This is a weird one, but I’d love to see a reimplementation of the sensor bar. The gyro controls haven’t cut it for me. I like how the Wii U game pad had the sensor bar built in to the bezel. The real engineering nightmare would be squeezing IR cameras into the top of the Joycon
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Backwards compatability. Getting the 3DS has really made me appreciate how many games I can play on the system since I can play 3DS/DS/GBA games all natively. Whatever Nintendo does with the Switch 2, it should be backwards compatible with the Switch so that I can continue playing my favorite Switch games without having to wait for a port.
Switch 2 not being backwards compatible will unfortunately be a deal breakers for me and I’ve owned every Nintendo console/handheld they have made.
Getting a Steam deck and immediately having access to every game in my steam library is a huge deal and made me realize it’s a must for a switch 2.
- Keep it portable. Steam is waiting for you Nintendo to see if it needs to release a new Steam Deck and become the only portable console.
- Keep Switch 1 binaries working on Switch 2.
- Shared internet access between account instead of paying a dumb and more expensive family subscription.
- More solid hardware (joycon are an expensive joke).
- Please, give Mii back ! It was such an awesome idea to have them in various games !
I created a Mii on my switch that I used in the switch sports game. Apparently not many people realized that as my character was hilarious and everyone else had the standard models.
Yes, Mii exists on Switch but are hidden so not used that much, while it was the first thing you have to do on a Wii or a 3DS (yet another wonderful piece of hardware). You really can see no-one care in the Mario Kart lobby. Everyone use default one because I’m sure no-one really know where to create them (I mean, the Settings is a place very few peoples actually goes in). Sad. If an application (with an icon) would have exists, it would have change a little.
My only complait is to not having them used inside games. I loved Mii statues in Mario Kart Wii, or seing them driving cars.
But maybe I should simply admit no-one care about avatars in 2023. On Wii, your Miis stands inside your Wii instance. With Internet peoples create crazy/scary/disturbing (yet wonderful) Miis, but you don’t have any value having simple, normal, Miis.
On 3DS you could meet Miis while moving around (I was in a big city and there were many peoples using that feature). I loved this, but I suspect it create a privacy problems : When I moved to a tiny city, I identified the only little girl with this feature and could see it’s games. So while digging into anonymous gaming life was awesome and unproblematic, I feel very weird in my second place, and disable the feature.
Miis are something from the past, but man, it was so much better than tiny icons that are actually used nowhere (Smash Ultimate is a few exception, but it’s used in few sub menus while I expect it to be show when combat starts).
Backwards compatibility with switch 1 cartridge support.
Without this would be a massive slap in all player’s faces.
This is honestly the biggest thing. I’d add Nintendo account support with the ability to bring over digital purchases to the new system.
If they do those two things I will buy the next system no matter what other things they do with it.
Without this, I wouldn’t even bother getting one.
Backwards Compatibility. I want this so much so that if the Switch 2 isn’t backwards compatible, I’m very unlikely to buy one.
I’d go as far as making a dedicated emulator box with high end graphics just to avoid buying it.
Not sure if this counts as a feature, but; more expensive base hardware, less expensive peripherals. I’d legitimately pay like $400 for a top of the line handheld system as long as I could buy a second pair of controllers for less than $50.
I legitimately haven’t touched my Switch in like 3 years because of controller drift, and I just can’t bring myself to pay $80 for something that seems like it should cost $40. So my PS5 and XSX have pulled my attention away completely.
TotK nearly convinced me to jump back in, but I ultimately decided against it since it didn’t seem worth $150 to resume playing the Switch.
Contact customer service and ask for a repair. Nintendo got mass sued a couple years ago over the poor quality of the Joycons, and now has to repair drift for free even if the warranty period is up. I am not sure whether this applies to all parts of the world (I live n Germany), but I personally sent my Joycons to repair four times since buying the system (last one was in January) and always got a joke invoice for zero Euro from them. Only thing I had to actually pay for was postal service.
Even if they decline …asking doesn’t hurt and might be worth a shot.
