With the government about to take over in the US? Oh, they’d win.

Nothing in that article indicated any sort of change in Nintendo’s stance. I guarantee they will come down hard and fast on anyone who makes enough progress on a Switch 2 emulator to actually be able to run commercial games.

Yes.

They run afoul of the law when they bypass encryption, recreate copyrighted programs, or point users to pirated material.

Both Yuzu and Ryujinx had to bypass encryption to be able to run the games. Switch 2 will be the same.

I wouldn’t count on Switch 2 emulation being nearly as good as Switch 1 was. Not many people are going to be willing to put a lot of effort into it for free when it’s known that Nintendo will aggressively shut them down.

I think price drops are a thing of the past for consoles nowadays, unless you’re getting something used. Neither the Switch nor PS5 ever dropped in price. The PS5 even RAISED in price in some markets.

No, but it wasn’t footage from Mario Kart 8.

It doesn’t help that the rumored price is $450. If it ends up being that high, I’ll definitely go for a Steam Deck instead. Con: can’t play Switch 2 games. Pro: everything else. I know electronics are super expensive now, but without the advantage of a lower price, a competitor’s portable console that’s not a walled garden is a very tempting alternative.

Sounds good!

Who gets Hawaii?

No wonder it’s called the mighty Mississippi. It’s huge!

Seems to be this.

Important note: It’s pronounced “tin-ih-tus,” not “tin-eye-tis.” I assume the resemblance to the common medical suffix “-itis,” meaning “inflammation of,” is the reason it’s commonly mispronounced.