The render includes Dbrand's Killswitch case for what Dbrand claims is a legitimate Switch 2 model
  • MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io
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    8 days ago

    TBF, doing the same thing a second time but better is not Nintendo’s MO. Theres usually a new gimmick or form factor, or it’s just a refresh. The New 3DS was an outlier in that respect.

    • Kelly@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 days ago

      While they do like to mix things up on occasion they have there fair share of consoles that feel like iterations on a theme.

      • NES>SNES
      • N64>GameCube
      • GB>GBA
      • DS>3DS

      With official announcements of a Switch successor including continuing software compatibility it seemed likely that it would keep the general form factor.

        • Kelly@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          8 days ago

          Branding aside, the GameCube had:

          • four controller sockets built into the console
          • a media format with much lower capacity than the competition
          • a controller with one primary thumbstick and two primary face buttons.

          These feel like vestigial N64 features

          Edit: and three shoulder/trigger buttons!

          • brsrklf@jlai.luEnglish
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            8 days ago

            Mayyybe.

            IMO what sets the GameCube apart from anything else is its controller. Those assymetric buttons are unlike anything, including N64. Plus the weird analogic triggers.

          • frank@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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            8 days ago

            Okay, actually now that you bring all that up, yeah! The controller is very different looking but functionally, even the C stick/C buttons are similar

    • Altima NEO@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      8 days ago

      I feel like they meant to make this their switch pro, but the parts shortages probably meant they had to delay much longer than they liked. So as a result, I think they decided to make it a successor instead?

      Though I wonder what the hardware is like?