Nintendo Switch 2 (2025) - out June 5th - $450

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The long awaited successor to the Switch has been officially announced.



Bigger screen, magnetic connection for the Joycons, backwards compatible with Switch cartridges. More details coming in April. Possibly a first look at Mario Kart 9 in the trailer.

Hands-on experiences in April in several countries

www.eurogamer.net

Nintendo announces Switch 2 public hands-on tour

Nintendo's just-announced Switch 2 will be available to play in London on April 11th to 13th.
www.eurogamer.net www.eurogamer.net

UK (Excel London) hands-on event registration - https://experience.nintendo.com/#/events/10447
 
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I don't think nintendo have ever played it so 'safe' with their next generation console since the SNES days.

Don't blame them, the Switch was a huge hit.
 
As long as I get a new Mario Kart and Pokemon game, I'll be happy.
 
Joey D
As long as I get a new Mario Kart and Pokemon game, I'll be happy.
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The first one looks guaranteed. New track, carts, more players in the footage shown - it’s definitely not just an expansion of 8 Deluxe.
 
Fezzik
The first one looks guaranteed. New track, carts, more players in the footage shown - it’s definitely not just an expansion of 8 Deluxe.
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Also completely different art style mixing the classic cartoon art style with the art style of Wonder. (Though DK looks ripped straight from the movies).

The fact it might support 24 racers is insane though
 
Blitz24
Wii U was fairly safe... in that they did nothing to improve it.
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Wii U failed cause it was trying too hard to say its not safe by having the entire marketing around the new controller and its innovations to the point people didn't think it was even a new console and just a Wii add on :lol:
 
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I'm glad that they confirmed physical backwards compatibility. Some places had been speculating that it might only apply to virtual titles. I hope colored joycons aren't going away though, those black ones look super bland by comparison.
 
So now it's been officially announced and coming this year, I finally face the big dilemma - Steam Deck or Switch 2? Highlander rules - there can be only one.
 
Fezzik
So now it's been officially announced and coming this year, I finally face the big dilemma - Steam Deck or Switch 2? Highlander rules - there can be only one.
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Well theres a new Mario Kart so Switch 2 wins by default :lol:
 
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Damn, new Mario Kart World looks fantastic. I'm in. Day One. Take my money Nintendo. Free roam! It's Mario Horizon.

Console launches June 5th.



 
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Oh no Mario Kart now has rolling starts.

Soon Chase the Rabbit GT7 races will come in :lol:
 
Some more thoughts:

More initial support than Switch 1 - quite a few big name ports (Elden Ring, Cyberpunk, EA Sports FC and Madden, 2K WWE and NBA, Hogwarts Legacy, etc) and some new games launching day 1 with other consoles.

1080p/120fps/HDR handheld, looks like 4K/60 docked. Happy the console is not thicker than the original despite the bigger screen.
LCD rather than OLED will annoy some people.

The games themselves are a bit expensive, a jump from the previous gen (that's either tariffs or Nintendo deciding they can charge what they want, maybe both). They're also going down the Sony route with paid upgrades for last-gen ports.

The mouse controls with the Joycon could be very useful.

I'm never using the chat or camera. Never.
 
I'm happy Nintendo has revealed Metroid Prime 4 info for Switch 2 but oddly still no release date mentioned for the game. Probably safe to say it won't be a launch title?
 
The stream was terrible. Didn’t think you could fumble the reveal of the successor to the switch so bad - I was wrong.
 
Fezzik
Some more thoughts:

More initial support than Switch 1 - quite a few big name ports (Elden Ring, Cyberpunk, EA Sports FC and Madden, 2K WWE and NBA, Hogwarts Legacy, etc) and some new games launching day 1 with other consoles.

1080p/120fps/HDR handheld, looks like 4K/60 docked. Happy the console is not thicker than the original despite the bigger screen.
LCD rather than OLED will annoy some people.

The games themselves are a bit expensive, a jump from the previous gen (that's either tariffs or Nintendo deciding they can charge what they want, maybe both). They're also going down the Sony route with paid upgrades for last-gen ports.

The mouse controls with the Joycon could be very useful.

I'm never using the chat or camera. Never.
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Maybe it is Tariffs? Japanese prices are lower and have been region locked to Japanese accounts only to prevent cross country buying.

I'm keen for Mario Kart World, Kirby and the Forgotten Land upgraded, Kirby Air Riders and FAST Fusion (sucks FAST Fusion didnt get a proper trailer, just 5 seconds and refused to elaborate.)
 
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MKW is a necessity. I didn’t play TOTK as I’d sold my Switch so will get the upgraded version of that. i’ve had issues with DK games in the past (Tropical Freeze almost broke me) but this new one looks a lot like Super Mario Odyssey so that’s encouraging.

Not sure if I’d get any 3rd party games (I have enough other options - PS5 & Portal, Macbook for some PC stuff).
 
The expensive games and the confusion over whether the games are actually on the cart has kinda taken the wind out of the sails for me, which is a shame since everything else (from a hardware perspective) looks fantastic.

They’re clearly leveraging on Mario Kart doing a lot of the heavy lifting for the console’s first few months and understandably so, but the rest was pretty light. I suspect the focus on bigger third parties being there on day one was the main thing they wanted to showcase here. That said, MK9, a new 3D Donkey Kong and Prime 4 running in 4K were all stellar… not so sure about £75 stellar, but hey ho.

Edit: The game card thing is a bit overblown; they’re basically doing physical versions of those ‘code-in-a-box’ variants of Switch games now. Regular retail games will still be on the card thankfully.
 
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Looking forward to see if Diablo 4 is gonna come to Switch 2. Also, with a whole bowl of salt, some people have been saying FH5 could come to Switch 2, but I have no idea if that could be the case or not.
 
For the first time I can remember, the prices are quite reasonable here in Australia, and it’s the North Americans who are enraged.
 
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Assuming Nintendo translates the prices from their USD averages (80 dollars) to my local currency (60 GBP), it's not too bad as it looks.

Still salty at the fact that you can't use standard SD cards and that the tech demo is paid.
 
Hopefully the price doesn’t now get upped due to the Trump Tariff Tax, especially as Nintendo’s production mostly comes out of Vietnam.

@Carpocalypse official GBP game prices are £67 digital/£75 for big exclusives like Mario Kart World, £59 digital/£67 physical for second-tier games like Donkey Kong Bananza.

Also, Mario Kart has wheel support

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For the first time I can remember, the prices are quite reasonable here in Australia, and it’s the North Americans who are enraged.
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They were slightly generious on the conversion. Its meant to $715 AUD converting but we got $699

Carpocalypse
Assuming Nintendo translates the prices from their USD averages (80 dollars) to my local currency (60 GBP), it's not too bad as it looks.

Still salty at the fact that you can't use standard SD cards and that the tech demo is paid.
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Yeah I ain't paying for tech demos. Did Nintendo just forget how popular Wii Sports which was free with the console?
 
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