without commitment.
I just want that it feels like "wow so good for a handheld for an affordable price". They rushed the Switch when they were under water, but now they had time to really outdo themselves and I hope it will feel like they outdid themselves. Edit: I extended the internal storage with an SD card that can hold terra bytes. So this is not really a problem.
1. Full backwards compatibility cartridge and digital. Easy&fast transfer. 2. Keep the same relatively simple UI, with some extras brought back from Wii-U/3DS, agreed. 3. Dual-screen functionality when docked in a “face up dock”…. 4. Due to #3^, hella 3DS games and Wii-U games ported in all their full dual screen glory. 5. Milk & cookies. Thanks. 6. First party WHITE dock-base-XL which features 8x wired controller ports. And several USB-C charge-only ports on sides. Bring back SATURN BOMBERMAN, but not the 10p local, just 8p local. 7. An optional, EXPENSIVE, 1st party WHITE Joycon/case with 6 large face buttons and an 8-way microswitched rolling Saturn style dpad, like the RAZER RAION V2 (post serial 2052) 8. GBA games included in cheap NSO, GameCube included in expensive premium subscription. 9. 55”-65”-75”-85” 1st party WHITE bezel Nintendo LED displays, with 8.35ms input lag (identical to CRT timing) at BOTH 1080p/60fps, and 4k/60fps. SONY stock color-dial-in. Switch 2 functions as remote. Seamlessly snap on WHITE soundbar option with sub and tweeter, and luscious mids. And a multi and graphical EQ app on switch 2 remote control page.
@thespeedyyoshi they were obviously talking about the old cartridges fitting in the new Switch. I hate to disappoint you here but it is very, VERY unlikely that they‘ll let you use your old controllers. I hope you are right though.
@@OoTZOMMMoO ohhhhhhh ….hmmm yeah, I suppose you’re right. Granted I still think they will considering that weird charging stand they released, but I guess Nintendo hasn’t said anything officially yet.
Nail on the head with the play times. Whenever I’d get a new game I’d be counting down the days to see how long I’ve played the darn thing. It is kind of fun guessing what the number is gonna be
Price concerns me especially with incoming tariffs with the new presidential administration. I’m surprised not more gaming channels aren’t talking about this but with the import tariffs coming in from Vietnam and electronics/components made in China, Nintendo will have to increase the price of the Switch 2 just to break even in profits.
When it comes to performance, without any patches we can expect more stable performance on games if anything. Games that have a locked framerate are still gonna run at 30fps, but games that can already run at 60fps are likely to hit it more consistently. Same for resolution, games with dynamic resolution are likely to have a higher resolution on average due to it not needing to get lower as often to preserve the framerate. Loading times might also be shorter, textures might load faster.... you need a patch for more advanced changes, but the new hardware is bound to be beneficial by itself now that architectures are more consistent between each generation.
Sadly, I suspect the price is going to be higher than you're hoping. Nintendo has proven the idea of a hybrid 'mobile/console' game system works, and both Microsoft and Sony are working on making something similar, so the market sees the design and idea as having value, it's no longer a strange new idea. Also, Nintendo doesn't need to make something cheaper than PS5, Switch 2 will be seen as competing with PS6 as a next gen system, so they just need a price that will be seen as better than THAT, and given the crazy price of the PS5 Pro, that won't be hard. I'm expecting a 450 dollar price tag, MAYBE a 400 dollar price for something like a basic system.
Things I want for Switch 2: 1.More horsepower for better performance, not necessarily graphics, just better framerates. 2.Themes or just some actual flair to the UI. The Switch UI works, but it is SO bland compared to what we once had. 3.Folders and better organization methods. Switch "groups" is not nearly good enough.
During the Wii U era, Nintendo games were either 1080p 30fps or 720p 60fps, and on several occasions both 1080p 60fps. The only exception i can think of being BotW. I think we could go back to similar days. The Switch might be the outlier because it's barely any stronger than the Wii U, and they had to push games harder than on Wii U. But if the Switch 2 or whatever really is a huge upgrade, then they dont even have to start pushing that console's limits straight away. Plus, like everyone else is guessing, DLSS might be their trump card for performance.
Yea DLSS is absolutely their trump card. They re-did the original chip (which was on NVIDIA's ampere architecture) and put AdaLovelace's Tensor/RT cores in place just to improve this even further. Ray reconstruction + DLSS 3.7 & beyond on Switch 2 will save Nintendo's ass here. Same situation happened with the PS5 Pro, it's not full RDNA4 and is instead just RDNA3 with RDNA4's RT engine backported afaik.
Well even if devs wanted to push the console’s limitations, it’ll take them years to do. They’ve been used to working with the same level of hardware for so long and they have to get used to this and all.
I want the Switch 2 to capitalize on modularity and use that to help pricing. Put most of the cost into the tablet itself and include some basic JoyCon and a basic dock. From there, if you want to play Wii ports, buy a special IR sensor JoyCon pack with a sensor bar that plugs into the dock. If you want more internal storage, buy several high-capacity SD cards for the tablet's multiple ports. If you want higher performance, buy the alternate dock with an external GPU (an extreme example, but hey, it's a wish list). Yeah, I think it's important for Nintendo to keep the price and successful base idea of the Switch intact, but what Nintendo does best is innovate, and modularity is best way for them to do that while letting the customers choose what aspects are most important to them.
The E-shop is not only bad on the Switch. Even the desktop version is inexcusably laggy. Other than adressing that elephant in the room, all I really want is a beefed up version that's able to deliver 60fps consistently across the vast majority of games. At 1080p that's not even a tall order, considering stuff like DLSS has been a thing on PC since years now. If they could work on the ergonomics of the joycons as well it would be awesome, because the current ones are ridiculously uncomfortable. An optional left joycon with an actual Dpad would be golden too. The backwards compatibility is also a must.
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Mr. Arlo, the better dock could go in the same bag whit a better cooling system i believe is important : D, i hope you know, o did start a channel and like a lot of creator even im 30 i feel inspired by so many of you, obviously you included, so i thank you for the hardwork.
even I do not know you I hope you filled better
Arlo must have the worst immune system on Earth.
Mah-Dry-Bread is also eternally sick it seems.
Either that, or Arlo is secretly part of the Death Guard
Actually being sick a lot is just a good immune system going overboard haha. If you feel sick, it's your body fighting something
Plot Twist: He does all his video recordings at once whenever he gets sick, does everything else in the meantime, then waits until he gets sick to record anything more. This is the real reason reviews take so long. He has to get sick before recording them.
Please take vitamins Arlo
12:22 Arlo’s a coward I want the entire console to stretch out like an accordion. It bends and twists and makes noises and you have to play Kass’s theme to make Mario jump.
