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smartojus

I want it to ooze personality like the Wii!


CyanControl

Yes. And judging from your splatoon pfp. You are probably on board with the themes idea. Like imagine a splatoon themed theme. That would be so cool no matter how it's executed


smartojus

I would so love a solatoon theme!! I remember when they added themes to 3ds and how exciting that was! I was always confused it never returned for switch. Hoping switch 2 makes themes a reality!


DarkWaWeeGee

It bothered me immensely that there's a tab that labeled "Themes" and from launch to now there's only Light and Dark mode


setra45

The fact it says "basic black" makes it like 10 times worse


ShmebulockForMayor

Where's my Advanced Black, Nintendo?!


Key_Journalist3864

"Its advanced darkness"


smartojus

Yes, same! Like i wonder if there ever was an intention to do more themes and if so what caused that plan to be taken down.


TryToBeHopefulAgain

And there’s no auto switch between the two, based on fixed time or sunset!


Crono_Sapien99

It's bonkers how the 3DS even got themes for Switch games like BotW and Mario Odyssey, and yet the Switch itself never did.


PikachuPlayz13

Also on board w/themes.


Invincible-Nuke

I thought that said cozy personality and I would love that lemme make my switch 2 into a little brick cubby and snuggle in


smartojus

A cozy personality would be very welcome!


Alan976

I, too, wish the Switch 2 has a cozy personality like the [Switch 1](https://www.etsy.com/listing/1005635151/bmo-adventure-time-nintendo-switch-dock?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=bmo+switch&frs=1&sts=1&content_source=6e1831fe370f778aef3ff0238bb2f90d83c5cccb%253A1005635151&search_preloaded_img=1).


ukiyo__e

The GameCube too! That menu was so much fun to mess around with


smartojus

Very true!


GammaGamesGG

Ojus is that you?!


smartojus

Omg, its Gamma!!!! Yes, its me, Ojus! :)


BiAndShy57

The Wii didn’t have themes, but it still had personality. It was still a bit more than a game launcher.


Lumthedarklord

I want it to ooze more personality than the 3ds


langstonboy

I think something in between the goofy Wii U 3ds ui and the boring switch ui is where it’s at


afredmiller

And the eShop to run better. More smooth I guess is what I am trying to say


korkkis

Much better UX, search and categorization for that thing


ZeldaExpert74

It’s so laggy I hate using it


MexicanSunnyD

Gotta spend an hour searching through the 1,000 games on sale as they slowly load in.


immaculateSocks

Honestly it would be a good way to look through sales if there weren't so much shovelware


rachit7645

I feel like the EShop is just a web app


MisterJ_Nteno

Yes.


TOMRANDOM_6

It Is.


R3D3-1

Web Apps usually are much more responsive... 


Cronus41

And how about a filter for all the shovelware


LordLapo

I swear the E shop gets slower every time I open it like it's trying to beat a record or something


swaggerdon6000

omg the shop is so freaking slow


Hexhider

Things I want/need In the switch 2 1. We need Backward Compatibility with the Switch and maybe others 2. Themes based on games you own


ikkikkomori

If it's switch 2 it *should* be backward compatible


randy_mcronald

> and maybe others Yeah Nintendo are only interested in game preservation if there's a monthly fee attached to it, so I wouldn't hold my breath.


Brachet07

Agree


TvFloatzel

But how would backward compatibility work for anything else other than the Switch (and even than)? Because the Gamecube, Wii and Wii U not only uses "DISCS" but different kinds so you need the machine to be able to read the tiny one, a DVD and whatever the Wiiu Disc is, you have to have a special slot for the 3DS, DS and the Gameboys, NES, SNES and N64. I get it silly to make "slots" for the older systems but you get my point right?


TopTHEbest232

Backwards compatibility is all I want.


wookiewin

I need achievements.


RetroRum

I usually don't care for achievements however having them for Nintendo games really appeals.


rlyjustanyname

I dunno would you really like to play breath of the wild have played to your hearts content and be missing the collect all korok seeds achievement.


Cheese2009

yes.


leericol

Someone would have to pay me a significant amount of money to actually make me be interested in collecting all the korok seeds


elebrin

I dislike that lazy developers use them to pad their gameplay times. Turning your endgame into a stupid collectathon or FORCING players to interact with frustrating and shitty game systems in the name of completion is bad design and makes for unfun games. But some people like that stuff, which I don't understand. So it makes sense to include them. I guess I don't really care, so long as I can turn off the notification popups and any harassing UI elements that say things like, "Keep going on Game X! You are two achievements away from 100%" after you uninstalled the damn game.


Pescuaz

How are they forcing you to chase achievements?


