There’s a lot of uproar around the Nintendo Switch 2 and the prices of the console and the games. One particular sticking point is the price of Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour, a tech demo that features a few mini-games and a hub area that explains new features in the Nintendo Switch 2 hardware.
It’s like how Astro’s Playroom takes players through what’s new about the PS5, except Astro’s Playroom was free and a full-blown 3D platformer with its mini-tech-demo games weaved into a few incredibly designed platforming levels. Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour doesn’t look nearly as clever in its setup, nor do the mini-games look as good as the levels you get in Astro’s Playroom.
So why is Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour not a free pack-in game with the console? Former Nintendo of America head Reggie Fils-Amié seems to have weighed in on why players are being asked to spend $10 USD on the title, referencing a specific point in his time with Nintendo.
Fils-Amié shared a few seemingly pointed clips from an interview with IGN in 2022 when he released his book Disrupting the Game: From the Bronx to the Top of Nintendo. Fils-Amié shared three clips from the nearly 50-minute long interview that centered around how, during the development of the Nintendo Wii, Fils-Amié had to fight for Wii Sports to be a free pack-in game at launch.
When he first suggested to Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto that Wii Sports be a free game, Miyamoto pushed back against the suggestion. Fils-Amié goes even further than to say that Miyamoto just ‘pushed back,’ emphasizing how upset the suggestion made Miyamoto.
Wii Sports Was Free Because Reggie Fils-Amié Fought For It, And He Seems To Think Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour Should Be Free Too
