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Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour is a terrible tech demo
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- Published on Mar 7, 2026
- With Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour being a PAID day one launch title for the Switch 2, I had some high expectations... but reality can be cruel sometimes.
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This is the video game equivalent of “This could have been an email”
... more or less, yes
Just a literal con it could be too.. come on nintendo
This is the video game equivalent of "Just because you can doesn't mean you should"
The quizzes in this play like job training quizzes. "What is the name of our company vehicles? What color is our logo? Is it ok to run over a pedestrian? How large a gap, in milimeters, is it acceptable to have under the bulkhead doors?"
its like the mcdonalds training ds game but somehow even less interesting
Fun fact, the answer to that according to my one google search is 10mm
@genuinePerfectionist3746 But... But what color is their logo 😧
@dantehill442the colorblind people unable to answer though
@feIon that at least had GOOD MINIGAMES. and it was made to be yk. A GAME too?
Their reason for charging money Nintendo gave for this is the amount of effort being put into it. If that's the case, the bare minimum is putting in credits for the people that put in that effort. Gross.
Astro’s Playroom is free and infinitely better, Nintendo’s higher ups are high as fuck if they think they can make that excuse but also NOT CREDIT ANYONE INVOLVED IN IT
It's not like nintendo likes giving credit to people anyways. I will wear my best hawaiian shirt as i watch the company collapse one day.
And yet people still bought it lmao.
They sure are using the upgraded hardware huh. Why couldn't they just make the swtich 2 a oled 2???
Aperture Desk Job comes with great writing, beautiful set pieces, and expanded lore. All without charging a CENT! I don't understand what Nintendo is thinking when they charge money for a literal demonstration of their tech! Do they actually think that little of their fanbase?
this video made me eat a nintendo cartridge
did it taste good
Hi shar please dont do that
here comes the... bitterant encoated nintendo switch 2 cartridge into shar's mouth
shar more like shark amiright
Oh hey shars here
I did that too, I tried a few, mario kart 8 deluxe was by far the worst. Extremely bitter.
"NO DON'T SPOIL THE WELCOME TOUR!!!"
- nobody, june 2025
Spoiler:
In this tour, you are welcome (to buy stuff)
I never said that
Lol
@nobodyinparticular9640 I did tho
Wasn't Nintendo's ENTIRE excuse for why this wasn't a pack-in because of the hard work the devs put in? That reasoning kinda falls flat when they won't even bother to include credits.
Shut up, shill.
1000%. Very gross :(
who actually believes them lol. Its just greed.
They probably made it for the sake of having a tech demo, they didn't care enough
No duh, it wasn't a pack-in because they're greedy and they hate you
The massive bs argument of "nintendo needs money to pay their devs so thats why the price hike is valid!", and they can't even be bothered to shout those mfs out. Tragic.
Even then, this is a BILLION dollar company. This is just corporate greed at its finest😅
Literally the richest company in Japan: "Hewp we're just a smaw gaming company we need yow money to wun we don't even have enough for the cwedits uwu"
someone needs to out doug bowser for what hes doing
Having to pay $10 for a welcome tour is a terrible idea
Reggie would've never allowed this 😞
It should have been free when you bought a switch 2
At the very VERY VERY least they should have made it free for like the first month(s) or something, you know, to *WELCOME* people to the new console
Actually is not just $10, it is secretly the most expensive game because you need to buy all the overpriced accessories to complete it 100%
@toututu2993510 dollar game
Aperture Desk Job is free
astros playroom and deltarune chapter 1-2 are free
Valve made it free for everyone, so even people who purchased a competitor's handheld PC can experience it. They do barely above what's expected and make everyone else look like assholes.
I find it hilarious that it's also infinitely better as a way to introduce the console's new features, and also package in some fan service
@diney7085 valve once again cleaning house by doing absolutely nothing and watching their competitors shoot themselves in the foot
@random_asian3538”if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” has been keeping them afloat
12:39 Fun fact they actually changed the dialogue for this in the UK version of the game with the NPCs saying that they notice how their father bloats about being good at racing game yet always looses to his kid
Undertale is also 10 dollars
Deltarune demo is 0$ and is better
more like underpoopoo dude it doesn’t support hd rumble 2 from nintendo switch 2
@purplelizard0102 😑
Worst comeback of june...
also EYE: Divine Cybermancy is ten dollars on steam right now
And half life 2 on PC! I recommend it!
