 Earlier today we talked about Tears of the Kingdom in context with the visuals and the lack of, I guess, impressive enhancements that many people have noticed, although I would say the way Link's hair flows and even the way the horse's mane and tail flows looks to be a bit better. I think the lighting appears to be better as well, the shadow quality, etc., etc. The draw distance. There's obviously some improvements, but nothing that knocks your socks off and you notice right away. And one reason is because a lot of people think this game should have been pushed a little bit and may be released on the Nintendo Switch too, especially if the rumors around the DLC Part 2 of Pokemon Scarlet Violet having a graphics enhancement patch for a new Switch are true, that means the Nintendo Switch 2 is probably coming this holiday or early next year, if not holiday of next year, and that's a bit of a long delay to delay the game for that, but also by then they could have also implemented a ton of visual enhancements and that might have made people a bit more excited even though it takes place in the same Hyrule, which that's going to continue to be a criticism over and over and over again, I think until Nintendo proves it by just releasing the game. The game needs to be released and then maybe people will stop complaining about the same Hyrule stuff, but until then, you know, they're just going to have to deal with that criticism. That being said, I do think that Tears of the Kingdom absolutely will be launching on that next system and it might even be ready to go day one. Now how is Nintendo going to handle this when they already have a version out and especially if there's backwards compatibility? Well, let's talk about that and let's talk about what this means for Tears of the Kingdom after I remind you that we're on our road to 100,000 subscribers. We're getting really, really close guys. Thank you so much for subscribing to the channel, I appreciate it. If we get there, we'll give away a collector's edition of the game along with the Zelda Tears of the Kingdom Switch OLED and what else, maybe a PAX pin or something like that? I don't know, we're working out some details on some giveaways for it, but those first two are for sure. So please, you know, if you guys would like to subscribe to the channel, I would appreciate it. Drop a like and let me know your favorite Nintendo Switch game down in the comments below. Alright, so Tears of the Kingdom is obviously launching on Switch on May 12. It's happening, we know it, we're going to get it as is and it, you know, some people will be impressed by it, some people won't. I think it's going to end up reviewing pretty well because almost all Zelda games do and I'm impressed so far by what we've seen, but I'm probably easy to impress. I'm a big Zelda enthusiast, I've been looking forward to this game since 2019 and yeah, you know, there isn't a whole lot Nintendo can do, I'm probably not going to enjoy it when it comes to Zelda. It also helps the Breath of the Wild is my favorite Zelda game of all time so you tell me we're getting more of that, I'm going to be extremely excited. But when it comes to launching on Nintendo Switch 2, you can't just bring the same game over. Backwards compatibility is a thing, but I do think Nintendo is going to relaunch the game on that platform. Now there's a couple ways they're going to handle this and I think these ways make a lot of sense and let's first just get the cat out of the bag. There probably will be DLC for this game and because there's DLC for this game, there's something they could do with that DLC that would end up I think making the transition easy for some people and that is they could include a graphics enhancement patch bundled in with the DLC so anyone that buys the current version of the game and then gets the DLC for the game knows confidently when that next system comes out that they're going to have that graphics enhancement patch, they're not going to talk about that now until the system is actually announced, but that would be a really neat inclusion. I don't know that Nintendo is going to do this because they might just say screw it, we want to repackage the game, put the DLC back in, charge 70 bucks all over again and that could be what they do, but why is Nintendo going to do this? Well, see Breath of the Wild has had like a six year run on the market, right? It's had six years to get up to 30 million, I don't think they want to take what is probably the most expensive game they've ever made and only allow it to exist on the market for about a year and a half. I think they're going to want to take advantage of that new hardware and I think that's where you're going to see a lot of visual enhancement stuff happening. Obviously, we've heard all the rumors about Nintendo Switch 2 offering 4K, either through FSR or DLSS, obviously significantly more powerful components, which could allow the game to hit a stable 60 FPS, increase that draw distance even more, and maybe even attempt to get rid of that little six foot rendering line they seem to put into the game. It's kind of only noticeable if you're looking for it, but once you notice it, it is hard to ignore and I do think that these are all enhancements that we could absolutely expect when it releases on that system and I do think Nintendo is going to do it. I do think they're going to repackage the game and sell it again for 70 bucks because yeah, they want to make more money and it's going to still feel like a pretty good deal because it's going to include all the DLC in addition to the graphic enhancements. I don't really see Nintendo going beyond that $70 price with a re-release with the packet and even though traditionally, you would say that's a price drop and Nintendo doesn't like to price drop their games, but it's sort of a unique case where they're kind of relaunching tears of the kingdom on that new system. And even with that relaunch, there could be a second DLC pack they decided to announce and release as well, depending on how long it's going to be between major, you know, homegrown Zelda games, like are they doing a trilogy? Is there going to be another five, six year wait for the next Zelda game that isn't a top down one, which by the way, I do think there's a top down Zelda game in the works by Grezzo. So look, Nintendo Switch 2 is something that we've been talking about for a while at this point for roughly a year. We don't know a ton of fact based information other than it's probably using the Drake. But what the exact specs of Drake are we don't know what the exact specs of T239 we can only guess at I've done a video where we put some educated guesses out there but it's still just a guess. We just need to be a little patient. I do think that if this was a Switch 2 game out the gate that maybe some of these complaints wouldn't exist because that hardware is clearly going to be a leap forward. But we need to consider that the Nintendo Switch is only a minor leap over the Wii U. Still a leap. It's still more powerful, but not so much so that I think we should have expected a major graphical overhaul. Some people are going to disagree, of course, and that is totally fine. I'm good with the way tears of the kingdom looks today. I know that saying a lot when we're getting other open world games or at least we got Starfield coming up. We had cyberpunk not too long ago. Let me know the Spider-Man game and so much more coming that's going to be very visually pleasing on other platforms. But I think tears of the kingdom will have its heyday. We've already seen what Breath of the Wild looks like in 4K on a PC through an emulator and it looks absolutely incredible because that art style is gorgeous. It just needs the resolution to really truly support it. And as long as it gets that bump with the Switch 2, we're going to be eating good. We're going to be eating really good when it comes to Zelda. And honestly, it might end up even selling even more on Switch 2 than it did on here because almost everyone is either going to double dip or they're going to buy that DLC. And obviously the long trickle down sales are going to be something to pay attention to as well. So I kind of do think that in a weird way tears of the kingdom is going to be a multi-generational game. It's going to cross generations. It's just not doing it in the way Breath of the Wild in Twilight Princess did because it's not a day one crossing. It is going to have a healthy life on Switch, but also a pretty healthy life on the next system. I think there's a really great way to compare this. Think about Grand Theft Auto 5. It launched on the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3. It had a healthy life there, but then it also relaunched again on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One and ended up having an even healthier life there. And I sort of see Zelda following that similar routine where it's going to sell a lot on Switch and I somehow think it's going to sell even more on Nintendo Switch 2. So that's sort of what I'm seeing here. I'm not talking about it reaching 80 million plus like Grand Theft Auto because I was a multi-platform game, but I do think that tears of the kingdom is going to do really, really well on Switch 2, but these are just my thoughts. I obviously want to know what you guys think how Nintendo is going to handle this. Are they going to relaunch it or are they just not going to relaunch it? Are they just going to keep backwards compatibility? Maybe release a patch that they charge for? I have no idea. You know, these are just my thoughts and I'm always interested in yours. So let me know down in the comments below. Thank you for tuning in and I'll catch you in the next video. And remember, our next video also happens on a Monday and we'll be live streaming that night. Catch you later.