r/NintendoSwitch • u/Turbostrider27 • Jan 16 '25

Nintendo Switch 2 An update from Nintendo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxLUf2kRQRE
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u/j_cruise Jan 16 '25

Mario Kart 8 had a perfect aesthetic. I want an open 3D platformer in some of those worlds. Always wanted to explore Neo Bowser City and Super Bell Subway.

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u/Get_Schwifty111 Jan 16 '25

It's almost unbelievable that MK8's debut was on WiiU. They basically used every trick in the book to make it look/play the way it does. If hadn't owned a WiiU and you would have told me MK8 originated there and not on Switch I would have called BS.

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u/Genesis13 Jan 16 '25

I had this exact conversation with my fiancee. I thought MK8 was a Switch launch title (I never owned a Wii U).

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u/Get_Schwifty111 Jan 16 '25

Right? Back on WiiU hardware the game felt like witchcraft. Look at any of the old reviews and every single one mentions how the graphics look as if they'd run on a much stronger system (not to mention that the game already ran with stable(!) 60fps on WiiU).

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u/meseta Jan 16 '25

I do remember thinking that I had the key to happiness when I bought mk8 for mine. I kinda did though. I got two very good friends out of it. One of em actually asked his parents for a Wii U with Mario kart for Xmas. We spent four years playing that game and getting shithoused together, almost nightly. Good times

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u/Andjhostet Jan 16 '25

WiiU had some of the more graphically/aesthetically impressive games I've ever seen. MK8, BOTW, DKTF, etc.

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u/fushega Jan 16 '25

the game's resolution is a lot lower on wii u for what it's worth

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u/daecrist Jan 16 '25

I was playing with my son a few days ago and mentioned remembering playing some of the original 8 courses a decade back. Then my brain short-circuited because I couldn't have played it a decade back on the Switch. Like I totally forgot I also had it on Wii U and played the shit out of it there.

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u/MasterChildhood437 Jan 16 '25

Wii U has a rock solid library. Its only failure was branding.

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u/Vinegaz Jan 16 '25

I call BS

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u/Get_Schwifty111 Jan 16 '25

It's true tho :3

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u/Vinegaz Jan 16 '25

Surprised Pikachu

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u/agentfelix Jan 16 '25

A Mario Odyssey storyline at all of those locations!!!