The 12 Days Of Switchmas: Day 1 – Fresh Life For Nintendo!
We’re just 11 days away from finding out everything there is to know about the Nintendo Switch, but before everyone makes the switch, we here at Geekscape thought it’d be fun to give our own thoughts on what we’re expecting and hoping from Nintendo’s newest console. Christmas may be over, but there’s still hype to be had. This is The 12 Days of Switchmas!
Let’s start off with a main concern of mine. The battery life. While we’re all excited that we’ll finally get the chance to play some of our favorite games like Zelda, Skyrim, and more on the go, the novelty of that might wane fast if it can only be for an hour or two. Ever since the launch of the 3DS, Nintendo has had trouble trying to keep their hardware at a decent battery life. People tend to forget that the original 3DS only had about 3-5 hours battery life (which was quickly fixed with the XL and the New 3DS line).
This problem continued to carry over to Wii U as the gamepad was left with a very abysmal battery which prompted people to always have it hooked up to a charger. I’m hearing rumblings that since the initial reveal that they’ve gotten the switch battery to clock in around 5 hours undocked, which would actually be pretty solid. All I’m asking is that I don’t want to be shelling out an extra $10-$15 on a 3rd party battery just so I can get an extra 2 hours out of the system.
Predictions
Let’s get some simple predictions out of the way first. There’s no doubt in my mind that we’ll be seeing appearances by Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and Mario Switch. They’ll almost certainly be front and center to show off the console’s power. I’m going to go out on a limb and say not only will we see a release date for both games, but that both of those releases will be on launch day, AND that both will be available in the first 2 bundles at launch.
Another thing I’m hoping for is to see the Virtual Console line-up that Nintendo has planned. I’m predicting that after years of begging and waiting that we’ll finally see the introduction of Gamecube VC (at least 3-5 titles at during launch week.) I also think that there’s a very good chance we’ll be seeing an announcement on how we’ll finally be able to transfer our Wii U VC library to the Switch for no charge, and that all existing VC titles on Wii U will also be available Day 1 on the Switch.
Time For Bets
I think that keeping excitement in check for this event is a good thing, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t get a bit crazy. This section is just for fun. I don’t expect this to happen, but it’d be pretty damn cool if it did. My bet is that with the constant success and profitability of sports games that Nintendo will see this as a chance to bring back some long awaited franchises back. That’s right! Not only will we witness the return of Wave Race and F-Zero, but these 2 games will also serve as the first titles to be part of the Nintendo E-sports brand, where they’ll have their very own leagues, tournaments, etc. You can bet on that.
That just about wraps it up for my thoughts on the Switch event. Who’ll be sharing their thoughts on the event tomorrow? Come back on the 2nd to find out! Until then, Merry Switchmas!
