The Switch 2 console was released on June 5, 2025. It is backwards compatible with nearly all Switch games as well as the original Joy-Cons and Switch Pro controller, although the new Switch 2 controllers offer more functionality. In his Nintendo Switch 2 review, Tom Marks sums up the Switch 2 as "a vital but unexciting upgrade to a console I already love."
At this point, several major Switch 2 video games have been released: Mario Kart World, Donkey Kong Bananza, Pokemon Legends: Z-A, and more recently, Kirby Air Riders and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment. Several triple-A ports are also available, including Cyberpunk 2077 and Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, making the Switch 2 a veritable competitor to pricier handheld gaming PCs. The Switch 2 hardware is powerful enough to run these games at a very playable clip, something that was impossible on the original Switch's increasingly outdated hardware. Whereas there was "nothing" to play when the Switch 2 was originally released, there are now plenty of reasons to finally justify an upgrade.
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