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If you already have the Nintendo Switch 2, these are some of the best MicroSD Express cards you can buy

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The New Nintendo Switch 2 He has been hoarding headlines since he was put up for sale (and even before) and is one of the most anticipated releases of the year. If you already have it, one of those essential accessories to expand the storage space is a MicroSD Express card. This New Nintendo console It does not accept memory cards but only microSD Express. If you wonder why, the reason is simple and they offer much faster reading and writing speeds. So the cards you had for your old Nintendo Switch will not serve you. These are the two alternatives we have found in the market right now. Sandisk Microsd Express 256 GB By 68.90 euros At Amazon you have this MicroSD Express card available with 256 GB capacity of the Sandisk firm, leader in this type of cards. Offers Reading speeds up to 8.8 times faster than a standard card. Thanks to these speeds, it will save you time, since it allows saving up to 4.5 minutes when transferring 60 minutes of video 4K UHD. In addition, when you buy it, you get the file recovery software Rescuepro Deluxe. Sandisk Microsd Express, 256 GB * Some price may have changed from the last review Samsung Micro Sd Express Card For Nintendo Switch 2 This Samsung card has Official Nintendo license and its design is in red and with the m of ‘Mario Bross’ on the front. Its official price, at the moment, is 59.90 euros In Amazon. Like the previous model, it has a storage capacity of 256 GB. Samsung Micro Sd Express Card For Nintendo Switch 2 * Some price may have changed from the last review Other accessories that may interest you for your Nintendo Switch 2 HEYSTOP FOR NINENDO SWITCH 2 ACCESSORIES * Some price may have changed from the last review Jsaux 3-Pack Protector screen for nintendo switch 2 2025 * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Álex Alcolea (Xataka) and Nintendo In Xataka | In which stores is available to buy the Nintendo Switch 2: Amazon, Mediamarkt, Fnac and more In Xataka | Nintendo Switch 2 vs Nintendo Switch. What hybrid console buy and how are they differentiated

I have tried the Nintendo Switch 2 and I already have an answer to the question “Is it worth buying it if I have the original switch”?

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Not every day a new generation of consoles is launched. Nintendo’s are complex to frame for a few years, but within their segment, Nintendo Switch 2 It is a new generation with all the letters. I’ve been a few days Testing the thorough switch For analysis and, between All questions that can be askedmany acquaintances have made me “Is it better to buy Nintendo Switch 2 now or wait?” Answering something like that has a lot of nuances because there is no perfect console for everyone and it depends a lot on the case, what you like to play or what other platforms you have at home. But a question for which I have a much clearer answer is another classic: “If I have a Nintendo SwitchIs it worth changing to Switch 2? “ Before trying the console, I thought it would only be worth it if the jump were going to give it from the original 2017 model, but These days with her have made me change my mind. This is going to be a more reflective text, as if I explained my ideas out loud, and I would love to read you in comments because an interesting debate can come out. A generational jump. Throughout I am a Nintendo Switch user from the launch of the machine. I bought it with ‘The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild‘(Also Switch 2 start game) and, although the machine we are testing these days corresponds to a transfer of Nintendo, I reserved mine and is already in a house. During these eight years, I have played hundreds of hours to Switch, but from the launch it was noted that it was justice in power. The tegra chip that used was obsolete and, although Switch opened the door to the market of the Consolidated PConly Nintendo games and some exceptions had a perfect performance on switch. Then I had the model OLED For a time, and although in that the screen change (much better than that of the original model) and a more premium design, the performance remained the same. In these years, I have tried many games, and many of them with poor performance. Some exclusive titles were very bad and others, such as infamous’Batman Arkham Knight‘, directly They crawled into the console. Come on, a change was necessary. When they connect to the dock, although the resolution increased to show on the TV, the performance in many titles remained below the desired and the multiplatform versions were, in many occasions, objectively worse. As much (the case of ‘Hogwarts Legacy‘, for example, that looks like a game of another generation). When it was announced that Switch 2 was going to be retrocompatible, I stopped playing Switch 1 because I trusted that the performance of games that had no patch, simply by the increase in console power, improved. And it has been pleasant to verify that yes: the switching games 1 that crawled, Now in Switch 2 they are perfect. Image | Xataka This happens both in desktop and laptop mode, but there is something important to take into account: the games that previously were blurred, remain blurred in the new console because in many cases the resolution is not improved. It is something that shows in both modes, since now the dock gives 4K exit and the screen of the console has 1080p resolution compared to 1080p and 720p, respectively, of the first switch. From Switch’s embarrassing pin, we move on to a very good metal pin on switch 2. Image | Xataka And it is not just the power to play a lot of games that were impossible in the previous console (‘Cyberpunk 2077‘,’Yakuza 0‘ either ‘Street Fighter 6‘There are three examples) or exclusive releases such as the impeccable’Mario Kart World‘or the future’Donkey Kong Baniza‘, but Switch 2 feels much more premium than the previous console. Here, yes, there are nuances. If you come from an original switch, the jump is abysmal. The screen is much larger and better, the plastic of the Joy-Con is of more quality and with a velvety finish that feels great in the hands, the speakers have hit another climb, the support for the ‘tabletop’ mode is much better and, in general, everything feels more premium. The biggest joy-with a delight. Image | Xataka If you come from a Switch Oledyou will not receive such a large leap in terms of materials and screen (Switch’s OLED looks spectacular, but this Switch 2 LCD is not far behind), but you will have that extra power that feels great to the veteran console. A month ago, when We saw the console in the Paris eventI commented that Switch 2 seemed to me that It was worth only if you played in desktop. After seeing the performance improvements that put all the Switch 1 games, if you have a wide catalog of pending titles, now after trying it I consider that the jump between switch (both original and OLED) is worth both in desktop mode and in laptop. The new Switch 2 chip is not the pinnacle of technology, but Nvidia has been committed to him And this generation has something that did not have the previous one: the nuclei focused on AI for image reconstruction. Seeing what this technology can do on PC, when applied well, I consider it something that can give Switch a lot of life. I return to the case of ‘Cyberpunk 2077’: Thanks to these technologies, I think they have created A much better port than many could expect At first. If we talk about Switch Lite, the thing changes While now I am clear that it is worth changing from switch to Switch 2, if the console you want to jump is Switch Lite, I don’t have it so clear. Well, I am clear that I would wait for me. I explain myself. If you have Switch Lite It is because you want a strictly laptop console. That had no … Read more

