New Year, New Switch? Our Switch 2 Predictions - Vookcast #277
4In the first episode of the Vookcast for 2025, Ollie is joined by Michael, Angelo, and Luke as they discuss the year that was, make predictions for the year ahead, and talk about rumours that have popped up about the future of Nintendo hardware.
They also discuss the unfortunate state of the eShop, a long-awaited resolution for one Aussie developer, and more. It's all finished up with a round of Nintendo 20 Questions.
0:00 Intro
0:34 Welcome
2:14 Unpacking the Upacking news
8:04 Off-topic 1 - Tempopo
9:25 The Vooks Awards
14:20 Our games of the year
28:05 The games of Switch
34:38 Six months in a leaky boat
1:15:38 Our 2024 Predictions - What did we get right?
1:23:00 Our 2025 Predictions - How crazy are we?
1:48:13 Nintendo 20 Questions
2:07:25 Outro
Relevant stories
Unpacking: https://www.vooks.net/misleading-unpacking-game-removed-from-the-nintendo-switch-eshop/
The Vooks Awards: https://www.vooks.net/the-vooks-awards-2024-the-best-of-switch-indies-the-ups-and-downs-of-the-year/
2025 Switch games: https://www.vooks.net/sending-the-switch-off-in-style-with-this-2025-line-up/
Vooks' predictions: https://www.vooks.net/whats-nintendo-doing-in-2025-we-have-no-idea-so-lets-take-a-guess/
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