The Wii's transformative motion controllers were followed up by the Wii U's included touchscreen tablet controller. The N64 had its wild three-prong controller. The Nintendo DS's split-screen, stylus-enabled design, for example, turned the Game Boy design on its head. Nintendo doesn't tend to walk in straight lines when it comes to gaming hardware: Its history of consoles is full of wild zigs and zags. At the least, being able to swap in a new battery for long trips would be fantastic. If this comes to pass, it could also possibly open up third-party battery options or extended battery packs. That could mean good news for gamers, if it means a Switch 2 ends up having a more accessible battery. Handheld game consoles will be required to have user-replaceable batteries in Europe by 2027, thanks to a new EU regulation. Then again, Nintendo hasn't generally been about bleeding-edge resolution specs in the past. Most current Nintendo games don't lean on high-res graphics that much, but if Nintendo boosts that processor to allow for more competitive next-gen games to work on Switch hardware, there would be reasons to improve that display. Adding a higher-res screen could end up taxing the Switch 2's processor and battery life. The Steam Deck's display resolution is 720p, too. The current handheld gaming landscape isn't faring much better. The OLED Switch shrank bezel sizes considerably compared with the older Switch, but there's still wiggle room. Maybe that screen size could be improved even more, too, creeping to 8 inches. The Switch can already output 1080p on a TV with the dock. That display's 720p resolution is fine for Nintendo's current games, but a 1080p OLED makes more sense for a next-gen Switch. The OLED Switch has an excellent 7-inch OLED screen that's far more vibrant than previous Switch models. Scott Stein/CNET An even better Switch display The OLED Nintendo Switch display is great, but still 720p. Whether Nintendo adds new types of buttons or controls, I'd like them to be sturdier and improved, and fix those triggers. I'd even say that an improved Joy-Con might be my most hoped-for feature on a next-gen Switch. I'd love a whole new type of Joy-Con, one that could still work with older Switch games. And the Valve Steam Deck adds other inputs: haptic-enabled touchpads that I love having as an additional option, and rear paddle triggers. The Joy-Cons' haptic vibrations, while ahead of their time in 2017, now seem behind what the Xbox and PlayStation (and phones) can do, too. The Steam Deck's smooth analog triggers are the basic expectation of most gamers now, and Nintendo should join the rest of the pack. Also, their trigger buttons, which aren't analog, feel dated. In 2023, I can't stand how small they are. (The Switch OLED's Joy-Cons are meant to have subtly addressed the drift problem, but are otherwise the same as ever.) Many Joy-Cons end up with drift problems or worn-out buttons over time. Those little versatile Joy-Con controllers that slide onto the Switch are a brilliant idea… but they've aged awkwardly. The Switch controllers are still the same, six years later.
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