How do you feel about the Switch 2 UI?

[rosheko]

Any new opinions?

 

[Ettino]

Any new opinions?

Yeah. Stop spamming.

 

[LightBeam]

i would be. dont waste my time with some slow fancy menu

Why would fun and fast be mutually exclusive ?

It's not all or nothing. The eShop was bland on the Switch 1 but also slow as fuck, adding themes to the UI didn't slow it down either.

It's just a (dumb) design decision, it's a corporate idea that you need to look minimalistic in order to appear "serious". They don't want you to think you're playing with a toy.

 

[Exnor]

Lame. Like the original Switch.

I like my switch but the UI experience compared with my N3DS is several steps backwards, and for what I see online the Switch 2 UI is the same lame experience that we got on the 1st one.

The 3DS has a web browser, themes, you can arrange game icons, add cute little badges and had a native messaging app. The switch has none of that. Huge step backwards.

Oh and don't give crap about security, because if MS can have a full browser on the Xbox ecosystem with zero usable exploits for 12 years now, so can Nintendo if they wanted too!!!

 

[onions]

I really don't like the gradient around selected menu items, I miss the Switch's plain blue outline. Ugly contrasting gradients are one of my least favorite design trends.

 

[RyanTheArchivist]

In the last Nintendo Ad we've been able to take a glimpse at the "new" Switch 2 UI:

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I don't know about you but I'm pretty underwhelmed and honestly wonder what Nintendo did all those years since the Switch 1 release. The only good thing is there's rumors that themes will be available for Switch 2. So it's time for another themehax, maybe?

An improvement over the original Switch UI for sure. Had a lot of nice QOL stuff but I definitely would have preferred more.

 

[Ettino]

An improvement over the original Switch UI for sure. Had a lot of nice QOL stuff but I definitely would have preferred more.

The game chat & camera thing is hilariously craptastic though. It's like back in the 360 era again.

 

[Skv0ra]

The game chat & camera thing is hilariously craptastic though. It's like back in the 360 era again.

Well, we're talking about Nintenderp, that seems to hold Japanese way of 2 decades back internet website styling as their leading design principle, plus more busy and crappy I/O implementations. I don't think I'll EVER understand a mouse gimmick on a system that entirely lacks a keyboard, browser, and normal computing experience.

 

[Marc_LFD]

Well, we're talking about Nintenderp, that seems to hold Japanese way of 2 decades back internet website styling as their leading design principle, plus more busy and crappy I/O implementations. I don't think I'll EVER understand a mouse gimmick on a system that entirely lacks a keyboard, browser, and normal computing experience.

How is it going to be used for FPS games? It's missing the traditional keyboard.

 

[ikynx]

The Switch1->Switch2 UI update is on par with the level of enjoyment I get from an MS Office minor update, which makes sense because it was probably designed to look sleek in a powerpoint slide deck aimed at a board of old men in 60ies+.

 

[Marc_LFD]

Any new opinions?

I just treat it as a Switch Pro so I'm okay with it. The Switch 2 doesn't feel like a true successor, but an upgraded Switch.

Kind of like PS4 and PS4 Pro... Same console, except more powerful.

 

[SylverReZ]

The UI looks about the same as the first Switch with some minor adjustments. Doesn't feel like something to get hyped about.

 

[Skv0ra]

How is it going to be used for FPS games? It's missing the traditional keyboard.

That would be absolutely damn awkward to use 1 con like a movement stick and then elongated cheed of a "mouse" to aim.... And we all know N looked at Lenovo and said - hey, a useless feature to add in to pad the cost of the entire system...

 

[Kioku]

Lazy and uninspired… In line with modern Nintendo.

 

[rave420]

I don't mind it, that's all I can say about it. It's neutral, unoffensive, and perfectly functional. Sure, customization would always be nice, but I'm not sitting here fuming that it's somehow making the console unappealing. It let's me launch the games, is easy to navigate, completely not confusing to the point my senile mother could get around with it, it's perfectly serviceable.

What we wish for and what we are given in the end are often at odds with one another. If you feel strongly about it, don't buy the console and wait until someone finds a way to run CFW on the console. Personally, I will be staring at the home screen and menus for less than 0.1% of my total time with the device. The ergonomics of controllers, screen and build quality, etc. are much, much more important to me, and here the Switch 2 seems to be doing alright for me so far.

Speaking of wishes, I am still really wishing for a streetpass-like experience to make a comeback one of these years. I want to collect people's Mii's from all over the globe and then marvel at my map gosh darn it. The 3DS and all of it's quirks and pre-packaged software was peak as far as nintendo handhelds go in my opinion, and I still use mine regularly.

 

[Vensen]

In the last Nintendo Ad we've been able to take a glimpse at the "new" Switch 2 UI:

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I don't know about you but I'm pretty underwhelmed and honestly wonder what Nintendo did all those years since the Switch 1 release. The only good thing is there's rumors that themes will be available for Switch 2. So it's time for another themehax, maybe?

it's my #1 issue with the console and turns me off the most but I am still going to get mine since the games seem very appealing to me

 

[Memfis]

I cant understand, why they did not give us the 3DS Dashboard as alternative. I loved this so much. I hate this "one line" Dashboard.

 

[subcon959]

I still don't like the fact there are icons for games that aren't immediately playable. I would much rather have it like 3DS so they only appear when the cart is inserted.

 

[Xzi]

Still dislike it, but at least it is a lot snappier than Switch's UI. Better get some themes this time around too, because what other reason would it need for taking up 3GB of RAM?

 

[KingVamp]

Could they not have at least fit more games at once, on the screen?