Every time I hear a new piece of news about the Switch 2 it’s disappointing. Bummer
It’s hilarious that it will work with any game on the Steam Deck.
Didn’t you hear? Just buy a switch 1 if you can’t afford or care for the switch 2.
Doug Bowser said it himself
They said it about the DS at the time. It was meant to run in parallel with the GBA as a “premium” thing for adults. They said it about the SNES, too, actually.
This bit of random outrage is fun to me because it’s something that has been Nintendo’s official stance since the early 90s, but it’s swung back around due to Don Mattrick being such a charisma black hole that what used to be the natural, go-to response to “how come the new, more advanced version is more expensive” has now become a genuine snafu.
PR is not about reality, it’s about perception.
“We are also pleased to announce that, next year, we will be adding support for Gamecube games other than Super Smash Bros. Melee.” /s
Lol pathetic
“We’ve updated this article to note that Nintendo has made similar disclaimers with its previous retro controllers, which have ended up working with other Switch games. While this is no confirmation that the same will be the case with the GameCube controller, it does at least provide some hope that it won’t be as locked-off as Nintendo says.”
Well at least they got their clicks.
The headline is not misleading in any way. That’s exactly what Nintendo said.
It’s somewhat misleading. It’s not providing the additional background information, and it leads the headline with the claim (not that Nintendo is making a claim).
I don’t think it’s a bad headline. It’d be hard to include all the information in the headline. But if someone only reads the headline (something like 73% of people), they could end up with a mistaken conclusion. And those people will have been lead in that direction (so, mislead).
I think it would be bad form to put their speculation on the headline.
I genuinely can’t tell if milking outrage is more prominent in gaming than elsewhere. I guess not, because… I mean, look at the planet in general, but it does feel like gamers got to that state of mind first and do it best, at least.
Huh? My actual GameCube controller works with all games on the Switch 1, although it doesn’t have all the buttons used by some games.
In particular it would be absurd if this new GameCube controller doesn’t work with Smash Ultimate.
I guess I’ll just skip this generation like with the WiiU.
Boo.
I want an N64 controller for my PS5.
It’s so stupid. I have literally plugged GC controllers into my Switch with an adapter hub, and they worked with non-GC games. This is deliberately worse.
“We’ve updated this article to note that Nintendo has made similar disclaimers with its previous retro controllers, which have ended up working with other Switch games.”
Oh, so it’s just ragebait and they’re reporting on nothing? I fell for it.
