Cases that do not crack, screens that do not scratch
While drifting Joy-Con took a while to materialise at a big scale, from the early days of Switch experiences of scratched screens and warping circumstances, with the worst circumstances of the latter even leading to cracks. While teething issues with new, unproven {hardware} are to be anticipated, maybe, you’d hope that Nintendo has realized sufficient over the previous six years to launch new {hardware} that avoids these pitfalls.
‘Switch 2’ Wishlist
And now we transfer into the ‘not-a-dealbreaker-but’ part…
An OLED display screen from the beginning
You can by no means return. If, as rumoured, the display screen in Nintendo’s subsequent handheld is not an OLED, it should must be one attractive piece of equipment to make us neglect the colourful colors and excessive distinction of the OLED mannequin’s beautiful display screen.
Honestly, we virtually put this within the ‘Essential’ part, but it surely’s additionally true that there are nice non-OLED screens out there, and finally it is not going to be a dealbreaker. It’s simply going to be exhausting to swallow if the display screen on the ‘new’ Switch, no matter decision, would not look as vibrant and wonderful because the one many people have proper now.
Decent in-built voice chat
We kinda acquired bored with asking for this, did not we? Yes, all of us simply hit Discord or one other app after we wish to play on-line and interface with different human models, however would not it’s good if we might simply do it on the system itself with out getting our telephones concerned, hmm?
Non-fiddly cart slot cowl
If you are of a nervous disposition otherwise you chunk your nails for another motive, you may in all probability have had bother getting the Switch’s cart slot cowl open. It’s not a biggy, however it might be nice if this was tweaked to be slightly clicky door.
More inner storage
The Switch OLED mannequin doubled the system’s inner storage to a whopping 64GB, however video games — even Switch video games — are fairly hefty nowadays, and even should you’re a physical-only gamer, the variety of required downloads and updates you may must retailer signifies that 64GB is not enough anymore. If you purchase your video games digitally, there are a number of Switch titles that merely will not match on the system until you’ve got acquired a micro SD card. Our complete file measurement for NBA 2K24, for instance, is sitting at 61.4GB on the time of writing. Well, that is beneath 64GB, so that you’re alright!’ we hear you say, however Switch’s working system and firmware take up a bit of the inner storage, so no, if would not match.
Realistically, virtually everybody does complement inner storage with a hefty reminiscence enlargement, and the costs are comparatively modest nowadays, however the extra onboard reminiscence the higher in our e-book. We’d prefer to see ‘Switch 2’ coming with at the very least 1TB.
Analogue triggers
Not an enormous deal, however it might be good to have slightly further analogue management in racing video games that assign the brakes and throttles to shoulder buttons. Having a binary on-off and never with the ability to gently feather the fuel leads to us spinning out, and whereas we will typically remap the accelerator to a keep on with get the precision we would like, it might be good to have analogue parity with different consoles and get again the shoulder management we loved again within the GameDice days.
FLUDD in Super Mario Sunshine would definitely recognize it.
Themes
Would we take themes over a zippy non-nonsense menu system? Not if we have been pressured to decide on, no, however blimey Nintendo, how about some color choices? Surely throwing in a ‘Purple’ or ‘Orange’ choice alongside the regulation White and Black is not going to pressure the chipset to breaking level!
Yes, natty 3DS-style themes and folders can be the final word aim — and we would do dangerous issues to get some catchy music within the dwelling menu or eShop — however only a splash of color can be nice.
StreetPass
Ah, how we miss ye, StreetPass. Our pretty video producer Zion has been on a mission this 12 months to maintain the 3DS StreetPass candle burning in 2023, and the characteristic’s absence on Switch has actually made it a much less ‘enjoyable’ transportable to have about your particular person. The social component it delivered to 3DS — to not point out the enjoyable little StreePass recreation catalogue — was a delight, and one we would like to expertise once more on new Nintendo {hardware}.
Slicker on-line, and adios to Friend Codes
A few perennial favourites right here. Switch made some progress with pal ideas and social media connections by way of Facebook and Twitter, however it might be good to have a slicker system for including pals on a brand new system.
And, after all, there’s the outdated on-line chestnut. For the Nintendo devoted amongst us, years of simply placing up with on-line foibles and unconventional approaches to seemingly solved issues has left us slightly drained and hopeless. Switch is not the worst, it might simply be easier than it’s. Could this be the time Nintendo comes out with a web-based system that simply connects merely and works constantly?
There are loads of different issues we would prefer to see come to a possible new Switch that are not present issues to repair fairly than pitfalls to keep away from. As properly as hopefully migrating the Nintendo Switch Online subscription choices to the brand new console, Switch has notably gained numerous accessibility and quality-of-life features all through its lifecycle by way of firmware updates. Starting from scratch can be a mistake, particularly with regards to bare-minimum choices corresponding to button remapping and the power to zoom textual content.
There’s nonetheless a lot room for Nintendo to advance in these areas, and there is completely no should be going ‘backwards’ by hitting reset on the gradual UI and have enhancements we have seen roll out since 2017. The Switch we have now in 2023 is absolutely the baseline from which to construct. We do not wish to be writing about why ‘Switch 2’ would not assist Bluetooth headphones or something like that.
Those are our hopes for the following console, however what about you? Let us know the problems you assume most want addressing with ‘Switch 2’ within the ballot and the feedback under.
