Updated the main post about achievements, as there was a report that someone at the Switch 2 event got confirmation that the Welcome Tour game would have medals similarly to BotW/TotK. Also, I'm not sure if I just missed it the first time, but the FAQ on the My Nintendo Store page for Switch 2 has a May 8 date confirmed for when they start sending out invitations to pre-order the MKW bundle.
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Apparently Switch 2 is stated to cost Nintendo $400 per unit to create. This is a belief from Hideki Yasuda of Toyo Securities, as Bloomberg reports. That is kind of incredible, because that apparently means that even at the 10% tariff, Nintendo of America would be selling at a loss at $450.
They aren't known for selling much of anything at a loss.
Toyo Securities Co., Ltd. provides financial products brokerage services in Japan, the United States, China, Hong Kong, and internationally. The company provides asset management and investment advisory services.Comment
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Yeah, Nintendo is notorious for not selling at a loss. They need to take the hit and not raise the price to counter the tariffs. Everywhere I'm looking is still reeling from the current $449.99 price announcement. If they decide to increase it now, even more people will be upset.
Sony's increasing the price of the PlayStation 5 in other territories right now in response to the wavering economic climate. This sucks too, but the PS5 has been out for several years around the world, so this news isn't gaining as much traction. With the very start of a console's release, a company wants to have as much positive vibes as it can.
I saw that Reggie's throwing shade at Nintendo for not including the Welcome Tour with the console for free, like he always advocated. I'm sure he's feeling extremely validated since he's the reason Wii Sports released with the Wii for free. It really was the right decision.Comment
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Finally, some actual official news!
Pre-Orders start in the US on April 24.
Console and games will not see a price increase, and the prices for physical and digital games will be consistent.
All accessories will see a $5 price hike, with the exception of the Joy-Con 2 straps ($1 increase) and the Dock ($10 increase).Comment
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As I previously had stated in the "Ongoing Unknowns" section of the main post, we finally have my thoughts brought to a reality, thanks in no part to Nintendo themselves. Rune Factory is describing their physical Nintendo Switch 2 Edition of Guardians of Azuma exactly as I thought it would work. It remains to be seen if this actually extends to the other announced Switch 2 Edition physical cartridges, but I feel like this will be the case for all S2E cartridges. While it's not confirmed, I believe it to be the case in all respects of Switch 2 Edition versions of games, so I am omitting it from the main post.
There are a few factors to my thinking. Nintendo's marketing and wording on their main website states things like we are getting the Switch 2 exclusive upgrades and content in addition to the Switch 1 game. Never has a Switch 2 Edition game been labelled as a Switch 2 game directly. From the wording, I have always felt like we are going to be able to play the Switch 1 version of Switch 2 Edition games natively on a Switch 1.
The shape of the cartridge is another big one for me. In the Direct, they only notated that the two cartridge colors are different. An off-screen picture of Welcome Tour during a Nintendo Switch 2 event shows that there is actually a little indentation/notch on the bottom right side of the backside. Given my belief that these are compatible in Switch 1 cartridge slots, I think this is for a physical indicator in the Switch 2 cartridge slot. When a Switch 1 game is inserted into Switch 2, I think it triggers something that tells the game to consider the software bootable in that Switch 1 translation layer that's "not emulation" on Switch 2, as opposed to a Switch 2 cartridge that has a notch that renders that trigger untouched and therefor launches software in native Switch 2 mode.
The last interesting thing about this is that Rune Factory is coming on a 64GB cartridge despite its lower size. We don't have an official size for the Nintendo Switch version at the time of this post, but the Steam version is listed at 20GB. This leans into two things, really. For one, it leans into a rumor that's been going around that there are only two sizes of cartridges that is being made available to third parties. One, this massive 64GB cartridge (which, if Rune Factory is the only Switch 2 Edition behaving in a Switch 1 like this, will be the only 64GB Switch cartridge!) - and the other, something super low like 128MB for the Game-Key Card keys. For another, the fact that Rune Factory is on this massive cartridge instead of a Game-Key Card tells me that perhaps Nintendo is enforcing mandatory cartridges with the data on them for the sake of Switch 1 compatibility. Game-Key Cards is a Switch 2 feature and at the moment are only applied to third party games that are native to Switch 2. No Switch 2 Edition games are on Game-Key Cards currently.
It is really stupid that I have to go around and see a report here and a report there and piece them together for an educated assumption. Nintendo has really dropped all the balls on communication about all these new features.Comment
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Looks like the console sold 3m units in 24 hours or something like that. Honestly a shocking number to be honest a bit disappointing. Nintendo die hard just rolled over and accepted 80-90 games. Is Mario kart $80 fun? Its currently sitting at an 87 critic score and an 8.1 for general public. I know fun is subjective and all but scores dont seem to back up that price hike.Comment
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