IDontBeatGamesThreadMarksman - Saved Transistor's sanity twiceMemberOct 29, 201720,436New YorkSourceNintendo revealed Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour during its Nintendo Direct. It's a game set to launch alongside the Switch 2 in June that offers a guided tour of the console itself in video game form. Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour is described as a "virtual exhibition" of the new hardware. Per Nintendo: "through tech demos, minigames and other interactions, players will get to know the new system inside and out in ways they may never have known about otherwise."The Nintendo Direct showed footage of a small player avatar exploring a super-sized Switch 2, reading about the different features and facts about the console. It also includes mini-games such as Speed Golf, Dodge the Spiked Balls, and a Maracas Physics Demo.IGN can now confirm that Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour costs $9.99 and is a digital-only product.Click to expand...Click to shrink...We need to point out here that our interview with Trinen was conducted on April 3, 2025, prior to Nintendo's announcement about delaying Switch 2 pre-orders in the U.S. due to the potential impact of tariffs, and subsequent concern that Nintendo may raise the price of the console and its games further as a result. Trinen said there's more to Welcome Tour than it appears based on the showing during the Nintendo Direct and even during recent hands-on opportunities the media had access to. Based on what's actually in the game, Nintendo decided $9.99 "is not an exorbitant price," he continued.Click to expand...Click to shrink..."It's an interesting product," Trinen began. "We're actually getting ready today, we're going to be doing some Nintendo Treehouse Live segments and covering a lot of games in detail. That's one of them. And I think people will be able to see through Treehouse Live probably a little bit more maybe than you were able to see on the show floor. It's a pretty robust piece of software. There's a lot of great detail in there."For some people, I think there are people who are particularly interested in the tech and the specs of the system and things like that, for them I think it's going to be a great product. It's really for people that want more information about the system rather than necessarily a quick intro to everything it does."And for that reason and just the amount of care and work that the team put into it, I think it was decided that, 'Yeah, this feels like $9.99 is not an exorbitant price. It feels like a good value for what you're getting out of the product.' "Click to expand...Click to shrink... Mattmo831Featuring Mattmo831 from the Apple v Epic caseMemberOct 26, 20206,300$10 too muchHadokMemberFeb 14, 20186,435yeah,no thanks.it should be included in the console as a free app.YuriLowellMemberOct 26, 20174,307Yeah no thanks.Sho_Nuff82MemberNov 14, 201719,946Why is this not bundled with every launch unit? Especially since they made such a big deal about not touching on specs in the reveal?gabdegMemberOct 26, 20177,295Should've been free with an NSO subscription at most. Even $0.99 would be in "why am I buying this" territory.AntonyMemberOct 25, 20174,010New level of greedonibirdoMemberDec 9, 20203,400I really hope they pivot on this and make this a pack-in.JawbreakerMemberOct 25, 20178,945New York CityShould be bundled/free. Swing and a miss.ALXJREFANTAZIO SWEEP Uncle Works at NintendoMemberFeb 16, 20211,035the first red flag of the direct is when they joyfully say that this is available to purchase on the store... KhanimusAvengerOct 25, 201745,234Greater VancouverExtremely stupid. By all accounts, the game is actually really neat at showcasing the system. In which case, it seems all the more baffling it's not included as a pack-in.The Third HeatMemberOct 25, 20172,632Pretty big fumble making this a paid thing. This has an audience of no one at $10, except streamers and news outlets.liltyMemberOct 25, 2017900New BrunswickCan't believe they're charging for this. Please don't buy this.DNAbroMemberOct 25, 201729,473The gall to sell thisorzkareMemberApr 9, 2020757JapanNot free?BrickArts295GOTY Tracking Thread MasterMemberOct 26, 201715,405Look at it this way, 1-2 Switch was $60. Not trying to defend this since the that was at least more game than tech demo but still, $10 is not bad but it's unnecessarily greedy.SangralPowered by FriendshipMemberFeb 17, 20228,204That's 10$ too much and a failed product.btkadamsMemberOct 25, 20173,545No thanks!Capricorn"This guy are sick"AvengerOct 25, 2017877Fuck off NintendoAHA-LambdaMemberOct 25, 201712,628Laughs in Astro OnanieBombMemberOct 25, 201711,187An especially bad look considering economic conditionsa Master NinjaMemberDec 11, 20175,562Nintendo could have had millions of people interacting with this software over the lifetime of Switch 2, instead thousands will ever touch it.RaySpencerMemberOct 27, 20175,586This is the biggest "wtf" for me.I can understand the console being expensive, because of just general inflation. I can even understand Mario Kart World being expensive, because it'll (likely) the only Mario Kart on Switch 2, so I'll be playing it for like 7 years. But this 'game' (tech demo) costing anything makes no sense to me.SuperStudied the Buster SwordMemberJan 29, 202213,365Should be a free pack in.LewiePMemberOct 26, 201719,557My guess on this.They have lots of data showing Switch 1 owners who never bothered entering payment info, just buying games physically. An easy to recommend impulse purchase download only game solves that. We've seen sales data showing Switch skews more physical than other platforms. I don't think Nintendo