I miss you 3DS Eshop Bag...... :(
They go to so much trouble every demo to tell you they’re not games. But… they absolutely could have made them games. Astro’s playroom managed it.
agreed, thats exactly what i’m thinking!! “it’s not a game it’s a demo” but why can’t it be? There are many options for fun ways to provide information, and navigating a Best Buy (in terms of aesthetics and vibe) isn’t one of them. Wii sports to some people is considered to be like a tech demo, and it’s a great game.
@TrippyToonias a certified fucking nerd who enjoys occasionally wandering through best buy, this game has nowhere near the appeal
they did this before, albeit needed convincing from Reggie: Wii Sports for wii!
Also I think Nintendo Land for wii u
In fact, Nintendo has done it themselves! With Nintendo Land on the Wii U! I still play that game with friends to this day, and I've 100% all of the single player stuff on my own time. I always lament that there weren't more party games that took advantage of the "lopsided multiplayer" that the gamepad made possible...
This game doesn't have a credits list?! That's actually fucking vile! I work as a bug tester for a indie publisher, and they always make it a point to make sure everyone's names make it into the game at the end. Everyone who works on a game deserves to be in the credits, no matter how small the role.
Dude what! that’s such a cool job and massive props to the company for making sure people are credited
I dunno, if I worked on this I probably wouldn’t want to be associated with it. So long as I got paid.
I hate that. Halo: Master Chief Collection also got rid of credits, which also means you miss out on those parts of the soundtrack.
@No_True_Scotsmanwhattt???
game companies are cutting corners so badly that we can't even have credits screens anymore??
I'm speechless
What about this Software implies anyone WANTED to make it?
God I wish Streetpass would be a thing again for Nintendo's modern consoles. Genuinely was such a treat when it was more popular to carry a 3DS around
I still keep mine on me in case i get a hit, tho i doubt i ever will
the popularity of Netpass on modded 3ds's is a testament to how beloved this feature is. even though im not walking past the people ive received in my mii plaza, its still so much fun gathering these little insights from strangers like what theyre playing and what they have to say. i'd love if nintendo brought it back or did something similar, but with how unportable (compared to the 3ds, especially the first version, which can just fit in your pocket) the switch consoles are, i doubt they ever will :(
@thewanderer5506 I go to university and get a hit or two every week. The demographics of who you walk buy make a huge difference.
Back in the day I used to work with on-site IT support, spend the whole day going to stores and malls to fix computers.
When I bought the 3ds I spend a week with street pass on inside my backpack... Never got a single street pass lol
@diney7085 yeah its def location, i could get a dozen walking around a themepark but 0 over months at home
NO CREDITS????????
Paying $10 for a glorified manual is crazy
Who's Manuel
The full welcome tour is expensive to 100%
@NuiYabukoon the official website, it’s named as an “interactive exhibit of sorts that offers an inside look at the suite of features and tech that power the games you love to play.” considering what the demo covers, it can’t be too much of a stretch to say it could be like an interactive manual.
@NuiYabukowhat is it then? It’s not even a tech demo when half the features presented aren’t new or even particularly interesting
@NuiYabuko because it teaches you how the system works... you know... like an instruction manual
So this basically the hidden area on that Shrek game for the gamecube, where if you go out of stage bounds you end up in an exact replica of the inside of a GameCube. That's kind of neat. Not 10 dollars neat, but neat.
i never knew this what an awesome easter egg
What a bizarre but cool easter egg to hide in a throwaway licensed movie game
"why are you criticizing a tutorial demo?"
>it's a paid game with paid DLC
DLC?
@Meme_man-fv8neif you want full completion you require a 4k tv and a bunch of useless accessories
@aziagochezbajelthat's not what DLC is
@aziagochezbajeljust the camera is useless, hardly qualifies as "a bunch". But yes, it encourages you to buy two Nintendo products just to complete it and that is more than enough to destroy that defense, imo
@Lucifronz what nintendo products? if you're talking about the camera, you don't need their specific camera to do things. And why wouldn't you need specific accessories to learn about how they work and explore them?