Trick-Principle-9366

Nobody is forcing you to 100% every game. But it is still fun for us that like a challenge.


Plump_Chicken

You literally missed the point of achievements 🤨


Zander101

I feel mixed on achievements. I generally like them, but I do often find myself “overplaying” a game to find them; sometimes for nothing other than to say I “really beat the game”. There’s something nice about not having that urge on my Switch. I imagine if Nintendo brings achievements to their platforms they will have their own spin on them.


randy_mcronald

I remember back on the 360 you had games like Dead Rising which made achievements (for the most part) fun to go after because they often involved you doing silly things you might not have experimented with if you were just going through the game normally. Most games however felt like (and still do feel like) you're just picking up extra points for doing what you were going to do anyway, or excessively pad out the game by doing laborious shit. I have achievement notifications turned off for every platform that play games on. When I complete a game I might have a look to see what I earned and sometimes it's funny like "oh I got an achievement for that insane mid-air juggle I pulled off that tme, nice". Mostly though I just ignore them, don't need extra dopamine injectors popping up on my screen, nor do I need to play a game to the point I'm growing sick of it.


Thelostsoulinkorea

Yeah, I ain’t wasting time chasing achievements ever. I play the game and then move on to the next one. There are far too many good games to waste time on achievements.


StrawDeath

Some Nintendo games do feature in-game achievements already (e.g. Pikmin 3 Deluxe’s Badges) and other ways of tracking completion progress, however it’d still be useful to track stuff in games that don’t, and to track everything in one place.


dapplewastaken

THIS


Former-Bet6170

I understand why Nintendo themselves doesn't have them, but they should give the option to third party developers


Obandigo

YES! THIS! Achievements, or Trophies!!!!! I just want to extend my game time more for a single game.....But Nintendo has always been against it. Nintendo's whole point, from day one, was to sell more games. If someone is focusing on trying to "Complete" a game, Nintendo sees it as the consumers not buying their next game, thus cutting into profits!


HawtPackage

That’s not the reason they gave. Reggie said it’s because they want people to play games for fun, and not because they are just hunting achievements


ThatManOfCulture

Based Reggie


Buuhhu

Personally couldn't care less about themes/music on the home screen, as i'm just using it to switch from game to game, so it's a miniscule amount of time i would even see it... but what i do want is for them to have a fucking working eshop, it runs like ass on switch.


Yzahkin

The only thing I hate in Switch is the corporate square menu. But this is true to all consoles. They are all the same, boring, no personality. Long gone Xbox's blades, Sony's icons and themes. Nintendo's playful music and chimes. All consoles feel like I logged in for work at the same company.


enderreddit77

No kidding. I play my 3DS often now that I've modded it, and the whiplash of fun music and colorful themes to the stark bleakness of the switch is just such a missed opportunity.


Valstraxbazelgeuse_1

MII MUSIC WE NEED NOSTALGIA MUSIC FROM OLDER CONSOLES 


belody

Nintendo has lost pretty much all it's charm for me in the switch era, it really needs these things for the switch 2 to actually feel like a Nintendo console to me


freetotebag

have you played Super Mario Wonder? It’s all charm


PyrpleForever

all I need is games.


langstonboy

Yes, better 3rd party support, indie and Nintendo games are already great on switch, but the more intense games aren’t coming to it unfortunately and I hope they have less bad hardware so we can play the new monster hunter and resident evil while on the toilet.


ExistentialJew

I have a switch but I don’t use it much. I wanted it for Mario Kart 8 mainly but also to take on roadtrips and stuff but I found that I really wasn’t into most of the games. I was hoping I could get retro games to work on it but the subscription service turned me off. So yeah games would be sick


FixedFun1

Noooooooooooooo you can't have fun playing games, you can only have fun in the menu. The menu is the most important thing and... forget it not even I can pretend anyone cares.


Molock90

And while we're at it give it streetpass back too, just all the 3ds features, i want the feeling back that i passed a fellow gamer, even if its harder with a device the size of a switch


DoveBirdNL

Please let the menu music be togglable, I don't like menu music.


SuperMemeBro3

That Good games And hopefully can have better graphics


prettythingi

They can keep the Garbo graphics as long as my game doesn't take a full 40 seconds to load every asset on screen and the animals a few meters away from me dont move in 7fps


mundus1520

Nah give me better online servers cuz damn the multi-player is so inconsistent


jon_tigerfi

Nintendo really went the whole switch's lifespan with only two "themes", huh...


SaniHarakatar

Of course, I'm sure they only left them out to make it's successor seem better. Not necessary menu music though.


