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TheSwitch 2is coming pretty soon!Theoretically, at least!
and I wonder what games itll have!.
and I wonder if any companies will survive to make games for it!.
Welcome Tour is a solid tech demo, but not something you really play.
But, regardless, its definitely, absolutely coming out in some form, probably.
- its a game from 2006 that mixes real-time strategy with pinball and voice commands.
Oh, and its set in feudal Japan.
We used to like that in games, but Im not sure if we do anymore?
It seems tojust make people online mad for YouTube content purposes?
Okay, Ill be honest: Odama isnt great.
But itisweird, and what makes it interesting is justhowweird it is.
This last part is especially important because you have to scream, PRESS FORWARD!
into the GameCube mic again and again and again while your constantly-dying troops tell you to screw off.
The game is a giant mess, but that mess is so much fun.
Even for the GameCube era, this game made little to no sense.
It did not sell super well.
So then why am I talking about it?
The games that somehow both blow your mind and make you wonder if you wasted your money.
Seems like a success!
Theres literally a mini game in 1-2-Switch where you have to rock a baby to sleep.
Thats the level of strange I want to see at play.
Side note, and this is just a tangent, I wish Nintendo always stayed weird with their consoles.
Its kinda easy to forget how experimental some games were early on in the Nintendo DS lifecycle.
That weird music game (app?)
was published by Nintendo!
And throughout the life of the Switch 2, not just the beginning.
Im not certain its going to happen, but I amconcernedits going to happen.
We sure stopped doing much with the HD rumble on Switch and that wasincredible.
Look, I get that what will really sell the Switch 2 isMario and his various Karts.
But the weird, experimental material is always what made Nintendo great.
Its where they started.
Theyre a toy company that came up with some truly bonkers ideas and then applied those to their games.
Without the weird swings, we dont get the games that became hits.
We dont getPikminorWii SportsorWarioWare.
Because, when those first came out, they were odd and weird and exciting.
Even if I love that first party with all my heart, I kinda want a bit more.
I have aSteam Deckand PC games have been deep diving into the weird pool for years now.
But Nintendo isverygood at making - and publishing - strange stuff.
So lets hope they keep at it.