Switch 2 is important for Nintendo, but also for a nvidia that does not want to lose ground against AMD

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Nintendo Switch 2 It’s here. When a new generation of consoles arrives, beyond New games and experiences that allows, there is a substantive issue that may not interest all users so much, but it is of vital importance for the technology industry: Who signs the processor. We don’t know Switch 2’s heart beyond what the tests of their first games suggest. AND, Although it is evident that it is powerfulwe will have to wait to see how developers thoroughly squeeze their chip designed by NVIDIA and manufactured by Samsung. It is evident that the console is important for a Nintendo who saw that switch sales began to waverbut just as important for that NVIDIA that signs a processing unit with which, now, it comes back to the battle horse in the hybrid console segment. Nvidia returns to load When a company leads, what you want is to have even more part of the cake. Nvidia dominates The world of PC video games With iron hand and, although AMD is doing things well with its latest generations, the singing voice continues to take the company led by Jensen Huang. That battle against AMD on the PC is very unequal, but In the field of consoles, history tells us something else. Both were linked decades ago to video games on platforms dedicated with ATI (before being part of AMD) designing the GPU of Game Cube, Wii and Xbox 360 and Nvidia taking care of the GPU of the Original Xbox and of PS3. With the jump to the next generation, Nvidia got out of the equation and left the free ground for an AMD that did not succeed with her GPU, either with her CPU, but with her APU. It was his technology that convinced Sony and Microsoft for all their consoles from Xbox One and PS4 From now on. Nvidia, however, returned in 2017 with His tegra chip and a new alliance with Nintendo for Switch launch. It was not the most advanced at the time, that Tegra showed that the technology was ready To be able to create platforms that offered such experience with desktop power, but in portable format. And they have not gone wrong or Nintendo … neither Nvidia by extension. 152 million units and up. However, things have changed because Nvidia is no longer alone in this and AMD, along with Valve with Steam Deckshowed that its image reconstruction technology, Photograms generation and its power/consumption relationship could overcome what Nvidia offered with switch. Thus, we have seen AMD heart on PC consolidated as impressive as the Lenovo Legion Go or the Asus Rog Allyand it is a segment in which Intel, with a first failed proposal with the MSI Claw and a much more solid second with MSI Claw 8 AI+shows that you also have something to say. Nvidia has remained away from those PC consolidated for a reason: They didn’t have a CPU. Now, earlier this year, and after months of rumors, Nvidia presented Project Digits. It is a desktop computer for AI whose CPU is designed by NVIDIA: Graceof 20 cores, which although it is still ARM and arrived a few years ago, is now consolidated with digits as a blow to the table to a market that was dominated by Intel and AMD. Nvidia’s commitment is still far from the average user, and even further from the players, but although they are not possible to create processors that compete against Intel and the AMD Ryzen, on desktop PC, that renewed alliance with Nintendo to create Switch 2 can be, if sales accompany, the impulse that they lacked to finish deciding and being The third player in the battle of the PC consolidated. Your proposal? Beyond gross power, artificial intelligence nuclei for Push the hardware Beyond the possible until now. But of course, they would have to develop a X86 processor. Or that or throwing into the pool and marking an adventure with a valve that is already trying to stem Compatible with ARM. Although, of course, all this would be nothing if Nvidia, which money does not lack, would have signed an exclusive contract with Nintendo for this type of hardware. Whatever happens, Jensen Huang seems like engaged With Nintendo’s vision, and they may not end up getting into mud with Intel and AMD as the third company in discord, precisely, because with Switch 2 and their AI -based technology already have more than enough reasons to say an “EY, which in this segment we also have much to say at the power level”. After all, no matter how veteran the first switch was very obsolete that his heart was, I kept selling like hot bread Although the rest of hybrid systems offer much more as far as gross power is concerned. Images | Xataka, Ifixit In Xataka | I have played the ‘Nintendo Switch 2 Welcomme Tour’ thinking that it was a payment manual. It turns out that it is a science museum

We tried switch games on Nintendo Switch 2. The surprise is capitalized in games that were crawled before

