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Things are this are why I am so glad for European crash safety regulations. Even an adult getting hit by an F150 must feel like getting hit by a brick wall.

I was miffed about the digital triggers at first, but it makes sense for Nintendo's main titles. In Mario Kart and Smash, for example, you need a quick and snappy button input for ZL and ZR for things like drifting or shielding, and an analogue trigger would take more time to press down. Still, for use outside of the Switch 2 it's not ideal. Hopefully for games that can use analogue triggers on the Switch 2 we see more support for the GameCube controller, since we have the new Bluetooth version for Switch Online.

Potentially. I'm leaning more incompetence/"we always did it this way"/cost cutting rather than malice though, considering Joy Con 2 has a fairly easily repairable design like Joy Con 1. They probably just shoved on a bunch of adhesive for the battery, for example, since it was the most cost effective way to keep the battery from moving about on the go while taking no time in the factory (the only time they care about the assembly). Steam Deck did the same thing (although ROG Ally was smart and actually used screws and brackets to hold its battery down). It's a lazy and stupid solution, but it is a solution.

Theoretically, yes, they could do that with the electronic fuses to prevent firmware from booting, as the Tegra on Switch 2 likely retains the same system. However, they probably wouldn't do it mostly because it would deprive them of boards for refurbished consoles, if not whole units they can go and turn into systems they can send back from the repair centre. Besides, all they really need to do with any potential brick is to stop most people from using the device and to give up. I can't be entirely sure since I don't know the internals that well, but it wouldn't make sense for them to do an irrecoverable brick.

Thanks for letting me know about the eFuses though in the Switch 1 chip, wasn't aware of those before.

Just wait until you find out we use miles per gallon for fuel consumption but sell fuel with litres.

If it's anything like the Wii, there's no hardware to fully brick the console. Instead, it would likely just come up with a software error message on boot (usually after an update) and tell you to contact Nintendo Support, who presumably would completely reset your console and remove mods if you sent it in. Maybe ban the serial number from online too.

Oh goodness, this is reminding me of the SUV/truck hellscape most manufacturers are trying to push nowadays. Even my inner car guy hates those with a burning passion, as it killed so many cool cars.

Most of the delivery services here in the UK even in places with big roads use bicycles, mopeds, or at most a small hatchback car. They can easily fit through that city.

I don't get why Nintendo felt the need to hide screws behind stickers, or to glue down the battery so hard. Switch 1 was fairly easy to open up. Hopefully right to repair legislation can force Nintendo into providing official parts and repair guides before Switch 2 batteries start dying.

It feels decent enough for me, a bit better than Switch 1 Pro Controller. You probably shouldn't take D pad related info from me though, considering I somehow liked the D pad substitute on the original Joy Cons.

I'll probably give that a try when I can then, since I only did up to two players locally as well as online Knockout Tour. I wouldn't be surprised if it went down to 30FPS instead of 60 in 3 or 4 player modes considering how much is on screen.