Nintendo Switch 2 officially revealed
The Switch 2 will get a full Direct on April 2.
Nintendo has finally provided the first look at the Switch 2. The successor to the 2017 hybrid console features a similar design with a larger display, rearranged buttons and speakers, and Joy-Cons that attach magnetically. The Nintendo Switch 2 is due out this year.
The first trailer for the Nintendo Switch 2 dropped this morning. It focuses almost exclusively on the hardware, showing the changes made from the predecessor. Instead of sliding the Joy-Cons on a vertical track, they now snap on and off the sides of the tablet. The console is primarily black, with a red and blue trim under the analog sticks and on the Joy-Cons.
Nintendo reaffirmed that the Switch 2 will be backwards compatible with physical and digital games from the Switch. However, some Switch games will not be compatible with Switch 2.
Nintendo did not announce any new games with the Switch 2 reveal, but the company seemingly teased a new Mario Kart game at the end of the trailer. A Switch 2 Direct is coming on April 2, 2025, with hands-on experiences around the world to follow.
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replyDonovan Erskine posted a new article, Nintendo Switch 2 officially revealed
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Nooooooooooooooooooo
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Release date?
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A little sad to see them going with the all black "grown up" styling as opposed to something more fun and iconic. But it is pretty slick looking!
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I really hope Metroid Prime 4 isn’t exclusive
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It wouldn't surprise me. They rebooted development, so why not build it for Switch 2 from the ground up?
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My bet is on a BOTW situation where it still runs on the Switch it’s just better on Switch 2.
I guess the wrinkle this time being this is maybe the first time Nintendo would have done this but not have the excuse of a physical media form factor to require separate purchases. Twilight Princess on Wii wouldn’t run on GameCube because the discs weren’t the same size (I guess they could have made the GameCube version run “better” on the Wii but that’s kinda silly plus less space to work with). BOTW on Wii U couldn’t run on the Switch because they switched from discs to cartridges. But unless they change the size of the cartridge they could theoretically just have both versions or an enhancement thing happening on Switch 2. Plus prior to the Wii U they didn’t do the whole “everything is available digitally” thing.
That said my bet is they still just release MP4 on Switch 1 because they have this like red headed stepchild thing happening with the Metroid franchise in general. Like I could see them deciding that MP4 was important enough to get right that they rebooted development years ago but not important enough to get special treatment in light of the next console coming out. They clearly do like the Metroid franchise otherwise we wouldn’t have Dread or the MP1 remaster, but it’s not one of their tentpoles otherwise we’d be on like MP7 by now.
Either way I need to plow through MP2 and MP3 on my Steam Deck before MP4 comes out.
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I'm so hyped for Mario Kart 9.
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“Analysts say Nintendo suppliers are ready to ship 20 million units in first year, a pace much higher than that of Switch, PS4 and PS5”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-16/nintendo-to-unveil-next-generation-switch-2-in-april
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Same. Pretty excited!
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