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Nintendo Switch 2 It arrives with a bestial launch catalog. It is true that, perhaps, The games that come from start They are not very numerous or really new. Beyond ‘Mario Kart World‘ and ‘Nintendo Switch Welcyome Tour‘, games like the surprising’Cyberpunk 2077‘,’Hogwarts Legacy‘ either ‘Street Fighter 6‘They were already available for other consoles. However, the key to this console is that it is backward with most physical and digital games of Nintendo Switch. Simply insert the switch game cartridge you would not have played so far … enjoy. I’m already testing switch 2 In the face of the analysis and one of the first surprises that I have found is that there are Nintendo Switch games that They improve a lot in Nintendo Switch 2 without the need for a patch Payment. And another thing that has caught me by surprise is that Nintendo has launched some totally free improvement patches. But let’s see what it is, since there is crumb. Quality of life vs. Visual quality: The key of the retrocompatibles of switch 2 As I say, Switch 2 retrocompatibility It is as simple as introducing or downloading the game of the previous console and starting to enjoy. There is an obvious improvement as soon as we start with the game thanks to the screen. Have improvements or not, simply by the greatest contrast and saturation of the new panel -despite being LCD -, the games look “better. But here you have to talk about improvements that the new Nvidia chip can offer. That extra power is already noticeable in exclusive titles of the new switch, as a ‘cyberpunk 2077’ that is halfway between the versions of PS4 and Xbox Series Sor the new ‘Mario Kart’ which is a visual delight. In games that have improvement patch, such as ”The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild‘ either ‘Tears of the Kingdom‘, there is also a higher image resolution and textures, better shadows and, above all, a yield at 60 fps when the original fought in some moments with the 30 fps. Ok, we talk about games that have been ‘spoiled’ for the new console, but … what about a ‘Bayonetta 3‘, a ‘Xenoblade Chronicles 2‘or a’Super Mario Odyssey‘? This is where the thing gets interesting and each of them allows me to comment on the sensations with the focus of this retrocompatibility of Switch 2. ‘Bayonetta 3’ This game is a visual wonder in Nintendo’s hybrid. It has a section very similar to that seen in previous deliveries, but also the goal of moving to 60 frames per second. The problem is that this figure does not always achieve And, although the character’s response and the feeling to the controls is good, nailing the frame rate per second in 60 is something very interesting for these action games. In fact, in this game, video scenes are blocked at 30 frames per second, as confirmed by the Foundry digital mediumand they feel softer than the scenes in which we take the controls, which range between those 60 and 30 frames per second, with jumps that transmit greater roughness in the controls. I have tried to explain it in a simple way, but the summary is that it is a situation that was not ideal. With Nintendo Switch 2, the situation changes. The game has a fragment rate unlocked with 60 as a limit and the new Nintendo console, thanks to that greatest gross power, PErythe you carry the game scenes to very constant 60 frames per second. Now, playing ‘Bayonetta 3’ is a delight, also because the response time between our button and the character’s movement is lower, and everything feels softer. It is something that also happens in other titles such as a ‘Deadly Premonition‘I had a subochorous performance on switch or’Batman Arkham Knight‘, that Nor was I left over of fluidity in the nintendo hybrid. As I say, there are several games in which the performance was unlocked and the youtuber Modern Vintage Gamer It allows us to see the before and after. Summary: The games with frame-unlocked or that had problems in Nintendo Switch, even if they do not have improvement patch, they feel better to the controls, much softer. ‘Xenoblade Chronicles 2’ This game is one of the largest in the previous console and that implied, especially in portable mode, that developers introduced a dynamic resolution system for prioritize at all times to reach acceptable performance to 30 frames per second. It resulted in a game that was at an extremely low resolution, keeping a long time in 360p when the 1st 720p switch screen. Other games that prioritized performance against sharpness were ‘Doom‘ either ‘Wolfenstein: The New Colossus‘, among others. What happens when we introduce them in Nintendo Switch 2? Well … there are good and bad news. The good news is that the performance, when there were some downturn, is better, as is the case in ‘Bayonetta 3’. The bad news is that the resolution was dynamic, but there were limits that could not happen and if on a 720p screen they already looked blurred, in a larger and with more resolution such as Nintendo Switch 2, the problem is accentuated. ‘Doom’ looks somewhat more clear in the portable mode of Switch 2, just like ‘Wolfenstein’, but the textures have the same definition as those they had on Switch and the result is a somewhat washed general image. With vaseline effect, as they say. In ‘Xenoblade Chronicles 2’, now I don’t notice so many dowersbut the resolution is still very low and the ‘jaggies’, or saw teeth, are more accentuated in Nintendo Switch 2. It is a game that would come from pearls a patch. Summary: The games that were already blurred on the Nintendo Switch screen, will continue to see blurred on Switch 2, despite the highest general quality of the new panel. Free patches Apart, there are games that do not have any type of patch and that, despite … Read more

The rumors placed the power of Nintendo Switch 2 at the height of PS4 Pro. ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ arrives to solve doubts