I was one of the few families with a Wii U. My family played Nintendo Land for at least 20 hrs. Not to mention the times that my sister and I had spent alone. We bought it as a game, and it felt like a game. I didn’t realize it was supposed to showcase anything until you mentioned it in the video. Welcome Tour doesn’t even try to pretend it’s a game.
i never had a wii u, but i did have a wii and it never really fully set in that wii sports is essentially a tech demo or showcase of its wii remote until just now LOL. to me, it was always just a fun, simple game
@aliciles That was why Reggie worked hard to convince the big shots to include Wii Sports with the console (which they originally were VERY much against), cuz he saw it as a very natural opportunity for people to learn about the console's capabilities, while at the same time enjoying it as a game. He saw that as the best way to showcase the console, & make sure everyone who got one could experience that sort of 'training' that would prepare them for other games.
Reggie was a big part of the heartfelt image of Nintendo, because HE went heart-first into the job.
Doug Bowser meanwhile came from a crooked game company & his specialty was making money through anti-consumer means. And so of course, that's what fans are getting.
@ZaCloud-Animations___she-her thank god reggie pushed so hard for it honestly. nintendo is a shell of what it was since he left
@ZaCloud-Animations___she-her
His name is Bowser, what do you expect?😂
@mudi2000aTRUE 😂
No credits??! Holy shit. As a game developer, that's absolutely cruel.
From what I've heard, Nintendo is paranoid about other companies offering their employees better job deals & snatching them away. So that's why they don't let them reveal their identities. Same with several game studios, especially in the older days.
Japanese's "black company" culture; "You DON'T achieved anything, EVERYTHING HAPPENS BECAUSE OF THE COMPANY". Combine that with the "capitalism" of the West, you get Switch 2 ecosystem
Yeah. I bought it high on opioids recovering from surgery and taking care of a terminally ill cat. So I haven't felt bad about it really, but learning this makes me feel a bit gross (despite the circumstances I was in when purchasing)
@lizzyblitz07 That should really be the only instance in which someone would think it's a good idea to buy this "game".
@ZaCloud-Animations___she-her that actually makes it even worse imo
i will never understand the loss of street pass, they could have so easily done it again and improved it for the switch and i will always miss it. i worked conventions at the time the 3ds was at its peak and it was by far the coolest thing to go back to the hotel every night and see just hundreds of new people and miis. what a simple but incredible feature. i also found some of the best monster hunting partners this way.
Big companies want us to get less social nowadays, it seems. Cuz when we feel a sense of society with fellow human beings, we're too likely to band together & demand better treatment & product quality/affordability. Better for them if we all just isolate & mindlessly consume in our own little space, forgetting social bonds & accepting worsening situations, so they can keep cutting corners. :(
Didn't Nintendo get in trouble because p3dos were using it to talk to kids? Or even if it wasn't direct it still hurt reputationally
@ZaCloud-Animations___she-her it's literally modern approach to managing in everything, even politics.
i still carry my 3ds around because of this. hoping to get a stress pass again one day…
@Veriliann off topic but i carry mines around occasionally and actually got a streetpass! so there's a chance you'll get one, we will never let the 3DS die!!
Paying $10 to learn that:
1. The Cable is detachable
2. The cable is small
3. The cable is thin
That rant at the end resonated with me a lot. I would have traded welcome tour in a heartbeat if we got a HOME Menu on the same level as the Wii and the 3DS. (I would include the Wii U but as much as I love the thing it's too slow. But it has a soul so I can't hate it.)
Man. Nintendo used to go all out with their menus and their built in software. The technozen ambience was genuinely so full of life and I miss it so much. I miss when they were different from everyone else. Like, I'm not gonna pretend that the Iwata era was perfect cause it was far from it, but I felt like I belonged. In the dark times of the Wii U era, having something like miiverse to connect Nintendo fans was so special.
I'm not the biggest fan of modern Nintendo, but I'm grateful for the good games that they still put out. The switch 2 fixed a lot of issues with the original switch while ignoring some, and those small issues that they chose to ignore (little personality being the biggest one) hurt me a bit, because these are things that the old Nintendo wouldn't ignore. Like no themes after 8 years? No mii maker music? No HOME menu ambience? No eshop music? No proper activity log? It's genuinely a damn shame because most people will consider this very small in the grand scheme of things, but it's genuinely such an un-Nintendo thing for them to not care about.
