No, Nintendo – Your Latest Cheap Trick to Make Me Buy the Switch 2 Will Fail

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No, Nintendo – Your Latest Cheap Trick to Make Me Buy the Switch 2 Will Fail

The hype for the Nintendo Switch 2 is real, and it’s everywhere. We’re just days away from its global release, and anticipation is through the roof. Fans are holding their breath to finally get the next-gen handheld in their hands to see if it can live up to expectations.

But as excitement builds, the company is once again pulling a classic move that stirs more frustration than joy. It used to be that simply being a Nintendo fan was enough. Now, you need to own the correct device within its ecosystem just to access basic features.

That’s not progress, it’s division. And for me, it’s one of the reasons I’m not buying the Switch 2.

Nintendo hides great new features behind the new paywall

I recently saw the update for the Nintendo 64 – Nintendo Classics games on the Online service, and I’ll admit, at first, I was excited. The update introduced three features that I (and so many other fans) have always wanted: rewind, a CRT filter, and customizable controls.

The rewind feature lets you jump back in time when you mess up. The CRT filter gives games that nostalgic old-school feel, mimicking the visuals many fans grew up with. And the ability to remap controls is a basic quality-of-life fix that should’ve been there from day one.

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But then I looked closer and realized only one of these is available on the original Switch. Just customizable controls. The other two? Exclusive to the Switch 2. That’s right: I’ll need to shell out money on the latest hardware if I want to rewind or enjoy the CRT filter.

That’s not just disappointing, it honestly feels like manipulation. Nintendo knows how much players would love these features. But it decided to dangle them just out of reach, turning basic quality-of-life improvements into marketing bait. This is a hardware-based paywall, locking away basic features as bait for their next console.

The Original Switch isn’t dead, stop treating it like it is

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Look, I get it. The original Switch is old. It’s been around since 2017. It can’t run the latest AAA third-party games or support ray tracing or whatever the Switch 2 will bring. And that’s fine. I’ve accepted that.

But what I won’t accept is Nintendo pretending that basic, low-level features like rewind and CRT filters somehow require cutting-edge hardware. They don’t. These are simple enhancements, and there’s no technical reason they couldn’t exist on the original Switch.

That’s not just bad business, it’s a betrayal of loyalty. And frankly, it’s insulting. Nintendo’s strategy seems to rely on fan loyalty as a resource they can spend, but let me be clear: mine is running out.

So why are they being withheld? It’s simple: to push as many of us as possible toward the Switch 2, whether we want it or not. The frustrating part is not about the missing features themselves, but the message behind it: intentionally phasing out the old hardware by starving it of support.

I wasn’t already thrilled about the Switch 2. The higher price of both the console and its games, and the closed system. But this kind of cheap trick? It doesn’t make me want to upgrade. It makes me want to opt out entirely.

Let’s not forget, the Nintendo of America President said (via 

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) that if people were concerned about the price of the Switch 2, they could just buy the original Switch to join the ecosystem. But how can we, if even simple features are being carved out and hidden behind new hardware?

You can do better, Nintendo. Your fans have given you their time, money, and trust for years. You owe them more than this.

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