Why I Regret Buying the Switch 2

Hello and welcome back to a new video.

So today we have to talk about the Switch

2, which I have just got my hands on.

And as an avid fan of handheld gaming

devices and the original Switches, I've

had the original Switch, the Switch Lite,

the Switch OLED, and now I got the Switch

2.

I'm gonna make my review of it, but

unfortunately it's kind of bland, boring,

and very disappointing so far.

So first of all, it's £400, which is kind

of expensive for what it is.

And yeah, it is quite a powerful gaming

device if it can play games such as Elden

Ring and Cyberpunk.

I was quite surprised that it can even

play those games.

But so far there just doesn't seem to be

any games on it that I really want.

When I look through the games catalog for

the Switch 2, I'm very unimpressed.

They've got a new Mario Kart World game,

which is basically the same as any other

Mario Kart game apart from it's got this

new feature where you've got open-world

driving, which I don't really care for

that much.

You've got a Zelda game, which is

basically just the same Zelda game that

came out ages ago.

You've got Tears of the Kingdom.

I'm pretty sure that game came out over 3

or 2 years ago.

So it's got other games like Elden Ring,

Cyberpunk, 2077, Street Fighter 6, some

kind of Civ game.

So it's quite impressive it can play these

games in the first place.

But to be honest, all these games are very

old.

They've been out for years.

I don't really want to play Elden Ring

again because I've already played Elden

Ring loads when it came out first in 2022.

I've already played it maybe NG+4.

I don't really want to play it again and I

don't really want to pay £70 or £60 or

whatever the price tag is for it to play

this old game that I've already played a

bazillion times already.

So my problem with the Switch 2 basically

is, number one, it's kind of expensive.

For £400, I could get one of these latest

Windows handheld gaming devices like a

Steam Deck or ROG Ally X or Legion Go, and

you've just got a much better and more

interesting games catalog with cheaper

games because you've got access to Steam

and you've got Steam discounts, stuff like

that.

Nintendo is very expensive to buy games.

They usually charge £70, £60, and then

about £50 for old games like Elden Ring

when you can get these much cheaper.

On Steam.

Also, you can refund games on Steam if

you've played it for under 2 hours.

You can't really refund games on the

Nintendo Store, so you're gonna have to

buy the physical copy, and if you don't

like it, then you can hope that you can

return the physical copy or at least sell

the physical copy to someone else.

So yeah, I just— the price point is a

problem for me.

I think I'd rather get a different Windows

handheld gaming device for that money and

have a much bigger games catalog.

So the only reason to get a Switch 2 is if

you really want to play the Nintendo

games, and for some reason you really want

to play a new Mario Kart or, um, what

other new games are on it?

There's like no new games on it apart from

Mario Kart.

All the games announced coming out with it

are just old games like Street Fighter 6

or Tears of the Kingdom.

It's like they didn't prepare any new

games to come out with it and they're just

trying to sell it with old games.

And the only new game that is of any

interest to anyone is the Mario Kart World

game, which just doesn't really interest

me.

There's not really many new features for

the Switch 2.

You've got like magnetically attaching

Joy-Cons, which I don't think anyone

really asked for, anyone really cares

about.

There was nothing wrong with the slide and

click original Switch Joy-Cons.

And also with the magnetic Joy-Cons,

because they magnetically attach, there's

kind of like a flex when you bend it.

There's like a flexy creaky sound because

it's magnetically attached.

It's not going to be super secure in the

attachment.

So I'm just scrolling down the list of

games available that you can buy for the

Switch 2, and there's just nothing that

really interests me.

You've got Hitman: World of Assassination.

Okay, it's cool you can play Hitman on

Switch 2, but you could kind of already do

that with all the other handheld devices—

Steam Deck, ROG Ally.

And this game is so old, it's like 5 or

plus— 5 years or more old.

I've already got the game on Steam, I've

already played every single level.

I've played Hitman a lot because it's

quite a good game.

I don't really want to pay another £52 to

be able to play it again, but this time on

a smaller screen.

And then you've got Yakuza 0 Director's

Cut, another old game.

Cyberpunk 2077, very old game that came

out ages ago, and for some reason they're

charging £65 for a really old game.

And I've already finished it twice

actually, and I finished the DLC.

I played so much Cyberpunk 2077, I really

would not want to play it again because it

just wouldn't interest me at all,

especially not for £65.

I mean, it should be like £30 for such an

old game.

You got Donkey Kong Bonanza.

Boring.

I'm not a 10-year-old kid.

I don't care about Donkey Kong.

Yakuza 0 again.

You got Legend of Zelda: Breath of the

Wild, so that game's even more old.

That's like 5 years old.

It's not even Tears of the Kingdom.

You've got Sonic Shadow Generations.

I don't really care about Sonic all the

same.

Mario Kart World, £75 for another Mario

Kart game, which is just going to be the

same as the other Mario Kart

but with the open world driving.

Bravely Default: Flying Fairy, boring.

Some weird anime jank game.

Street Fighter 6, I think it came out 2

years ago.

I remember playing Street Fighter 6 a

couple years ago and it was okay, I guess.

I'd rather play Tekken, to be honest.

You got Rune Factory, boring.

Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom,

okay, I already played that.

Not going to spend another £65 so I can

play it again.

Pokémon Legends: Z-A, um, I think that's a

pretty old game.

There's just no new games on it.

There's not a single game here that

really— Hogwarts Legacy, another old game

that came out in 2023.

I remember playing this game at the Korean

woman's house

on my laptop, and it was boring.

It was— I mean, it looked cool, like you

could explore Hogwarts and fly around and

The combat seemed interesting, but then

you just kind of spam random wand attacks

over and over,

and the story was boring as well.

Star Wars Outlaws, apparently that was

like a big flop.

Um, I just don't see Kirby Forgotten Land,

65%.

I don't see any games that really interest

me.

Really, really disappointing launch lineup

for games.

Like, maybe I'd be interested in getting

the Switch 2, but there's just nothing on

it

that I'd really want.

What about GTA 5 on Switch 2?

That'd be cool.

So I just don't see how you can justify

spending £400 for a console when there's

nothing on it that is interesting apart

from old games.

I don't see any games.

And then you go on to

upcoming

Switch 2 games.

Switch 3.

Yeah, imagine Switch 3 in like 2050.

Okay, the our Nintendo Switch subreddit,

see what they say.

It's just going to be all the old games

again but relaunched as new games.

A new Metroid, a new Zelda.

I can't believe people are buying a new

Switch 2 just to play old Switch 1 games.

It's so stupid.

What, just because it's in 60 FPS?

Who cares?

Someone claiming Switch 2 has 30 launch

titles because they're counting all the

Switch 1 upgrade games.

It's basically a one-game launch until

Bonanza.

Yeah, exactly.

There's only one game that's not a

relaunch, and that's the Mario Kart game.

And then the next new game is going to be

the Bonanza game.

Stupid Donkey Kong.

Imagine being in your 30s, a grown adult,

and getting excited over Donkey Kong.

Stupid gorilla throwing bananas.

If you're not a kid and you're getting

excited over these games, you need to grow

the fuck up.

Play some proper games like Rainbow Six

Siege.

I mean, if you've never played these games

before, then I guess it's cool, but I'm

pretty sure most of us have already played

these games already since they came out

such a long time ago.

Yeah, so for that reason, I just— I can't

recommend Switch 2.

Boring, overpriced, no interesting games

coming out on it, and it's just a bunch of

old games on it.

Basically rubbish.