I’m actually really glad they dropped the extra stuff, the Switch is fast and the OS isn’t annoying.

I’m okay with the silence

I know Zelda and 1-2 Switch probably hardly use the d-pad, but do you have any thoughts about how the joycon d-pad feels when attached to the screen like a portable? I play a lot of Virtual Console and other 2-d games like Shovel Knight on 3DS, but it is hard for me to imagine playing those with that 4-button d-pad.

look at it this way you have basically 45 days in between each big release Zelda - Mario Kart - Arms/Splatoon - Skyrim/NBA2k17 - Minecraft/Stardew Valley - Xenoblade2 - Mario

Which is something you think they’d have if they’re asking people to pay for online...

That first reveal trailer was like “holy shit this is awesome, a proper console i can take with me”.

Enough of their decisions make sense to me, at least in the way Nintendo like to do things...but for the life of me the voice chat thing makes no sense.

TL:DR Non-Bullshit PR Speak Version

Give the people what they want, Nintendo!

Seriously, I was pretty stoked about this at first. But now I’m looking at a system that, for $300:

All these answers confirm that the Switch is not actually ready and is being pushed out into the market now because of Zelda.