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Nintendo has just postponed the Switch 2 reserves in the US. Tariffs begin to take effect on the gaming world

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Nintendo prepares the ground for A new earthquake in the video game industry. The Nintendo Switch 2long expected by the followers of the brand, promises to renew his hybrid proposal with ambition. The expectation soon translated into a movement: while the presentation was developed, the official website activated a waiting list to access. But Nintendo has decided to slightly lift the accelerator foot in the United States. The Japanese company He has postponed The beginning of the reserves of its new star product in that country. The reason? Tariffs driven from the White House, which begin to leave their first visible mark on an industry that seems to be directly exposed. No date to book in the US. As usual in Nintendo, its new devices cannot be reserved the same day they are announced. Reservations are activated days later and shipments take a little longer. This time, April 9 was the date marked in the calendar of users in the United States, but they will have to eliminate it because it is simply no longer valid. As Nintendo has pointed out In a statement issued to Polygonthis movement is because they need to “evaluate the potential impact of tariffs and changing market conditions.” We are facing a movement that prints some uncertainty about the expected launch, but not everything is such discouraging news. The shipping date is maintained. Although Nintendo will take time to evaluate the impact of new tariffs on the United States, and will later announce the new date to reserve the Nintendo Switch 2shipments are still planned for June 5. With that horizon in mind, the margin to open the reserves is not too broad. For now, it only remains to wait for Nintendo to announce the new reservations for the US market. It should be remembered that this measure affects only the United States. In the rest of the markets, everything follows as planned. In Spain, for example, reservations will begin on April 8. The context that explains it. Just over 48 hours have passed since Donald Trump will announce the “reciprocal tariffs.” The measure extends to dozens of countries, with 24 % tariffs for Japan and 46 % for Vietnam, where Nintendo has transferred part of the hardware and component production. View price increase. Tariffs, As explained by Tax Foundationthey function as taxes applied to imports. In practice, this additional cost is rarely assumed by companies: it ends up impacting directly on the consumer pocket. Impact on Nintendo and other companies. Tariffs promise to leave their mark on the technological sector, especially among companies that manufacture outside the United States. The case does not affect Nintendo only: giants like Apple also face a complex scenariodespite having diversified its production to dodge these barriers. Images | Nintendo | Cristina Glebova In Xataka | Zuckerberg, Bezos and Musk have also suffered the coup of tariffs: their fortunes have lost more zeros than they would like

A Nintendo Switch pack with a lot of content, a very cheap Samsung Watch and more. Hunting bargains

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Today is Friday of hunting bargains, so once again we have gathered the best offers we have found during the week. And much eye because there are some more interesting even than those we get to find during the spring offers party: a pack from the first Nintendo Switch, a Samsung watch, a sony headphones and more. We leave you with the five best offers of the week. Nintendo Switch Oled (Pack) by 349.95 eurosfor practically what the console alone costs (a few more euros) we have this pack with several video games, a cover, a lamp and more. Samsung Galaxy Watch6 Classic by 229 eurosa very interesting price for such a complete watch in its Classic version. Google Pixel 8a by 449 eurosthe mobile in its 256 GB configuration has dropped price with a good discount. Sony Ult Wear by 149 eurossome top headphones for the price they have. The breath of the gods by 26.50 eurosa book by Brandon Sanderson that is ideal to start the cosmere. Nintendo Switch Oled (Pack) If you have not convinced you what has been shown from the Nintendo Switch 2especially in relation to prices, one of the best ways to enter the current generation is with the Pack that has launched XTralife of the Nintendo Switchin this case in its OLED version. Much eye because it costs 349.95 eurosalmost the same as the console with nothing, but includes a lot of content. The Nintendo Switch Oled pack comes with Two video games‘Mario Kart 8 Deluxe‘ and ‘Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope‘, A protective case, a 12 -month subscription to Nintendo Switch online and a Pixel Art de Super Mario design lamp. Nintendo Switch Oled (Pack) * Some price may have changed from the last review Samsung Galaxy Watch6 Classic These last two weeks we have seen very good prices in several of Samsung’s wearables. This time it has touched the turn of Samsung Galaxy Watch6 Classica beautiful smart watch that comes with the classic mechanical bezelis available in its 47 mm configuration and its operating system is Wearos. It also has many sensors to monitor physical activity. All this for 229 euros. Samsung Galaxy Watch6 Classic (4g LTE, 47 mm) * Some price may have changed from the last review Google Pixel 8a The same has happened with the Google Pixel 8a. For a few weeks we have it in several stores at a very good price, and although its configuration of 128 GB we can find it for 399 eurosthat of 256 GB It has a better value for money, since its price is 449 euros (With this we are not so limited with respect to its storage capacity). Google’s mobile highlights, above all, for its design, for the software – and all the updates you will receive during the next few years– And for his camera. * Some price may have changed from the last review Sony Ult Wear If you are looking for good Bluetooth headphones, much eye because Sony Ult Wear They have fallen again in Mediamarkt. As for design, they approach (saving the distances) to what is seen in the WH-1000XM5. They have a very good construction, they offer a Excellent noise cancellation and its battery offers an approximate autonomy of up to 30 hours. We can find them in the store for 149 euros. * Some price may have changed from the last review The breath of the gods I always like to leave a recommendation at the end of hunting bargains. This time it is about ‘The breath of the gods‘, a book by Brandon Sanderson much less known than the saga born of the mist (Mistborn), but that I liked for his particular premise. 26.50 euros This is what the Nova edition costs and the novel tells us the story of a struggle of powers between several nations; One with a reigning God and another with the old royal family, who had to flee after a war. The curious thing is how it addresses Sanderson the issue of powers: each person has a breath that can transfer to another person. If you accumulate them, depending on the figure, You can wake up or improve certain attributesas a sensory capacity. In addition, you can transfer powers to inanimate objects that come from living beings. A curious power at least, but also quite useful. ‘The breath of the gods’ It is one of the best ways to start reading the cosmere next to ‘Elantris‘ and ‘Batter of the Bruma‘. If we just want to read the novel, there is no problem: it is a self -conscious book. * 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. Image | Nintendo, Samsung, Google, Sony, Nova In Xataka | The best mobiles (2025), we have tried them and here are their analysis In Xataka | The best smartwatch (2025): their analysis and videos are here