would ever realistically abandon physical games entirely until they know they won't lose sales as a result of it. Nudging players in that direction for the meantime makes sense.There's actually precedent for this, remember on Wii U when they offered Super Metroid for 70p?I'm certainly not saying people should just shut up and fork over the money. I'm just speculating on what the thought process might be. Certainly, it seems a little stingy given the precedent of Wii Sports, Nintendo Land etc. And the comparison with Astro Bot's Playroom.DespiteTheNoraMemberJan 30, 20251,150I think the only people that will buy this will be content creators. They showed this off during one of the Treehouse streams for like 30 minutes and they said they did half the content during that time. Seems like a really weird decision.BeansBeansBeansMemberJan 14, 2025406Yea. That is a hard pass from me. Should be included with their online service.RemarkMemberOct 27, 20174,038im not paying for a tutorial wtf, make it a pack-in.Aerial51MemberApr 24, 20203,800Doing this after Astro's Playroom is certainly a choiceKanameYuukiMemberDec 23, 20173,029ColombiaThis one is beyond pathetic which is saying a lot, having to pay for an interactive manual is a new low, even if they need to be greedy I would actually give it a fair chance for 3-5usd but 10usd, no way. Mark1MemberOct 30, 20172,269Yeah.no.This should've been a free pack in like Astro.I don't see this selling at all EphonkAvengerOct 25, 20172,379BelgiumShould've been an incentive to make people subscribe to NSO, or current NSO members to upgrade, maybe if it would only be temporary (ie, it's 9.99, but included for free in 2025 if you subscribe to NSO)808s & VillainyMemberOct 27, 201745,926Sho_Nuff82 said:Why is this not bundled with every launch unit? Especially since they made such a big deal about not touching on specs in the reveal?Click to expand...Click to shrink...You just answered your question. This isn't a big deal for most people thus why would they bother bundling it? It's something that will likely only matter to enthusiasts or people who care about specsAlexMelocheMemberOct 27, 20173,567Should have come with the thing, but free with NSO would have been the smartest thing tbh.StringsMemberOct 27, 201734,217This feels very Vita Welcome Park-core:Welcome Park was free though (and it had trophies!).This probably would have looked lame even if it was free just because Astro's Playroom set the bar stupid high recently, but 99% of the people complaining wouldn't be. EDIT: Y'all remember Face Raiders?Last edited: Today at 9:29 AMBusaikuTeyvat TravelerMemberOct 25, 201717,144Antony said:New level of greedClick to expand...Click to shrink...It's not a new level, it's just Nintendo level greed.1-2-Switch and Nintendoland being key examples.SyneIt's Pronounced "Aerith"MemberFeb 5, 20239,287UKSho_Nuff82 said:Why is this not bundled with every launch unit? Especially since they made such a big deal about not touching on specs in the reveal?Click to expand...Click to shrink...BasicallyCipher PeonOne Winged SlayerMemberOct 25, 20179,406It being digital only is very sad, I would have bought this if it was physical. Ah well.NickerousMemberNov 2, 2017849Absolutely feel like this will be bundled as early as this Holiday periodnihilencenthing but silenceModeratorOct 25, 201718,498From 'quake area to big OH.I know they haven't packed a game with every launch, but this seems like a gimme. Red Kong XIXMemberOct 11, 202012,771LMAO get fucked Nintendo youre out of your mindBishop89What Are Ya' Selling?MemberOct 25, 201741,826Melbourne, Australia*Laughs in astrobot*DalUncle Works at NintendoMemberAug 18, 20242,049Astro's Playroom says hiPennyPastaMemberSep 3, 20202,019Gamer CountyIf we all collectively agree to never buy this, they'll have to cave and give it to us for free. That's how this sort of thing works right?Seriously though, new levels of greed from an already very greedy company. Love what they make, but part of me also wants them to get knocked down a peg or two again... just to humble them a little.QuintonStaff Writer at TheGamerVerifiedOct 25, 201722,607Midgar, With LoveTerrible decision all-around. It's like the perfect shite frosting for the tumult over the broader pricing scheme.Stop ItBad CatMemberOct 25, 20176,695Honest to god Nintendo, this is buttcheeks. Just make it freePatitolocoMemberOct 27, 201727,365Still one of the dumbest things of that entire presentation. No one will or should buy this.cw_sasukeMemberOct 27, 201729,510Wish I could care enough about this game to be actually pissed lol.Looking forward to the reviews hough.BobLablowMemberApr 18, 20182,603a Master Ninja said:Nintendo could have had millions of people interacting with this software over the lifetime of Switch 2, instead thousands will ever touch it.Click to expand...Click to shrink...dozensofus.gifAkiba756MemberOct 1, 20201,518Sao Paolo, BrazilI saw Gene Park say something interesting, Nintendo wasn't going to make Wii Sports "free" , the CEO of the American branch back then, Reggie Fils-Aim, had to convince them into it, because they saw handing out something as free as undervaluing the work it went into it.Which is why wii sports wasn't a pack in game in JapanFrom Reggie' s Book:So now Mike [Fukuda] and I were trying to get agreement to two different bundles, and the world's best game designer was not happy. The ever- present smile and impish squint of My Miyamoto's eyes were gone. "Neither of you understands the challenges of creating software that people love to play. This is something we constantly push ourselves to do. We do not give away our software,'" Mr. Miyamoto stated.Click to expand...Click to shrink...