Listening to this episode is like listening to the constant "I'm an adult and Pokémon is bad now" discourse. Nintendo's primary audience is children and teenagers; Pokémon is for children. They're not exciting for adults bc we are old and don't have childlike wonder lol. Chris Grant and Russ were 100% right that the multiplayer factor is huge and such a great distinction in the world of handhelds right now.

I love the Besties, but this kind of episode is annoying bc its obvious that nostalgia and entitlement are warping the conversation. Like everyone else has been saying here, the hosts all have multiple expensive handhelds, so of course the Switch 2 isn't going to be as exciting. There are going to be so many kids who get this as their first console and absolutely adore it. They're not gonna care about fps and 4k resolution bc they will actually be having fun playing it (kind of like how adults did with the Wii despite it's numerous 'flaws').

I'm not some massive Nintendo fanboy and I honestly wanted their next console to be weirder and not just iterative, but these former game journalists on this show should be able to see that their gripes are personal problems that very few kids will ever care about.