I'd probably still buy it
Shhh... Nintendo could be listening...
BOP IT!?
The Accordi-Con, as FUNKe forespoke!
Motion-controlled accodion game for Switch?
I feel like the idea of switch 2 having $70 is a very different threat from any other company doing it. If ubisoft releases a game for 70, I can probably find it for 20 later that same year. If Nintendo releases a game for 70, it'll still be 70 when my grandkids are born.
I mean have you seen the eshop's black friday sales, it's actually really good
Very true
years pass and eons go by, the heat death of the universe falls upon us like a mercy. totk is now $80
So Totk was just setting a precedent rather than actually needing to be more expensive due to technical reasons, which was their excuse? I figured as much.
You could argue that’s because Nintendo games will still have value years from now, unlike Ubisoft games. Age doesn’t always cause a game lose value, and Nintendo’s games are always timeless. It’s why I’m confused why people complain about MK8 still being successful, since the game is still just as good as it was in the Wii U.
100% mandatory canon that every arlo video MUST start with him talking about being sick
I'm down for that if it means I don't have to hear about fucking Raycons
Does anyone know whats with the weird wall of text that appears for a millisecond at 1:38?
And dont forget to insert “That’s an idea for another video,” that never comes.
@@mildgrooveonyou’re missing the Arlo Raycon cinematic universe.
@@Dreamycast whoah... yeah wtf is that about
As someone who never bought an OLED, I just hope it has that nicer kick stand.
From the leaks it literally just looks like a bigger OLED switch with joy cons that attach from the side instead of sliding on, that includes the better kickstand!
I hope so too. I don't use tabletop often anymore, but the ability to use it without worrying about it snaping off is amazing
The kick stand on the OLED is amazing, just makes me wonder why they couldn’t think of doing that for the original switch in the first place!
@@SulkyDragonthe original switch was probably rushed a bit, and that’s one spot that was overlooked
15:44 I would assume the S2 will have way less problem than the S1… cause if they plan on manufacturing buttloads of consoles they need the first batch to be perfect
My wishlist is
1. Menu and eShop music
2. The better activity counter talked about in the video
3. To own one before it's halfway through its lifecycle
4. More theme colours at least
5. A much easier way to get screenshots/clips onto other devices
6. A way to message friends on the system
Please Nintendo add like “Mario Blue” or “Yoshi Green”, I promise you it’s not that hard
@orangemonks894 I'm really wanting Peach pink
To add on to eshop music, I want an eshop that doesn’t take forever to load
What’s the point of having a friends list if you can’t message others to join your game?
I so agree about the eShop music and themes. Whenever I play my Switch, I miss both of those features from older consoles so much! It may seem like a small thing, but it makes the console so much duller and blander than it needs to be.
No worries about not showing your face. We hope you get better!
It would've been funny if he just used the "arlo png" for the entire video lol
Well said
I like how we just accept that the muppet is just what arlo really looks like. It’s great and I never want a face reveal.
@@THEONETRUEOVERLORDI’ve seen what he looks like and I still refuse to accept that’s him. He IS the blue muppet.
Get well soon, Arlo!
A new banger eShop theme that gets memed to death for its nostalgia in about fifteen years or so would be awesome
frrr
Having an activity log that's just as good as the 3ds would be nice.
The 3DS one was actually amazing. It was actually fun and I teresting to look at. Especially the medals for total playtime, uses, and average playtime.
Agreed! I want all the weird Nintendo home screen stuff
It’s amazing how many great features from previous Nintendo consoles continue to be ignored on the current Switch platform
YES
@@NateFordProbably because they got rid of the weird stuff for plain functionality and to appeal to a larger audience because the Wii U was a flop.
Mostly because the Wii U was confused to be an add-on to the Wii and graphics are not the best motivator to buy a new console.
Hopefully they can realize that most people don't mind a bit of goofy UI and charm. And, it often attracts their greatest fans.
They just had to play it super safe for the Switch because the Wii U did not work out for them.
I love how Arlo has never even come close to implying that his puppet self is separate from his real self.
arlo is puppet tho
@@winterwatson6437 why of course. I'm not questioning it.
I've dreamed I met him and he's a puppet in those dreams.
Lol that’s funny, I didn’t even realise.
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For the most part, but if you dig for it you can find footage of him unmasked at a convention (probably more than one?) as well as another channel I forget the name of
I just want 2 things for the Switch 2.
1. It to play Switch games better.
2. More fun goofy stuff in it like music, themes, and silly free games.
The goofy stuff is quite a big part of why I've always loved Nintendo products. It gives their stuff personality and makes them stand out from other companies and, particularly in games like Warioware, it can just be so funny!
Exactly! The Wii was fun and silly, and full of cool gimmicky stuff to do outside of playing games. The Wii U and Switch in comparison just felt sterile in comparison :/
@ happy someone else agrees the wii u was a step back in the silliness from the wii
Every Switch feels exactly the same aside from the games downloaded on it, but the 3DS had so many personalisation features and stuff like the Mii Plaza, sound and camera apps that it felt like everyone's 3DS was a reflection of themselves and the experiences they had while playing with it. That feeling is really what I want to see return with the Switch 2
I hope that we get Mario Odyssey 2 sometime!
The lines between Arlo and TopicArlo blurring more and more
Someday we will load up TH-cam and there will only be one channel. picArlo. It has everything and also nothing from both channels.
I thought this was a topicArlo video
Yeah. I doubt its just me that misses Arlo's high quality videos that are really well thought out. I mean, the average view count of each video nowadays are really lower than what it used to be...
Personally I prefer what he does now, I like hearing him talk about a LOT more stuff. It gives us more content plus it gives Arlo more freedom and less stress.
He's told us many times that focusing so hard on the big videos can be really hard for him.
@@cookiesontoast9981 Well, I am talking purely from my perspective, not his. I know its egotistical and all, but thats my take(and honestly, my finite time that I spend on hobbies).
I dont mind his rambling or his "free-form" videos. I quite like them actually. But both serve a purpose. He has created Topic Arlo to focus exactly on that aspect of a more podcast-like feel, and to set expectations accordingly. And thus, his main channel has years of expectations in which each video is meant to be a deeper, more focused discussion of a """better""" quality. In other words, they are different products. And for the last year or two, I have not been getting that. And thus, I'll seek to fill that need elsewhere, of which I didn't want to. That's what I meant. What Arlo does and does not do, that's up to him.
It's not a complete year without Arlo being on his deathbed by the end of it.
ive been watching ur channel since like 2017 when the switch first came out, so coming up on this new nintendo era feels so surreal😭 you will always have a special place in my heart arlo for the laughs ive had as i grew up🫶
I'm personally greatly looking forward to the SwitchU
Really hoping they do a January reveal as well. I'd be so bummed if they waited until the end of March to do it.