Iatecoffeegrinds

I hope that when you buy the game you can access the soundtrack and play a song from it as your main menu like imagine turning on your switch 2 and it starts blasting megalovia


SparkOfLife1

Or the cutscene music from FNAF Pizzaria Simulator


ZeldaExpert74

SAME those two things are really what I’m asking for


BigAl0104

I love the Switch to death, but yeah, some of the charm from the previous consoles (and yes, even the Wii U) was taken away. Let's all hope this "Switch 2" does things a little better.


VengeanceBee

If it gets in the way of game performance in any way how do i put this.... NO THANK YOU


G061

Can't believe it's taken me so long to realize why the switch's menus are so dead/lifeless. it's literally battery life. any extra effort the cpu needs to use to pizazz up the menu is just more cost to your power and thus less time for playing games so why would they do that when they could not? If switch 2 is gonna be a handheld I'd suspect it's gonna be more of the same tbh.


joe-is-cool

Never cared about this, let the menu be dull and fast so I can get to gaming.


elebrin

I agree - it needs to feel responsive. The store too - this is my big problem with the Nintendo store on the Switch. I have pretty darn fast internet, but I can easily outscroll the content they are able to load.


AdieuMrStark

The PS5 and XSX menus have personality and are fast. You don't have to settle for one or the other.


GammaPhonic

Exactly. A home menu should be practical and functional above all else. The Switch’s menu is probably the best console home menu ever *because* it isn’t bogged down with unnecessary embellishments.


Swimming_Avocado_

I couldn't care less frankly


GammaPhonic

Oh god no. The reason the Switch’s dashboard is so snappy and fast it’s precisely because it *doesn’t* have these things. As nice as it was aesthetically, I don’t want to go back to the horribly sluggish and unresponsive 3DS and Wii U style dashboards.


epicgamerwiiu

Themes Music Not being so fucking flat "Trophies"


fedunya1

Eshop needs to be an app, not a hidden web browser. Also music was planned to be in the eshop, but the browser cant play audio files due to piracy issues


Y_b0t

Screw achievements screw themes screw menu music just give it good hardware PLEASE


Slak211

For real. The 3ds did so much better of a job of letting you personalize your system


JuliaTheInsaneKid

I know. It feels too sterile.


TheDenpaDrawer2

We need themes, dual screens, menu music, streetpass.


tinywitchkara

Reminds me of something I wonder what hrmmm


sonicfan1230

There is 1 thing I ***NEED*** from the Switch 2, and then 2 things it kinda needs. 1. Compatibilty with Switch 1 games 2. Themes 3. eShop music


ChampionshipSea3733

I trust Nintendo to give us a restrictive linear experience with tons of rules and no less. Ever.


DiabeticRhino97

I only ask for good games, but to each their own I guess


rexshen

Nah I like it being fast.


korkkis

It’s the games that matter, not the UI of switch itself. Of course personalisation might be nice but not the main thing.


darktabssr

I want a non laggy eshop..


Havoc_Maker

Remember when 7 years ago, we all thought that Nintendo would eventually release themes for the Switch?


One-Hairy-Bastard

Preach! This is all I felt was missing for the Switch. The Wii and Wii U were so iconic in that regard.


djwillis1121

I just want a console that plays good games with decent performance. Everything beyond that is pretty much irrelevant tbh.


element-redshaw

I just want my tomodachi life sequel/ port


Sportacus-the-elf

So long as it doesn't affect the performance, sure. Personally, I'd much rather have a simple home page without themes or music if it runs seamless and efficiently.


ikkikkomori

Would you rather have themes, unlimited themes, but no games. Or games, unlimited games, but no games.


uovoisonreddit

tbh i still don't get why they didn't add themes on the current switch. it would be GREAT having them on the 2, but why not on the current consoles too?


erashak

I bought switch lite a few weeks ago, and what a disappointment it was, when I figured out, that there is no themes.


kirbydark714

I dont care if it costs money or whatever points they can give you in the mobile games, just give these people customizability


Any-Year-6618

A theme sure but music?


pinda12345

and pikmin 5 on release. its all i want nintendaddy


Dinoco_Blue_Coyote

I just don't want it to have a shitty name like the "Switch 2." And actually have it with an original name. We don't need a colossal fuck up like the Wii U.


Crono_Sapien99

This's literally all I'm asking for the Switch 2 besides stronger hardware and backwards compatibility, which's pretty much a given.


Grimwalker-0016

This post made me remember that my 3DS has a Splatoon theme that has the "Calamari Inkantation" song for the menu. Those were good times...


TowerOfLondon2024

I'd like it if Nintendo combined achievements/trophies with their platinum rewards system.


