I remember the room clearly. An old CNET colleague Jeff Bakalar and me Running in a room Nintendo switch games are everywhere. But what we flocked to that January was an experience involving milking cows with our switches, joy cake.
We say, what exactly happened. We were shocked by the ridiculousness.
That game It’s 1-2 switchand is not discussed or displayed in the first of the switch 2016 Autumn Announcement Trailer. This is a surprise that reveals the launch of the Switch. This is what I’ve noticed Switch 2 details The game will be fully released soon. Whimsy is Nintendo’s phone card, and the weirdness of the Switch 2 is what I think might be around the corner.
I was using an IR camera and ate a hot dog with Joy-Con around 2017.
1-2 Switch is like a game tutorial, a new way to use it for switches
A collection of weird little co-op two-player games encourages you to move your TV or switch screens away and play virtual ping-pong or casting spells (or cows or eating hot dogs) face to face with each other. There was something completely strange and immediately started the conversation about it. It was also a relative failure for Nintendo, which Switch tried to bring back with a sequel, and it didn’t seem to attract significant interest either. But my kids still like to play from time to time. There is no doubt that it feels very “weird Nintendo” and Nintendo switches.
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I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Nintendo trades in whimsical and unexpected ways. Despite the company’s franchise sequels to Mario and Zelda and the frequent reissuance of classic games, the company’s toys always appear as unexpected curveballs. So far, about Announced content Switch 2: a Similar designsIt’s a new Mario Kart game that looks familiar, and some small features that seem to match the reports mentioned for a while (e.g., Snapshot Magnetic Joymeter).
But my favorite Nintendo moments are always weird. The Wii Balance Committee (for that matter, the entire Wii U) is one. Nintendo Labo It’s another, shocking everyone with totally impossible paper creation, which turns the switch into a robotic backpack, VR headset or fishing kit. Plastic hoop fitness accessories Ring fit adventure and Mario Kart SceneThis is a live broadcast of the entire RC car kit that broadcasts the AR racing experience to the Switch. Or hey, those little games and viewing collections with Zelda and Mario on top…or Nintendo Alarmo.
The Nintendo alarm clock is already here. what else?
What a weird thing: Nintendo cornerstone
In 2017, I had a conversation with Yoshiaki Koizumi of Nintendoand then the general producer of the Nintendo Switch, involved such a thing. “What a weird thing is really important to us. You might be playing with milk, you’re laughing, you’re having fun, but you’ll refer to it later and think about how weird it is, how fun it is.”
At that time, Nintendo even made a connection between the switch’s instant versatility and the company’s oldest product, playing cards. After release, the classic game series will be released. Club Gameand then proceed further in a unique way of playing.
Nintendo has been on this road, and there are other spin-offs like WARIOWARE and rhythm paradise (it Just announced For Switch) and new games optimized for switches (such as ARMS), it uses Air Boxing Move or SnipperClips, another completely fascinating switch-start game involving paper creatures to solve puzzles (or attack each other) as a way to explore the extraordinary collaborative controller sharing of the switch at the time.
Mario is often a tool for surprise.
Wonderful ideas as game design
Recently, Super Mario Bros. knew how unexpected Nintendo’s own cornerstone game might be. 2d Mario is not within anyone’s scope, and the game itself celebrates the player with new levels of melting twists and strange new characters at each stage.
Super Mario Bros. Wond. Shiro Mouri’s director tells me about the game in 2023 Pursuing mystery and miracles. “The basic concept of the baseline we are pursuing is to create a game full of secrets and mysteries,” Murray said. “That’s what the original Super Mario Bros. was, it’s a game full of secrets and mysteries.”
The last Zelda game, The echo of wisdom – Similar surprises – There is also a similar desktop way to reshape the idea of how to play Zelda games.
Nintendo is expected to make the new 3D Mario game the heart of the Switch 2 release, which makes me wonder again how much Nintendo will tilt on Mario to introduce similar surprises and transformations.
Yes, Labo robot backpack.
Labo Course: Don’t Discount Accessories
this Cardboard folding Labo kit It wasn’t until a year into the console life that they could reach the switch, but they followed a similar path of clever daydreaming. Many Labo forms deal with creative types of accessories that Nintendo usually makes from plastic VR headphones. Many accessories use a Joy-Con gyroscope, accelerometer, vibration haptic and IR camera programmable.
Labo is also a sign that Nintendo pushes the boundaries of new ideas. Tsubasa Sakaguchi, Director and Head of Software at Labo, Tell me in 2019 The overlap between familiarity and weirdness is always part of Nintendo’s design idea. “It overlaps what you feel like you know, and what new things, that’s what we’re always looking for. But because every day everything is developing and everything changes, so it overlaps.”
Where is this overlap point in 2025? The new Switch 2 has its own redesigned mysterious joy gambler that looks like it has the possibility of connecting. The controller is reported to work like a light mouse and is able to read the table and move. Can they both feel the camera? It seems that they magnetically capture it to the new port on the side of the switch. Can these ports allow for additional things to do with snapshots?
Finally, switch 2 has a second USB-C port, which means there is a port now and at the bottom. That immediately caught my attention. Existing switches and handheld computers (such as Steam Deck) have only one USB-C port, which is mainly used for charging and expansion. but, Steam deck Windows handheld computers can use USB-C to connect external monitors and monitor-enabled glasses, which means you can put them in a pair XREAL Glassesfor example, and play games on a large virtual screen.
Nintendo already exists Getting involved in VR and ARbut this new handheld handheld can introduce a pair of Nintendo glasses, or at least compatible with other people’s glasses? Or what exactly is this port? What about the sensors that can track a snapshot camera on a mobile or a second screen? I can daydream forever, but my real point is that there are all kinds of ways the new Switch 2 can introduce accessory paths to future accessories…and Nintendo is a company that loves to play with new, weird, whimsical accessories.
Subscribe to Curve Ball, maybe?
The surprising area in the end might be Nintendo hanging Switch online Subscription services have increased a lot on Switch 2 since the switch debut, and in the two price tiers, a large number of retro virtual console games have made Switch one of the best ways to play old Nintendo and Sega Games.
However, Nintendo has not yet provided any subscription support for classic games on Gamecube, Wii or Wii U or Nintendo DS and 3DS. Two screen DS is a weird problem to solve for itself, but I also wonder if Nintendo can also offer some back catalog games for the Switch in a subscription form. Microsoft and Sony have been doing it for years at higher prices. Will Nintendo also bend and test how much will Nintendo fans pay in this way? Nintendo has announced a new way Shared digital games On Switch and Switch 2 New phone app. More changes may occur.
We’ll know soon
this Nintendo’s direct demonstration For the Switch 2 it’s April 2, we hope for more details about the still mysterious console. But, whether it’s a functional upgrade, I’m waiting for Nintendo’s weirdness to appear and attract us with an unfamiliar attitude again. I’m going to squeeze the cows.
