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With a Switch 2 looming, Nintendo is sending out the original with a bang (www.theverge.com)

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With a Switch 2 looming, Nintendo is sending out the original with a bang::With the launch of Super Mario Bros. Wonder on the Switch, Nintendo is capping off an excellent 2023 for the console, just ahead of the rumored launch of the Switch 2.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

While rumors of a Switch successor have persisted for years, recent reports suggest that an upgraded device is not only coming but will be here relatively soon, with a potential 2024 launch.

The last time the company released a major Zelda and Super Mario in the same year was 2017, which just so happened to be when the Switch debuted.

Tears of the Kingdom, in particular, really feels like it’s pushing the upper limits of what the Switch is capable of — just look at some of the physics-defying creations players have come up with inside of its giant open world.

Nintendo built an all-new engine for the game and didn’t give the development team a specific deadline so that they could focus on quality.

After the dark days of the Wii U, Nintendo used the Switch to prove that it could offer a unified version of its console and portable businesses, one that — despite underpowered hardware — could find its niche among bigger, flashier competitors.

Nintendo is in a great spot when it comes to games right now, a process that was a decade in the making after the company merged its development divisions into one cohesive whole focused entirely on the Switch.

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