It’s happening! Some of the leaks were accurate: the name, the presentation of the logo, the magnetically-attached Joy-Cons, seemingly the mouse-like capabilities, what maybe the fabled C button in the lower-right (though unlabeled in the video)…

But it’s clearly a bigger, better Switch, and we got a glimpse at what I assume is a new Mario Kart to boot!

Very excited to see more with the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct in April.

Hmm, one of their slides said some Switch games won't be fully compatible. Wonder which games and why that would be?

They have tours which go through the end of April which would mean release won't be till at least May.

I know I said I wouldn't get it, but I'm in In for all the picross games. They're just too good. Other puzzles games. And mario kart.

Yeah, I’ll be looking forward to that clarification. Hopefully they’re edge cases like we saw from the PS4 > PS5.

I'm hoping it's just stuff like the Labo(?) items, since those are physical things used with the Switch.

Nintendo is taking the Switch 2 on the road if you’re in/near a select number of cities:


North America

New York - April 4-6, 2025

Los Angeles - April 11-13, 2025

Dallas - April 25-27, 2025

Toronto - April 25-27, 2025



Europe

Paris - April 4-6, 2025

London - April 11-13, 2025

Milan - April 25-27, 2025

Berlin - April 25-27, 2025

Madrid - May 9-11, 2025

Amsterdam - May 9-11, 2025



Oceania

Melbourne - May 10-11, 2025



Asia

Tokyo (Makuhari) - April 26-27, 2025

Seoul - May 31-June 1, 2025

Hong Kong - TBA

I remember going to the GameCube Experience before its launch. They had one local in Boston. Feels like a lifetime ago.

I just saw some more observant folks spot 24 racers in the Mario Kart screenshot: double the usual 12!

And:

Oh hey, something else for me to spend money on this year, woot woot.

I hope Nintendo releases a separate controller for it like the first Switch.

Even better, just have it compatible with the current controller.

I’m in. Day one purchase.

Hopefully we’ll never have to deal with the “D”-word on these joycon joysticks.

So hopefully these won't be too much of a headache to get on day one!

They've milked this release for all its worth. If there are supply issues at launch, it would be an amazing failure for Nintendo.

My local grocery store had $100 gift cards to Best Buy for $80… and I got two. Looks like I’ll be getting a $40 discount on the Switch 2. 😝

I ended up getting a Switch on day one, but it’s easily my least-used option for gaming. So I’ll probably hold off on Switch 2 at least until there’s a Mario or otherwise exclusive must-have game for me. That said, I’ve come to the conclusion that the new era of Zelda games — specifically Breath & Tears — are Not For Me(tm) which is fine, but that means a new game in that series is of absolutely no interest to me.

I feel like the delays in announcing this have at least somewhat to do with some of the developments in the hacking/archiving community, but discussion about specifics is likely not a good idea here.

I'm still on the fence. I was a heavy user of the Switch for probably five years, but most of my gaming the last couple have moved to the PS5.

I'm probably in the boat that it will be a new game that gets me to purchase a new Switch, I don't think I'll get it just to have it at this point. Something as simple as a new Animal Crossing game would definitely push me over the edge, though.

Are they doing away with the microSD cards?

Well, it was inevitable I guess, that we would get another Nintendo system. We're finding ourselves not gaming as much as we used to, and doing more PC gaming when we do. We were just playing the latest Mario Party game the other night, and there were more than a few places I kept seeing weird graphical glitches that I can only blame on insufficient processing power, I certainly hope this doesn't have the same flaw.

And very glad to see it's backwards compatible, but I wonder if it will do anything for the look or performance of the older games.

Nothing officially confirmed yet, but basically the same answer as in the Switch thread.

Ok. Got scared I couldn’t use the ones I have. I’ll have to look into the express or is that nearly out yet? That would be the best thing since getting a system 8 years too late! Who does that?
**edit** nope not out yet.

I'm taking a wait-and-see approach to this. It's not going to break me to upgrade my Switch, but not sure if I want to get one right away or wait a bit.
Need lots more information. Also wondering about those vouchers, if they'll qualify for Switch 2 games...

I’m in on day one, despite the Switch being by far my least played console of 2024. I have confidence in Nintendo putting together a compelling slate, and the Switch punched way above its weight for an impressively big chunk of this incredibly long life cycle.

I sympathize. I do really like (but not love) Breath and Tears, but the classic style is more my thing. When I see people excitedly salivate over the prospect of a Breath of the Wild Definitive Edition or whatever, I kinda reflexively wince.

Yeah, I’m in no rush. As I said I’m 8 years late to the current party, but if it wasn’t a hassle and listed on Amazon I could wisely use credit.

You should totally be there day one. That way you can get into a console and it's successor within 6 months of each other. Who does that? Nobody! That's exactly why you need to do it OldBoy!