Is Nintendo Switch 2 penalty?

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The noise generated by Nintendo Switch 2. In a generous direct one hour, the Japanese company presented almost all the details of its new console. Command functions, launch catalog and titles that will be to come. The event hangover was longsince after it we find out about the price, of the increase in the price of games and of issues such as ‘Broadcast’ Reserve System. Since yesterday, several friends have asked me if they reserve Nintendo Switch 2. I have been raising a few hours What will I do when the machine goes on sale And then I will try to answer that great question a little if, as a Nintendo Switch user, Nintendo Switch 2 is worth penalty. To do so, I am going to put myself in the skin of the different profiles of players that can feel identified at this time. Switch user since April 2017 Eight years have passed since the launch of the previous console and you will surely have played all the great exclusive that have been launched for the machine. You may be updated to the model OLED To have a better experience when you are not on TV, but if your profile is a user ‘dedicated’ to switch taking advantage of that hybrid model it proposes, I think it is a good idea to buy Nintendo Switch 2 of launch. In the absence of seeing the screen of the new console, moving from a good OLED to a LCD (by a lot of resolution, 120 fps and HDR that has) seems like a step back, but in the dong to Switch the seams have been noticeable for a long time, a lot of time. The purchase of the first is more than amortized and, although you could continue for a time with switch and make the jump to Switch 2 in the future, play ‘Mario Kart World‘ and ‘Doneky Kong Baniza‘In summer, as well as that future’Metroid Prime 4: Beyond‘With improvements, it will be a taste. In addition, and obviously, in the Direct we saw a lot of multiplatform games. If you are only Nintendo user, titles like ‘Elden Ring‘,’Yakuza 0‘ either ‘Cyberpunk 2077‘, among others that will arrive, open a huge fan for a switch catalog that is already dilated. And that for not having the retrocompatibility with all Switch physical and digital games that you have not yet played or added such as the Gamecube emulation in Nintendo Online. As I say, in this case (player who only has switch), I think that making the jump to Switch 2 launch is a good idea. And let it go in summer is a good incentive to enjoy it for hours, hours and hours with games already thrown or with which they will come. You have switch, but also another platform You may have a launch switch, but you have also been doing with a Xbox Series x or one PS5. Maybe also with a Steam Deck Because that portable game already supplies Nintendo Switch, but you wanted a ‘cyberpunk 2077’ portable. Or you had switch for laptop and lounge plus one Gaming PC in conditions. Come on, you give all the sticks. Here it will depend on something very important: how long does Nintendo want to stretch the first switch with its exclusive. That is, in this case, you use the other platform for its exclusive and multiplatform, but Switch may have it for what you want to play in laptops plus those that you can only play in a Nintendo machine. Games like ‘Metroid Prime 4: Beyond’ will also arrive at Switch Switch 2 would make the same meaning as Switch, but if Nintendo continues to launch its games on both machines once the successor and the exclusive Switch 2 do not call you for the moment, maybe waiting is a good idea. It all depends, in this case, the games: if you want to play ‘Mario Kart World’ because the saga flips, You have no choice but to buy the new console Because it will be exclusive to her. If what calls you is ‘Metroid Prime 4: Beyond’, it will also be on switch. As I say, a switch 2 makes sense for the exclusive Nintendo if you already have other platforms in which to play the rest of third companies catalog, but if the games that interest you still appear in your switch, perhaps waiting for a price reduction or a second -hand offer for Switch 2 is not a bad idea. Are you laptop or desktop? Casual or more jugon? In this case I will raise a double melon because here I have a very clear answer depending on your style of play. Here it will give the same if you only have switch or more platforms: the new console makes you tilín and you want to buy it, without more, so I will not value more cases than how much you play and in what format. And I have it so clear that I will summarize it a lot: Yes resounding. If you play more in desktop mode, Switch 2 is a good purchase. What has been said above: Switch has been dragging for a long time and Switch 2 is updated in resolution and performance. In desktop and large screen is where video games are most noticeable, so seeing titles at more resolution, with more definition of textures and with that support for 60 fps or 120 fps in 1080p, as well as HDR support, is interesting. And if you are very jug, I say the same. No, at least for the moment. If you play in laptop, especially if you have an OLED, I consider that you can wait for it to get off. The Switch 2 resolution is 1080p, has HDR and 120 Hz in the panel, but in the end they are still 7.9 inches and yes, that increase in definition in image and textures is noted, but when playing on … Read more