I mean, is it truly too much to ask for my handheld to feel like, I dunno, MY handheld? Is it truly too much to ask for my system menu to be up to the standards that Nintendo themselves set before? I don't really think so.
This. 100%. It's especially sad for me because I do have another handheld, an indie console called the Playdate, and it 100% has that charm that Nintendo has been lacking over the past few years. New games come in little gift boxes that have a unique unwrapping animation, the settings submenus are represented by bundles of wires and random doodads that unfurl as you go deeper into the menus, and every single game is encouraged to have a unique launch animation.
It makes me wish Nintendo would go back into putting the fun into games and actually caring about the user experience and the UI especially, instead of this aesthetically pleasing but ultimately soulless corporate artstyle they're leaning towards more and more.
@parchmentengineer8169Similar to what you're describing, the 3DS also made you unwrap a gift every time you downloaded a game or app from the eshop, and iirc the Wii U had unique launch screens for most games :(
Especially with the rise of Wii era music playlists... people go listen to those and enjoy the times long gone.
In ten years, will there even be ANYTHING to remember?
given that nintendo now has the ability to remotely disable your console at will, it seems your handheld will never be YOUR handheld again
@citrusred2670 they literally can't do that
My daily affirmations :
I can unplug the cable
I am small yet powerful
I am thin and flexible
You are ... A Twink?
Are you a foldable phone
Im a fucking robot
Im twelve years old
I’m fucking ## year old
I’m a robot
@bowiethebuffoon4873I always laugh when someone has that profile picture, but something about it combined with you saying that makes it even better.
4:51 have you MET speedrunners?
Remember when Satoru Iwata & Reggie Fils-Aimé said Nintendo don't fight with Sony & Microsoft on "hard-wares"? The 2 men gone and Nintendo suddenly want to talks about 120fps, RayTracing, & processing power...
I spent hours playing the AR games on my 3ds... those were the days man
as a child i replaced jack sparrow's face with mine through face swap, and had to fight my own face 😭
@Asakedia lol that's funny 😭
I miss Iwata so much dude 😭
Me too. I cried when he died. Absolutely ruined Nintendo when he left as he was the one thing holding it together (along with Reggie)
It's still funny to me that the current best use of the Switch 2 mice is some silly bonus content in Deltarune because Toby Fox "well damn if I'm here day 1 I might as well do something"
is said content still in other versions such as the PC release
@crimson-foxtwitch2581 the other versions has the same bossfight and scenes, but they have different gimmiks depending on what you're playing on. On the PC version you use both the mic and a mouse with a whole set of new moves and ideas for that different control scheme
@Boomerkbom57does it detect if you’re using a controller instead?
@crimson-foxtwitch2581 doesnt really matter since it doesnt use the keyboard just the mouse so if you somehow dont have a mouse connected to your computer no the games arent accessible
it does let you choose between your plugged in microphones if theres more than one
@Boomerkbom57the switch still uses the PC minigames, but instead of being a mic you use the shoulder buttons, and instead of the mouse you use a joystick
It was very difficult to control
It's a shame the game doesn't have a credit list especially when one of the character follow you around after some quizzes which is the museum creator, but at least you can put morses codes to skip minigame and stuff you cannot experience
3:06 except for joycon drift, that one has been ignored. Probably in order to boost more joycon sales, dunno.
And the battery issue that's causing people's batteries to swell. Didn't fix that either.
@shlingusdingus4174 it's a tall order to ask a video game company to solve a problem that rechargeable batteries have as a result of real life physics just doing that. Its basically entirely random when and if a rechargeable is going to turn into a dangerous pillow.
@SerenadeURA I'd be willing to give Nintendo the benefit of the doubt with that, but saying that a battery for a product they made is "too unpredictable" to fix seems ridiculous. They had years to iron out these issues before launch, physics or not, and still got blindsided. These issues are arising only twelve days after launch, not two months, or years. It's unacceptable. And at this point, knowing that they STILL didn't fix joy con drift, I wouldn't be surprised if they were aware about the battery issues and released it regardless. As OP said, probably to boost sales, as a bloated battery would force people to buy another console or have it fixed.
@shlingusdingus4174 If they shipped them out with a bloated battery then yeah its willful ignorance (malicious) but if they leave the factory/QC and the battery inflates in transit/storage then that's just basically a force of nature, might as well blame them for stock being destroyed in a natural disaster.
