Switch 2 Enhances Nostalgia with Exclusive Features for N64 Games

Alright, so here we are, standing at the brink of what’s apparently a big moment or something: the Nintendo Switch 2. It’s coming in hot, like, in about a week or so. And you’d think they’d just spill all the beans at once, right? Nope. Nintendo’s loving this drip-drip of info on how the Switch 2 is gonna stand out from its older sibling. Like, imagine getting your news bits through some app—Nintendo Today or whatever. Anyway, they’re teasing us with features that might make your inner child—or, you know, your present-day adult gamer self—squeal a bit.

So first off, remember those moments when you totally messed up a jump in your favorite platformer? Yeah, me too. Or when, in Mario Kart 64, you’d somehow, without fail, find a way to race off the track? Story of my life. The Switch 2 is gonna let you hit rewind and pretend like it never happened. Sweet relief, right?

Oh, and you know how we used to love those crappy CRT televisions with their oh-so-charming scan-lines? Well, maybe not love, but they were there, like an awkward phase. Now you can slap a CRT filter onto your N64 games to relive that authentic ’98 vibe. Playing Ocarina of Time with those fuzzy lines? It’s like a time machine back when things were, well… fuzzier.

But wait, there’s more—because classic commercials said that, and now it’s stuck in my head—while these nifty features are exclusive to the Switch 2, both the OG Switch and whatever we’re calling its shiny new version are getting something too. You can remap controls on those old N64 games. I mean, who hasn’t wanted to tweak things a bit—Joy-Cons, the works? It’s like giving the past a gentle poke to fit the present.

And there it is. Not perfect, not linear, but hey, that’s the nature of this wild ride.