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What generation belongs Nintendo Switch 2. That was one of the unresolved questions about the new Nintendo console. Since the company left the Power War After the disaster of Game Cubeit has gone free and, although technically it would be the first tenth console, it is also logical to put it in the sack of the ninth generation (PS5, Xbox Series x and SERIES s). Perhaps this generations has ceased to make sense when they exist Consoles ‘Pro’but it serves to get an idea of ​​what are the like, at least in terms of power, which each machine has. Answering this in the case of Switch 2 is even more complicated because … we don’t know almost anything about your processor. But with the console in hand, we can get a better idea of Where is Nintendo Switch 2 next to its rivals. And the game that best exposes the power of the new switch is’Cyberpunk 2077‘. It is also the one that surprised me the most and the one that demonstrates what can be done with this hardware if the weapons it offers well Nvidia and its image reconstruction. “The Switch 2 chip does not resemble anything we have created before” From the announcement of the console on April 2 with A GAME RETA among which there were versions of other consoles such as’Final Fantasy VII Intergrade‘,’Yakuza 0‘,’Hitman‘, a better version of’Hogwarts Legacy‘,’Street Fighter 6‘And the aforementioned’ Cyberpunk 2077 ‘, began to tote about the power of the console. After several comparisons, it was speculated with the possibility that Switch 2 be like a Ps4 pro. This, although it may seem little, is considerable because we are talking about A very low consumption machine which is compatible with state -of -the -art technologies (VRRfor example) and that can work without being connected to the current. Based on the filtered and speculated characteristics of the Nvidia chip that mounts the console, a GMLX30-A1 manufactured by Samsunga user in Reddit He created a very interesting thread by renovating the estimated power of the machine and comparing it with other consoles. While Gflops are very similar to those of a PS4 Pro, the bandwidth was considerably less than that of the Sony console. It is something that gave rise to that perhaps Switch 2 would not be so powerful, but even without concrete data of the processor’s frequencies, you have to trust the tests of these first games and what has recently commented Jensen HuangCEO of Nvidia. Nintendo has been creating videos in which developers and members involved in the system share their impressions of Nintendo Switch 2. All are quite vaguewithout much concrete data, and Huang’s is no different. However, it does leave some pearls. Beyond that claim of “the Nintendo Switch 2 chip, it does not resemble anything we have done before”, the interesting thing is that it confirms that the console can handle rays of hardware and the SOC has AI processors “dedicated to improving the sharpness in real time.” That is, although the generation of this Soc It is not the most leading, Nvidia has introduced the necessary processes to climb the image from a lower native resolution in the personalized chip (what the DLSS) and the processors for the Hardware Raytraction. ‘Cyberpunk 2077’, Switch 2 exponent Ok, that says the CEO of the company that created the Switch 2 soc and we already know that there are always inflated statements and marketing in these things, but … What do the games say? In the video we leave at the beginning of the article, you can see the first minutes of ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ running in ‘quality’ mode when the console is connected to the dock. The sensations are very good and it shows that CD Projakt, the study responsible for the game, has done a great job These weeks. Because? Because in the demo that We could try a month ago in Paristhe performance in desktop mode was quite poor, with constant falls in the rate of Frames For the second. In the final version, it is much more stable and, above all, it looks very good on both TV and, above all, on the console screen. It is where it shines, in my opinion, due to the enormous difference between this version of switch 2 and, for example, that of a similar system: Steam Deckalso Use image climbing technologiesbut with a more blurred result in general. But a good way to really appreciate where Nintendo Switch 2 is about its rivals, is this video of the channel ‘THE BIT Analyst‘. In it, compares Nintendo Switch 2 with PS4 Pro and with the weakest console of this generation, Xbox Series S. does it in ‘performance’ mode and ‘quality’ on all platforms and conclusions are very interesting. The first, the resolution. Thanks to DLSS, it reaches 1080p In both desktop and laptop mode in ‘quality’ mode, recessing from different base resolutions already 3 fps. In ‘Performance’, the 1080p are maintained in desktop, but on the lower screen to 720p. The frame rate in this mode rises to 40, but is not entirely stable. In consoles, yes, it goes to 60 in this way. The user states that, thanks to DLSS, Switch 2 maintains an image quality comparable to the versions of PS4 Pro and Xbox Series S, with better textures and effects such as the Environmental occlusion in the Nintendo console with respect to these two competitors. It also compares with PS5, the Nintendo hybrid is quite well stopped, although with notable differences in the quality of some parameters and, above all, a higher resolution in the Sony console. The summary is that it is a very solid versionsomething that can also be seen in other games launched for the machine such as the aforementioned ‘Yakuza 0’ or ‘Street Fighter 6’, both a midpoint between PS4 and PS5, and superior When seen in the version of Xbox Series S. Said this, I am clear that Nintendo Switch 2 … Read more

Availability of the Nintendo Switch 2, the Xiaomi 14T Pro falls in price, an iPad for less than 300 euros and more. Hunting bargains

