However, there are a few features that I really do hope to see on the console.
Perhaps saying that they are must haves is a bit dramatic.
But many of them are still clearly intended to be played on a couch together.
Friends shouldnt have to use around-the-world methods to chat with each other while playing.
Its great that the Switch will be backwards compatible!
That said, Im still glad the Switch 2 will play Switch games.
I just also hope they play them better.
I dont expect miracles here.
But its fair to say that some Nintendo Switch games pushed the console to its absolute limit.
It was never a great face to begin with, I wont lie to you.
But over the last few decades, its almost like I dont recognize it anymore.
When I turn off my Switch, I see nothing but a lonely stranger looking back.
Haggard, unkempt, and forgotten.
Whether youre six or a hundred and six, Super Mario Bros. is just as fun.
Especially at that age.
Very few of us will be lucky enough to have a The Notebook-style death.
Rather than me now, which, Im going to be honest, aint so hot.
I dont know the last time I wasnt lying when someone asked, How are you?
and I said, Good.
My dad used a photo of me from the back for last years family Christmas card.
Or, at least, when it comes the beginning of thenextgame.
The Princess is kidnapped again.
TheotherPrincess is kidnapped again.
Samus falls really hard on a rock or something and loses all her powers.
Again, and again, and again, these characters get to start over.
Imagine if the Nintendo Switch 2 could erase my - or your - mistakes.
What if we could do it all over again with everything we know now?
Imagine the dreams we could live.
And by Im, I definitely mean all of us.
We all have people weve avoided for years and loose threads in life that were never tied up.
I mean that in a more forlorn way, not in a murder way.
I could play video games with so much less stress.
No distractions from flashes of de-compartmentalized guilt.
Like in Veep when Selena has Gary break up with her boyfriend on her behalf.
Thats what I want, but for apologies.
I want someone else to say Im sorry.
I want to stop thinking about the happy photos tapped to the doors when she left.
The Switch 2 could handle that so easily, I think.
If you cant erase your mistakes, you could allow someone else to face them head-on.
The DS and 3DS gave us some strong Zelda games, but they shouldn’t be trapped there.
