Nintendo

Backwards compatability. Getting the 3DS has really made me appreciate how many games I can play on the system since I can play 3DS/DS/GBA games all natively. Whatever Nintendo does with the Switch 2, it should be backwards compatible with the Switch so that I can continue playing my favorite Switch games without having to wait for a port.

• Keep it portable. Steam is waiting for you Nintendo to see if it needs to release a new Steam Deck and become the only portable console.
• Keep Switch 1 binaries working on Switch 2.
• Shared internet access between account instead of paying a dumb and more expensive family subscription.
• More solid hardware (joycon are an expensive joke).
• Please, give Mii back ! It was such an awesome idea to have them in various games !

Backwards compatibility with switch 1 cartridge support.

Backwards Compatibility. I want this so much so that if the Switch 2 isn't backwards compatible, I'm very unlikely to buy one.

Not sure if this counts as a feature, but; more expensive base hardware, less expensive peripherals. I'd legitimately pay like $400 for a top of the line handheld system as long as I could buy a second pair of controllers for less than $50.

I legitimately haven't touched my Switch in like 3 years because of controller drift, and I just can't bring myself to pay $80 for something that seems like it should cost $40. So my PS5 and XSX have pulled my attention away completely.

TotK nearly convinced me to jump back in, but I ultimately decided against it since it didn't seem worth $150 to resume playing the Switch.

For me it'd be analogue triggers. I think a scroll wheel could also be cool and unique controller input.

User replaceable battery. Just like the DS, little cover with a screw. Makes it so much easier to keep old hardware working well.

I'll say it once BACKWARDS COMPABILITY AND EASY SYSTEM EXPLOIT FOR CFW

I don't need gimmicks. Better controllers, more comparable specs. Backwards compatible with current switch. I think I may be at a breaking point with exclusive hardware. I have enough games to play and I may stop moving forward if i can't bring my games with me

Integrated voice chat, or even better, Discord support like PS and Xbox are doing.

Haven't seen this mentioned yet, but I want to be able to put my save files on the SD card, not just games. I have crappy rural internet, so backing up save flies to the cloud is painful.

Next to basically everything that has been mentioned before (most notably backwards compatibility for games and the combination of handheld and docked), I would love it if the controllers would be backwards compatible as well. My joy-cons have the dreaded drift, but it would be nice if I can keep using my pro controller.

Reading these comments, I think the opinion of the community is that Nintendo got a lot of things right. Keep those, but just update it. Meaning more powerful and more reliable hardware.

The games are great, let us keep playing them and the new ones on the same system.

The option to choose and switch between handheld and docked is amazing. Both this and the previous point are what helps Nintendo set itself apart from the competition. Keep or even build on that.

button that spawns a hotdog because it would be tasty

I would like to see a much better home firmware than horizon. Compared to the 3ds and the wiiu horizon is severely lacking.

• folders
• themes
• activity log
• music
• mii maker

All are severely lacking compared to previous implementations .

Ontop of this Nintendo online still sucks and I'd love to see it improved once and for all. I'd love to see servers for Nintendo games instead of them relying on peer to peer.

Wireless Dock for dual screen gaming. Make it easier to port those ds, 3ds, and wii u games. I love having inventory and maps more readily accessible.

Record videos longer than 30 seconds, and for ALL games. As it is now, the Switch can only record the last 30 seconds of gameplay (which, in itself, is really cool because it works retroactively) and if you want to make longer videos, you either need to record consecutive clips and edit them on a different device, or you need a capture card. And it only works for some games to begin with - The Witcher 3 for example does not support that feature. You can take screenshots, but no videos.

Joysticks that don't have drift issues.

Backwards compatibility is the big one, especially cloud saves. I'd settle for native Switch 1 performance as long as every Switch 1 game worked properly.

My number 1, must have feature is for the system to be portable. Hopefully that goes without saying.

If I was to ask for a new feature, it would be some sort of off the wall, possibly stupid gimmick. The WiiU tablet controller, despite being a total flop commercially, spawned some really cool, asymmetric games. Nintendo is at their best when they are being creative with their hardware. They can make up for a lack of pure computing power by providing experiences that you could not have on any other system.

Ooh, not locking multiplayer behind a paywall so I can play multiplayer games somewhere other than just on PC!

Ooh ooh, controllers that actually work!

Ooh ooh ooh, no more artificial scarcity, like making more than 12 total physical copies of games and not arbitrarily removing games from sale digitally!

Since it's a Switch 2, so I am assuming it's already a hybrid system like Switch (handheld + docked) and has backward compatibility.

Other than that, I really want a messaging and party system with voice chat. Make playing multiplayer games easier.

HDR and/or 3D display

Other than the obligatory backwards compatibility (I think if Nintendo screws this up again it would REALLY show in sales numbers), I would love the already paywall'd multiplayer feature to be somewhat useable on the next console (MM2's multiplayer mode for example is like a bad joke on the switch).

Trophies/Achievements!

It's such a simple concept and it increases engagement when they are well implemented. I'd love to play the next Zelda and try to get all achievements. Also I love Steam's achievement rarity, it makes me feel like a pro knowing that i'm one of the 1% that got some random achievement.

It adds to the overall experience.

A much smaller bezel. It's so big on my original Switch, and the screen could be so much larger and prettier if it went nearly to the edges, without making the console larger at all.

I guess this is kind of cheating since Nvidia software engineers have already shown that it's a supported feature set of the t239 soc, but cameras + Nvidias AI camera/video feed analysis features enabled by tensor cores.

Combined with the accelerometer/gyro nintendos already been using since wii, this.... this can enable some serious shit.

Motion control Drift would be ridiculously real time mitigated, to the extent it might become completely inconsequential even over hours of play, as it can turn basically whatever static objects it sees into reference points, which can be used to auto correct and null drift from the accelerometers missing axis. The main one undoubtedly being the big rectangle with 4 corners that is the TV itself.

Assuming a camera is put in the joycon(s) again, Effectively pointer controls would be back, on steroids, as in 3d spatial accurate, with no need for a sensor bar (any fixed structure in the room)

If you are playing handheld, it can use eye tracking to let you aim by looking.....

Return of 3ds augmented reality stuff, except completely nuts in capability compared to what the 3ds could do.....

And considering it's original use case as a feature for an automotive gpu, who KNOWS what bonkers nonsense they could do with that neat but ridiculously niche Mario kart RC peripheal thing now.

A little bit boring but: light as the Switch Lite. It’s so much nicer in bed with the Lite! :)

~~WiFi AX, Gigabit Ethernet on the dock, and~~ ATMOS Surround support or bust. ~~Would be obsolete off the batt to me without.~~

~~There's three features I know but, I stand.~~

Suppose there's no point to newer network standards for Nintendo because Nintendo -.-

But the cruddy 5.1 support on a nice setup is one of the reasons I don't really fully enjoy sound effects/scores when playing on my TV.

Even on headphones the Audio still feels dated.

But maybe it's me, being a technophile/audiophile. 🤔

For me it’s backwards compatibility with the Switch. I wouldn’t upgrade if I couldn’t play BOTW or TOTK on it. After that just more powerful graphics so I don’t get stutters in some games.

1080p handheld/4K on TV