What would be the difference?
The gave themselves a long time for a reason, they're gonna use it 🙃
@Smeik2901 March reveal will likely increase the chances of the system coming out later in 2025. Whereas if we see it in January, the chances of a Spring release would be higher. Personally don't want 2025 to be a year where the majority of it is Switch 1 only games. Time for a change already lol
@@vgmarkis they could easily squeeze this gen out with Pokémon za, ww hd, Metroid prime 4 and maybe a m&l remake to keep the rpg trend until holiday season
Theirs a bunch of stuff I wouldn't mind but the one thing I really want is the E-Shop needs an overall and be more similar to Steam: Recommended games tailored to the user, a Wishlist that you can alter with which games take the top spot, filtering out specific genres and buying games for your friends.
I agree. The Steam eShop is so much better than the one on the Switch.
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That old man is the true Arlo puppeteer. He was only pretending to be in his 30s because no one else at the retirement home gets excited about Pikmin.
Arms sequel with a proper, robust single-player mode on the level of the Splatoon series. Something that does justice to the amazing character designs and lore established for the world.
Arms sequel that is a crossover with punch out?
@@mitchpitchPunch Out is essentially not returning as Nintendo had an opportunity to revive the series.
Aside from the things you talked about in the video, my personal wish for the Switch 2 is a simple plan and built in way for Nintendo to accessorize on the system. I’m all for keeping the base Switch 2 straight forward and no crazy gimmicks, but I think leaving themselves some ways to add a second screen or something similar for DS games, communicate with the dock while not docked to have a “gamepad” and the tv at the same time for Wii U games, and just in general give the Nintendo team room to be Nintendo still would be amazing. Big out there wish, but I think it would help the system stand out, allow for more backlog games to be playable, and improve its longevity.
Pikmin 5
Also I hope you get better and recover so I can see that blue creature again
I hope pikmin 5 is more like pikmin 3 from a graphical standpoint, and maybe change the order of pikmin that you discover. Imagine finding rock or white pikmin first! And please make the game more difficult, I’m sorry but get rid of oatchi, he made the game stupid easy.
@@Its_A.Secret618 I think they'll want to make Pikmin 5 similar to 4 graphics-wise, it's part of the reason why the game really worked, the whole promotion was showcasing the cutesy artstyle mixed with obviously those real-life environments
@@KevZ7. I mean the space like UI with the iconic bubbly buttons. Even Pikmin 1 and 2 had them, and I feel the modernization of Pikmin 4 hurt it quite a bit. It definitely did not hurt it as much as a game like Mario and Luigi brothership, but imo Pikmin three was the peak graphics of the Pikmin series. It felt like a otherworldly adventure, and don't even get me started on the sound design. clicking on buttons in Pikmin 3 has to be the most satisfying thing ever. Also, I may be a bit biased because I grew up on Pikmin 3 and the Wii u.
@@Its_A.Secret618 I think Pikmin 4 UI fits with the whole point of the game (the whole rescue thing), it's like a nice blend of the modern touch that's been going on with Switch games but still having its own flair
I don't see why you mentioned M&L Brothership tho because imo the game is really pretty and the UI is actually pretty charming for a Switch game
@@KevZ7. Really? I bought Mario and Luigi Brothership and I found the UI to be heavily modernized. whenever you land on an enemy with an excellent rating, unlike the 3ds and 2ds games, the screen does not fill up completely with orange and yellow lights. I also found the damage number font they used was just meh. I don't know if you can tell but I really hate modernization in media. I like when things are whacky and have unique Identity to their respective series. I just found it to bother me, and if it does not bother you that much than good on you, but I can't not notice it while playing.
This is certaintly going to be fun to watch in like 5 years once this Switch 2 thing has finally come out.
Arlo's so street, he got bronchitis without even having lungs.
His lungs are outside his body
@@thekiss2083 Can't believe we got Arlo exo-lungs before GTA VI.
I highly doubt it due to the corporate minimalist trend, but can we bring back the old charm? Nintendo consoles used to have so many fun sound effects, the menu themes on the Wii. Even Mario and Zelda title screens have been simplified and scraped of personality. I would for the home menus or the stores or at least the GAMES to have some personality again.
Things like the lack of themes and customization options were so obvious that it almost feels like they were planning to release them with some kind of canceled switch pro, and instead held off and saved much of these things for the successor console
One thing i miss from the wii/3ds Era - miis. I miss the whimsy of it all. I miss streetpass. I miss the plaza. I wish for some amount of social interaction in the friends list like those things, if that makes sense?
Totally agree! I still travel with my 3ds just incase!
hell even the activity log!! Why is my only option for seeing my most played games of the year and monthly trends on a "wrapped" that comes via fucking email lol?
I'm hoping that Metroid Prime 4 is a launch title for the Switch 2, I want to experience that game in the best way possible the first time I boot it up
I feel like that’s possible, but it can’t really be the only launch title unless you want to give the middle finger to Japan.
Careful what you wish for. The best way possible might not be on the latest console since the game was made for switch and will only be adapted last minute for switch 2.
It's that wonderful time of the year where poor Arlo gets sick, feel better buddy.
Personally, I don't think Nintendo is going to down-clock the Switch 2 to the same level as Switch 1 when playing Switch 1 games. There's no reason to do that anymore. Games aren't designed around a single clock speed anymore. So I think that any game that is dropping below its target framerate will be improved, and I think that any game that uses dynamic resolution scaling will be improved. Those can be improved without a patch. It might even be possible for the Switch 2 to fool Switch 1 games into thinking they are always docked in order to get them to play at 1080p when the Switch 2 is undocked.
But some things will need a patch: Increasing the framerate of games that are hitting their target framerate, getting games to go above 1080p, being able to take advantage of new features of the Switch 2, etc.
The natural upgrades is doing already quite well and they already have a lot of exclusive. Besides, PS5 and Xbox Series X used it as a selling point, would switch successor be laughed at for not doing as great as PS5 even after the upgrade?
Here’s what I want for Switch 2:
1. System music on the home menu, eshop, and all the built in applications, like the 3DS and the Wii U.
2. Themes with custom music and sounds.
3. A REAL Mii maker application.
4. Unrealistic, but would love to see Streetpass and Miiverse return, or really any built in Nintendo social media app.
Most of your list is unrealistic, i don’t want my Switch 2 to be like the other consoles, I like that the current Switch is unique and snappy, i don’t want my Switch 2 to be a media Box, I want my Switch 2 just play games. That’s it!
I'm hearing the name "Super Switch" thrown around and I like it.
Me too. And after that we can have the Switch 64, the Switchcube, and the SWiitch...
SWiitch U sounds like a bad idea though, not sure why.