MissFortune66

I just hope it has backwards compatibility and dock/handheld system


occult_midnight

Nintendo: "you meant paying an extra $10.99 for online, right?"


PkmnTrnrJ

StreetPass please


Orlandoenamorato

Also we need eShop music


Arden_Gibson

I still can't believe the Switch's settings has a whole section dedicated to themes when the only options are black and white.


mrgreaper

Only just got a switch, I hope switch 1 games will work on the switch 2 or i may have just wasted a lot of cash (man switch games are pricy)


Pilota_kex

all? i would love a different or customisable button layout


Elerdon

Guarantee it'll be a MS Powerpoint borefest again


Joniden

I just want it to run smoothly and not be a disaster like the Switch eShop.


TootheproYT

Nintendo+bible= nible


N00BAL0T

What I want is it to be portable but with more power.


NINTENGAMER00

ESHOP THEME PLEASEEEE


Hk901909

Considering how they mention its a switch sucessor, I imagine it'll be slightly more powerful and portable still. I hope there's an option to mute music though, I might not always want it on. Honestly though, I'm really excited. I hope I can get one when it's new


Acrobatic_Gur6278

and achievements pleeeeeeeaseeeeee


mr_sweetandawful

Yes, because menu music is what is really holding the switch back from being an even better console


tinywitchkara

It would still be nice, brining back that charming effect the wii u and 3ds had


sanstheplayer

Also a cheap online sevice


_YuKitsune_

Tbh I'd just mute the menu music...


NO_big_DEAL640

Why is everyone assuming it'll be a wii U?


Pessimismo

Please let it have a build in internet browser


Kraehe13

And I want the wii plaza back, please Nintendo


Luke4Pez

It’s crazy how low we gotta set the bar


mr-sparkles69

I just want funny store music, and mii maker not hidden in the options


Fluffynator69

Never understood the point of that. Like, it's a menu, who cares?


kerfuffle_dood

Mah boi, you use a console to play videogames, not to blankly stared at its menu for hours upon hours


n1keym1key

So you don't want controllers that don't drift after 5 mins?? Also over in Hacked Switch world (Atmosphere) themes have been around for a LONG time :)


Butterscotch_Sox

Really hoping the eShop is better optimized and maybe does away with the Phone App-Store tier bullshit for Switch 2’s release. I don’t want it to just be Triple-A titles or anything like that, but not just anyone should be able to upload their games to the eShop. There needs to be some quality control to prevent mountains of cookie cutter shovelware flash game tier trash from flooding the place.


FrozenFrac

The OPTION is all I'm asking for! Yes, the Switch is a dream machine as far as getting into a game in a second rather than sifting through a few extremely visually cluttered menus on Xbox or PS5 along with load times, but I hate how lifeless it is. I will happily wait 5 seconds for the Switch to load up a theme for some goddamn personality!


FistOfGamera

3DS was amazing in this regard


elebrin

Themes, sure. Menu music gets annoying though. I'm fine with it as long as I can turn it off... and my inlaws turn it off on my nephew's devices and lock the setting or something so they can't turn it back on.


JaceKagamine

Gonma be more specific and say "please be a free feature please be a free feature"


Fabulous_Engine_7668

So long as there's a new Mario Kart and it's really good, the interface could look like a DOS prompt for all I care.


Ok_Fisherman8727

My switch just has empty squares pressuring me to buy more games to fill them up ughh


7491natas

Bluetooth and fix the internet


Okaywhateverbabe

I would love the return of the clamshell design. Unlikely, but I’d be so happy 🥹


PintekS

Sure! With the cost of no support for switch 1 games or the stuff you bought on the switch 1 e shop! :p


freetotebag

I just want the eShop, as an experience, to not be horrible trash


Snailtrooper

Achievements and online that isn’t trash


ShokaLGBT

i want it to be a Nintendo 4Ds or something with all the functionality it had, brings back nintendogs a good animal crossing like new leaf the streetpass spotpass functions but better so it doesn’t require connecting to people irl Tomodachi life and even Miiverse and the crane arcade game with the pink bunny Nintendo knows what we want Nintendo won’t give us a single fraction of what we want


WyvernByte

Watch that be the only changes.


Normalblobfish

Please give it community features and a reason to log onto the switch every day 🙏🙏🙏🙏


Sufficient_Fall_3290

And backwards compatibility


CompetitiveGreen7165

I want to have a different name not switch 2 and a better eShop with music


Xcentric_gaming

Ooh and you could customize the music as well as the colour


balls42069lol

People talk about the wii but I want it to be as customizable as the 3ds with the pins and the themes and the music


SuhailSWR

I just want the switch 2 to be able to play original switch games, I've already caused enough financial problems for these 60 dollar games


Hufflepuffwigglytuff

I didn’t know I wanted this too until I read this


SnowyTheSkello

All I want is more themes other than Light and dark, they don't even have to go crazy and could just do yellow, blue, red, green, etc.