60 euros for a camera, 90 for a game. The worst (and best) of Nintendo prices for switch 2

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More than 24 hours have passed since the announcement of Nintendo’s switch 2that we have even reached Person in Person in Paris With journalists from all over Europe. And after the impact of the novelty, one of the revelations (which was not done on the Direct, but subsequently leaked) does not end up dissipating: the price. In social networks and among fans it is one of the issues that are most doubts: Has it gone from braking Nintendo? Are there things you should not charge for? We have reviewed a few prices announced for devices and services related to Switch 2, and we clarify what they think. Switch 2: 469.99 euros. He came to rumore at the time that would cost 400 euros, and there were already those who shout in the sky. 329.95 euros was what cost the Switch 1, that is, with this Nintendo has risen almost 50%. It is a higher power console, but comparable to its predecessor, as demonstrated by the strong retrocompatibility between consoles. With Few novelties at hardware levelthe big question for this generation of Nintendo consoles is whether such a rise is justified. Games: up to 90 euros. He Price of ‘Mario Kart World’ It is being the meal of the fans for a very simple reason. Nintendo is not only taking advantage of the fact that the game is going to be sold as hot bread (or is forcing, between the lines, to buy the console with the game included): it is opening the door for AAA releases in the coming months. No one in the industry doubts that, after this step, ‘GTA VI ‘ It will cost at least a hundred euros, perhaps more. 90 euros for a game in which we are going to literally invest hundreds of hours may not be too much: what scares is what comes next. Nintendo Switch 2: 59.99 euros chamber. One of the Switch 2 Direct Dishes was the emphasis that was made in the possibility of chatting with friends (exclusive online function, by the way), on divided screens and in the same game or different. It will also serve for new ‘Mario Party’ games, where good use of the chamber possibilities will be made. In the must, it has no micro … and unofficial alternatives are already appearing such as This carnivorous plantsomething cheaper. For our liking, a very exclusive product with a limited life and a price of authentic whim. Nintendo Gamecube command (GCN): 69.99 euros. Highly exclusive, since it will only be available for Nintendo Switch online subscribers and, at first, those who have received an invitation to reserve a Switch 2 will be offered. In any case, another excess for a whim: Gamecube games are welcome in the online switch catalog, but some restriction like that it arrives exclusively at switch 2 Help Nintendo make friends. MicroSD Express cards: 59.99 euros. The fact that the first switch memory cards, the classic microSD are also not going to be compatible with the Switch 2. It is a necessary format, yes, so that the loads are faster. Switch 2: € 89.99 Switch command. Significantly, one of the most expensive gadgets that can be bought for Switch 2, but also one of the most profitable: the command is not only great and almost mandatory for more demanding games. You also have to keep in mind that the pro of the first switch will be compatible with Switch 2: The only novelty of this new version is button C to activate the chat. Of course, if you don’t have it the purchase is almost obliged. 1: 80 euros switch games. It is understandable that the improvements in switch games to be enjoyed on Switch 2 have a certain price, although here they are in the limits of the reasonable, around one thousand and two thousand yen (around ten euros). Less sensible seems to charge 80 euros for games such as ‘Breath of the Wild’ or ‘Tears of the Kingdom’, as well as other games that enjoy improvements in Switch 2, such as ‘Mario Part Jamboree’ or Kirby’s, if the original version is not available and they want to buy from new ones. ‘Nintendo Switch 2 Welcomo Tour’: around 10 euros. This kind of camouflaged technical demo is not especially expensive (990 yen are in the Japanese tab), but let’s not fool ourselves: it should come as a gift with the console. What a welcome is if charged! Let us remember a much more generosity case (and with a game that, in principle, paints much better): the magnificent ‘Astro’s Playroom’ that served to discover the characteristics of PlayStation 5 and was included with the console. Header | Nintendo In Xataka | We have already tried ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ in Nintendo Switch 2. Also ‘Metroid Prime 4’, ‘Mario Kart World’ and the ‘Zelda’ improved

We have already tried ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ in Nintendo Switch 2. Also ‘Metroid Prime 4’, ‘Mario Kart World’ and the ‘Zelda’ improved