What do they call the one after it though? The Switch 64? With numbering at least the naming will be easy.
@snausages43 I'm expecting them to do a Nintendo and completely change things next time, no need for numbers.
I had thought of Super Switch years ago and gave up on it because it might be a Wii U situation.
Maybe this is a dumb idea but the name “Switch Up” crossed my mind
What were you surrounded by??
With eyes widened from shock too great for mere words... what were you surrounded by?!?!!
That text scared me haha
Timestamp?
@@cheezdoodle961:39
WE MUST KNOW
@@maggiecelentano9927 It's so ominous! the text doesn't match anything online either...
Please rest up, Arlo. As someone who just recently recovered from pneumonia (in which I've been told is basically bronchitis but worse) I know it SUCKS to wait on getting over the ickyness of all of it. PLUS, ya don't wanna fall into getting pneumonia afterwards. I hope you feel better soon!
Basically, bronchitis is an infection and inflammation of the air passages (bronchi, bronchioles), whereas pneumonia involves inflammation of the alveoli/actual air sacs that involve the exchange of oxygen. Ya pneumonia can be nasty if not treated completely. Feel better!
I really think people should have higher standards, it was 2017 that Nintendo released the switch and they are the biggest gaming company. It's ridiculous to think that with all that time and money they couldn't make the next one 4k 60 fps at least when docked.
They aren't the biggest quite the opposite
Mostly because they only make games unlike Sony and Microsoft
@cyrus8886 yeah I just looked it up, you're right. They are the third biggest it looks like. Thank you for correcting me. I think my overall point still stands regardless though.
Frankly I’ll consider it a Christmas Miracle if we get a proper Switch 2 announcement during the Game Awards.
Nintendo is not normal, they will drop it on a Thursday at 2pm or smth
it's not, they clearly are trying to get as many Switch 1 sales as they can on the Holiday season
@@Artista_Frustrado true but that could backfire actually. If the switch has good holiday sales that could lead to less switch 2 sales on launch day. I think on a new console you want as many buyers as possible not people who go “I just bought one! No way”
@@sectorcodec If you waited eight years to buy a Switch, you're not the kind of person would buy a Switch 2 in year one.
@@JudgeՏamson I don’t think it’s that simple. Parents buying their kid a new console for the holidays are less likely to go buy them the new version if it comes out 3 months later too
I saw that patent that came out today, about using phones as extra controllers for a switch or maybe the switch 2... That would be neat, to be able to easily play with more friends without needing to buy 8 controllers.
bonus: your friends’ controllers are worse than yours
My number one wish for the switch 2 is an addition/amendment to your entry about the backwards compatibility extending to eshop purchases as well: the ability to move your save data from the first switch to the switch 2. This was less of a concern with the DS > 3DS (or even the GB > GBA or GBA > DS) moves, since the save data of your games was saved to the cartridges, and if you bought games digitally, your save data was saved to the SD card. So you could keep playing your games with the same save data when a new console came out. Since the switch saves your data to your player profile (and for games that have the same general data across profiles, like with animal crossing, the console itself), my number one, absolutely most basic hope, is that the _save data_ also is able to be immediately transferred over alongside the game itself. This seems obvious, but I'm a bit worried that it _won't_ be obvious and will fall through. If it doesn't happen, I can't see myself being able to justify buying a switch 2, honestly, unless there's a launch title that's _really_ attention grabbing for me specifically. And even then, it'll feel somewhat like a waste. I'm not starting over all of my save data.
It's a system designed to take with you and play with friends. How did they not release a travel dock?
I got a cheap second dock and ripped the board out to put in a smaller enclosure and it's still much nicer being portable with more satisfying docking.
I really want themes back. The personality of a console matters a lot to me. I also really want to see Miiverse come back, especially given that Nintendo has bailed out of supporting Twitter functionality.
Unless the Switch 2 has some inane gimmick, improved power + performance will absolutely be its selling point. NOT including performance patches day 1 for, at least, the majority of its 1st party games would be suicide.
I love the Switch but its only con is the weak power. So many games can’t be ported to it due to its hardware, and some that are ported look bad. This time Nintendo will for sure “perfect” the Switch execution you could say.
Anyone else catch the giant paragraph during the Raycon ad read? What was that about? 1:39 for anyone wanting to check.
1:38 Can someone explain the subliminal message? sounds like the text messages I randomly receive at 3:00am from my clinically depressed friends when they forget their medications.
Im as clueless as you are 😊
This made me realize I forgot to take my medicine! 🥲
Chat GPT says its from the book "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Sometimes when Arlo talks about sickness making recording difficult, I think "so your voice is a little off and you cough a bit - we don't mind! That's not a big deal!" and then I remember Arlo is a puppet, and recording is waaaay more involved than just talking to a camera lol
I get bronchitis and strep throat at the same time roughly 3 times a year that last almost 2-3 weeks. Get well Arlo! I know it's not fun.
Jesus dude you have my sympathies
You get strep throat THREE TIME A YEAR? good lord dude wash your hands, take some pills, do something. That is like top 0.00001 percentile amount of getting strep throat
Kinda sucks how much we expect from other comanies, but with Nintendo it’s like…well I won’t expect ANYTHING and hope they do something small that surprises me.
What’s with the thing at 1:38?
