 Moving on There was another thing that popped up in this past week Now this is not even a rumor This is complete speculation by a company. I think it was called city group and reported on by Bloomberg that essentially They see a flaw with the Nintendo switch in that it doesn't appeal to children And it doesn't appeal to children they feel because it's too big and it's too heavy They didn't do like an entire video on yes, yes I did a video on this on the channel so you guys could check out the report on that in my reaction initial reaction, but When I put up that video about this news Or not really news this speculation on the switch mini and all the things surrounding the switch mini Which essentially is what city group is saying Nintendo should do in 2019 is release a smaller version of the switch that Doesn't have joy cons. That's just all a single form thing Does not fit in the dock, but everything else is compatible with it and the moment they said does not fit in the dock I was upset because I'm like yeah, if it doesn't go in the dock and there's no way to play on your TV It's not a switch right. It's just a handheld device. It's just another PlayStation Vita or a that plays switch games or a 2DS No No 2DS of their joysticks and it's got two screens. So no It's more similar to a Vita. Sure You're just like I never played it. That's okay Not a lot of people did Anyways, at least not in America Japan it's sold. All right, so There's that the switch mini so just it just encapsulate what the switch mini is again smaller version of the switch doesn't have joy cons It's meant for children and it doesn't work in the dock. It's a slightly more durable It's just it's just a smaller switch that doesn't do what the switch does but is it will play switch games Basically, um, it's compatible with you know joy cons and everything else like a pro controller, etc Why do you want to use a pro controller and dinky screen? That's the size of my phone or smaller? I don't know but whatever it is what it is anyways that If you can tell I'm not very enthused with the switch mini if you watch my video report on it Which I'll put a link down in the description again. It is I'm very bullish on the switch mini being a terrible. Yeah, he sounded annoyed like I Was like you know many people okay You know how many reputable sites started talking about the switch mini as if it should be a thing and I'm just like no This is the stupidest thing I've ever heard of in my life Take the switch down a little bit for kids to play with but everything else works the same exact way It fits in the dock it can't here's the thing someone tried saying well, what if the switch when he did fit in the dock? So they showed on this is my ideal switch. So it's a five inch thing I said it literally cannot fit in the dark Have you looked at the switch sitting in the dock if you shrink it down the buttons in the job and the thing Get in the way of it fitting in the dock. There is not a way for it to fit You'd have to release a new dock Yeah, it is like the most useless concept since I don't know dry bones Astro boy There's a reason This has been in many games how many games is Astro boy then I mean a lot of games, but more like manga and anime Not so I watch not very many games You're resorting to other mediums. Oh man. Hey, at least at least Astro boy has like a movie dry bones Like a dry bones might have been in the cartoon series Okay, but we'll see the star So we got the switch mini like as you can tell I'm not very enthused about the entire concept of the switch mini Some people seem excited about it but what I made that video someone brought up an idea of know what I really want to switch XL and I started thinking about The switch XL and how that could even be a thing right because there's a 3ds XL. We have the DS XL But yes, I would everyone call it so you had these bigger systems in the past and I kept thinking that Nintendo already has the perfect excuse to make a Nintendo switch XL So I'm gonna grab my switch here When you look at the switch, it's got this really thick bezel. That's like a half-inch, you know Yeah, that's like one of my only complaints about a lot of people don't like it and I wonder if it was included because of Just how they were designing the hardware and designing the rails at the time They just wanted it to be easy and they wanted it to be something that You know for people who were gonna like put protectors on a skin on it wasn't gonna cover the screen I don't really know to be honest what the reasoning is no one's ever a I don't think anyone's ever asked Nintendo Why there's such a big bezel on this thing because that's very old school tablets most tablets now. There's like no bezel Anyways, so there's very thick bezel So like Nintendo could literally release another Nintendo switch call it the switch XL and all it is at the exact same size And they just get rid of the bezel. Yeah, and it's just a bigger screen. Yeah That's literally all they'd have to do and it would be compatible with ox because the same size. Yep I hope sounds like a win-win to me The only thing I hope they change if they do do that And maybe this is why the bezel exists because Nintendo claims that they've didn't see the switch scratching problem but the scratches only because of how it slides in the scratches only happen on the bezel area so Maybe Nintendo really did know about the scratches and that's why the bezels there because the bezel conveniently lines up with the rails inside the dock I don't know if anyone's