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We return with a new hunting bargains in a week with a lot of movement by brands such as Nintendo with the launch of its new console. On this occasion, during the week we have been able to see a good assortment of offers that, in many cases, are still available. Are you looking for a mobile or a tablet? Well, attentive to the bargains we bring in this article. Xiaomi 14t Pro by 599 eurosa good price on Xiaomi’s mobile in its 1 TB configuration. iPad (2021) by 279 eurosa very interesting price to be an iPad in its 256 GB configuration. Google Pixel 9a by 499 eurosGoogle’s mobile has a new minimum price on Amazon. Nintendo Switch 2 by 469 eurosthe new Nintendo console still has stock. Lego of ‘The Simpsons’ by 199.99 eurosa new set of the iconic series that adapts the Krusty Burger. Xiaomi 14t Pro Xiaomi’s mobile has received a huge assortment of offers since its launch and after so many months we can now find it at a very good price. He Xiaomi 14t Pro It has dropped, in this case, the price in Mediamarkt in its 1 TB configuration and can be found by 599 euros. Between the most remarkable of the Xiaomi 14t Pro We find an excellent 6.67 -inch AMOLED panel that offers a 1.5K resolution. Its processor is the MEDATEK DIMENSITY 9300+its battery supports fast charge of 120W and wireless load of 50W, comes with artificial intelligence functions and His cameras are signed by Leica. * Some price may have changed from the last review iPad (2021) Although there are some iPad that have a rather adjusted price – like the iPad (2025)-, From time to time we can find even better prices in other models, especially in previous generations. This is the case of iPad (2021); It is not the most current, but for 279 euros It is a very good purchase option, especially considering that it is the iPad in its 256 GB configuration. He iPad (2021) It is currently a good model to use it on a day -to -day basis, especially to see multimedia content. Mount a good one 10.2 -inch Retina Retina screen and inside it comes with the chip A13. In addition, it is compatible with some Apple accessories, as is the case with the first generation Apple Pencil. * Some price may have changed from the last review Google Pixel 9a If Xiaomi’s mobile does not convince you, we can also find very good offers in other brands. He Google Pixel 9a It is a good example, since, although it was launched very recently, it can already be found in Amazon for a price of 499 euros In its 128 GB configuration. He Google Pixel 9a It is an excellent purchase option if what we are looking for is a Google mobile with a tight price. Mount one 6.3 -inch Poled Display and its processor is the G4 Google. In addition to artificial intelligence functions, one of the most remarkable points is its photographic section that has a good rear camera process. * Some price may have changed from the last review Nintendo Switch 2 The launch of the Nintendo Switch 2 It has been, to some extent, chaotic for the so irregular stock They are having the stores. Although it is foreseeable that today, or in these next few days, stores add stock, it is currently exhausted in most stores. Fortunately It can be bought in Carrefour by 469 euros. Of course, there are two things to take into account: The first is that when accessing Carrefour, the Marketplace stores appear first, so if you want to buy the console you have to select the second option mentioned “sold by Carrefour”. The second is that if you buy it, You can receive it as soon on June 17. * Some price may have changed from the last review Lego of ‘The Simpsons’ Many years have passed since we saw the last one Lego set in collaboration with ‘The Simpsons’. Fortunately, a fairly complete and detailed new set has arrived. It is the set of Krusty Burgerit is an exclusive construction of the official store and has a price of 199.99 euros. It consists of a total of 1,635 pieces to mount the restaurant, the Homer’s car and the Krusty Burger sign. It can be opened in half to see the rooms inside, it has dimensions of 23 cm high, 24 cm width and 20 cm deep And it is full of details such as the fat that Homer and Bart steal in one of the episodes. LEGO THE SIMPSON – KRUSTY BURGER * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Xiaomi, Apple, Google, Nintendo, Lego In Xataka | The best mobiles (2025), we have tried them and here are their analysis In Xataka | What iPad Buy (2025). Apple tablets catalog analysis with recommendations depending on the use and budget

I have played the ‘Nintendo Switch 2 Welcomme Tour’ thinking that it was a payment manual. It turns out that it is a science museum

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The presentation of Nintendo Switch 2 In April it was curious. In the event they revealed a lot of details and interesting games that excited the players, but after it, the Batacazo arrived. The console prices, of games and accessories. The monetary hangover lasted a few days and the lace was the ‘Nintendo Switch 2 Welcomo Tour’. This collection of mini -games was like the “manual” of switch 2 … of payment. 9.99 euros, specifically. It is not something I like in the community, but after trying it, I am clear that it is much more than a Nintendo Switch 2 user guide. 1-2 switch. When a console arrives with innovative characteristics, the best way to test them is through demos. With the launch of Switch in 2017Nintendo came up to launch a game that, for 19.99 euros, allowed to experiment with the control infrared sensor, with the HD vibration or with the movement sensors. Called ‘1-2 switch‘, it was curious, but nothing more, and accompanied in the launch of the machine by’ The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild ‘, because little attention was going to monopolize beyond the one granted by curious eyes. Welcome to Switch 2. literally. Nintendo Switch 2 is not that it is the pinnacle of innovation. It is a rather continuous console, than It is just what Nintendo needs After the resounding success of the predecessor, but as they know that many people may want to get on the train of the new switch, they have prepared something similar to ‘1-2 Switch’: ‘Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour’. The problem? That since it was announced, this collection of mini -games to know the technical details of the machine was more like a manual than as a video game. And, worse: a payment manual. I’m already Testing Nintendo Switch 2 for analysisI have mine on the way and what was clear was that this game did not call me or the least. Luckily I had to play it to see how wrong I was. A Science Museum. Because … yes and no. ‘Welcomome Tour’ is the console manual as long as it teaches us all the details of it. We review the command, we review the screen, all the buttons of the Joy-Con and every millimeter of the system and some of its peripherals, but we do it as if we were in a museum. As a child, the museums bored me, but when my parents took me to a Science Museumthe thing changed. That of pulling levers, moving a giant wave, seeing gears and ‘moves’ in motion was something that excited me. And, precisely, that is this game. We chose an avatar, we queue to enter a Nintendo Switch 2 giant and Ale, to explore. Each piece of the system has an information panel that rewards us if we find it, there are mini -games that allow us to explore how certain buttons and modes and also informative panels are used on hardware elements. If we want, we can spend a kind of exam to get prizes and move on the virtual console, and it really is fun. Cheat. At this point, I know how haptic vibration works, I know how the optical sensor allows the joy-with in mouse mode (very precise, by the waybut incompatible with some hands) and they will not discover anything at the technical level of the machine, but without being the target user of this, I have fun collecting the collectibles, and beyond for this test, I will continue playing. I think that, in addition, it can be a very didactic title for all types of audiences that buy the console and want to learn more about it and about technology in general. In addition to enjoying seeing how they explain one thing and, to the second, you can put that into practice. The problem is that … well, there are two problems. And it comes with controversy. One is that you cannot get 100% of the game only with the console and the Joy-Con. There are some mini -games and demonstrations that require a 4K television that can be common in homesbut … there are also those who need the Pro command (90 euros) and the camera (another 60 euros). Nintendo already specifies it in the game website With a “for certain technical demonstrations, additional accessories are required, for sale separately”, but it is curious. Minigame to test the mouse mode And another to experience vibration Oh, the precedents … And the second controversy comes with the price. Not so much for having to pay those 10 euros, but because it will mean a barrier for many people to enjoy this title. With the launch of PlayStation 5Sony included a demo, that of ‘Astro’s Playroom‘. Not only was it a precious tribute to the history of PlayStation, but a really fun platform video game. Liked that their developers had green light to develop a complete game, ‘Astro Bot‘, who ended up taking the award to’ Best Game ‘in the’The Game Awards‘of 2024. ‘Nintendo Switch 2: Welcome Tour’ would have been not only a perfect gift for Nintendo Switch 2 buyers to have something to play as soon as the console should turn on, but also the opportunity for more people to discover this game so curious and ‘cuckoo’ in which a few developers have been working. Because it shows that there is a lot of love in this “payment manual”, but precisely that it is paid and that it looks like a manual is what can be a wall for many users. And it’s not just ‘Asto’s Playroom’: Wii had ‘Wii Sports‘Included, and it was a huge pilar on which The success of the console was cemented. Images | Xataka In Xataka | The Switch 2 comes with a protector that many would remove without thinking. Nintendo has a warning for users

