Instances that do not crack, screens that do not scratch
Whereas drifting Pleasure-Con took a while to materialise at a big scale, from the early days of Swap experiences of scratched screens and warping instances, with the worst instances of the latter even leading to cracks. Whereas teething issues with new, unproven {hardware} are to be anticipated, maybe, you’d hope that Nintendo has discovered sufficient over the previous six years to launch new {hardware} that avoids these pitfalls.
‘Swap 2’ Wishlist
And now we transfer into the ‘not-a-dealbreaker-but’ part…
An OLED display screen from the beginning
You’ll be able to by no means return. If, as rumoured, the display screen in Nintendo’s subsequent handheld is not an OLED, it is going to must be one attractive piece of package to make us overlook the colourful colors and excessive distinction of the OLED mannequin’s attractive display screen.
Actually, we virtually put this within the ‘Important’ part, however it’s additionally true that there are nice non-OLED screens out there, and in the end it isn’t going to be a dealbreaker. It is simply going to be laborious to swallow if the display screen on the ‘new’ Swap, no matter decision, does not look as vibrant and beautiful because the one many people have proper now.
Respectable in-built voice chat
We kinda received uninterested in asking for this, did not we? Sure, all of us simply hit Discord or one other app once we need to play on-line and interface with different human models, however would not or not it’s good if we might simply do it on the system itself with out getting our telephones concerned, hmm?
Non-fiddly cart slot cowl
Should you’re of a nervous disposition otherwise you chunk your nails for some other motive, you will in all probability have had bother getting the Swap’s cart slot cowl open. It isn’t a biggy, however it will be nice if this was tweaked to be a bit of clicky door.
Extra inside storage
The Swap OLED mannequin doubled the system’s inside storage to a whopping 64GB, however video games — even Swap video games — are fairly hefty today, and even if you happen to’re a physical-only gamer, the variety of required downloads and updates you will have to retailer implies that 64GB is not ample anymore. Should you purchase your video games digitally, there are a number of Swap titles that merely will not match on the system except you have received a micro SD card. Our complete file dimension for NBA 2K24, for instance, is sitting at 61.4GB on the time of writing. Nicely, that is underneath 64GB, so that you’re alright!’ we hear you say, however Swap’s working system and firmware take up a bit of the inner storage, so no, if does not match.
Realistically, virtually everybody does complement inside storage with a hefty reminiscence enlargement, and the costs are comparatively modest today, however the extra onboard reminiscence the higher in our e book. We might wish to see ‘Swap 2’ coming with a minimum of 1TB.
Analogue triggers
Not an enormous deal, however it will be good to have a bit of further analogue management in racing video games that assign the brakes and throttles to shoulder buttons. Having a binary on-off and never with the ability to gently feather the fuel leads to us spinning out, and whereas we will usually remap the accelerator to a stick with get the precision we would like, it will be good to have analogue parity with different consoles and get again the shoulder management we loved again within the GameCube days.
FLUDD in Tremendous Mario Sunshine will surely admire it.
Themes
Would we take themes over a zippy non-nonsense menu system? Not if we have been compelled to decide on, no, however blimey Nintendo, how about some color choices? Certainly throwing in a ‘Purple’ or ‘Orange’ possibility alongside the regulation White and Black is not going to pressure the chipset to breaking level!
Sure, natty 3DS-style themes and folders can be the last word purpose — and we might do unhealthy issues to get some catchy music within the residence menu or eShop — however only a splash of color can be nice.
StreetPass
Ah, how we miss ye, StreetPass. Our pretty video producer Zion has been on a mission this 12 months to maintain the 3DS StreetPass candle burning in 2023, and the characteristic’s absence on Swap has definitely made it a much less ‘enjoyable’ moveable to have about your individual. The social component it delivered to 3DS — to not point out the enjoyable little StreePass sport catalogue — was a delight, and one we might like to expertise once more on new Nintendo {hardware}.
Slicker on-line, and adios to Buddy Codes
A few perennial favourites right here. Swap made some progress with pal ideas and social media connections by way of Fb and Twitter, however it will be good to have a slicker system for including associates on a brand new system.
And, in fact, there’s the previous on-line chestnut. For the Nintendo trustworthy amongst us, years of simply placing up with on-line foibles and unconventional approaches to seemingly solved issues has left us a bit of drained and hopeless. Swap is not the worst, it might simply be easier than it’s. May this be the time Nintendo comes out with a web based system that simply connects merely and works persistently?
There are many different issues we might wish to see come to a possible new Swap that are not present issues to repair relatively than pitfalls to keep away from. In addition to hopefully migrating the Nintendo Swap On-line subscription choices to the brand new console, Swap has notably gained varied accessibility and quality-of-life capabilities all through its lifecycle by way of firmware updates. Ranging from scratch can be a mistake, particularly on the subject of bare-minimum choices comparable to button remapping and the flexibility to zoom textual content.
There’s nonetheless a lot room for Nintendo to advance in these areas, and there is completely no should be going ‘backwards’ by hitting reset on the gradual UI and have enhancements we have seen roll out since 2017. The Swap we have now in 2023 is absolutely the baseline from which to construct. We do not need to be writing about why ‘Swap 2’ does not help Bluetooth headphones or something like that.
These are our hopes for the subsequent console, however what about you? Tell us the problems you suppose most want addressing with ‘Swap 2’ within the ballot and the feedback under.