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The hopeful Switch 2 is hereand we have not only been able to find out all the technical details, at the same time as the rest of the planet. Like everyone, we have surprised ourselves with News of the catalogwe have asked ourselves questions about hardware peculiarities and we have arched eyebrows with prices. But in addition, we have had the opportunity to try the first games of the console, a few exclusive and some ports, and these have been the sensations. As you can see, we have not come to taste all the news presented In the Direct. For example, perhaps the biggest surprise, it can more than the exclusive Nintendo, it has been ‘The Duskbloods’, the DefromSoftware game that will be exclusively (at least temporarily) on Switch 2, but was not available to be played, like many of the others THIRD-PARTS announced. But most (and of course, all of Nintendo) were at our disposal, so we have first -hand opinions. Mario Kart World Although the most intriguing proposal of this new ‘Mario Kart’ is its possibilities as an open world, we have not been able to explore it more than punctually (before all the players join a race, we have been able to zascandilear field through, with the only result of detaching us for a precipice). But we have played other ways: a Grand Prix in local competitive, a career against the game and a fun way against more than twenty online players, with a frantic system and the driver of Checkpoints increasingly demanding. Few differences are superficial and mechanical with the already legendary ‘Mario Kart 8’ that devastated Switch incarnation, but the power rise in the new console is evident: atmospheric effects, journeys with impressive level changes, specific details such as making Slides On elongated or circular surfaces by others in horizontal … Of course, the softness and speed of the game is impeccable, and although an infallible formula does not revolutionize anything, the new graphic capacity of the console, which allows for example effects of Ray Tracingit is very visible. Is it worth 90 euros? We fear that this is a very personal matter. Donkey Kong Baniza We came with the secret hope to run into a ‘Super Mario’ in 3D, even if it was a sequel to ‘Odyssey’. But ‘Super Mario Bros. Wonder’ is, perhaps, too close, so this ‘bananza’ not only becomes, de facto, in that anmulation of a colorful and carefree world to explore and that we subconsciously link Mario, but also in one of the surprises of the day. Everything in ‘Donkey Kong Baniza’ is destroyed, and with controls that emulate in the arrangement of the buttons the four orientations towards which tube can be shaken, we have an exploration and demolition game that is pure fun. Visually delicious and with classic 2D phases (which we have not come to play), this ‘bananza’ demonstrates that Nintendo remains the best in its specialty: digital toys, without more purpose than fun and invite the player to experience. Without a doubt, the title that we expect most from the initial batch of the console. Metroid Prime 4: Beyond One of the games that we wanted most to try, not only because it is Samus’s return and because of how anticipated this delivery, but because of the possibility of using the new mouse -type controls of the Joycon. The experiment has its buts (with big hands, control is anything but ergonomic), but certainly adds a very interesting dimension to the game. We will tell more detail in the future article, but the really interesting thing about the experiment is to pass without pauses in a traditional joycon mode, one for the accuracy in the one pointed in the fighting, another to explore. The sum is interesting, at least on paper. And ‘Metroid 4’ How are you? Well, as never: visual spectacularity and more frantic, explosive and spectacular fighting. It will be necessary to see if the game retains that almost magical balance between silent and meditative wandering and frantic shootings against the pirates. Drag X Drive Let us recognize it: the game is simpler than the mechanism of a rattle, but we have fun as mycos in this kind of spatial paralympic basketball in which two teams of three robots in wheelchairs give tube and snatch the ball to mark in the opposite basket. The fun, obviously, is that it is controlled with the two Joycon as mice, imitating with your hands the movement to boost the wheels with your hands. The result is easy to understand but difficult to dominate, and until we have become accustomed to browsing the JoyCon against the table, the six opponents seemed drunk and drunken ades. A lot of noise and a lot of fury in a game that we have something scarce as an independent title, but that as a cheap downloadable can provide more than an afternoon of exhibition of mechanical gross. Breath of Wild and Tears of Kingdom The improved game that we most wanted to try does not have such evident improvements as others, with new levels or tests, because the two Zelda deliveries for Switch were already impressive in the visual. But more fluidity is noticed, there is some level that shines thanks to the improvements in the rate of Frames And the excellent management of the new console will well deserve a renewed walk through Hyrule. Although we have not been able to explore it thoroughly, what we have seen from the Zelda Notes for the mobile seems to add a new and interesting dimension to the game. Super Mario Party Jamboree Another of the improved games from the switch catalog. In this case, the impulse is evident: new mini -games where the newly presented camera for video calls will be used. We will not compete with Mario’s fauna characters, but with our own full -body avatars, and we have participated in mini -games, as always, noisy and demential, where you have to … Read more

Nintendo has not said if the switch 2 uses AI to reach 4K UHD and 60 Hz. This is our bet

