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The former President of Nintendo, Satoru Iwata, died in 2017 before the Switch started, but he left the company with the vision that it begins to adhere to – one that will be of crucial importance for Switch 2.
“Mr. Iwata was the head of development, so he put a lot of thoughts and time in the switch” Time 2017. “[T]The idea that Nintendo Switch is a device you can take out everywhere, and the idea that it is a system that really enables networking and communication with people, I think Mr. Iwata attaches great importance. “
Despite his creativity and innovation, Nintendo can often stand behind the curve when introducing new technologies or game ideas. Nintendo gave up the technological consoles in 2006 with the launch of the under -supplied Wii and proves that it does not have to be gained in graphics. The company prefers the “Lateral thinking with withered technology“Philosophy – Creation of new ideas with mature, reliable technology – that Game Boy Creator Gunpei Yokoi described in his book Gunpei Yokoi Game Kan.
But Nintendo held step with a multiplayer trend during the Switch era and experimented with an ever larger number of players. Tetris 99Present F-Zero 99And Super Mario Bros. 35 -This competitive multiplayer games were borrowed from popular last player games (gamesPubgPresent Fortnite) Modernize classic 8- and 16-bit franchise with huge players.
We already see some of them in the new Mario Kart game for Switch 2, which looks like it would double the number of simultaneous online competitors that can be seen in previous Mario Kart entries from 12 noon to midnight.
Some of these massive multiplayer games have arrived at the end of the Switch's life cycle, which indicates that Nintendo begins with its massive multiplayer ambitions.
Last year the company started the Nintendo Switch Online: Playtest program, a mysterious beta that developed Nintendo to “test the limits of mass multiplayer functionality and gameplay on our servers”. It remains to be seen how Nintendo will implement its MMO-like ideas, but there are certainly strong Nintendo franchise candidates who could benefit from the introduction of higher players.
Bringing the even larger audience together to experience the joy of play by Nintendo IP like Super Mario Bros. and Animal Crossing as well as brand new experiences could be the highlight of Iwatas Vision.
