With Nintendo Switch 2 On The Horizon, Abandoning The Virtual Console Isn’t The Switch’s Only Failure

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After years of waiting and speculation, the Nintendo Switch 2 was finally announced last month, although its short teaser raised even more questions than answers about the Switch's successor. While fans will have to wait until early April to find out more about the new console, if the rumors are true, the Switch 2 could be another massive success for both Nintendo and their players. Despite looking nearly identical to the original Switch aside from the redesigned controllers, there's still plenty of hope the Switch 2 can improve on the failings of the original console.

While the Switch has been praised over the years for innovating the mobile console market and offering a great selection of games, the console is still far from perfect. One of the biggest areas of disappointment was the Switch 2's lack of customization and backward compatibility, which could have easily elevated the system to even greater heights. Even if it's unlikely Nintendo will completely change its recent business or pricing strategies, the Switch 2 is the perfect chance to improve on the Switch's biggest shortcomings.

Unfortunately for Nintendo fans hoping to take advantage of bargain discounts, the Nintendo Select program seemed to die off with the release of the Switch, with the last wave ending in 2019. The Nintendo Select program was a fantastic way to get a quality discount on some of the best first-party Nintendo titles, similar to Sony's Greatest Hits and Microsoft's Platinum Hits branding.

With the Nintendo Selects tag decreasing the price of games like,, or from $49.99 to $19.99, Nintendo Selects were a great way to build up a library of quality games at a drastically lowered cost.

Nintendo Selects was a great way to build up a library of quality games at a drastically lowered cost.

Given that it's been years since any releases were made for the program, it's clear the Nintendo Selects discounts won't be coming back anytime soon. Even if most Nintendo games tend to be highly polished