You can't "iron out" inflating batteries is what I'm saying. Most people agree that lithium batteries are gonna serve you for a decade and then they're gonna inflate. If you get lucky and they last for 15-20 years, great. My GBA SP battery from 2003 inflated earlier this year, sad to see him go. Meanwhile, my HP laptop battery from 2016 also inflated this year. My camera drone batteries from 2021 inflated last year. My 3DS battery from 2015 inflated in 2017, but my first 3DS (from launch) is still fine. Its all unfortunately entirely random.
Like if this is actually all about the stick drift, yeah, they could have done basically anything about that, but its odd to bring up something effectively uncontrollable.
@SerenadeURA I'm bringing it up because it's another slap to the face for consumers. The Switch 2 isn't cheap, nor is it a good console. It's overpriced, has subpar specs, barely anything to play on launch that isn't 80 dollars and is already showing multiple performance and hardware issues not even two weeks after its release, at least in the US.
Joy con drift, battery bloat, battery charge not properly being reflected and needing to be "retrained" or outright replaced, certain games causing the Switch's screen to flash, rendering certain games, like Pikmin, difficult or impossible to play, and of course, some games being entirely unplayable due to crashes on launch. I'm not simply speaking about one issue, which I should have clarified from the beginning. I'm speaking from a place of outrage at the state of this console.
Some consumers have only had a Switch 2 for days and are experiencing these issues, and whether it is caused by unpredictable means or not, buying an expensive piece of hardware, only for it to have issues and become a hazard days after purchasing it is upsetting. Frankly, I'm tired of putting vast amounts of money into flawed products from reputable brands.
1:23 So it's like Anemoiapolis except not fun or liminal.
Lol, I wonder if the UK versions of the game have the pester dialogue.
That's messed up they didn't include credits to the creators.
They didn't just update the Switch 2 home icons, but ALSO the Switch 1. The icons look corporate and gritty.
The "welcome tour" costing 10$ USD, 15$ in canadian currency btw, is really a show how theyre only welcoming those willing to pay ridiculous prices
The point of this game is to send your friends the digital cartridge, and tell them to do the 4k pixel hunt.
I think it would've been fun if they borrowed a page from Astro Bot's Book, where it showed off the Switch 2's features by directly comparing them to features from their past consoles and peripherals and games they were significantly attached to. Hold a Joy Con sideways to compare it to the NES controller, and compare the range on the Joy Con to the N64's stick, and have the N64 Rumble pack show up and compare it's rudimentary rumble feature to the HD Rumble in a Star Fox short game. You could also have the N64 Expansion Pack show up to compare the Ram to the Switch 2. Then show off the Microphone in the Joy Con by playing a bit of Hey You Pikachu. Show how evolution of connecting two consoles starting with the GameBoy link cable. Bring back the comparison they made for the original Switch to the GameCube on console portability, as well as a nod to the Wavebird for wireless controllers (though you could also make that comparison in the NES era). Show the advantages of the Joy Cons by comparing them to the Wii Mote in a game that could make a nod to either Wii Sports or Skyward Sword. Even the Wii U can join in sense the Switch basically perfects a major appeal to the Wii U, being able to seamlessly take your game off the TV. But now without the draw back of needing the console to stream to the Gamepad, so you can take the Switch anywhere you want. You could also have a look back at the history of Nintendo's use of internet. Like the Super Famicom's Satellite accessory, the GameCube's Lan Adapter, Wii Online, that kind of thing. As well as other broader comparisons like how many pixels can be on screen on the NES-SNES (and GB and GBA) compared to Switch 2, or Polygons from the N64 and GameCube compared to Switch 2. And as you said, bring back the Mario 64 Head for the camera mini game. The Tee Ball was right there, they just needed to hit it.
I recall Hollow Knight being only $5 more than this and it's actually a game with gameplay and it actually has credits for the people who worked on it.
What in the seven rings was Nintendo thinking here?
also HK is so many hours, multiple replays is normal and encouraged.
The last bit about Nintendo and their "Identity" is really on the nose. And I don't think it is because they don't have any ideas for wacky fun stuff... I think the world we live in is just becoming more corporate and boring. Unique design and color has been replaced with uniformity, tight tolerances, and varying tones of gray. Nintendo is following suite with every other company out there and this will just be the MO moving forward.
