Nintendo Switch 2 direct is going to break the internet.
Nintendo Direct (March 2025) sets new live viewership record on youtube
Nintendo Switch 2 direct is going to break the internet.
Hero_Select
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Winners stay winning. That Switch 2 Direct is going to do even better.
Tomogachi is a 15m seller. It has 378k likes on Japan twitter
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Some people really don't understand how big these games actually are, they only look at AAA games
HerjansEagleFeeder
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Lots of disappointed (new) viewers then? Good job, Nintendo.
Robb
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Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
For all the talk of waning demand for games, there sure are a lot of indicators of pent up interest right now.
Tams
Member
They explicitly said that there would be not Switch 2 news in it.
Anyone who's disappointed because of no Switch 2 news only has themselves to blame.
Perhaps though, people just like Nintendo?
vaibhavpisal
Member
Nintendo is on track to becoming worse than Fifa / COD if this continues.
Very few worth it games there.
Very few worth it games there.
Loomy
Thinks Microaggressions are Real
I'm not the biggest Nintendo fan. A lot of their games no longer appeal to me beyond nostalgia. But this is a wild take.
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Hudo
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Yes, because FIFA and COD would produce stuff like Rhythm Heaven or Tomodachi Life.
Vaquilla
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It's not even a wild take really, it's just boring, garden variety trolling.
Impotaku
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Point on the amiibo where Mario touched you.
MMaRsu
Gold Member
Nintendo could shit in their mailbox and theyd eat it up. Creepy
Most of those gamers are on Playstation.
IDKFA
I am Become Bilbo Baggins
Impotaku
Member
They'll have to set up a salt poisoning hotline once the switch2 direct drops. Vets all over the country will be rushing out to various farms to save all those ponies that overdosed on their salt licks.Just wait for 2nd april
that direct gonna be
vaibhavpisal
Member
There seems to be a very clear move towards appealing to casual audience.
If main presentation is like that, it will be Wii all over again.
Baemono
Member
For me it was more like a DS-isation of the new releases, as I can imagine the Switch being the new main entry-level handheld following the Switch 2's launch.
I still hope for a Switch Lite OLED for this or next year.
Hudo
Member
I would actually argue that both CoD and FIFA are staple franchises for the casual audience. They are the most mass-market compatible gaming IPs out there.
Impotaku
Member
Exactly this, casuals just buy what's popular also has the same crossover for kids too. They flock to whatever they perceive as mature ironically becoming kids games despite their actual content. There's a reason most of these types of games are infested with squeakers online.
Gamerfan81
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Damn, the AC Shadows stans are really angry in this thread. lol
tkscz
Member
Now if we can get this but with mid-ranged graphic cards
AJUMP23
Parody of actual AJUMP23
casuals out there having fun. How dare they.
Neogaf could be the meme at the party with the guy in the corner saying "they don't know im an expert at gaming opinions" everyone else having fun.
BlackTron
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I didn't even know they said that and still didn't expect Switch 2 because we already know about April 2. In fact I was so lax I didn't bother watching it until 12 hours later by skipping around parts.
Really don't know what was expected.
Efren is G.O.A.T.
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Do we know how long it's gonna be?
Miyazaki’s Slave
Gold Member
We should be very VERY grateful we are getting a new Nintendo system this year.
One of the only releases that will drive investor interest/participation for our industry this year.
One of the only releases that will drive investor interest/participation for our industry this year.
Woopah
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I think it's less a move towards the casual audience and more a recognition that the casual audience is the least likely to buy a Switch 2 early on. These were the last two major Nintendo franchises not to be on Switch, so now is the right time to bring them back.
Exactly.
If this was meant to show Nintendo's main plans for the future it would be awful. As a "here's what Switch will get in its 9th/10th year" it was fine.
The Lunch Legend
GAF's Nicest Lunch Thief and Nosiest Dildo Archeologist
HYDE
Member
Exactly…what a waste of time. Cringiest one in a while
AngelMuffin
Member
Until next week.
Dr. Wilkinson
Member
Yeah, just wait til next week 
That new record will be beat again in 5 days
That new record will be beat again in 5 days
Dr. Wilkinson
Member
I'm not sure what exactly brings this on, since console wars are long over. but if nothing else it is a funny memeI love the smell of Playstation and Xbox tears in the morning
Console wars aren't over. Sony fans just think they won and pretend Nintendo doesn't exist and isn't outdoing them in console and game sales consistently.I'm not sure what exactly brings this on, since console wars are long over. but if nothing else it is a funny meme
Dr. Wilkinson
Member
You're reading way too much into it. Switch sold what it sold on the backs of big core games like Smash, Luigi's Manion 3, Mario odyssey, Pokemon, and BotW. Not the promise of a new Tomodachi Life, nine years later.
This is actually pretty normal fare for last few years of a system's life.. they finally get around to the low C-tier franchises that don't even make it out on every system.
It's got nothing to do with any perceived pivot to more casual games in general. It's all just timing. Time for them to either some of these smaller and more eccentric games out there, and at least fill in the calendar a bit for such an old system. All of their big teams moved over to Switch 2 like in 2022.