I have already tried the ‘mouse’ mode of Nintendo Switch 2. Open a door so far closed on consoles

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In 2017, the First Nintendo Switch He arrived to revolutionize the way of playing. He did it with his concept of hybrid console, but also thanks to some controls that have established themselves as more versatile controls. It was something they had to maintain with Nintendo Switch 2and with the first trailer of the console, we saw that they could have given a twist to the controls. As? Turning the joy-with a mouse. Like those of a lifelong computer. This is not a tremendously new. In fact, Lenovo Legion Goa Consolidated PC That he drinks a lot of Nintendo Switch, he already had a way to turn his right command into a mouse thanks to an optical sensor. With Windows as an operating system, compatibility was total, but the doubt was to what extent the Nintendo Switch 2 mouse mode would be useful. After playing a few hours with the joy-with mouse, I have to tell you that they work really well and makes sense for certain gamesbut for Shooters, which are perhaps ideals for a mouse, it doesn’t convince me so much. And it will also depend a lot on the endurance of your hands. Turning the Joy-Con Nintendo Switch 2 is not a machine to do experiments. The 152 million switch soldand going up, they are a reflection that the company has achieved a product that people liked. They don’t need something groundbreaking As switch or Wii in your day, but a continuous console. But within that line, it is interesting to see that they have tried to take a step further apart from with power improvement. In the First Nintendo Switch 2 impressions After a day trying it I have already told that I like that the joy-with are larger, because it is easier to control games like ‘Doom‘ either ‘Wolfenstein‘With the sticks and fit better in the palm of the hand. And apart from size, a change comes with optical technology. In the area that joins the Joy-Con with the console, Nintendo has added an optical sensor that basically converts each command into a mouse. There are games that will be controlled with the two Joy-Con in this way, but I think the best uses will be those that convert Switch 2 into a kind of desktop PC. Image | Xataka And you don’t have to make strange configurations or anything to go from the wireless joy-with the joy-with mouse: the screen decouplas, you put it in a “vertical” position, supporting that sensor on a surface, and if you have previously configured it when configuring the console, a pointer appears automatically on the screen. Image | Xataka And ready, it’s like a mouse, with triggers serving as choice buttons. In the console box comes an addition that is an coupling for that area. The joy-with works as a mouse without it, but in this way you have a somewhat more slippery base, you protect the song of the joy-with of any element that is on the table and it may be suggestion, but I think it slides better. Good Gimmick technological or something useful? Let’s see it And the sensations playing with the Switch 2 mouse Launching, there are several games who take advantage of this mouse function. One is ‘Welcomo Tour’ that “minigame” (of 10 euros) that serves to know the entrails and characteristics of the console. There are some mini -games that allow us to explore that control mode and it is curious, but it does not happen. ‘Civilization VII‘It is also compatible With this way, but I could not try it. The one I have played (in any of its modes) is’Cyberpunk 2077‘. When we first executed it, the game tells us that it allows us to play in several ways. It is one of the most generous in this regard because it takes advantage of the accelerometer of the Joy-Con, in the mouse mode and the touch screen (well by CD Projakt there), and it really is the one that allows me to imagine what it will be like to play ‘Metroid Prime 4‘In this way. By default, the game control is through the ‘normal’ command, but in the configuration section, we can select that mouse mode. There are several configurations that we can do to play more comfortable in this regard and I have to say one thing: the sensor that Nintendo has placed in the Joy-with seems very good to me. Image | Xataka On a completely, flat surface, the answer is great, but on the couch, it works very well when sliding on the furniture fabric. With fine cloth shorts it is not going so well because the fabric wrinkles, but in jeans they are also quite precise. That is, if you play in the living room, you don’t have to look for a table or a flat surface: the control is necessary in another type of surface. The left joy-with (because I am right-handed, but having a sensor in both, left-handed ones can also play perfectly) serves to move the character and point, while the right controls the trigger of the weapon, ABXY buttons still have their predetermined actions And the right stick is a scroll bar. And, as I say, you play well: something straight at the beginning because the triggers are very sensitive and you can throw a grenade easily, it happened to me, but you get used to easy. Now, there is an ergonomics problem. In a conventional mouse (in a good one), the manufacturer has bothered to study anatomy to launch a device that can adapt to many arches differently. My partner John Tones already commented After trying switch a few weeks ago. Image | Xataka That does not happen in this case and the 20 minutes was already fatigued. In addition, as they continue to ask you to press buttons of that command for actions such as jumping, selecting or speaking, You always have the arched thumb of moreforcing a position that, … Read more