noticed that. Yeah, but it's a very convenient like all the rails line up with the bezel. Hmm Hmm, I think Nintendo might have known something that they're lying about because it's bad marketing Anyways, so I think if they do that if they do make a switch XL I hope that instead of using the plastic screen that's easy to scratch that they go with a fully go like gorilla glass screen like most phones have and Then you won't have to worry about out of the box as much risk Obviously, I would still suggest to still get you know a glass screen protector like I have a tempered glass one, but You know at least then Customers might feel confident like hey look if I want to go trade in my switch here and get a switch XL I want I hate the bezel. I don't have to worry that it's going to be you know a lower quality Screen and I don't think that'd be something to release this year, but you could see it like that in 2019 Where you would have the no bezel switch XL That they could charge the same amount of money as they charge for the original switch I'm gonna chop the original switch price like 50 bucks or whatever and say hey, it's got no bezel and gorilla glass screen Yep And then they could have an argument to keep the price high Which is what they kind of did like when that when they lower the price of the 3ds When the 3ds new 3ds came out new 3ds XL well conveniently those were priced right at what 3ds used to be priced at so So I guess this is kind of a debate of the switch mini versus the switch XL and What we would like to see them do if they're going to do any of it because The interesting thing about the Nintendo switch is because it's also a portable It means that like the 3ds and DS before it. It is highly likely to see a Hardware refresh that Reimagines the console a little bit And I literally just explained how the switch XL could still actually work with everything they have out now but I Hate the switch mini so I'm really really biased right now that switch XL sounds like a brilliant plan to me And I would trade him a switch today for one of those Especially if has gorilla glass But anyways, like if you give me you just give me give her to this give her to the stick bezel give me a full screen I would be thrilled not that I ever really have a complaint about the bezel to be honest That's what I noticed But it is what it is I know a lot of people that think that this screen is too small And I wonder that people that think this screen is too small have actually played one. Yeah That's a have to wonder like oh, it's too small. I'm like have you played it? Because the rest of the while would be the game that it would look the smallest on because of how big the world is Yeah, and I never felt that playing on it was bad. No bad experience like that So just me and besides guys it is a switch. You can play on your TV. I Make a bigger screen. You want a bigger screen. It's as big as you want if I don't a projector if you want Darin in this new debate about something that doesn't exist Switch mini versus the switch XL Which would you prefer and why? Well, I Am tempted to say the mini Before I'm sure like some parent is gonna walk down the island Walmart See the switch and then see the switch mini and be like hmm Which one would be the best for my kid this small more tablet-looking device or this weird thing that plugs into a TV? The I think it's the tablet one It practicality wise I would say You know the switch mini is a dumb concept and I would rather have a bezel a switch but I mean Well, here's the funny thing when he said oh, am I gonna grab this one that's dumb and plugs into the TV or this one that doesn't I'm looking at my switch box right now. It does not show me the switch being used on a TV Okay, I mean you're you're right. Yeah, so like the at the consumer level. They're not gonna know that They're just gonna see the thing that's got that looks looks funny is they're gonna see the switch You know held up like that with the with the hand pulling up the joy con That's what might look weird to them compared to a switch ready Since it won't have detachable joy cones Which by the way My problem the thing is the switch mini is designed for kids right? It's not a console for me you know a lot of people think the buttons and stuff on the switch are already too small and There'd be even smaller in a switch many but for a kid That's not a big deal like I can see how like a small child You know, it's not really like my daughter shoots using I can see the small buttons not being a problem And you obviously probably wouldn't want detachable joy con things that are that tiny Yeah, so I Guess the more and more we talk about the more and more like okay. I get it. I get it I get it concept. It's hard because it's not a product that I want But at the same time I'm still stuck on this doesn't work with the dock. It's not a switch Great the literal selling point of the switch is in its name The switch between and I know that the argument is well the son of over 3ds. It's in its name But they still did the 2ds, but yeah, and it was called the 2ds not a 3ds. Exactly So there was no pretending there was 3d on the system no pretending it was a clamshell It was literally a 2ds Yeah, and I'll get it did have the confusion of 2ds to place 3ds games, but whatever Yeah, that is what it is I'm sorry. So there you said you were leaning towards switch many. I kind of took over your argument for you I mean The bezel doesn't bother me that much. It's like yeah, it's kind of annoying, but Like I'm not