I agree that the joycons suck. On the upside, I replaced the sticks on both of mine for approximately $20 with parts on Amazon. Came with the screwdrivers and everything. Each one took about 20 minutes. I’m not forgiving Nintendo for making bad controllers, but being so easy to repair for so cheap… it’s worth doing it yourself just so you can play TotK.
Piggybacking on this comment to say you can get hall effect joysticks for barely more than standard ones!
Got a link to those? I preemptively bought some sticks 2 years ago or so and I’m finally getting drift on my launch day joycons.
If I can buy Hall effect sticks and do this just once I’ll buy those.
Sure thing!
This kit came with the screw drivers you need and even some replacement screws if you lose any. The instructions weren’t super clear, but there are tons of tutorials on taking apart joycons on youtube.
Awesome thanks. Purchased. I’ll be happy to do the repair just once.
They do need to fix the damn controllers, but even if they didn’t drift the sticker are so tiny and it’s not a comfortable controller at all.
I just use then when I need them (for Switch sports, for exemple) but everything else is 8bitdo controllers and the pro controller, which are so much better.
You can replace them yourself for less than 30
I shouldn’t have to do their work for them
Absolutely the right attitude. Great they are repairable but ffs hall effect sensors are here and should be the industry standard across the board, not just singling out Nintendo. Crappy build quality for controllers is not something consumers should accept in 2023.
True, although my gripe is on the principality that they could charge $10 for the replacement parts and still make a nice profit. Even when handling each brand’s controllers with the utmost care, I’ll end up spending $60-$90 in replacement parts for a joycon before I need to replace an Xbox controller, and to add insult to injury, the Xbox controller costs less than a Joycon!
I only have 3rd party controllers, a dobe grip for handheld, and a ds4 for docked.
I’ll say it once BACKWARDS COMPABILITY AND EASY SYSTEM EXPLOIT FOR CFW
YES to this
Also sad to say this, but better folder system would make me happy on top of that
I don’t need gimmicks. Better controllers, more comparable specs. Backwards compatible with current switch. I think I may be at a breaking point with exclusive hardware. I have enough games to play and I may stop moving forward if i can’t bring my games with me
Integrated voice chat, or even better, Discord support like PS and Xbox are doing.
HDR and/or 3D display
It would be cool for the 3D display tech to get an improved implementation on the Switch, but whether it’s worth it will depend on how much cost it adds to the system and how much it lowers the resolution. I did enjoy its use on the 3DS, but I often play the Switch in docked mode and I’m not sure I’d like to pay extra for its inclusion on the Switch 2.
Haven’t seen this mentioned yet, but I want to be able to put my save files on the SD card, not just games. I have crappy rural internet, so backing up save flies to the cloud is painful.
button that spawns a hotdog because it would be tasty
you wouldn’t download a hotdog!!!
My number 1, must have feature is for the system to be portable. Hopefully that goes without saying.
If I was to ask for a new feature, it would be some sort of off the wall, possibly stupid gimmick. The WiiU tablet controller, despite being a total flop commercially, spawned some really cool, asymmetric games. Nintendo is at their best when they are being creative with their hardware. They can make up for a lack of pure computing power by providing experiences that you could not have on any other system.
I do love me some unique hardware experiences, but I hate that it’s inherently difficult to port them. There are a lot of wonderful games that have been stranded on consoles like the DS, 3DS, Wii, and Wii U.
Joysticks that don’t have drift issues.
I would like to see a much better home firmware than horizon. Compared to the 3ds and the wiiu horizon is severely lacking.
- folders
- themes
- activity log
- music
- mii maker
All are severely lacking compared to previous implementations .
Ontop of this Nintendo online still sucks and I’d love to see it improved once and for all. I’d love to see servers for Nintendo games instead of them relying on peer to peer.
Since it’s a Switch 2, so I am assuming it’s already a hybrid system like Switch (handheld + docked) and has backward compatibility.
Other than that, I really want a messaging and party system with voice chat. Make playing multiplayer games easier.