If the question is what you can play on Nintendo Switch 2 from day one, the answer is: To all this

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The authentic core of experience with a console: games. We already have one Switch 2 In our hands and we are already starting to taste its catalog, but there is much more on the horizon. And although the fat The rest of the exclusive Announced by Nintendo at the time, they are to come, for the moment we have at our disposal a good selection of titles. These are all the games with which you can throw the first hours at the Switch 2 controls. Mario Kart World The undisputed launch course, which you may have if you have acquired it in pack with the console. The idea of ​​the open world, but In our tests In first the truth is that everything seemed ‘Mario Kart’ to the nth power: fun, perrearies, superb graphics and all focused on accessibility, immediacy and revelry. Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour A technical demo on the possibilities and secrets of the console, a little in the style of the ‘Astro Bot’ of PlayStation 5, but also with a controversial point: it costs 10 euros. Even so, along with ‘Mario Kart’ and until next month, he is the only exclusive First Party of the console in its launch. The last Zelda, in Switch 2 edition The best Nintendo games in recent years, in graphically improved versions. ‘Breath of the Wild‘ and ‘Tears of the Kingdom‘They will have 60fps resolution, improved textures … and the Companion app ‘Zelda Notes’, which allows from any smartphone Receive aid to solve the multiple challenges of the games. If you have them, it is a good idea to access this improvement, and if you are missing, or think about it. Cyberpunk 2077 Ultimate Edition One of the games that promises to squeeze the technical specifications of the Switch 2, in an edition that includes The main game and the excellent expansion Ghost Liberty. The first impressions we are having are highly positive, with a free edition of Bugs and superior to those of other portable deviceslike Steamdeck. Yakuza 0 – Director’s Cut A new version of this review of the origins of the franchise, originally launched in 2015: improved graphics, new scenes, unpublished multiplayer mode and Spanish translation. All madness and countless options for the series games, in a perfect opportunity to resume the franchise. Hogwarts Legacy The best -selling game last year, in an edition of Switch 2 that does not bring news (except for the inevitable visual face washing with respect to the first switch), but which presents a new opportunity to enter the magical world of Harry Potter. If you escaped at the time, here you have it again, to take the Magi in your pocket. Fortnite An essential of this first batch of games given its gratuity, which includes all the extras of rigor and also, apparently, has a very remarkable technical finish, and that puts it up to the PS5 or Xbox series versions, with very notable visual effects. Let’s add the resolution at 60 fps and the possibility of playing with the exclusive mouse controls of the console and we will have the best option to play ‘Fortnite’ in portable format. Arcade Archives 2 Ridge Racer It is not the new ‘Mario Kart’, but huh: one of its most significant grandparents, an authentic classic of the driving arcades dating from 1993. Among the improvements, Time Attack mode and improved graphics. The art of a good skid, here and now. And what about the musicte: another dimension. Gamecube games: ‘The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker’, ‘Soul Calibur II’ and ‘F-Zero GX’ Three Classics of Gamecube will be available for all users signed to Nintendo Switch Online with the expansion package. The adorable link Cel-Shadingviolence with swords, furious speed … These three classics of the Nintendo cubic console come with online game in the case of ‘Soul Calibur’ and ‘F-Zero’, and all have improved graphics and customization of controls. Fast Fusion Of course, if yours are the driving arcades, Switch 2 has an imposing catalog: to the aforementioned classics and, of course, ‘Mario Kart World’, adds Fast Fusion, an exclusive switch 2 clearly connected with F-Zero or, more specifically, with Wipeout. Up to 4 simultaneous players with a single game, infarction speeds, aggressive futuristic driving and a novelty: the possibility of creating new ships combining others. And besides … Bravely Default Flying Fairy HD Remaster: The classic 3DS classic JRPG with renewed graphics, new content and interface redesign Deltarune Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4: The hopeful chapters 3 and 4 of the acclaimed new game of the creator of ‘Undertale’. With the first two also available, of course. Fantasy Life I: The little thief of time: Mixture of JRPG and simulation to the ‘animal crossing’, in a sequel to the very popular title of Level 5 that reaches Switch 2 with better graphics and load times reduced. Hitman World of Assassination – Signature Edition: The three adventures of agent 47 launched between 2016 and 2021, which are far from being dead, because the new content does not stop arriving. Includes all DLCs. KUNITSU-GAMI: Path of the GodDDESS: This mixture of Hack’n’Sash and Tower Defense It is one of the indie games (although it is signed by Capcom) more raptors last year. Nubunaga’s Ambition: Awakening: Reissue with all the extras included from the latest delivery of the strategy saga set in feudal Japan. Puyo Puyo Tetris 2s: Sonic Himself It makes an appearance in this game that includes multiple options for the competitive game and that proposes the fusion of two of the best known (and addictive) puzzles of history. Rune Factory Guardians of Azuma: Farm and action management: shock of gender apparently incompatible but that meet in this game that also has graphic adventure elements … and dating play. Sid Meier’s Civilization VII: Last delivery of the acclaimed strategy saga, which acquires the extra point of so many games on this list: possibility of portable game, but with mouse Sonic X Shadow Generations: The … Read more