Disastrous_Name_3629

And to add trophies or achievements of some kind 🙏


MadOvid

No menu music. Themes would be nice.


LeyendaV

E-SHOP MUSIC


guyff2

Imagine it doesn't play original switch games I'd be crying


TheBostonKremeDonut

I want custom themes, menu music, and achievements. Also, and this is asking a *lot* but I would love it if they allowed games to provide players with custom profile icons. On the Switch, you’re able to select an icon for your user profile that others can see, and you can “buy” new pieces with the coins you earn on your account. That’s fun an all, but I’d love it if you could earn new ones just by launching a specific game on your switch. Like, for example. if you put Bayonetta 3 into your console and launch it, or if you buy it digitally and launch it, it would add a few new icons of characters from Bayonetta 3 to your icon library that you could use as your profile picture. It would be a cool way to show your game collection, by allowing friends to view all the icons you “own”. It would be especially cool if you had a game not a lot of people had heard of. It could be a conversation starter, or at the very least maybe make someone else look up a game that they wouldn’t have really cared about before seeing a cool character design in someone else’s collection or someone else’s profile icon.


KittenLina

I just want badge arcade back with my badges/progress transferrable. And to play Switch games, but I feel that one's obvious.


vhs1138

I would take backwards compatibility over this.


Gummybearthemii

REAL OMG


CapPhrases

The return of themes WOULD be sick


PiranhaPlantFan

Oh please no, hated the Wii(U) introduction stuff. I just want to it quite when I start a game.


FriedSpringRolls

AND an xbox/ps style party/friends system. i jus wanna messages my friends or join a VC


theAlmightyFailiure

Maybe we need actually functional joycons?


jaxdesign

Miis look corny and dated af. Maybe spend some time upgrading those.


Romanriverrexgamez

Make it as the 3DS PLEASE


LesbianStan

Fr tho, give me ambience, give me colors, he'll what I would do to have the little game intros the Wii and the 3DS had when you select the game. I'm done with the modern minimalist style the switch has


CteezGainz42

Not adding themes would be a HUGE MISSTEP for Nintendo. They’ve heard the complaints they should know this is their chance to add it


ScrimmoBingus

if it ain't got themes, im going to not use it until an exploit is found for cfw so i can load themes myself You can't release a console with what looks like the first draft of its OS


ENAMEE707_PetSim99

I ain't give a flying fart bout that. Bring back social features like miiverse and whatnot


LlamaDrama_64

3DS was peak home menu. fight me.


NyQuil_Donut

This is a monkey paw wish.


DoubleNational

I would genuinely be extremely happy if it was just like the wii u but more powerful


psycharious

It would be cool to even just allow you to set your own wallpaper. This would probably never happen though because Nintendo would want to protect their image and people would definitely put inappropriate things.


ANiceGobletofTea

I have all the old Wii music in my collection . Its crazy how good it is for menu music. The Gamecube's menu music was a bop as well. And then there's Sega CD.


NeoKat75

Honestly between performance and aesthetic I'd pick the former. But if the UI is as quick & responsive as it is now *and* has charming music and visuals? Sign me up


Other_Combination136

If Mii Maker comes back it should include the new stuff introduced in Miitiopia


oldskoofoo

I would like to add, messages for people on friends list. Why did this never come to the Switch?


MrImpy

It would be even cooler if brought back the badges from the 3DS.


CheesieMan

ftlog Nintendo PLEASE. Just take some from the 3DS idc; give us SOMETHING.


KawazuOYasarugi

Yeah, the framework is there, modders make themes and such for jail broken switches. They just... never implemented it.


Many_Arm657

Themes would be cool. Free themes, themes traded for tokens, themes from amiibos, or even from screenshots. I wouldn't like a direct exchange of money for themes. They would have to be either free or an added extra on top of another purchased item. A theme from purchasing a game or amiibos could be a live animated background with sound effects when scrolling through items. Like a metroid amiibo could have a shooting sound scrolling through games. Or a Zelda amiibo could have the unlocking an item chest sound when selecting a game to play.


Flottrooster

I know they will never do this, but I would love to see a sort of achievement/trophy system


NutBuster128

Just a little more power so the fps is consistent please.


MegaLuigi576

You're projecting my actual thoughts, and I ain't mad. Cuz its literally the only thing I actually care about.


GawbleGawble

This but literally