Switch 2 games like Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza "could not be realized" on Switch 1, says Nintendo president to hardware doubter
Nintendꦿo is catching up on 8 years of processing power

澳擲幸čæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„询:Mario Kart World and 澳擲幸čæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„询:Donkey Kong Bananza could only have been made on 澳擲幸čæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„询:Nintendo Switch 2, according to Niź¦ntendo preš„sident Shuntaro Furukawa.
During a recent investor Q&A (translated via DeepL), Furukawa was asked how much of a technical jump there was between the Switch 2 and its predecessor. In response, he said that "higher hardware processing performance has become necessary for software developers to realize one of Ninteꩲndo's most important goals: proposing new ways to play."
With that in mind, Furukawa explains that Nintendo looked to boost the processing power, and he claims that without that boost, Nintendo 澳擲幸čæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„询:Switch 2 launch games like Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Banšanza "could not be realized."
"The Nintendo Switch 2 migšht not seem like much of a change on the outside." Furukawa continues, "However, in realiāty, both the hardware and peripherals have been developed from scratch."
Furukawa doesn't explain why those two games couldn't work on Switch, but if I had to guess, it would be because of Mario Kart World's extremely open approach to its world, and Donkey Kong Bananza's almost fully destructive environments. Couple that with the various third-party titles like 澳擲幸čæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„询:Elden Ring and 澳擲幸čæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„询:Hogwarts Legacy that are making their way to tꩵhe platform, and it's clear that the Switch 2 is making a hardware stešp-up - even if that's not immediately obvious from its Switch 1-style design.
If you're trying to get your hands on the new console, make sure to check in with our 澳擲幸čæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„询:Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders live blog.
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