Only time will tell what Nintendo will do with the Switch 2 and any possible successor.
They will probably lose their audience over that tough. Most of their audiance liked nintendo because they where different from other companies (instead of focusing on graphics and microtransactions most nintendo games focused about fun). With nintendo going the same route as the other companies, why stick with nintendo and not movd to other, possibly better companies
Audiences will tolerate whatever. They don't care enough to find anything else
@jismeraiverhoeven what actually scares me is that i think they WON'T lose an audience through this
It's also simply a matter of greed: it costs less to keep things simple and boring.
It feels like something Google would make :/
Not even google would do this horrible thing…
@friskandchara3506 google WOULD and actually try to teach kids. they love to rub into these typa games on how you can protect yourself. and how to actually use the internet. and they would do it for free too. they LOVE to teach kiddos
It’s so funny how every demo explicitly states that it isn’t a game over and over. It keeps telling you “hey fucko there’s not gonna be any fun in here”
3:56 That person is a man named DarkSydePhil
Lethal company, hit game that outsold COD and made millions, made by one guy who's an ex-roblox dev, is 10$.
Same price as the tour, yet I've spent hundreds of hours in it, I've missed it, screamed and cried through it, and even bought it for friends to play with them!!!
@NuiYabuko the point is that there are *much* better things to spend $10 on
10 dollars for something you could read in the user manual
@NuiYabuko oh you're so right. SIKE LOL. you know what has history of the development process? wikipedia. which is free.
@NuiYabukonintnedrones always are the most annoying
13:37 is both a funny silly timestamp and also a timestamp to something that people should be screaming at nintendo through every medium available
Removing the colour of the joy cons was a crime. Might as well call them depression cons now, because they make me depressed. Always sad to see companies go from colourful to sad gray / beige
It probably did cost them less having them gray than giving them some color.
Why waste money for such details when they're gonna make bank anyway? :V
Smh
This would have been FINE if it was free. Not including it is an insane, cartoonish level of greed.
Nintendo should become the new company we make fun of for being greedy. Move over EA and Ubisoft.
Well we could make fun of all 3, we shouldn’t tell those two to move over when EA puts out a lot of slop and Ubisoft’s “AAAA” games are genuinely embarrassing
tbh even if it was free it would still suck and i probably wouldnt even download it
@feIon so literally you wouldn't be satisfied what so ever 😭
@e102governor they dont have to be satisfied, they were just saying they dislike it
@e102governor They might've been satisfied if it didn't feel like you could just turn your brain off and keep going half the time.
Nintendo is the same company that used Deactivate as a term for both removing an account from thier Wii U & 3DS systems and deactivating your account entirely as in deleting your nintendo account with all your purchases, Pokemon Bank etc
I would know
Wow. I was really tempted to cash in my last gold points to get this for free but now I don't even want to do that on principle. Had no idea "content" was gated behind additional hardware purchases
I love that the minigames are the basically the same as those Funbrain preschooler flash games where you put a turtle on a slide to land on a target
$10 for Nintendo to show you the inside of a joycon while tiptoeing around the fact they couldn’t use analog triggers and fix joycon drift
Maybe it was secretly created to be a reverse-engineering guide for some other company to make their own hybrid console just like the Switch 2 so the engineers could be hired to work for them instead. Like a message in a bottle. See if you can find the word "HELP" hidden anywhere in the demo. Possibly in Japanese
This was made for game developers who wanted to use the features
@SeddyAm You know, I actually thought of that right after writing my comment. It looks like it was doing these things:
- Try to make 3rd party devs, players, and investors see the unique value in the Switch 2
- Try to inspire 3rd party devs to actually use the unique features of the Switch 2 in creative ways, instead of just porting games to it
- Get players (and 3rd party devs to a lesser extent) to buy more accessories
@inkajoo The flaw and problem for the game was the localization made it sound like a tech demo "game" and someone says that the og japanese was called switch 2 museum to show case the capabilities and what does it do.
This was made for a curious one, devs, accessories brand company and etc., it wasn't for gamers entirely.
Probably localization thought it was just a tech demo which resulted in the negative press sadly.
@SeddyAm Oh wow, that definitely explains things. They thought quite wrongly that it would make more people buy it, possibly due to anti-intellectualism in the US. (imaginary American customer: "Switch 2 Museum? Eh, sounds like school. Pass.")