well I think it only bothers people because for like the last three years. We've been really used to tablet devices without a bezel Yeah, I mean, you know my phone that I have reason I mean it has a bezel, but it's not huge It's dinky. Yeah, really more and more and more phones are coming out that don't have bezels. So I mean, you know in Eight years is the switch gonna look really outdated Someone argue that it does right now. So I mean, you know a switch XL or large whatever the heck you're calling it That might you know work out better Make it not seem so look so dated like I look back and I look at the Wii U gamepad now And it's like oh that thing was Fisher price soft Like Like I had so much fun playing it like I just be playing video games in bed like I do now the switch But I do it then with the gamepad and it's like oh, this is so much fun And if I guarantee you if I try to do that now, I'd be like this experience feels cheap Because this does not feel as good as a switch Yeah, yeah, I get you And that's the thing I love my Wii U, but like the moment you have a switch in hand. It's like Can't go back this should have been what the Wii U was Should have it it's not And whatever I mean, I'm glad it's not because if this if this thing had come out Then tend to switch it come out but it exactly as it is today, but it was called the Wii U God it would have been laughed out of the building Yeah, because that name being was so terrible Yeah, I don't think people understand just how bad that branding was that y'all what makes sense Call the Wii U because oh look you still have your remote your new your new remotes 2.0 like oh my god, shut up It's a terrible idea. Yeah, terrible idea. Yeah, I mean yeah, yeah, it was but yeah No, this feels like what the Wii U should have been So I don't know well, you know, it always used to be I'm gonna go home and play with my Wii Well, no, it was then it was then it was well now you can play too and then it was like Eric switch mini switch XL. What are you thinking? I Like the concept of the switch mini The actual but Eric and they just spent like 15 minutes destroying the concept The idea of it makes a lot of sense it does Now the practicality of it Not so much But to be honest does it sound like something be not practical, but make sense. Yeah, it does Because the idea that it's for kids Makes it a great concept But not being able to do it on the in the dock or stuff like that practical use of it Not so much What slap you around that makes sense not to me But either way switch minis the devil Am I allowed to have an opinion here? This is your opinion. I just disagree with it But I definitely think well, it's kind of a battle. Oh, yeah, it's a battle of Product that's not made for us versus a product that clearly is the switch XL is something that we would want I think all three of us could admit. Yeah, it's the product. We would be interested in purchasing. Yeah Not that we would Especially if it's literally just like the same guts not saying any of us would trade in our to the switches for the Nintendo switch XL But if we were likely to get another Nintendo switch someday it would be an XL version versus a mini Right for ourselves. Yes, you know, so it's a very interesting prospect and It's weird because I am thinking about getting my daughter a Nintendo switch for her birthday slash Christmas, I'm not exactly sure which and The reason I'm thinking about it is because it's Minecraft. She loves Minecraft, but she wants to play Mario Kart She wants to play all this stuff and if She has her own shouldn't have to use daddy's That's the idea here. Yeah, and she could share it with mommy It's gonna be a present for it. Well, I can't be a problem. Okay. I'm gonna have to buy eight in one, too And then eventually have to buy Yulia one cuz no Yulia gonna take the kids I'm gonna have to really never have four switches in this house. Yep. Oh my god Okay, switch many I'm sold you switch many you come out you cost two hundred and under you're sold I'm buying three of them They don't have to use the TV I got the TV. Yeah, right TVs for daddy's right. Yulia is gonna be like, but I wanted to play this with my friends. I'm like, well, here's my extra joy cons and There's probably doesn't have a kickstand because it's made to be held. So here's my phone holder and Good luck. Look at that tiny screen. Have fun. Yeah, right? No, I get Yulia the fault thing, but yeah It's it's a very interesting prospect The you know, the more we talk about the switch many the more I understand its market appeal The less I understand why adults are busy on the internet talking about it like they want Yeah, I think it's because everywhere I go, I know it's adults talking about it It's like are you just talking about it because you're that desperate because you don't want to switch. I Think so. I think it part of that might have been actually what it is that any way that they can get a switch Even if it is smaller Plus there's people who don't want the dock Yeah, yeah, this is what we do have to remember that again, I still have yet to duck This is a hybrid system, right? This is this is Nintendo. This is really any major company's first hybrid system where It's meant to be your main home console and your main portable system So essentially you can argue But the Nintendo switch replaces the Wii U and the 3DS even as Nintendo keep saying it does not replace the 3DS What the hell is the point of a hybrid system if it doesn't actually replace? Your other portable system. Yeah