And away we go! We hope you're not tried o🌜f the Switch 2 yet, as there's more to come.

One of the bigger talking points going into today's Treehouse stream is how the chat will be feeling about the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Nintendo Switch 2's price. Yesterday, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:messages of 'drop the price' rei🌜gned supreme and didn't let up throughout the broadcast's four-hour runtime.

So why is the Switch 2 an eye-watering $449.99 / £395.99? Well, it's complicated! Several analysts have weigﷺhed in to offer some insight, pointing to the usual culprits of inflation and increasing manufact𒁏uring cos𝐆ts.

On top of that, though, One Up: Creativity, Competition, and the Global Business of Video Games author J🅰oost van Dreunen says Nintendo "appears to be building in a buffer against these potential trade barriers" regarding the tariffs announced by US president Donald Trum🥀p.

And yet, all of this was somewhat expected. Another analyst says the $450 Switch 2 price tag is "rela𝔉tively reasonable" compared to the $70ꦇ0 PS5 Pro and $550 portable PCs. Not that﷽ I think that'll make everyone feel better, mind you.

How are we a🅘ll feeling about the price? I was already leaning on waiting for more Switch 2 exclusives to drop before I committed, and perhaps that's even more true now.

And then there's the cost of new Nintendo games. As prices swell to at least $80, fans are starting to 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:worry about what precedent thไat sets for Rockstar and beyond. Could GTA🐼 6 kick costs off at $100? I can hear m💯y wallet crying from the other room.

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If you're wondering how all of this is going down at Nintendo HQ, the answer is likely not well. Nintendo of America's former senior manager of creator relations and original content and former director of social media marketing and original content, Krysta Yang and Kit Ellis, have said the House of Mario is likely surprised, panicked, and having a full "war room" r📖e⭕sponse to the outrage.

You'd have to expect that some of the outrage was expected - after all, the Switch 2 price wasn't included in the big broadcast - but it's interesting to see what'll come next. Yang and Ellis expect some statement explaining the costs of both the hardware and games, though they also say these levels of crisis communi൲cations aren't som📖ething Ninty has had to deal with for a while.

I once again put it to you. Would some statement make you feel better, or does the price🐈 truly need to drop before we can move forward?

Of course, yesterday wasn't only about the price of the Switch 2. We got another look at Mario Kart World and leꦺarned a few eဣxtra things that have us even more excited for the racing game.

澳洲幸运5开奖号码历ꦦ史查询:A new track remakes 1981's OG Donkey Kong with parkour that would make Titanfall 2 blush; Nintendo promises that, thanks to its unique open-world layout and off-roading, the racer manages to "blur the lin൩e" between what is and isn't a course; and, for the first time since Super Mario Kart, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:the f﷽eather is returning t𒉰o actual races, and it seems good enoug𒈔h to stop tꦆhe dreaded blue shell.

We've even played Mario Kart World ourselves. After racing his heart out, Rollin is convinced the 24-player ♌Knockout Tour is a real racing revolution.

"For the most part, Mario Kart World is like any other Mario Kart gameꦅ: you pick a character, their vehicle, and you zoom around a couple tracks until someone is declared the winner," he says. "Simple enough, right? Complicating that tried-and-true formula in Mario Kart World are a couple of different design decisions that effectively lean on the game's name to make it really🌳 feel like a whole world of karting with Mario."

And then there's Metroid Prime 4: Beyond. The 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Star Wars✅-style opening space battle we saw in yesterday's stream haℱd the 14-year-old Metroid nerd 😼in Dustin "absolutely screaming." In a good way, we hope.

Dustin has fair reason to be excited, too. Not stopping with Mario Kart World, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:ཧRollin has also played the new M⭕etroid Prime game and says it "feels so at home on the Switch 2."

"Metroid Prime 4: Beyﷺond is the perfect introduction to Switch 2, from its sli💛ck performance to impressive mouse controls," Rollin says.

30 mi🔯nute warning, gang! S🌳till scouting around for that stream link and shall place it above when Ninty go live.

Right as I say 🧸th꧃at, the stream hath appeared. No prizes for guessing what's being said in the comments.

Any questions about the Switch 2? You're in luck! Our brand director Sam💃 is currently taking questions after going hands-on with the new console ear🔯lier this week.

10 minutes, gang!

We're kicking off with Super Mario Party Jamboree a🐲nd what it looks like on the Switch 2.

Some good mouse action here as ꦦwe see how the new Joy-Cons will open up new types of games.

An early favorite of mine i🦄nvolves sorting emails and making sure Bowser's go in the trash unopened. Harsh, but also fair.

Also, alongside the Treehouse stream, Nintendo has published a featuring FromSoftware boss Hidetaka Miyazaki on Switch 2 exclusive The Duskbloods. There's a heap of good stuff in there, though what interests me the most is that Miya🎐zaki insists that FromSoftware is still about the single-player thing despite The Duskbloods and Elden Ring Nightrඣeign's foray into ♔multiplayer.

"As a side note, please allow me to address one thing," he says. "As previously mentioned, this is an online multiplayer title at its core, but this doesn't mean that we as a company have decided to shift to a more multiplayer-focused direction with titles going forward. The Nintendo Switch 2 version of Elden Ring was also announced, and we still intend to actively develop single-player-focused games such as this that embrace our🦹 more traditional style."

We're taking a quick break bജefore returning to Mario Kart World for more Knockout Tour goodness.

Moo Moo Meadows cow spotted! Now we're cooking.

We saw that you can eat a burger in Mario Kart World just the other day. Does 🐼the cow do the same? It's kinda messed up𝓀 if you think about it.

Huge observations coming in from Twitter.

Oh, heck yeah. The Bravel♔y Default remaster is u𝓡p next.

Some breaking news: 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查♛询:Switch 2 pre-orders have been delayed in the US "in order to assess ⛎th𒐪e potential impact of tariffs and evolving market conditions," Nintendo says.

Back to the Nintendo Tre🍷ehouse stream, we're moving on to the Switch 2-ehanced version of Kirby an🦩d the Forgotten Land.