@SeddyAm It's interesting that localization is actually getting worse in this age of AI and LLMs. And yes it's true, Japanese version is named like "the secrets of switch 2 exhibition"
One of the free tech demo games you missed is Aperture Desk Job.
This is a free game which SteamOS recommends on a fresh install.
But you can claim it even if you do not have the hardware, it simply isn't advertised otherwise but it's listed normally.
It demos the Steam Deck's unique hardware while being a half-hour long toilet shooting thing featuring a funny personality core.
And it is fully playable with a normal controller, since you can use the basic joysticks and buttons for everything too.
astro playroom was free
Imagine if this was the exact same thing; but it was filled with Nintendo characters. And Nintendo game remixed songs while you walk around. I wanna meet Samus and Pit and here their thoughts on the A button and magnet strength
Pit already has the experience of fourth wall breaking!
their*
@cashnelson2306huh?
But Welcome Tour isn't a game it's not supposed to be fun!!! Give us your money.
That would be a horrible idea, because now you would have this crappy tech demo soiling the names of famous Nintendo characters like Pit, from the highly profitable Kid Icarus series
Thank you for the lowdown on this game! The lack of credits is really wild… Kit and Krysta theorized there might be something behind the scenes at Nintendo where they’re trying to not… name teams/names?
This came up when they were talking about the upcoming Donkey Kong game and how Nintendo hadn’t said what team is behind it/actively dodged the question (idk if they’ve since come out and said the dev team). Kit theorized the reason might be that they don’t want the dev team to become an indicator of the game/for the consumer to make certain assumptions, like Mario Odyssey being made in house versus Princess Peach Showtime being made by a third party. But it’s all conjecture.
Them not including a credits list here made me think of it again though, and it’s sad.
Thank you for creating!!! 💗💗💗
My proud ass will never touch this thing with a ten foot pole.
its like if the discover sections of the labo kits didn't also come with a game or a labo kit
The advertisement npcs thing geniuenly so fucked up
So Astro's Playroom for the PS5 did the "explore the inside of your console" gimmick first, and on top of that it was a fully fledged 3D platformer and FREE
"If it's not fun, why bother?" -Reginald Fils-Aimé
Spending an extra $10 on an ad for the $450 product you already bought 💀
How TF are people still tolerating Nintendo??? $800 console, $80 games, and NO CREDITS?!?!
Okay but to beeee fair, 800$ console is outright a lie, and besides only 80$ game is mario kart which every person with a brain buys in a bundle for 50$.
Though no credit is absolutely horrendous, as game developer this shit is difficult and everyone deserves a credit, tells a lot about nintendo.
Fun fact hitman is 6 dollars rn
Remember when Wii sports was free?
0:54 don't forget the silksong teaser shadow drop.
"ᵂᵉ'ᵛᵉ ᵍᵒᵗ ˢᶦˡᵏˢᵒⁿᵍ. ᴬⁿʸʷᵃʸ, DONKEY KONG IS BACK, BABY!"
just get a steam deck.
People literally want a new street pass but nooo here's welcome tour if you pay money
12:38 this is just terrible behaviour on nintendo's part
I remember at the end of game cube games, you would either shoot or scroll by the cast that worked tirelessly to create a fun time for kids everywhere. Them not even CREDITING them in the 10 dollar bs advertisement of how amazing the technology, is actually crazy
Might as well get a steamdeck rather than a switch 2, considering it has better games, cheaper games and it's less money-hungry
Im already looking into getting one.
its so big and heavy that i barely play it.
@fantaslurp how'd you get a hold of my dong
Hah
They will machine sew straps but not install hall effect sticks.....
A paid welcome tour + no credits. C’mon Nintendo this shit is terrible 😭😭
6:59 you could literally do this on the 3DS sound recorder
Just in case you thought the Nintendo you loved and grew up with wasn't dead and buried
Not that the older Nintendo was that much better either.
Most of you probably don't know/remember, but back when stores like Blockbuster existed in which you could rent games for a while, Nintendo did all they could to kill that service. They only got away with it in Japan, that's why there it's basically illegal to rent a lot of stuff.
They also tried the same with cheat devices like the GameGenie. Again, only successful in their country, that's why cheating/modding games is illegal there.
