The internet and beyond are buzzing about the Nintendo Switch 2. Now, whether that buzz is a “good thing” or not depends on what you’re discussing. However, for now, we’re focusing on the hardware itself. The Switch 2 may look familiar, but it has numerous upgrades to make it superior to the OG Switch, including several fan-requested things. You might wonder, though, “What went into making the new console?” Apparently, a lot. As revealed in an official Nintendo interview, the main dev team trio of Kouichi Kawamoto, Takuhiro Dohta, and Tetsuya Sasaki had actually started work on the system in 2019!
When it came to the “seed-sowing” process of ensuring that they knew what to improve for the Nintendo Switch 2, the team was more than willing to admit that the OG system had its flaws:
The trio were happy with the processing speeds they were able to get into the Switch 2 and said that the games they showed off in the Nintendo Direct yesterday truly benefitted from that. In a separate part of the interview, the trio further noted that they really did “redesign everything from scratch” versus just making small changes, especially when it came...
