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BoxTrick: Ep 104 - Saying hello to Switch 2 and farewell to Switch 1 with Age_of_Retro

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"I think OLED in general is overrated" — Matt Brady pushes back on the Switch 2 LCD criticism.

1. BoxTrick: A Retro Gaming Podcast Ep 104 reviews the Nintendo Switch 2 one month after launch and sends off the original Switch with a ranked-list format. 2. Host Matt Brady, who goes by Super Gains Bros online and holds a history bachelor's degree, is joined by Kyle of Age of Retro, who is on vacation and played Death Stranding 2 for nine hours in one sitting. 3. The core thesis is that both hosts love the Switch 2 and consider criticism of its screen overblown, with Matt saying "I think OLED in general is overrated." 4. The opening segment covers Kyle's Death Stranding 2 obsession on PS5, which he describes as Kojima "blending film and gaming," while Matt, a Metal Gear fan, has not played the first game. 5. Matt describes playing Hades on his MacBook with cross-save to Switch, plus a roughly $100 custom Majora's Mask N64 cartridge from Etsy and about 40 N64 games bought while waiting on the Analog 3D. 6. The Switch 2 hardware discussion covers sturdier magnetic Joy-Cons, a bigger screen, better speakers and USB-C ports on both the top and bottom, alongside a wish for themes and an HDR update on TVs. 7. They explain that Asus chose VRR over OLED for its Xbox-branded ROG Ally, and note that tariffs pushed Canada to raise Switch 1 prices and Microsoft to raise Xbox prices. 8. Kyle returned to Tears of the Kingdom through the Expansion Pass, and Matt, who says he has roughly a thousand hours in Breath of the Wild, now wonders whether Tears of the Kingdom is the better game. 9. Matt reports that Cyberpunk 2077 on a Switch 2 game-key card feels like 60 fps in performance mode, and that uncapped Switch 1 titles like Trials of Bana now run at 60 fps. 10. Suited to Nintendo fans deciding whether to buy a Switch 2.

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