Nintendo never was good. They just weren't as evil as they are now.
They really went "lets make our own Astrobot, but boring and not free"
its less like paying 10 dollars for a game and more like spending 10 dollars for a trip to the museum when you were back in middle school
So called "free thinkers" after buying a tech demo
2:39 - Astrobot left the chat
5:37
its a sh** ton of google doodles, in one
9:05 not trying to um actually but there are like 2 or 3 non Nintendo eshop games that actually do use the ir camera they’re not good but yeah
Isn't one of them just an ir camera app or am I crazy lol
1 2 switch also!
Vitamin Connection uses the IR Camera and it's a pretty good game!
This and 12Switch should have been pack ins. Charging for them is crazy
any nintendo console ive ever enjoyed had a fun gimmick, the switch 1 fully just seemed like a tablet with controllers slapped on and i the only times ive ever thought "maybe having a switch would be nice" were while watching a trailer for a game and then fully forgetting about it a few hours later lmao. you cant get me nintendo! i have mario kart for the gba, the wii and the ds already! i can already make luigi go nyoom any time i want anywhere i want!
6:01 i understood that reference
And apparently Nintendo Reddit is mesmerised with it
This is Corporatocracy manifest 😭😭
It feels kinda narcissistic. "Marvel at our brilliance while we suck drain your wallet". Ok, Nintendo, you do you. I'm out.
The fact that the blue and orange accents on the tablet where the joycons dock are STICKERS than need to be removed if you need to fix anything makes the gray mass even more depressing. The whimsy is gone.
It didn't clock in to me that this is Yakko's side account (the voice did sound familiar) so seeing him appear at 6:25 was like a Yakko Jumpscare
The same thing happened to me
In my country it costs about 2000 - 3000 😭😭
informative. knowledge trade; at about 5:35 ish you say "intensive purposes" that is not a phrase, what you're after is "intents and purposes". Used to make the mistake of saying nonsense out loud because I heard an idiom wrong too, haha.
double knowledge barter: should be a colon at the start of your comment and not a semicolon. paying it forward, i have been saying “intensive purposes” for years and learned smth new just now
this tech demo is the type of shit that should be on their online website or youtube channel
To me, Welcome Tour is perfectly in line with what I've seen from a lot of Switch 2 owners: coping mechanisms. This massive ad doesn't introduce you to its console, it gives you reassurance that this thing is indeed worth its ridiculous asking price.
At the same time, I'm also not surprised that THIS is Nintendo's best response to Astro's Playroom. Nintendo is kinda losing its grip with tight and unique design principles. Everything is muted and lifeless, ideas follow trends instead of creativity, and of course, it's all sold at an unreasonable premium. Nintendo used to be an innovator, a trailblazer, and a foundation of joy. But because money talks, their newer stuff smells like Activision, Konami, and Ubisoft, instead. I'm just waiting for MKW to introduce in-game purchases for costumes and vehicle parts.
@NuiYabuko Okay, my book cover is judged. Care to share your impressions?
DNI with the first reply, they're ragebaiting
@NuiYabuko can you say anything with meaning though?
This whole "game", from what I've seen, is a great demonstration of Nintendo as a company and their design principles: maximum handholding, completely gated and controlled progression, and everything explained to a nauseatingly extraneous degree. It's like they took the tutorial of any Mario game, removed Mario and all the gameplay, and just released that as its own thing.
Nintendo's reason for pricing this slop at $10? They "stressed how much work and care the development team put into it"
And then they didn't include credits???
Hmmmm wonder how much effort and development went into Astros Playroom that is installed into every ps5?
Fun fact the sound from 15:47 traumatized me so much as a kid that I'd plug my ears and run out of the room every time I turned on the gamecube. Also I told my parents it didn't scare me anymore like 4 years ago and then played it and almost cried anyways LOL
it is shockingly eerie. experiencing that as a kid in the dark was always creepy
2:14 Switch 1 cartridges were coated too. I licked BOTW and it was worth it. It was the most bitter thing I've ever tasted, and it changed me.
Does it explain why they didn't upgrade the joysticks
I'll give you 3 guesses, and the first two don't count
Greed
How did playstation create a more nintendo like tech demo then nintendo
About the point about having the charm of the gamecube boot up things and the miis not selling the console, I agree this is true but I do feel like things like that contribute to the longevity of a console