Nintendo Switch 2 has been announced

Published:2025-01-16T08:06 / Source:https://www.polygon.com/nintendo/449283/switch-2-announced-2025-release-date-price

Nintendo has finally revealed the successor console to the Nintendo Switch in a short promotional video. It’s called Nintendo Switch 2 and, true to the extensive leaks, it appears to be a larger and more powerful version of its predecessor.

Nintendo did not announce a release date or price for the new console, but the company did confirm a 2025 release window. Nintendo showed only one game with its Switch 2 reveal: a new Mario Kart game.

As previously reported, the console is closely modeled on its hugely successful predecessor. It’s a hybrid console, playable both in portable mode and on TV via the use of a dock, with detachable Joy-Con controllers.

We already know that the Switch 2 will be backward-compatible with all Switch software. In late 2024, Nintendo announced that its next console will play Switch games, offer the Nintendo Switch Online service, and use the Nintendo Account system.

Source:https://www.polygon.com/nintendo/449283/switch-2-announced-2025-release-date-price

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