SNGP 41 - Five Years of the Nintendo Switch: Recounting the Launch

Send us Fan MailWhile he hasn't been stealing tanks in his tractor, David Radd has been playing some Virtua Fighter 2 and winning against Akira using a vertical suplex to get ring outs and playing Sega's wonderfully creative arcade hit Virtual On: Cyber Troopers.  Meanwhile, Tuesday tries to resolve their nostalgia for both old Star Wars and Lego games in Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga while enjoying Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139... which will never not be referred to as  Nier Replicant Long Number.  In news, Fortnight raises $144 Million for Ukraine charities and World of Tanks closes its Russian and Belarus studios.  Epic is teaming with Lego for a Metaverse game, releases two technically impressive Unreal Engine 5 demos and sees a $1 billion investment from Sony Corp.  In Activision Blizzard news, the company appointed a new Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, sees the SOC Investment Group recommend against voting for the Microsoft acquisition, sees further scrutiny from the FTC over said acquisition, completes the merger of Vicarious Visions into Blizzard, makes all Q&A workers full time (except those who have looked to form a union), and has accusations that the California Governor's office is interfering in the state investigation.  In the second exhausting block of news, Ubisoft says more NFTs coming to their games, Sega says the "Super Game" may be multiple Games and use NFTs while a report states that metaverse games struggle to retain players.  For the topic, David and Tuesday look back on the launch of the Switch, the events that lead to its creation and their early impressions of the system.If you enjoy the podcast, visit us at Patreon.com/SNGP!