Welcome back to the Nintendo Life Mailbox. You are now living in a post-Switch 2-release world. Having fun?
It’s been a whirlwind month for Nintendo fans, with a brand new console to busy ourselves with! Consequently, penning missives to us at NL Towers hasn’t been top of your list, it seems. Don’t worry, we understand – those Peach Medallions aren’t going to collect themselves!
So, it’s time for a lighter edition of our monthly letters page feature. Got something you want to get off your chest? We’re ready and waiting to read about your game-related ponderings.
Each month we’ll highlight a Star Letter, the writer of which will receive a month’s subscription to our ad-free Supporter scheme. Check out the submission guidelines at the bottom of this page.
Let’s sit back with a warm beverage and go through our dispatch box…
Nintendo Life Mailbox – June 2025
“gretsy” (***STAR LETTER***)
Everyone seemed really gretsy about the Switch 2 price point on announcement and then preorders sold out around the world in the first 30 seconds. I’m having trouble reading the temperature of the room and I’m wondering what you’re seeing behind the scenes. Without revealing confidential metrics, can you talk about site engagement and user enthusiasm since the announcement? Where do you see this generation headed over the next several years? It looks like Nintendo is trading mass adoption for a flashy pop in the first year but what do I know? I’m just an email sitting in an in-box hoping someone finds me.
Keep calm and carry on! Your coverage is top tier!
JJ Koester
Thank you, JJ! Switch 2 has predictably seen a big bump in interest, although with games media struggling and sites going offline everywhere, it’s hardly some massive secret that times are tough.
As for user enthusiasm, we’ve run a fair number of polls over the past couple of months, so they give a decent indication of general opinion. Pre-orders were always going to sell out, so I wouldn’t put too much weight in that as an indicator of public sentiment. Anecdotally, I’ll say that despite claiming she won’t get one yet, my mum has already researched trade-in options and will 100% have a Switch 2 before the summer is out.
For me, it’s a pricey device, yes, and $80 for Mario Kart is a kick. But it should come as zero surprise to anyone who’s been paying any attention to the industry, and $450 isn’t beyond what we were thinking before the price reveal – higher end, but not PS5-Pro-level ‘What the hell?!’ The wider economic issues right now have definitely poured petrol on the price fire.
As for the future, it’s now on Nintendo to dazzle us with games you can’t play elsewhere that nobody else could or would make. – Ed.
“disappointing”
Hey!
I love this site. It’s my primary source for all things Nintendo.I’m curious if you guys plan to review Monster Train 2 when it comes out in a few days. I’d love to hear your thoughts about it. I loved the first one, and I value your opinion.
This generation of games has produced some of the most disappointing sequels to some of favorite games:
– Sports Story
– Mario + Rabbids 2
– Switch Sports
– Blossom Tales 2 (I liked the first, but not one of my favorites)
– Tears of the Kingdom (you may have heard of it)That could be a great article start. Most disappointing sequels to great games.
KevinLo9
Weirdly, I’ve been discussing Monster Train 2 just recently (although note that Kevin’s mail came in just too late to make last month’s mailbag). Unfortunately, it’s fallen through the coverage cracks with the Switch 2 hullabaloo.
With the first one being a Game We Missed, I was keen for us to cover the sequel, but the timing was, er, ‘suboptimal’. Unfortunately, with things as they are, we have to be more selective than ever (far, far more than I’d like to be) when choosing which games to cover with a review, and Switch 2 soaked up all our resources.
Not sure I’m onboard with all those disappointing sequels, personally. But hey, different strokes. – Ed.
“I don’t lean”
I was curious how you feel about WW being on switch 2. Do you think it was a smart decision to have the default GC version or would it better to just re-release the gorgeous Wii U remaster? I don’t lean one way or another, but I do suspect it was the Big N’s quickest means of attracting eyes towards the GC add-on which would the two games’ absence from S1. Just a theory, though.
Anyways, take care everyone!
Yousef
Despite the upgrades, I personally just prefer the look of the original Wind Waker, and I don’t think being on NSO precludes the Wii U version coming to Switch 2. The original game is still excellent (the repetitive wind-conducting aside), and having it readily available is fantastic. And yes, I’m sure it didn’t hurt to be able to point to another Zelda game in the Switch collection.
Although for the cognoscenti among us, F-Zero GX alone would have been enough. Just F-Zero, nothing else in the GameCube app. Or on Switch 2. Ever. $450 for an F-Zero GX machine. Sold. – Ed.
“jokesters”
Which of you jokesters thought it would be a good idea to change “Mother 3 (GBA)” in the search bar to “Mother 3 (GBA – Unknown)”. You had me thinking for a second that they announced it for a different platform. Whyyyyyyy
BandeeOfTheStars
Looks like the artmonkeys have been up to their tricks again. Certainly not a rogue acci-click from one of the team!…
All corrected now, thanks for the flag. And to prove that Bandee isn’t just making things up to crowbar Mother 3 into the conversation, here’s a pre-correction grab. – Ed.
“a slow drip”
Do you think that Nintendo will slowly release more enhancements to older first party software that wasn’t part of the Switch 2 release updates? There’s a handful of first party games that would benefit from the increased power from the Switch 2 that weren’t included in the update list, and I wonder if Nintendo is planning a slow drip feed of improved games a la NSO releases.
Kazman2007
I imagine most of the first-party lineup will get an update of some sort, if only to address minor hiccups caused by the Switch 1 emulation. It’s been great to see games getting ‘silent’ bumps across the board and in various cases fulfilling their potential – I might actually pick up the Arkham Trilogy now that Knight runs. – Ed.
Bonus Letters
“Feel free to respond to this letter however you wish as I’m not sure what I actually want to ask or say.” – Willax
Shmibblybops wartenshninkals! – Ed.
That’s all for this month! Thanks to everyone who wrote in, whether you were featured above or not.
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