Yesterday we all witnessed a unique event. And we don't say it because we found out Nintendo presented the company with a new console, intended to be active alone on the market for another eight years, but for the first time the Japanese followed the rumors. And contrary to what history says, they have been a source of leaks the likes of which we have rarely seen.
Yesterday is not a global presentation of a new console. It's giving in to the flood of information on social networks and leaks so as not to do what the Japanese would surely have wanted to do. Which is nothing more than organizing a special event, canned in the style of Direct or in person, with the big names of the house and showing off their new creature as it should be. And not with a video of just over two minutes and come on, “Go on“.
The Nintendo Switch 2 has not yet been presented
As I tell you (and forgive the use of that first person), this is the first time I've seen, in 34 years of working in video game journalism, a company come out to officially confirm the rumors. Nintendo did not present anything, the leaks of recent months have solved the problem. What he did Nintendo is to confirm that everything that has been said is true, which is why this is an unprecedented event for the video game industry.
It’s true that it was a clamor. That everyone asked Nintendo go out and present your new Switch 2 and to confirm that everything recently known was true. But even if social and media pressure suggests that it is okay to do what is asked, in reality this is not the case. Because it sets a precedent that will now haunt him forever.
Surely in Nintendo Don't be happy with how this whole mess turned out. Switch 2. That they would have preferred to proceed differently and this is precisely where the Japanese error lies. It doesn't seem like a big deal that, without saying a word, suddenly a video appears announcing the new console. Her alone. Without the support of the house legends. as if it were a new game. But it happened and it continues to surprise and embarrass.
It will be released in 2025, but there are events in May
Nintendo was overwhelmed. He verified that each new information published was true and the margin for being able to surprise by saying nothing was reduced. He therefore chose to publish a video in which he simply confirms the veracity of what was known in recent weeks and decided to save what is not known for later. The only thing that no one knows today: the price and the release date.
But how Nintendo It took longer than it needed to and I left it for a while (rumor has it there won't be any official news for a while), and they even end up hanging on to the brush again and getting ridiculing again seeing all this has once again leaked information. And then, the Japanese will have organized the most ridiculous console launch of all time.
And it hurts me, because Nintendo Nobody beats me. Or were you there to shop? Play and watch in 1980?