ANOTHER. I TAKE STEPS BEYOND COUNTING. THE SUN RISES AND FALLS AND RISES AND FALLS. MY FRIENDS, I HAVE LOST THE NUMBER OF STEPS, OF DAYS, OF FORESTS AND VALLEYS AND CITIES AND MOUNTAIN PASSES AND WASTELANDS I HAVE CROSSED. AT TIMES THE TOWER SEEMS TO GET CLOSER. OTHER TIMES IT SEEMS EVEN FURTHER, SOMEHOW. FURTHER THAN WHEN I FIRST LAID EYES UPON IT...? PERHAPS, BUT THE WHY MATTERS NOT. I KEEP MOVING. TAKING ONE STEP, THEN ANOTHER. AT TIMES I FEEL RENEWED DETERMINATION, OTHERS I FEEL CRUSHING HOPELESSNESS, AND THE WAR BETWEEN THESE TWO STATES BEGINS TO WEAR ON MY SOUL MORE DEEPLY THAN THE ENDLESS OF THE JOURNEY ITSELF. THE TOWER NEVER LEAVES MY SIGHT, SOMEHOW IS NEVER OBSCURED BY THE LANDSCAPE. IT JUTS INTO THE SKY IN THE DISTANCE, OFTEN FEELING AS THOUGH IT IS TAUNTING ME, DARING ME TO PROVE MY LOYALTY TO THE QUEST WHICH EACH HEAVY STEP. AND NOW, WITH THIS STEP, HELPLESSNESS HAS CLUTCHED ME ONCE MORE. BUT THIS IS DIFFERENT. I FALL TO MY KNEES, MY BODY UNABLE TO MOVE FURTHER. I STARE AT THE TOWER. ACROSS THE VAST PLAINS I HAVE TRAVELED FOR WEEKS UNKNOWN AND SUDDENLY I KNOW IN MY HEART THAT I CANNOT REACH IT. IF THERE IS A DISTANCE I MUST TRAVEL IT IS BEYOND THE STRENGTH OF BOTH MY BODY AND HEART. I PLANT MY PALMS UPON THE DRY EARTH, I TEAR MY EYES FROM THE TOWER AND SHUT THEM TIGHT. NO. THIS IS FOLLY. THE TIME TO CONCEDE IS NOW. I WILL TURN MY BACK TO THE TOWER AND LEAVE ITS GHOSTLY VISAGE BEHIND FOREVER. WITHOUT OPENING MY EYES I PUSH MY BODY BACK UP INTO A STANDING POSITION WITH GREAT EFFORT. I MAKE TO TURN AWAY...AND INSTEAD I TAKE ANOTHER STEP FORWARD. A FLAME HAS ERUPTED IN MY HEART, UNLIKE ANYTHING I HAVE FELT BEFORE, IN THIS MOMENT MY HUMANITY IS LOST, MY VERY ESSENCE HAS BEEN STRIPPED AWAY, I EXIST ONLY TO REACH THE TOWER, I OPEN MY EYES...AND MY FRIENDS, I FIND, SOMEHOW, THAT I HAVE ARRIVED. THE TOWER LOOMS ABOVE ME, IMPOSSIBLY TALL, REACHING FURTHER INTO THE SKY THAN I CAN EVEN SEE. IT IS SURROUNDED BY A VAST CASTLE OF JAGGED ROCKS, AND THE ONLY THING SEPARATING ME FROM ITS GATES IS A BRIDGE OVER A CHASM. I KNOW INTUITIVELY THAT ALL I MUST DO IS CROSS THIS BRIDGE, AND THE TOWER WILL BE MINE TO ENTER. MY BODY TENSES TO BEGIN MOVING AGAIN, MY HEART ERUPTING WITH JOY,...YET SOMEHOW, EVEN AFTER EVERYTHING, WITH THE TOWER BEFORE ME, SOMETHING GIVES ME PAUSE. SOMETHING HAS BEEN TROUBLING ME. THE OLD MAN SAID THAT TO REACH THE TOWER I WOULD NEED SOMETHING FROM THE REALM OF SHADOW. I GAINED NOTHING FROM THE REAL OF SHADOW. IT WAS FILLED ONLY WITH TERRIFYING MONSTER WHO THEMSELVES HAD TRIED TO REACH THE TOWER. OH, THE TRUTH, AS CLEAR AS IT IS, TRIES TO ELUDE ME. IT DANCES AWAY FROM MY EYES BUT I FIND THAT IF I TRULY TRY, I CAN SEE IT, KNOW IT. HERE AT THE END OF MY JOURNEY I WISH NOT TO THINK OF THOSE MONSTER, I WISH NOT TO UNDERSTAND THEIR FATE, AND HOW THEIR FATE IS ALSO MINE IF I TAKE ANOTHER STEP. MY ENTIRE BEING VIBRATES WITH THE INDESCRIBABLE NEED TO CROSS THE BRIDGE. NO CREATURE IN THIS UNIVERSE OR BEYOND HAS EVER WANTED-NEEDED-SOMETHING SO BADLY AS I NEED TO REACH THIS TOWER. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO FIGHT THIS URGE. AND YET, DRAWING UPON A POWER I CANNOT IDENTIFY OR UNDERSTAND OR EVEN SENSE IN THIS MOMENT, I TURN AWAY, FEELING AS THOUGH MY VERY SOUL IS TEARING IN TWO AS I PULL MY GAZE FROM THE ONLY THING I HAVE EVER SOUGHT IN A THOUSAND LIVES. IT IS THE MOST EXCRUCIATING MOMENT I HAVE LIVED, A PAIN I COULD NEVER HAVE FATHOMED, BUT THE MOMENT IS OVER QUICKLY. I LOOK AHEAD, EXPECTING TO SEE A DREARY LANDSCAPE. INSTEAD, MY EYES WIDEN IN A SHOCK TOO GREAT FOR MERE WORDS. GAZING UPWARD I SEE THAT I AM NOW SURROUNDED BY
This is what it says “ANOTHER. I TAKE STEPS BEYOND COUNTING. THE SUN RISES AND FALLS AND RISES AND FALLS. MY FRIENDS, I HAVE LOST THE NUMBER OF STEPS, OF DAYS, OF FORESTS AND VALLEYS AND CITIES AND MOUNTAIN PASSES AND WASTELANDS I HAVE CROSSED. AT TIMES THE TOWER SEEMS TO GET CLOSER. OTHER TIMES IT SEEMS EVEN FURTHER, SOMEHOW. FURTHER THAN WHEN I FIRST LAID EYES UPON IT...? PERHAPS. BUT THE WHY MATTERS NOT. I KEEP MOVING. TAKING ONE STEP, THEN ANOTHER. AT TIMES I FEEL RENEWED DETERMINATION, OTHERS I FEEL CRUSHING HOPELESSNESS, AND THE WAR BETWEEN THESE TWO STATES BEGINS TO WEAR ON MY SOUL MORE DEEPLY THAN THE ENDLESSNESS OF THE JOURNEY ITSELF. THE TOWER NEVER LEAVES MY SIGHT, SOMEHOW IS NEVER OBSCURED BY THE LANDSCAPE. IT JUTS INTO THE SKY IN THE DISTANCE, OFTEN FEELING AS THOUGH IT IS TAUNTING ME, DARING ME TO PROVE MY LOYALTY TO THE QUEST WITH EACH HEAVY STEP. AND NOW, WITH TI THIS IS DIFFERENT. I FALL TO MY KNEES
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Something about a tower seeming so close but still so far out of reach and crushing hopelessness.
