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After months of countless leaks, Nintendo has finally lifted the curtain on the highly anticipated successor to the Nintendo Switch.

In a short teaser trailer we are given a brief look the new system unsurprisingly titled the Nintendo Switch 2. We also get a glimpse at a new Mario Kart game running on the system and confirmation of backwards compatilbility with Nintendo Switch software and game cards.

We also see the new joycons being pushed along like a traditional computer mouse, further fueling the rumor that the joycons will support a "mouse mode".

Alongside the new trailer, a Nintendo Direct focused on Switch 2 has also been announced for April 2nd.

Nintendo announcement

We have also opened our Nintendo Switch 2 discussion forums at the link below for all future discussion for Nintendo's newest system!

Nintendo Switch 2 discussion forums

 

[Ettino]

Should have called it Switch U2. (With free U2 album pre installed)

 

[Pup]

Wonder if they're going to try any anti-scalp measures. We all know this is about to be some bullshit.

 

[DM9]

I wonder how many up-coming games will be exclusive, and how many will launch on both systems. Looking at Metroid Prime 4, mostly.

Honestly this has me thinking games will be the same and it's the hardware that does the work , it's how they will keep file sizes low but they will just smack a different sticker on the cartridge wouldn't that be a neat Nintendo trick .. I mean condering their studios were developing the last few years for Switch 2 makes me think they will come out with a crazy Switch 2 only lineup of at least 8 big games

 

[Jayro]

In the trailer it mentions something about compatibility not being 100%. Interested in knowing more about that..

I'm hoping it's just an eShop thing and not a cartridge game thing.

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Wonder if they're going to try any anti-scalp measures. We all know this is about to be some bullshit.

I buy in-person, not online. I preorder at GameStop and pick up on 9pm West Coast USA. (Because it hits midnight on the east Coast)

 

[Payne]

Hey guys, should I apply to be a graphic designer at Nintendo?

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Wait its not you who made actual design for Nintendo?????

 

[Deleted member 709839]

Nintendo Switch 1.5...

A really safe move from big N, it's a big disappointment to me.
The Hybrid market is already saturated, which they should have foreseen.

 

[Kioku]

I suspect we'll see issues cropping up with the joycons...

 

[KingVamp]

In the trailer it mentions something about compatibility not being 100%. Interested in knowing more about that..

Probably games like Labo.

The switch 2 may have a lot of strategy pc games ports (EU4, HoI4, etc) if the new joycons works like a mouse

Makes me wonder if a company or companies will do mouse only games.

 

[HideoKojima]

Fun fact, now the original switch will be officially called Switch 1. just like PS1.

I wonder how the Switch 2 Jig looks like

 

[Pup]

I'm hoping it's just an eShop thing and not a cartridge game thing.

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I buy in-person, not online. I preorder at GameStop and pick up on 9pm West Coast USA. (Because it hits midnight on the east Coast)

I'm gonna try to do the same at Best Buy. I have that Plus or whatever it is. Hopefully some good luck. I had good luck with the PS5

 

[Ericzander]

Should have just called it the Nintendo 6.

 

[Scarlet]

I'm hoping it's just an eShop thing and not a cartridge game thing

My assumption was a lack of IR on the new controllers or something like that. I couldn’t spot IR on the trailer, but obviously no confirmation either way.

 

[Payne]

In the trailer it mentions something about compatibility not being 100%. Interested in knowing more about that..

Its probably regarding very few games that use IR blaster

 

[Bladexdsl]

100% it will be emulated within a year. pathetic nintenarchaic

 

[SylverReZ]

I knew the leaks were true. Nintendo was just trolling us gamers.

 

[Adjule]

Where's Peach's armpits

Glad to see someone got their priorities in order

 

[Payne]

Did anyone notice infra-red sensors on both joycons? I suspect that's the new gimmick for this generation

EDIT : changed "optical sensor" to "infra-red" sensor

 

[The Catboy]

The name of a console seems like a pretty shallow reason to dislike an entire company to me

The name isn't the only reason, it's the years of Nintendo shifting more in the direction closer to Sony/Microsoft and shifting away from what made Nintendo different from them. Nintendo has gone so deep into becoming Corpo, that they aren't Nintendo anymore. The fact that they went so far as to lazily name their new system the "Switch 2" just makes the depressing reality sink in more.

 

[SylverReZ]

Did anyone notice optical sensors on both joycons? I suspect that's the new gimmick for this generation

Optical sensors? Like infra-red?

not happening lol

There's always going to be a way. Just look at the OLED and the Lite models, they already got hacked after launch, and this is definitely going to be the case for the Switch 2.

 

[Xzi]

Great aesthetic, but a very underwhelming reveal. Should've at least shown it running a game or two that never could've been ported to Switch.