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Image reconstruction technology through artificial intelligence (AI) has reached the world of video games to stay. They use Nvidia, Intel and AMD in their graphics cards for PC. They use Sony and Microsoft on their desktop consoles. AND, Although Nintendo has not officialized anythingat least, about itself Switch 2 He also uses it, we can be sure that it is so. The hardware of this hybrid machine requires it. Before moving forward, we are briefly reviewing what we know about the specifications of The new Nintendo console. Its screen resorts to a 7.9 -inch LCD panel with Full HD resolution (1080p) capable of working with a maximum soda frequency of 120 Hz and compatible with HDR Contents and adaptive soda (VRR). No surprise so far. However, the next component in which we are worth looking is your SOC. The question is not whether Nintendo USA. Is what quality has Switch 2 Nintendo is not very given to make public the detailed specifications of its hardware, but we know that the Switch 2 SOC has been designed by NVIDIA, and it is probably a chip derived from one of the latest models of the Tegra family known as T239. Presumably this socutina sockets 8 ARM A78C cores for the CPU, a GPU with an undetermined amount of CUDA nuclei (possibly has about 1,500 nuclei of this type) and an 128 -bit memory interface. Switch 2 hardware is not enough to render native to 4K UHD (2160p) and 60 FPS games These specifications are not official, but they are very credible. And, more importantly, they are not bad for a machine like switch 2. However, and this is really relevant, This hardware is not enough to rendering natively lasting games to 4K UHD (2160p) with a sustained cadence of 60 fps. Not even 30 fps. During their presentation those of Kyoto have taught us ‘Metroid Prime 4: Beyond’ running at 60 solid fps on a switch 2. And we have also seen ‘Cyberpunk 2077’, ‘Elden Ring’ and other triple to ambitious titles with an apparently very dignified finish. In order for this hybrid console to be able to deliver to a TV a video signal with 2160p resolution and 60 fps, or to show 1080p images to 120 fps on its own screen, you need to resort to the reconstruction of the image through AI. This is not the slightest doubt, although Nintendo has not talked about it. One option was to reach an agreement with Nvidia to implement its technology DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling), But it is reasonable to accept that the Switch 2 SOC can hardly deal with the latest iterations of the image reconstruction technology that the engineers of the company led by Jensen Huang have ready. Yes, Switch 2 uses AI to rebuild the images of the games. We can be reasonably sure of this. However, what we have seen so far invites us to conclude that it is not DLSS, but possibly a somewhat less ambitious technology presumably developed by Nintendo itself. They believe it in Digital Foundry. And we also suspect it. Anyway until we have the opportunity to calmly try this console and the games that I have mentioned in this article we will not be able to accurately assess its graphic capabilities. More information | Nintendo In Xataka | The new Nintendo Switch 2 is a message to the other companies: games above technical specifications

Nintendo has a fantastic idea to avoid speculation with the reserves of the Switch 2: that you are a fan

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After waiting, maybe, too much, yesterday was finally presented Nintendo Switch 2. We already have All the details from the new Nintendo hybrid console, but the funny thing is that just after the event, The hangover began. It is when we met the price of the console and the significant price increase of the games, the controversies’Game key cardsand his Retrocompatibility. The other big question was where and when you could book Nintendo Switch 2. And the answer is that Nintendo opens a fairly restrictive invitation system (and that makes sense half). Switch 2 by invitation. The launch of Nintendo Switch 2 will occur on June 5. We do not know if the dantesque situation of the first switch will be repeated, With stock breakage every two by three Because Nintendo did not supply and, just in case, the Japanese confirmed in their online store that can be reserved from April 8. However, that reservation will not be as simple as clicking on the corresponding button and expect to get to us. As says the company itself, “initially only the subscribers of Nintendo switch online that they receive an invitation will have the opportunity to book the Nintendo Switch 2 console in My Nintendo Store. “And it has a lot, but that a lot of small print. Requirements … curious. Nintendo does not invent anything with this system that we have already seen in many other products. The mobiles of the first years of OnePlus are the clearest example, but there are a number of conditions that we must meet if we want to reserve a Switch 2 on the company’s website. We must demonstrate that we are “fans”, so to speak, fulfilling the following: Be subscribed to Nintendo Switch online before March 31, 2025. Therefore, if you subscribe now, you don’t care. Having spent some time playing switch titles that have bought. Priority will be given to those who have accumulated a longer game time. Share use information with Nintendo. Have agreed to share information with Nintendo and receive offers. Have agreed to receive emails and advertising messages from Nintendo and not have withdrawn the consent on the day the invitation is invited. More small print. It is … too much, with some questionable points such as, above all, the last one, but even the small print has even smaller lyrics. For example, if you meet all that, but you have an online family account of which you are not the main holder, you will not be considered for the invitation. “In the case of family subscriptions, only the person who has bought the subscription will be taken into account for the invitation. The rest of the members of the family subscription will not qualify for the invitation process,” says the company. Antibots system. They are too restrictive, but they also comment that “it is possible that the selection criteria relax” later, but that they do so to give “priority to the most enthusiastic players of Nintendo Switch“. And, in a way, although it is something that we can raise an eyebrow, it makes sense to combat a scourge in the world of video games (which often foster the companies with stock too low): the bots and the resale. If you are in the world of video games, you will know that every time something limited comes out, it is usually exhausted in seconds and, almost instantly, they appear in stores like Wallapop with inflated prices. We saw it very recently with the PS5 30 anniversary edition, and it is something that has also been seen a lot with elements of Nintendo itself. With this system, the problem of user bots that tracks the web accumulating reservations to resell the product is removed. It makes sense, but. The lagoon of this system is that Nintendo Switch 2 is available to book … almost in any trade. You can reserve it in Amazonbut also in stores like Game or Mediamarkt. In Xtralife they are pending Open reservations And in Fnac you can reserve the same packs as in the rest of the shops: the basic and the one that carries’Mario Kart World‘. Therefore, although Nintendo wants to “reward fans” for Nintendo Switch 2 reserves, it is still a machine that, logically, is now available in almost any video game trade and should not be waiting for April 8 to reserve it. What is not known is what will happen once the reserves are exhausted and if we will return to the situation of the first months of Switch. In Xataka | The new Nintendo Switch 2 is a message to the other companies: games above technical specifications