I got nothing through lens🤷 no idea
It reads "Another. I take steps beyond counting. The sun rises and falls and rises and falls. My friends, I have lost the number of steps, of days, of forests and valleys and cities and mountain passes and wastelands I have crossed. At times the tower seems to get closer. Other times it seems even further, somehow. Further than when I first laid eyes upon it…? Perhaps. But the determination, others I feel crushing helplessness, and the war between these two states never leaves my sight, somehow is never obscured by the landscape. It juts into the sky in the distance, often feeling as though it is taunting me, daring me to prove my loyalty to the quest with each heavy step. And now, with this step, helplessness has clutched me once more. But across the vast plains I have traveled for weeks unknown, and suddenly I know in my heard and body and heart. I plant my palms upon the dry Earth, I tear my eyes from the tower and shit them tight. No. This is folly. The time to concede is now. I will turn my back to the tower and leave its ghostly vistage behind forever. Without opening my eyes I push my body back up into a standing position with great effort. I make to turn away… and instead I take another step forward. A flame has erupted in my heart, unlike anything I have felt before, in this moment my humanity is lost, my very essence has been stripped away, I exist only to reach the tower, I open my eyes… and my friends, I find, somehow, that I have arrived. The tower looms above me, impossibly tall, reaching further into the sky than I can even see. It is surrounded by a vast chasm. I know intuitively that all I must do is cross this bridge, and the tower will be mine to enter. My body tenses to begin moving again, my heart erupting with joy… yet somehow, even after everything, with the tower before me, something gives me pause. Something has been troubling me. The old man said that to reach the tower I would need something from the realm of shadow. I gained nothing from the realm of shadow, It was filled only with terrifying monsters who themselves had tried to reach the tower. Oh, the truth, as clear as it is, tries to elude me. It dances away from my eyes but I find that if I truly try, I can see it, know it. Here at the end of my journey I wish not to think of those monsters, I wish not to understand their fate, and how their fate is also mine if I take another step. My entire being vibrates with the indescribable need to cross this bridge. No creature in this universe or beyond has ever wanted-needed-something so badly as I need to reach this tower. It is impossible for me to fight this urge. And yet, drawing upon a power I cannot identify or understand or even sense in this moment, I turn away, feeling as though my very soul is tearing in two as I pull my gaze from the only thing I have ever sought in a thousand lives. It is the most excruciating moment I have lived, a pain I could never have fathomed, but the moment is over quickly. I look ahead, expecting to see a dreary, empty landscape. Instead, my eyes widen in a shock too great for mere words. Gazing upward I see that I am now surrounded by"
My wishlist:
-1440p in docked mode
-haptic feedback in the analog sticks
-get rid of joy con drift
-more ui customization to give it a bit more flare like wallpapers and music
-a new eshop format that doesn’t lag every time I click something
-social app like miiverse returns to have a community within the console (unlikely)
-more storage (500 at minimum to future proof the console)
I’m really hoping for 4k but knowing Nintendo, I’ll settle for 1440p
Likely 1440p, base model has 256gb of storage (confirmed by leaks), and yea god i hope they make the eshop better (instead of being a shitty web-app)
Ps5 and Xbox manage 1440p at 30fps. I wouldn't expect switch 2 to do anything beyond 1080p
My TV supports 4K, but not 1440p.
@@Tintin_desi_billa The PS5 and Xbox probably upscale 1440p to 4K when connected to a TV that doesn't support it. Generally speaking, 1440p is a computer monitor thing, not a TV thing. I'd expect the Switch 2 to be the same. Rumor has it that it's supporting nVidia's DLSS, so even if it's internally rendering the game at 1080p, it should be able to upscale it higher using a good algorithm.
Do you remember the day when you have enough games on the Switch to show the full game listings where folders now reside. People genuinely didn't know at launch.
I want to send screenshots right to my computer, I don't want to have to use my phone as a middle man.
Problem is, the vast vast majority of people do not own computers. The average person has switched to tablet / phone
I will say - this might be the most safe prediction of all time, but Switch 2 is going to launch with a new 3D Mario right? That was a tradition for many years and with the timing of Odyssey, and Bowser’s Fury, it would be extremely shocking if a new 3D Mario wasn’t going to be completed by the time the console comes out.
Unless they were cooking up something else I can only imagine Mario being their console launch game, just like BOTW was for the switch (maybe Metroid prime 4 as a secondary launch title?)
But it haven’t been since n64. Zelda seemed to be their go to, but not for this generation for obvious reasons. Even still, it probably be something else like DK
1. Theyre definitely gonna go for $400, they can get away with it, they will
2. I don't think $70 for games is gonna be the new norm, i think they will save that for sequels
3. New 3D open world mario OR mario kart on launch definitely
I FULLY AGREE that we need to be able to see the exact playtime on our profiles! Great video Arlo! And yeah really cool more info should be soon! Honestly I agree with everything, I think one of the most important things to me is that the controller prices aren’t higher or at max barely as they already aren’t priced the best (especially Joycons I feel) also I greatly want to play games like TotK with better frame-rate, so I hope they go for patches. I have no clue what the launch line up will be, most of the games I’d want I think would come significantly later (Pikmin/Zelda/Animal Crossing) but yeah I think it’d be great if they had a big Mario game at launch!
New Star Fox is all I want.
Me too man, me too
Same here. Give me a game that feels like Starfox 64 with a few more bells and whistles and a slick coat of paint, that's all I want.
Just remaster the best game in the series: Starlink.
That makes four of us.
Bro, yes. This. Why didn’t I think of a new StarFox?
I really hope Kid Icarus Uprising returns someday...
The floodgates are open, with TOTK being $70, why wouldn't every other huge first party release be $70 also?
I don’t think people will buy a 2D Mario for 70$ maybe 3D but that’s it. Elden ring and BG3 were only 60$ so hopefully only Zelda and major Mario games are 70$.
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I would 100% buy a 2D Mario for $70 as someone whose always preferred them to the 3D ones. Maybe Metroid Prime 4 too if it's substantial enough to warrant that price.
I was just thinking about that one point you made earlier. I'm 100% ok with waiting till next year, specially since it wouldn't really make sense to announce it now and cut the Switch and Switch games's sells during the most important month of the year, but I'd really like it to hit us as soon as January.
Arlo i just watched my youtube rewind and you where the most watched youtuber.
I think we’re forgetting that Nintendo’s primary focus is play and fun, even at the expense of standard QOL found on other consoles.
We’re closer to getting scratch and sniff Nun-Chuck+’s on the Nintendo Laugh’o’long Karaoke gaming console than we are a terabyte storage on a “Switch 2”
I think base model is $399, which is roughly the same as Switch’s launch price adjusted for inflation. Nintendo isn’t going to confuse people with dramatically different SKUs.
I understand wanting it to be cheaper, but no, they don’t “need” a $350 model because of proximity to the competition. By the time Switch came out you could get a PS4 or Xbox for *cheaper* than the Switch and it didn’t matter. Those devices don’t do what the Switch does or play its games. It’s not all about raw horsepower. The portability is the feature people are paying for, and it adds a lot to the production cost.
I also doing think they should be trying to specifically be cheap. How much it's worth will be based on what it does.
Nintendo doesn’t even consider the other companies to be competition. Probably because you’re paying for access to their first party franchises. You’re paying for Mario, Zelda, Pokemon and Donkey Kong.
