Nintendo Nintendo Switch 2 Officially Announced (Focused Direct April 2nd)

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Backwards Compatibility with Switch 1 also confirmed
Switch 2 based Direct also coming April 2nd
 
Some More Info including locations for hands on experiences with the console

REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nintendo Switch 2, the successor to the Nintendo Switch system, will be released in 2025. Today Nintendo offered a first look at Nintendo Switch 2 in a video introducing the hardware. Watch the "Nintendo Switch 2 – First-look trailer" on Nintendo of America's YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itpcsQQvgAQ, and visit the Nintendo Switch 2 website https://www.nintendo.com/successor/en-us/.

"Nintendo Direct: Nintendo Switch 2 – 4.2.2025"
Nintendo Switch 2 plays Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive games, as well as both physical and digital Nintendo Switch games. Certain Nintendo Switch games may not be supported on or fully compatible with Nintendo Switch 2. Details will be shared on the Nintendo website at a later date.

For more details on Nintendo Switch 2, please tune in for the "Nintendo Direct: Nintendo Switch 2 – 4.2.2025" which will air on Wednesday, April 2.

Nintendo will also hold Nintendo Switch 2 Experience events, where consumers can go hands-on with Nintendo Switch 2, in cities around the world.

Nintendo Switch 2 Experience host cities and schedule. All dates are local.

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, To be announced
  • Taipei, To be announced
A Nintendo Account is necessary to participate in a Nintendo Switch 2 Experience event. Ticket registrations for consumers will begin in the near future. Please visit https://www.nintendo.com/us/nintendo-switch-2-experience/ for more information.
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Given these “host experience” events are scheduled for as late as June 1, 2025 for Korea I’m wondering what kind of launch window we’re looking at for it. Can’t possibly be holiday 2025, because they’d be announcing this way too early if that was the case. PS5 and XSX/S launched for November 2020 and I think they were both announced towards late March 2020. Maybe July 2025? September?
 
Are Nintendo fans excited? I feel like if Sony pulled something like this the fanbase would be eating them alive right now. A teaser and then a 2.5 month wait to hear more? No games at all except Mario kart which looks exactly the same. I don’t know… not feeling it. I know I’ve been a bit of a downer on here but it really feels like they just phoning it in lately
 
Love the larger design. Gives it a more modern feel and less kiddish.

I’ll have to see if I’ll adopt day one but a Nintendo console will pretty much always get a purchase from me eventually. Except the Wii U.
 
That port in the middle of the new Joycon looks like trouble. Was there an issue with the previous connection method? All I really needed to hear was backwards compatibility. Thank god.
 
The Clark said:
That port in the middle of the new Joycon looks like trouble. Was there an issue with the previous connection method? All I really needed to hear was backwards compatibility. Thank god.
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Yea, that piece that's protruding from the actual monitor looks like it'll break if you're not careful. Bas design there, especially for those with kids.
 
Didn't have much interest in Switch 2. But full backwards compatibility has me thinking otherwise.
 
Will probably pick one up because I just tend to pick up all the gadgets. Haven't turned on my switch is probably over a year, but I do like having access to any exclusives.

I do enjoy some family time with Mario Kart/Party, but even those nights with the family aren't all to common these days as the kids are getting older.
 
The Clark said:
That port in the middle of the new Joycon looks like trouble. Was there an issue with the previous connection method? All I really needed to hear was backwards compatibility. Thank god.
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I had a problem with my Switch where they joycon would lose sync when attched. We mostly played on the tv docked, but when the kids tried to play they would have to prop it up and play with the controller off. Kids didn't seem to mind so didn't have a lot of urgency to try and trouble shoot.
 
Wonder what the pricing will be like. I'll probably end up picking one up. I don't really play the switch myself but the wife and kid does. I'll join in on a group mario kart session
 
Cool, maybe they'll finally do a price drop on the Switch so I can buy one and enjoy all the amazing platforming adventures I been missing
 
Looks like a shitty, menial upgrade, that will probably have a handful of notable first party games to play on it, while charging an arm and a leg for every indie game you can get anywhere else for a lot cheaper, and also charging $80 for crappy old PS4 ports they can barely make functional on the crap hardware.

That said, I don't question the big "N" anymore. It'll sell well.
 
Is this the least interesting/exciting/unique console Nintendo has ever made?

I know the Wii U is kind of up there, but it was at least a "WTF?" with that giant-ass tablet of a 'controller.'

This on the other hand is basically just "Switch again, but more powerful... lol."

And sure, that's kind of what the NES to SNES was, but the leap in graphics/technology was incomparable, and the SNES also brought in an entirely new controller. The Switch 2 doesn't even really have that going for it.

It's pretty disappointing to see Nintendo playing it this safe. They're supposed to be the company that pushes the boundaries and comes up with crazy ass new ideas, but this just has "phoning it in" written all over it.
 
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Given these “host experience” events are scheduled for as late as June 1, 2025 for Korea I’m wondering what kind of launch window we’re looking at for it. Can’t possibly be holiday 2025, because they’d be announcing this way too early if that was the case. PS5 and XSX/S launched for November 2020 and I think they were both announced towards late March 2020. Maybe July 2025? September?
Chubz said:
Is this the least interesting/exciting/unique console Nintendo has ever made?

I know the Wii U is kind of up there, but it was at least a "WTF?" with that giant-ass tablet of a 'controller.'

This on the other hand is basically just "Switch again, but more powerful... lol."

And sure, that's kind of what the NES to SNES was, but the leap in graphics/technology was incomparable, and the SNES also brought in an entirely new controller. The Switch 2 doesn't even really have that going for it.

It's pretty disappointing to see Nintendo playing it this safe. They're supposed to be the company that pushes the boundaries and comes up with crazy ass new ideas, but this just has "phoning it in" written all over it.
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It definitely is the smallest incremental leap they’ve had that I can think of. It’s only really comparable to the move from NES to SNES or N64 to GameCube but imo not as big a leap as either of those leaps were.
 
Foppa21 said:
Wonder what the pricing will be like. I'll probably end up picking one up. I don't really play the switch myself but the wife and kid does. I'll join in on a group mario kart session
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I've read a lot of articles where they predict it'll be somewhere between $299-$400
 
rikwebb said:
Backwards Compatibility with Switch 1 also confirmed
Switch 2 based Direct also coming April 2nd
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Does that likely mean the game cartridges from Switch 1 will work in Switch 2? If so, I should probably go out and buy a few Switch 1 games in anticipation of this.
 
Adamant said:
Does that likely mean the game cartridges from Switch 1 will work in Switch 2? If so, I should probably go out and buy a few Switch 1 games in anticipation of this.
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Yes, it shows in the image above the part you quoted
 
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