The Nintendo Switch 2: Welcome Tour software which guides users through the Nintendo Switch 2 hardware in a type of educational game has had its pricing confirmed in Japan. The Nintendo Switch 2: Welcome Tour software is priced at 990 Yen, which should hopefully translate to around $10/€10. Many users online have criticised the Kyoto-based company for charging for the software which could be considered a pack-in game.
Japan: Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour software is priced at 990 Yen ($10/€10)
It should be free :/
This the weirdest thing ever its called Welcome tour.. WELCOME and it cost money! OK I don’t need your hospitality.
I really don’t understand Nintendo. They wanted to compete with their competitors.. but they didn’t have to BE them. They could still offer a pack in game. Sorry I mean tutorial on their system.
are they really being them? astros playroom was pre-installed on ps5’s and it even got free content updates
even sony knew not to pull this kinda shit
Well if they are going to follow the switch 2 pricing trend of +20€ more then the conversion rate then this is going to cost 30€
Disgusting.
Once I digested the Direct I now believe there are too many red flags for me and Nintendo are really out of touch.
No really, the beauty of that Mario kart game wears out and you realize how extremely pricy EVERYTHING is. Sony put Astro’s Playroom for free inside their ps5 and I know for a fact that game is better than whatever the hell this is.
Not buying this stuff day one.
Yes, but Astrobot, the final version of that game, was 60 and the Digital Deluxe Edition was 70
Astrobot and Astro’s playroom are not the same games. Astro’s Playroom was so good and loved that sony decided to make a real title out of it. That just goes to show how better that little demo is in comparison to whatever the hell this “fun little facts about the console” with flash games tier quality mini games is
This shoulda been free. Even with the 3DS and its overpriced launch, there were still built-in games like face raiders, ar games, and street pass mii plaza completely free. Cmon Nintendo.
Bro you CANNOT make people pay for an indtroduction guide to a switch 2 WHAT THE HELL US UP WITH THESE PRICES NINTENDO?!
This thing makes me miss Reggie so much man… we used to buy a Wii and we expected to get Wii Sport inside. What the hell are they doing?
So that’s what shocks you and not calculator-style software like you see on the eshop when you have free ones on smartphones….?
Not bad your logic people…
what? what are you talking about? we are not expecting high standards from a bunch of teens putting out slop on the eshop, we expect high standards for nintendo to release what essentially is a tech demo game for free in their new console. The wii came out with Wii Sports included, a game that you could spend 100 hours and not get bored right out the box, are you telling me that it’s too much for them to release this little switch 2 introduction game with stupid minigames and fun facts about the console for free?
This is the equivalent of Microsoft charging users for the Windows XP Welcome Tour. Lol
It felt like even Nintendo knew how ridiculous it was to charge for this game (if you can call it that) as they felt they needed to emphasise that this was a paid title.
And it will flop because the price will not drop.
i remember when i 1st played astros playroom 3 or so years ago and thought ‘man i hope nintendo dose something like this for there next console’
welp the monkeypaw curls i guess
Last time I’m trying because it’s not posting for some reason:
Imagine paying extra for a manual that helps you understand your new system better.
Iwata NEVER would have allowed this.