11:15 the switch 2 main selling point will be “your games but better". 100% certain. They need to blow us all away with a TOTK crisper that emulation and they know it
does anyone know the purpose of the text that flashes at 1:37? I managed to get a screenshot but i don't know what any of this means. Is it an ARG?
arlo don’t think we didn’t catch that really odd scary wall of text at 1:39
Like for real what was that all about
My guess is that it's a paragraph from The Dark Tower. Still weird, tho.
edit: nevermind, after googling some of the terms I think it's related to Elden Ring.
@@Kurlija I have an honorary degree in Elden-Soulsology and I'm not sure if I agree, though others seem to concur with you. Regardless, I hope you are correct. Would be an odd choice to include in a Switch 2 video...
I personally would love to get themes back. Optional, so that people can have the simple mono-colored theme if they want, but it just added so much personality to my 3DS and PS4, having backgrounds and menu music based on my favorite games.
9:05 A terabyte is very possible. If micro SD cards and phone storage can exceed 1 TB, so can a gaming tablet.
It's almost certainly 256GB internal storage, unfortunately
Ngl I’ve watched so much TopicArlo over the last few months I forgot about this channel LOL
I think you’ve missed the specs boat. You’re hoping for literally a Switch Pro rather than a console generation jump. The Switch is the only one left that actually warrants a significant technical just up and we as consumers should not stand for less. Especially when competent competitors exist
Yup. We basically know what chip the Switch 2 is rocking with. It’s gonna be a generational leap for Nintendo and I’m quite excited to see how good their games are gonna look.
Man, ya don’t gotta make yourself record a video if you’re feeling sick, Arlo. Take the time you need to recover. I know the algorithm would disagree, but unless this bronchitis sticks around for a year or two, I imagine a little gap in video output isn’t gonna sink your channel. I don’t know all the ins and outs of the system, but I do know that being sick is the worst and it’s always best to pump the brakes on whatever you have on your to-do list, and do what ya gotta do to feel better. You’re a great content creator and I, and I imagine everyone else, don’t want you to suffer just to give us a new video. I hope you feel better soon, you funny blue muppet man. 🙂
Thankful for you Arlo 😊
Something smart they could do to get some of their NSO users to upgrade quickly to have GC games available on the NSO + Expansion exclusively on the Switch 2 with no extra cost for the first year (until they make it a separate add on subscriber) so existing subscribers will want to upgrade quickly and a new switch comes with a 3 month free trial for new subscribers.
$350 would be great but i see no world where it's that low, $400 minimum. new better hardware, plus new tariffs are gonna jack up everything. don't get hopes up for lower than 450 even
I remember rushing to buy my Switch in the summer of 2019 the last time Dear Leader was spraying tariff threats around. Good times....
I'm pretty confident in $400. The only reason I could see it being lower is that the PS5 Slim got a price drop to $379 USD but at the same time Nintendo isn't a "direct" competitor to Sony. Above $400 is too high an ASP imo
My wish list:
Streaming an optional second video feed to the dock wirelessly. That way, Switch 2 can play NSO versions (or elaborate remasters) of DS, 3DS and WiiU games. Wind Waker and/or Twilight Princess, but also Grezzo's Ocarina of Time and/or Majora's Mask remakes could be launch titles for the Switch 2. Starfox Zero and Nintendoland could meet a far bigger install base. Professor Layton could get a collection of the first six games before New World of Steam hits store shelves. Same with Metroid Prime Hunters or Samus Returns before Prime 4.
I understand the desire for a better screen. However, I play exclusively docked so a quality screen is lost on me. I want there to be a cheaper option for me and the fancy option for those who want it.
My biggest wish is that the Switch 2 will use all the extra horsepower for running games. I don't care about being able to switch between games without quitting them or a more fancy homescreen or anything like that. I don't know if such features actually take away from how well the games run, but if they do, I don't want 'em. Keep it simple, make things run better.
Get well asap my dude! ❤️
My wishlist for Switch 2:
• The Mii's not being hidden in the settings and having a Mii icon in the home menu.
• Background music.
• Achievements in every game.
• Able to add a wallpaper to the home menu.
• The Mii's are given more options for cloths.
• Able to win clothing for your Mii's from certain games.
Honestly as long as it has specs on-par with PS4 or Xbox One I’ll be satisfied, along with its confirmed backwards compatibility
Needs to shoot for higher than that being a gen and a half behind again is not good
@@zacharybecker8228exactly! That’s not good enough now, why would it be 8 years from now
Even the latest handlhelds, which cost a lot, can just about manage base ps4 level performance. Don't expect Nintendo to match it, much less surpass it. Portable tech is hard to do
I figure it’ll be about on par with the Steam Deck. It’ll probably cost the same and be a bit smaller but also come out three years later, so that doesn’t seem unreasonable.
Each console’s graphics hold up longer than the last, so 1.5 gens behind is less bad for a PS4-level system than it is for the PS3-level system that is the Switch. Which is itself less bad than it would be for the PS2-level 3DS.
@@Tintin_desi_billaactually they've surpassed the ps4 pro a while ago. They're still like 600+ at that power though, and nintendo has physical media and a dock so thats an extra 100 taken from specs
Never stop making videos arlo! I trust ur Nintendo opinions more than anyone on yt
All I want is for it to be called the Switch 3.
*Maybe* make it yellow and slap a crank on the right side of it.
Comment of the week! Bravo sir. Obscure reference too.
@@JasonJrake ...hm. I... hesitate to entirely call it "obscure", personally, just because it isn't a Nintendo Microft or Sony, I feel like we can have like a third thing.
@ I’m old and out of touch, so you’re probably right. I just know that my friends and their kids don’t know about anything not sold at GameStop.
I really appreciated you joke because I’m tired of otherwise intelligent critics/commentators saying:
“I hope they don’t coast, or play it safe. Nintendo should innovate!”
They don’t know how rarely we get systems that just do the basics well. Even a home run like the Switch has lost features that they pulled off just fine in the 3DS.
I just want to to work reasonably well and not go up too much in price. That is not a sure thing with modern consoles/companies.
@@JasonJrake I want Panic's Playdate because I feel like consoles are getting too close to being basically just PCs, a crank on the side at least has Implications for the kinda games made for it.
At least a crank can offer some sort of input that keyboard and mouse don't.
Switch to me feels at best like a Wii without commitment.
@@youtubeuniversity3638I believe you made a typo. Squarelock's brother is called Mycrosoft Holmes.
1. personality in menus, shop, settings while still being snappy
2. 1080p60fps
3. Mario Kart 9
4. Sploon 4
That's it
I just want that it feels like "wow so good for a handheld for an affordable price". They rushed the Switch when they were under water, but now they had time to really outdo themselves and I hope it will feel like they outdid themselves. Edit: I extended the internal storage with an SD card that can hold terra bytes. So this is not really a problem.
