- 8:45 PM, Wednesday,
April 2nd 2025
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- It is wildly
unreasonable that I shot over an hour of 8k60 raw
footage this morning and was able to edit it and overlay
the Switch 2 presentation in a 3D space and have it
all finished and uploaded the same day (while also going
to Vienna's basketball practice for a new league!). It's
a bummer that I'm a bit behind on unlocking videos or
everyone would be super impressed with the turnaround. I
can assure you NO ONE ON THE PLANET
is attempting turnarounds like this. And the fact that my
last three entries are a 67 minute video and two 21
minute videos? In 8k60 RAW?!?!?! I am taxin' this PC like
a mofo. Here's hoping the workflow I've figured out will
someday be rewarded with a contract. LOL.
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- ANYWAY
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- So here it is! The
big Switch 2 reveal. Cam and I woke up super early to
pull this off and we were far too tired to freak out. In
fact I begged him to not be the normal screaming Youtuber
at 6:11am. He plays it quite well... I just wanted to
capture the moment for us because it's just a special
moment. Ya know? He was too young for this 8 years ago so
he's getting to do a legit launch of a Nintendo console
and it's just exciting. My first launch day Nintendo was
1996 with the N64. Stoked to be doing this with my kid
nearly 30 years later. Enjoy the subdued
reactions...
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-
- So there we go. Oh
and it wasn't in the presentation, but the price is a
tariff-worthy $449 and $499 with Mario Kart World. I
guarantee you the reason they didn't put the price in the
direct is because they were unsure eactly what the
economic situation was gonna be with this tariff crazy
start to the year. I swear I have never seen a
president ever impact the lives of so many so quickly. It
was different in the democracy days, but in the executive
order world - all bets are off. A fundamental reshaping
of our country is well underway and it's only gonna get
worse...
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- ...however that
doesn't explain why the fuck a digital download costs
$79.99. And apparently the physical versions of some
games will be $89.99? So - a hundred bucks with tax? What
on EARTH. I knew $59.99 wasn't gonna last, but holy shit.
All my gaming has been VR and PC these days and to say
the VERY LEAST I have been paying pennies on the
dollar. This is a lot to wrap my head around. Cam is
still somewhat into it, he clearly understands the
Nintendo magic when it comes to games... they really just
have a "feel" other games don't. I mean - it's been over
25 years since the last 3D Donkey Kong game came out.
They take great care to sweat the details and even the
companies they partner with have the watchful eye of
Nintendo on their ASSSSSSS. Their games are just
different.
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- A hundred dollars
however is fucking CRAZY pants. This ain't GTA VI.
Fuck me. So, not exactly sure how this generation is
gonna go for Nintendo. If I were them I would've launched
at the $399 price, maxed out games at $69.99 and
weathered the tariff storm (which may come and go in
months) to assure the Switch 2 got off to a strong start.
This could be a 3DS situation where they have to
backtrack because this is a LOT of money for what to many
people will feel like a minor upgrade.
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- Time will
tell!
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- Adam
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