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Nintendo Switch 2 Reveal Reportedly This Week - Kinda Funny Games Daily 01.13.25
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Chapter 1: What is the Switch 2 reveal about?
Today's stories include Switch 2's reveal is reportedly happening this week, Dynasty Warriors Origins reviews are here, and PlayStation's making a Smash Bros. MOBA game because we're just putting words together at this point. We'll have all this and more because this is Kind of Funny Games Daily.
2025.
Happy birthday, Nick.
Of course, I'm Tim Geddes.
I'm joined by the master of hype, Snowbike Mike. Good morning, Tim. Thanks for having me on the show. How are you? I am so good because I don't even know what I love most about your outfit. Of course, it's Monday, so you're wearing the overalls.
Yeah, Barrett wasn't pleased when I walked into the office looking like this. He said, is this what you're wearing today? And I said, well, plus overalls. And he kind of gave me the look like, that's not a good look for game of the year. But I promise you, Barrett, I'll switch.
Don't make shit up. I was excited that you were wearing this. I was fearful that you were just wearing the American flag thing for the morning and you were going to wear something else completely different. I wanted this vibe because it is the most Mike Howard vibe.
It really is. It's good. $250. It's not good, then. It's not good. Hold on. What is $250?
Well, you know, we were at a festival. We were having a good time. And, you know, the mood was right. We were at this vintage shop. And I saw this. And I was like, man, I really want that. Because it's like Atlanta, 1996. Remember the Olympics here in America. And I was like, oh, shit. I'll never forget, personally.
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Chapter 2: When will the Nintendo Switch 2 be revealed?
No, we're doing seven. We did seven for game of the year 2022 because Paris and Janet were both able to make it. I think last year we only had six because Paris was sick. Gotcha. Gotcha.
Well, it's going to be a utterly fantastic time. I can't wait. The thing is, we don't know. We here do not know except for Barrett. Don't know what the game of the year is for kind of funny.
I've been trying to piece it together each and every night. Yeah. Putting things over here. I'm guessing numbers over there. Do you have any final bets? Oh, I got the big five. I got the big five. I think I've narrowed down the big five. Yeah. But then there's a couple of dark horses that I think made it up in there. You know what I mean?
We'll see. We'll see. Mike, slack me your big five. I'm fascinated. I'm also fascinated. I got the big five. I think I know it too.
Watch out. The only thing I'm confident in. is nothing. Okay? Anything could happen. Anything besides Astro not being our Game of the Year. Astro's number one, baby, as it deserves to be. Is it? I don't know. We'll have to wait and find out. If you're a Kind of Funny member, of course, you can also get today's Gregway.
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Thank you to our Patreon producers, Delaney Twiney and Carl Jacobs. Today we're brought to you by NVIDIA GeForce, BetterHelp, ExpressVPN, and MeUndies, but we'll tell you about that later. For now, let's begin with what is and forever will be the Roper Report. It's time for some news. We have six stories today. A baker's dozen! Story number one. Nintendo will reportedly reveal Switch 2 this week.
This comes from Andy Robinson at BGC.
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Chapter 3: What can we expect from the Switch 2 hardware?
So now the question is, does that mean Nintendo in the next 48 hours will announce that on Thursday you need to tune in? Or is this just, hey, we're here on Thursday?
That's what's interesting about this, is because of what they're talking about, this specific quote-unquote leak being discussed. I'm a little, I don't want to say let down, but like the hardware of it all, kind of what I'm least interested in at this point.
Really? There's so many questions.
Yeah, I guess. What is it? I think we kind of know, though.
I mean, I think we know, but like we want to know more.
The one thing I want to know is OLED. Okay. Because for years now, we've been talking about this goddamn same story, and the word's been, it's not going to be OLED. And my heart breaks for that, Mike. Hurts. But in the last couple of weeks, people have been throwing around those four little letters and raising my hopes.
And so I'm at a point now where I've been saying that I'm hoping that somehow there is OLED in this, whether it's two SKUs or if they just fucking do the right thing and just put it out. But I think that the dream's not dead anymore. I think OLED is a possibility. So I'm excited for that, hopeful for that. So that would be something that I want to know.
But, like, at this point, if the Switch 2 is revealed, you asking the 48 hours of them saying something. Yeah, but they say something. If it's just they drop the trailer, I don't know that they do that necessarily. They did put out the creepy Mario picture to get people excited for the Switch 1, so they could. But the thing that throws me off about this is what they're saying here.
Yeah, thank you for the spirit. I don't know that I want to thank you for it, but something for this. I... Would be let down if they're not talking about games because, like, it's the Switch 2. Like, it's not like, oh, it's the Switch, we don't know what it is, so we need kind of, like... Even then, though, when the Switch 1 was revealed, it was with a ton of games.
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Chapter 4: How does the Switch 2 compare to the original?
Yeah, and, like, the thing is, right before we started the show, I was talking to Barrett, and I was like, I don't know why. I don't think it's this week. I just don't think it's this week. And then these names, though, Nate the Hate, it's like, oh, man, I trust him.
yeah i trust okay yeah so it's like and also a vgc i'm like all right there's there's something here start off the year strong i mean we want it it's imminent like it's like it's going to happen i think very soon so why not let's get hype mike thursday let's believe let's get hype let's go overboard here tim yeah what are the games that you want to be shown during this presentation that wow you like you brought up all the titles that were like skyrim mario right like
What do you want to see on the screen that flashes really quick that goes, oh my God.
