Nintendo Switch 2 is already a reality. Nintendo has already offered a first overview of its new video game console, announcing that it will be sold this year. While today we have smartphones with impressive capacities and very advanced equipment, many still have a section for a video game console. And in my case, I am clear: the Switch 2 comes home.
Although I have a high smartphone, with one of the most powerful processors on the market today, and a high quality screen, the reality is that it has been demonstrated several times that The equipment is not all. And although there are many very good quality titles available for our mobile phones, in addition to other ways to play, such as emulators, having a video game console presents its advantages.
The games are the most important, but there are even more
As we mentioned, mobile phones today have very powerful equipment; In fact, for several years, we have been very capable in our pocket. However, I continue to feel that In terms of games, the available content is very limited. There are very good titles, but they always feel like what they are: mobile games.
Or at least this is the case for the majority. Titles with simple mechanics and fast games abound in application stores for smartphones. Even the most modern deliveries of the asphalt racing saga, which has impressive graphics, is always a game which, if it were on consoles, would feel a little limited. I continue to have the impression that although we have advanced equipment available on our smartphones, Most games do not take advantage.
Of course, there are big exceptions. I think of excellent and enormous titles as is the case with GENSHIN IMPACT Y ZENless Zone Zerowhich have been developed by the same company. These games are great and the same title as for mobiles is the one available on PC and consoles. In fact, we can play the same game on all devices, a dream for modern players.
But Nintendo (and being honest, also the rest of the console manufacturers) has the advantage of having a huge catalog, Not only for games but also characters and franchises which are only available in Nintendo consoles. The most important reason for which I am convinced to buy a Nintendo Switch 2 is for its games.
Switch 2 will have new sagas delivery games “ The legend of Zelda '', “Pokémon”, “Fire Emblem”, “Super Mario”, “Metroid Prime”, “Luigi's Mansion” And stop counting. Even if we are lucky, we will see a new “F-Zero” reaching the next Nintendo console. These are these franchises and others, as well as others, with which many have grown up and with which we love several years, even decades. There is nothing similar in mobiles.
The addition of a joystick to a smartphone still improves the experience when reading these devices.
And Nintendo knows it. The company has managed to position itself in recent years not only in front of mobile phones, but also in front of its direct competitors on the market, PlayStation and Xbox. The first nintendo switch has become the third best sales console in history, with More than 150 million units sold. It doesn't matter if it is less powerful than PlayStation 5, than Xbox Series X and even PlayStation 4, clearly for public game what imported is the content and versatility of being a hybrid console (desktop and laptop).
In addition to the exclusive console games, Nintendo Switch 2 offers a different experience when reading: it is a hybrid console and the joy-cons can be used as PC mouse.
There are three other very important reasons which will lead me to buy a Nintendo Switch 2, even by having a state of mobile -art: first, and also linked to games, Switch 2 will be backwardsThis means that I can play all the titles that I have accumulated in my collection for several years with the first Switch console (both in physical and digital format). It is a great advantage and an intelligent Nintendo strategy.
Second, we have an often neglected appearance, but for me, it can be important: I generally prefer, as far as possible and reasonable, a dedicated device to do something specific. What do I mean? To appreciate the advantages of having an offline device focused on games and not full of distractions and other options and applications that disrupt my experience. I don't want to see a whatsapp notification on the screen while I play Al Zelda: Kingdom tears. Tecknología
Last but not least, Innovation and differential factor that Nintendo generally offers in its consoles. Wii was a revolution at the time, and the hybrid format of the first switch was something that no other console then offered. Now, what differential characteristic will offer Switch 2? So far, we have seen that Joy-Cons can be used as if they were a computer mouse, or something. We will have to wait to find out, but these types of characteristics are different from a nintendo console from mobiles and other consoles.
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