Nintendo Switch 2 seems not innovative. After trying it, it is 100% DNA Nintendo

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Today is thrown Nintendo Switch 2 And, as some claim, “it is the least innovative console in history.” That exaggerated phrase can be read in Redditbut although it may seem that it is the impression of a single user, the truth is that there is a runrun both inside and outside the industry about the role of the New Nintendo console. Nintendo Switch It was a revolution. Although it was the concept of Wiiu brought to an end to which, by technologythat machine could not reach, the hybrid console has not only filled the pockets of the Japanese company with More than 152 million units soldbut opened the way for the definitive success of this type of devices. Steam Deck, Asus Rog Ally either Lenovo Legion Go They drink, unquestionably, of switch, and it is unquestionable that the machine was more than an innovation, a revolution. The problem is the phrase that Nintendo is synonymous with innovation In everything he does when, precisely, when talking about historical consoles, we see that It is not so much like that. In fact, Nintendo Switch 2 is the most logical thing they could do from Nintendo. Nintendo Switch 2 is 100% Nintendo spirit Beyond what users can think about the machine, that it does not innovate when, apparently, it was forced to it is something that is resonating within the industry. On who? Then by one of the most authorized voices: Shuhei Yoshida. Yoshida was an emblematic piece of PlayStation. It was one of the initial members of the PlayStation project when Sony wanted to stand up to Nintendo after the betrayal of the Nintendo PlayStation and it was the President of Sie Worldwide Studioscoordinating dozens of studies and, currently, The indies that arrive in PlayStation. His career is full of successes (also some other bad decision, such as Do not trust in ‘Demon’s Souls’the game that preceded successes like ‘Dark Souls‘,’Bloodborne‘ either ‘Elden Ring‘), And after his retirement he is dedicated to saying what he thinks about the industry. Your opinion about Nintendo Switch 2? That Nintendo sacrificed innovation to have a more powerful console. In a recent podcastYoshida commented that “Nintendo is losing its identity. For me, they have always been those who created new experiences, such as designing a hardware and games that together give us a new experience. ” Basically, Nintendo has opted only for more power. In fact, The only thing he likes It is the ‘Welcome Tour’ (a collection of mini -games that will allow us to know the console better) and ‘The Duskbloods‘, The new of the creators of …’ Demon’s Souls’. But the opinions that Nintendo should really worry are those of their investors. In the presentation of the financial results, one of them asked about Switch 2 is a “bridge” console towards a new more innovative generation, and it was Nintendo’s own president, Shuaro Furukawa, who took the baton confirming that the hardware is more polished than in Switch and that innovation goes on the other hand. It is not the only one that has it, but the joy-with mouse function are an interesting addition “In recent years, developers have needed higher performance processing to achieve one of Nintendo’s most important objectives: new ways of playing. Therefore, this time we aim to design a hardware with a great performance capacity, ”said Furukawa. In summary: more power will allow ways to play that could not be experienced in Switch, and two of their first games are an example. ‘Mario Kart World‘It is huge, with an open world mode and 24 runners on the track, something impossible on Switch. AND ‘Donkey Kong Baniza‘It is a show in the destruction of the stage. Nintendo always innova? When we talk about games, and here it is already a personal issue, I consider that the company always offers something new. Two recent examples are ‘The Legend of Zelda Tears of The Kingdom‘carrying to the extreme the freedom of the first installment with a large engine of physical and a’Super Mario Wonder‘That shows that, after so many years, the formula of the Super Mario in 2D is not exhausted. But, when we talk about hardware, the thing is very different and, in fact, that “Nintendo always innova” has only been seen twice: when they have urgently needed it. In this graph we can see something vital for any company: Hardware sales. It is with video games with what they get money, but in the end it is the fish that bite the tail and more consoles sold more potential software. And what the figures tell us is that, if we do not count the Nesyour first console, Nintendo has only taken the imagination for a walk when his business was in danger. After nes, he arrived SNESwhich was a generational change from 8 to 16 bits and, therefore, only had more power. More than the same of SNES to a Nintendo 64 That it was a beast, but that stood out for its analog stick in the command resulting from the need to control characters in three dimensions. That extra power allowed the 3D that were already in other systems. Nintendo 64 stuck a tube, but the worst came with its next console: Game Cube. Was A authentic graphic beastmore powerful than PlayStation 2 that swept his generation, but sold extremely little. There Nintendo needed a change and, with the code name ‘Nintendo Revolution‘, they launched Nintendo Wii. He sold what is not written and, after her, tried, precisely, to innovate. The result? A wiiu that arrived with A bad namea worst marketing and the doors of a generational change -that of Xbox One and PS4– For which it fell in potential. Nintendo was held for sales of Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DSbut a new revolution was urged and Switch arrived. After 152 million consoles sold, and counting, Nintendo cannot play it with hardware And, precisely, he has done the same thing that already worked with Super Nintendo and … Read more

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