Play it back. To me, it's like for the Switch 2, you play back the hits. I want a new 3D Mario. Mario Kart would blow my mind. Like the fact that they're talking about both of those. Hell yeah. That'd be an incredible move for Nintendo and a great first year. It'd make me very happy. But I do think that the big one is you match Skyrim with Elden Ring.
While I don't personally care, that I think is going to be a big statement.
That would be crazy.
I just think that it's the way that Nintendo makes a statement of like, look what the Switch 2 is, y'all. You know what I mean? It's not just whatever. It also has the big games. It's a statement that I think is important. What do you think? What are you expecting or hoping for?
Mario, Metroid, right? I'm looking for some of the titles that wow me. My worry is, is like, what if they go a different direction, Tim, and they go real boring? Where it's just like, here's Tears of the Kingdom running on Switch 1, now here's it on Switch 2, right? Could we get that situation where all of a sudden we just look at old games and we show the power?
So... With that, what's interesting there is I don't think that's boring. If that's all that it was, I think that that would be bad. But to me, that's the equivalent of Mario Kart last time.
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Chapter 5: What games are anticipated for the Switch 2 launch?
Not overpriced, but you know. I'd be so happy. Yeah. I mean, just give me fucking OLED. I don't give a shit about the details of how many... Just give me OLED. It's going to be so upsetting if we get the most powerful Nintendo console ever, but there's some bullshit I got to deal with for whatever reason. It's a joy to play games on my Switch OLED. I love that screen.
It makes games look better even when they run like shit.
Give me OLED. Yeah, will this be a move of the basic and then three years later we give you the OLED? Will it be the, hey, here's both of them, now I'm ready to rock? We're in a day and age where it's like, just make it better. Give us the OLED day one. And that's where I'm at.
Which, again, weird Nintendo decisions, all of that, I understand and I know. But like... While you can try to come up with patterns and look at the past to predict the future, you can't do that with Nintendo. And I think that where I've been saying this since day one, Super Switch, that's cute. No, no, no. Call this the Switch 2. Run with the success you had. Give the people what they need. Okay?
Don't get goddamn cute. Give Tim Getty's OLED. Hope you. I think it's going to happen.
All eyes on Thursday.
All eyes on Thursday.
Exciting, Tim. It is. Time? Early in the morning? Afternoon? We're here on the West Coast, of course.
Probably, I would say, if I remember correctly, the first Switch 1 commercial came out at like 6 p.m. our time.
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Chapter 6: What are the reviews for Dynasty Warriors Origins?
Yeah, yeah. We're just going to clank things together. I love that. That's great.
Side of Fry says, do we get the Halo and Switch 2 trailer? I don't think so. I don't think so.
Call of Duty?
That would be amazing. I don't think so.
Man, imagine the day we get a Call of Duty on the Switch. Like, that trailer day is going to be insane. We're like, what? And it's like, oh, it's on the Switch? Yeah. Okay.
Bill Shaver says, what third party titles are you expecting? Like, I keep saying I expect Elden Ring. Like, I think Elden Ring is the right move for making a statement. And it's a statement that I think that's a big statement. And I'm not just pulling this out of nowhere.
Like, I'm pulling this off the fact that they put out that image of all the different teams that they are working with on the switch to. And from was there. And so I think I think it's going to happen.
Well, they had Dark Souls Remastered, which was sweet. You know what I mean?
Yeah, keep the catalog going and growing. And just the fact that they used Skyrim for the same purpose that I'm saying for the Switch 2, for the Switch 1, I think they're going to do it. Aaron Limes is excited for third parties to finally start dropping new titles and dates now that Switch 2 will officially exist in coming season for announcements. Yeah, man. The floodgates are about to open.
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Chapter 7: What is Bungie's new MOBA about?
And then I read it and I was like, hmm. This doesn't seem right, especially when you go lo-fi and cozy vibes described as no other mobile. I think it's more visual.
I don't think they mean that by gameplay.
You know what this is? This is going towards the younger audience, and this reminds me of Brawl Stars. All the young kids right now in middle school and beyond are playing Brawl Stars. This is a 3v3 and Battle Royale game. I'm telling you, Tim, that's the game. If you ask any kid out there, they're playing Brawl Stars, Roblox, and Fortnite. Those are the big games.
There's some Siege in there as well if you're watching Twitch. But Brawl Stars is the game, and I think this is just one of those... ideas of, hey, how do you get the younger audience involved? What are they currently playing? I think you jump on the back of that. I just don't know if MOBAs are the answer. I think you got to find something a little bit different.
We'll see when it really nets out what this looks like. Health percentage, like Smash Bros., okay, I can see it. Falling off the map, interesting. MOBAs usually are just tied to the three lanes, the jungle. Pushing somebody off the map might be a cool, fun mechanic, but doesn't give super intense MOBA vibes to me. So we'll see.
MOBAs are interesting. Go for it, Barrett.
I was just wondering if we think at least the concept name of the game or whatever you call it is called Gummy Bears? Right?
Yeah.
Do we think it's based off of the gummy bear song?
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