Nintendo Switch 2 vs Nintendo Switch. What hybrid console buy and how are they differentiated

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We have finally known more details about the Nintendo Switch 2the next Nintendo console that has been presented not without its particular controversies that will give much to talk about for months. Therefore, in this article we wanted to gather and comment what are the main differences between the new and current generation of Nintendo Switch. Is it worth making the leap as soon as it is launched? How much do video games cost? We explain it in the following lines. It is worth mentioning that certain details we will not explain them Because they have not yet been confirmed or there are some gaps that Nintendo must clarify. Such as details about the so -called “Game key cards“Or, although we partially know them, the Technical Hardware Specificationsas is the case of the processor. The same goes for the Retrocompatibilitythere are still some unknowns that should be clarified. Technical specifications of Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch (standard) Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch Oled Nintendo Switch 2 dimensions and weight 238 x 101.6 x 14 mm 299 grams (without joy-with) 399 grams (with Joy-Con) 241 x 101 x 14 mm 322 grams (without joy-with) 426.38 grams (with Joy-Con) 272 x 116 x 13.9 mm 401 grams (without joy-with) 534 grams (with Joy-Con) screen 6.2 -inch LCD HD resolution (1,280 x 720 pixels) 7 -inch OLED HD resolution (1,280 x 720 pixels) 7.9 inches LCD FullHD resolution (1,920 x 1,080 pixels) 120 Hz HDR processor NVIDIDA CUSTOM TERRA NVIDIDA CUSTOM TERRA Nvidia (to be determined) RAM – – To be determined Internal storage 32 GB Expandable by microSDHC or microSDXC cards 64 GB Expandable by microSDHC or microSDXC cards 256 GB Expandable by MicroSD Express cards Wireless connectivity WIFI Bluetooth WIFI Bluetooth Wifi 6 Bluetooth Video saltity 1.080p in TV mode 720p in portable mode 1.080p in TV mode 720p in portable mode 4K at 60 fps with HDR FullHD/1.440PA 120 fps with HDR audio Stereo speakers Stereo speakers Linear PCM 5.1 (TV) Stereo speakers Monoaural microphone buttons On Volume On Volume On Volume GameChat button ports USB-C 3.5 mm jack USB-C 3.5 mm jack USB-C (x2) 3.5 mm jack battery 4,310 mAh Load time: 3 hours 4,310 mAh Load time: 3 hours 5,220 mAh Load time: 3 hours autonomy From 4.5 to 9 hours It depends on the game From 4.5 to 9 hours It depends on the game 2 to 6.5 hours It depends on the game price From 289.95 euros From 344.95 euros 469.99 euros * Some price may have changed from the last review Nintendo Switch 2 (Reserva) * Some price may have changed from the last review Differences between Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch LCD and OLED Nintendo Switch (left) and Nintendo Switch 2 (right) It is undeniable that over the years technology has advanced. Nintendo Switch 2 comes with a LCD panelbut … is it really a panel similar to that of Nintendo Switch? The truth is that no. The Nintendo Switch is available with the LCD panel that we could see after the launch of version V2 (it is also the one that carried the original console), in addition to the corresponding OLED version that is the last one that has been marketed. On the other hand, for the moment the Nintendo Switch 2 will arrive with an LCD panel without the possibility of choosing any OLED model. Offers greater diagonal (7.99 inches compared to 6.2 of the switch and 7 of the OLED), a refreshment rate of 120 Hz and compatibility with the image format HDR. It is a LCD panel, but everything adds, and these technologies or specifications get it better. New joy-with new functions Joy-magnetic with the new “C” button of access to Gamechat. A generational change implies, or has at least involved in most cases, that the controls suffer certain changes to add improvements. The joy-with 2 will not only have the Magnetic grip that we could see in the announcement of the console, but they will also have a mouse function (They can literally be used as if they were a mouse for certain games). They have also suffered certain improvements that users already demanded with the Nintendo Switch: SR and SL buttons They have grown in size to be more comfortable to play when using the Joy-Con separately and the Joystick have also grown slightly. Nintendo Switch Online Add more functions Next to the console, a good assortment of accessories was announced. Nintendo Switch Online (NSO) It is the payment subscription that we already find with the Nintendo Switch. In this first console at the beginning you could play in online multiplayer and then some functions such as having access to expansions or content of some video games, access to exclusive offers or devices and access to demonstrations of some games, among others, were arriving. With the Nintendo Switch 2 they will arrive even more functions. Among them, we will have access to the improvements of some video games released in Nintendo Switch totally free, but one of the inherent functions of the console, Gamechat, is paid: We can only use it if we have an active subscription. And much eye because it is not an additional function of the console, it is a function of it. Power, graphic quality and performance Some Nintendo Switch video games will receive improvements for Nintendo Switch 2. Many years have passed since the Nintendo Switch was launched. During this time technology has taken giant steps, so the Nintendo Switch 2 will have A power and much greater performance than in the current generation. We cannot say much about the processor beyond that it is from Nvidia because nothing is known about it. What is evident is that the graphic quality of video games improves in Nintendo Switch 2. There is not only an increase in the resolution that can be squeezed from video games, but that the dock will allow the Recalado to 4K in certain compatible video games. Which … Read more