1. Full backwards compatibility cartridge and digital. Easy&fast transfer.
2. Keep the same relatively simple UI, with some extras brought back from Wii-U/3DS, agreed.
3. Dual-screen functionality when docked in a “face up dock”….
4. Due to #3^, hella 3DS games and Wii-U games ported in all their full dual screen glory.
5. Milk & cookies. Thanks.
6. First party WHITE dock-base-XL which features 8x wired controller ports. And several USB-C charge-only ports on sides. Bring back SATURN BOMBERMAN, but not the 10p local, just 8p local.
7. An optional, EXPENSIVE, 1st party WHITE Joycon/case with 6 large face buttons and an 8-way microswitched rolling Saturn style dpad, like the RAZER RAION V2 (post serial 2052)
8. GBA games included in cheap NSO, GameCube included in expensive premium subscription.
9. 55”-65”-75”-85” 1st party WHITE bezel Nintendo LED displays, with 8.35ms input lag (identical to CRT timing) at BOTH 1080p/60fps, and 4k/60fps. SONY stock color-dial-in. Switch 2 functions as remote. Seamlessly snap on WHITE soundbar option with sub and tweeter, and luscious mids. And a multi and graphical EQ app on switch 2 remote control page.
5:29. I know what Arlo looks like now!
My day is 400% better when you drop a video! 🙏🏽
Added personal wish:
Pro Controllers work with the switch 2. I'd love to continue using my Smash one.
It's confirmed we can use our old Switch controllers
@@tomlion0116 I'll believe it when I see it. It's Nintendo we're talking about here
@@OoTZOMMMoOit was implied in the tweet about backwards compatibility.
They said “with hardware and software” so it probably will work.
@thespeedyyoshi they were obviously talking about the old cartridges fitting in the new Switch. I hate to disappoint you here but it is very, VERY unlikely that they‘ll let you use your old controllers. I hope you are right though.
@@OoTZOMMMoO ohhhhhhh
….hmmm yeah, I suppose you’re right. Granted I still think they will considering that weird charging stand they released, but I guess Nintendo hasn’t said anything officially yet.
Nail on the head with the play times. Whenever I’d get a new game I’d be counting down the days to see how long I’ve played the darn thing. It is kind of fun guessing what the number is gonna be
Price concerns me especially with incoming tariffs with the new presidential administration. I’m surprised not more gaming channels aren’t talking about this but with the import tariffs coming in from Vietnam and electronics/components made in China, Nintendo will have to increase the price of the Switch 2 just to break even in profits.
When it comes to performance, without any patches we can expect more stable performance on games if anything. Games that have a locked framerate are still gonna run at 30fps, but games that can already run at 60fps are likely to hit it more consistently. Same for resolution, games with dynamic resolution are likely to have a higher resolution on average due to it not needing to get lower as often to preserve the framerate. Loading times might also be shorter, textures might load faster.... you need a patch for more advanced changes, but the new hardware is bound to be beneficial by itself now that architectures are more consistent between each generation.
You doing all right, Arlo? some of the other comments recorded that split second text screen, and it seems pretty ominous.
Just so you know, the fiscal release year promise ends in March 31 so you might be waiting a while
Sadly, I suspect the price is going to be higher than you're hoping. Nintendo has proven the idea of a hybrid 'mobile/console' game system works, and both Microsoft and Sony are working on making something similar, so the market sees the design and idea as having value, it's no longer a strange new idea. Also, Nintendo doesn't need to make something cheaper than PS5, Switch 2 will be seen as competing with PS6 as a next gen system, so they just need a price that will be seen as better than THAT, and given the crazy price of the PS5 Pro, that won't be hard. I'm expecting a 450 dollar price tag, MAYBE a 400 dollar price for something like a basic system.
😊 I love peoples wishes & theories videos
Things I want for Switch 2:
1.More horsepower for better performance, not necessarily graphics, just better framerates.
2.Themes or just some actual flair to the UI. The Switch UI works, but it is SO bland compared to what we once had.
3.Folders and better organization methods. Switch "groups" is not nearly good enough.
Your forgetting Tariffs, everything is going up in price, how about 650 for system, 80 dollars a game.
During the Wii U era, Nintendo games were either 1080p 30fps or 720p 60fps, and on several occasions both 1080p 60fps. The only exception i can think of being BotW.
I think we could go back to similar days. The Switch might be the outlier because it's barely any stronger than the Wii U, and they had to push games harder than on Wii U.
But if the Switch 2 or whatever really is a huge upgrade, then they dont even have to start pushing that console's limits straight away. Plus, like everyone else is guessing, DLSS might be their trump card for performance.
Yea DLSS is absolutely their trump card. They re-did the original chip (which was on NVIDIA's ampere architecture) and put AdaLovelace's Tensor/RT cores in place just to improve this even further. Ray reconstruction + DLSS 3.7 & beyond on Switch 2 will save Nintendo's ass here. Same situation happened with the PS5 Pro, it's not full RDNA4 and is instead just RDNA3 with RDNA4's RT engine backported afaik.
Well even if devs wanted to push the console’s limitations, it’ll take them years to do. They’ve been used to working with the same level of hardware for so long and they have to get used to this and all.
I want the Switch 2 to capitalize on modularity and use that to help pricing. Put most of the cost into the tablet itself and include some basic JoyCon and a basic dock. From there, if you want to play Wii ports, buy a special IR sensor JoyCon pack with a sensor bar that plugs into the dock. If you want more internal storage, buy several high-capacity SD cards for the tablet's multiple ports. If you want higher performance, buy the alternate dock with an external GPU (an extreme example, but hey, it's a wish list). Yeah, I think it's important for Nintendo to keep the price and successful base idea of the Switch intact, but what Nintendo does best is innovate, and modularity is best way for them to do that while letting the customers choose what aspects are most important to them.
Arlo PNG is oddly satisfying ngl haha
The E-shop is not only bad on the Switch. Even the desktop version is inexcusably laggy. Other than adressing that elephant in the room, all I really want is a beefed up version that's able to deliver 60fps consistently across the vast majority of games. At 1080p that's not even a tall order, considering stuff like DLSS has been a thing on PC since years now. If they could work on the ergonomics of the joycons as well it would be awesome, because the current ones are ridiculously uncomfortable. An optional left joycon with an actual Dpad would be golden too. The backwards compatibility is also a must.
SURROUNDED BY WHAT?!
Am I the only one that noticed the crazy wall of text that flashes on the screen for 1 frame at 1:38?
I really want a Fire Emblem 4 remake at launch 😭😭