Nintendo Switch 2 had one of its battle horses in retrocompatibility. Has resolved it in the Nintendo style

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We had to wait, but after the official announcement of Nintendo Switch 2 Almost three months ago, Nintendo has finally celebrated the long -awaited Direct in which he has spoken long and lying about the successor of one of the most successful consoles in history. We already know the price, date and launch catalogbut there is a detail that makes a crucial difference with respect to its predecessor: Nintendo Switch 2 is retrocompatible. And although that was confirmed on January 16, its relevance goes far beyond what it seems. Supposes the return of a historical characteristic in Nintendo that disappeared, precisely when Switch It was launched in 2017. Now: It’s not like many expected. Or, well, seeing the direction of the industry, it may be exactly as we imagined … Fragmented history Let’s rewind a little historical review. Nintendo is a company that laid the foundations for the video game as we know it now, not only in desktop, but in laptop. Nintendo Switch was the union of the two ways of playingbut until his arrival, we had desktop consoles, on the one hand, and laptops on the other. Nes, SNES and Nintendo 64 were independent products. Each console had its own guts and none worried about looking at the past. There were unofficial accessories to play NES in SNES and the same in Nintendo 64, but when the Japanese launched a desktop console, they only looked at the future. It is logical: make a console retrocompatible implies that the new machine must carry the original circuitry of the previous machine. The first PS3 model carried a PS2 inside, something they eliminated with later versions to save costs. It could also be emulation by software as Xbox 360 did with the original Xbox, but it was not the same. That retrocompatibility was no stranger to the Nintendo laptops line. Game Boy Color was compatible with Game Boy games, Game Boy Advance admitted Game Boy Color and Nintendo DS games even had Port for Game Boy Advance games. In desktop, however, the villantazo arrived with Wii. After the commercial failures of Nintendo 64 and Gamecube, the ‘Great N’ opted for a Wii that DVD read, but also the disc format of its previous console. Wii was a Gamecube who could not only read his games, but to which we could connect his peripherals as controls and memory cards. It was a total retrocompatibility. And Wiiu, despite its failure, could also execute Wii games native. Nintendo Switch and his poor “virtual console” Ok, Wii and Wiiu read albums, but … What happened in laptops? Well, Nintendo 3DS lost retrocompatibility with Game Boy Advance cartridges, but admitted the huge DS catalog, thus being a very, very complete console. But 2017 arrived, Nintendo Switch was launched and retrocompatibility was lost. It was logical for two reasons. The first: I had no record slot, since its format are memory cards -I still call them cartridges, and I don’t get off this ship. The second: although it had a USB accessory to read albums, Switch’s architecture was ARM while the previous ones were PowerPC. Switch virtual console is a nintendo online section Come on, you could not play the previous games in a switch that totally broke with the past. But … And for software? In recent years we have seen how this software emulation has advanced a lot (especially thanks to Microsoft’s efforts), but Nintendo already had its Virtual console both in Wii and Wiiu, allowing generations such as NES, SNES and N64. He was one of his bastions, in fact, and did not need to have the circuitry of the previous machines to work. And there were even mega drive or PC Engine titles. It was a jewel for the nostalgic and you could buy for little money the title you would like. Switch 2 cartridges have the same format, but different color Switch, with his Nvidia Tegra chip, could do that perfectly. And yes, he did, through the ‘virtual console’ of the Nintendo Online subscription. It was not the same concept that we saw in Wii and the catalog, although it has been expanding, it is smaller (apart from the fact that the games do not belong to you, since you do not buy them individually, but that they are within the subscription), but at least it was shown that Switch could treasure part of that legacy of the company. The controversial retrocompatibility of Nintendo Switch 2 And here we are, eight years later, and getting closer to the launch of A Switch 2 that will not paste that door to the past. It is compatible with Nintendo Online, but the most important thing is that the machine repeats the play we saw in Game Boy and Nintendo DS: you can put the cartridge of a switch game and enjoy perfectly on Switch 2. There were only two details that we should know: what would be the improvements and if it would be free to put the game that you already had to enjoy. And yes, but no. In the Direct, Nintendo has mentioned that we can put our cartridge of a switch game and enjoy the new console, but the title will not have first changes. Now, some like ‘Kirby and the Forgotten Earth’, ‘The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’ and ‘Tears of the Kingdom’, among others, will have a new version: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition calls. They will be launched in physical format as if it were a new version, but you can also enter the cartridge we have and buy a package that will unlock extra content or improvements for that game. Come on: a payment update to enjoy those improvements/new content. In the ‘Zelda’, they have confirmed that we will have a more stable second rate, as well as a higher resolution and HDR compatibility. In the title of ‘Kirby’, apart from better graphics, we will have a new exclusive story. Finally, GameCube retrocompatbility will arrive. … Read more

Nintendo Switch 2 will have “Key cards”. And the big question is what it is for the future of physical format

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On June 5 it will be launched Nintendo Switch 2. In a one -hour event, the Japanese company has Clear almost all doubts That there was on its new console, but beyond being a celebration and although the presentation has been an avalanche of games, the aftertaste that has left among users is bittersweet. Nintendo Switch 2 will be retrocompatible with Siwtch 1 game cards, but to enjoy improvements We will have to pay. The price of the console will start from 470 euros in Europe (but in Japan it will be much cheaper so that more people can buy it, saying by Nintendo). And physical games They already go to 90 euros. In social networks, the conversation revolves around something else: the ‘Key or’ Game Key Card ‘Nintendo Switch 2. And it is a concept … controversial, at least. The “Key Key Card ‘Game Cards” Nintendo Switch 2 During the presentation, there were elements that Nintendo did not detail. For example, to know the price we had to enter the Nintendo Store, the same for the price of the games. And when he talked about the formats, the company just said two things: That the game cards will be the same size as those of Switch, but will be red and will read data at a higher speed. That normal microSD cards will not be compatible, since it will be necessary to buy microSD Express cards that read data at a speed, again. It is logical, because more demanding games at the visual level need storage support with a higher reading speed to be able to do streaming of data without interruptions. What did not say anything is one of the ‘game key cards’. Again, it is after the presentation when we find out about this matter, and it is the one that is raising blisters among users on social networks. In the Nintendo Support Pagethey say the following about this third alternative format to the physicist and digital: Game key cards are different from normal game cards since they do not contain complete game data. Instead, the game key card is your “key” to download the full game to your console through the Internet. After completing the download, you can insert the game key on your console and play as you do with a normal physical game card. They also show an example of the notice that will be in the physical cover: The operation is simple: we buy a box with this cartridge-lave, we introduce it in the console and we are given the possibility of downloading the game associated with it. The cartridge has no informationso the game is saved in the MicroSD Express that we have bought separately and will be from where it is executed. When we want to play that game, we will have to put the corresponding cartridge-lave, be connected to the Internet the first time we start it (subsequent starts do not need the Internet, but the cartridge-llave is already playing. It is a mixture between physical card and digital game. What is the point? The only one that occurs to me is that it is for games that have a higher weight to the maximum of the game cards or for small editors who want to have physical pretence in stores (although more caught with tweezers this). But of course, it also gives rise to another interpretation: Nintendo kills the conventional physical format. . Too much fog, but with precedents on switch Nintendo says clearly: “The game key cards are different from normal game cards, since they do not contain the complete game data” and “This is a box of a game key.” There are no need to clarify it, but these phrases would imply that, on the one hand, the normal game cards will be and, on the other, the key cards. There will be games that come inside the card and others whose card is simply an ‘activator’ For the game that you download from the eShop. Nintendo has said that Siwtch 2 game cards have a higher reading speed. If they are just an activator, it wouldn’t make sense, right? Supporting this theory, we have ‘Cyberpunk 2077’. Your responsible They affirm The following: “Nintendo Switch 2 owners can buy the game on a 64 GB game card or by digital download in the Nintendo Eshop.” The other interpretation, however, is that the “game key cards” are those of Switch 2 and the “normal game cards” those of Switch 1, which would imply a death of the ‘pure’ physical format on the new machine. And that is why it is mandatory to use MicroSD Express cards in Switch 2, because everything will go on them. That is the reading that is being done in networks and the one that gives rise to the company itself due to the diffuse messages. Currently, Nintendo already offers boxes that do not wear the game. An example is the ‘code in a box’ like that of ‘It Takes Two‘ either ‘Final Fantasy VII‘, Boxes that are in physical format, but do not have a game card: only a code to download them from eShop. On the other hand, titles like ‘Noire‘They have a giant notice of “requires Internet download.” I had not done the test until now, since I always had my connected switch, but I have put the game on the console, I have removed the connection to the network and … I can’t play. Basically, at least that is what it seems, that new notice of the Nintendo Switch 2 boxes makes it more clear that, or you have the Internet, or do not play that specific game. With the case of ‘La Noire’ I thought it was a certain additional content or some chapter that did not enter the ‘cartridge’. And it may be so, but the truth is that it does not let me play without downloading the data before. Other cases, such as the ‘Heritage Pack’ … Read more

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