The Nintendo Switch 2 releases on June 5 and costs $450

Summary

Nintendo unveiled new details on Wednesday about its hugely anticipated Nintendo Switch 2 gaming console, which will be the company’s first new console since the Nintendo Switch was introduced in 2017. The Nintendo Switch 2 will be released on June 5 and cost $450. At launch, the console will arrive both on its own and as part of a bundle with Mario Kart World, a new game for the Switch 2. What will the Nintendo Switch 2 look like? As its name suggests, the Switch 2 is an upgrade on the Nintendo Switch. It builds upon the existing design of the Switch, which can be played both on the go and at home on a TV screen. The Switch 2 will be a larger console with a bigger screen (though there is still a bezel on the edges) and heftier Joy-Con controllers, which will also attach magnetically to the sides of the screen. The device has a 1080p LCD screen that supports up to 120fps, as well as HDR — that could be a disappointment for users who got accustomed to their upgraded OLED Nintendo Switches. The dock will support 4K, however. Nintendo Switch 2 will have 256 GB of storage, which is 8x more storage than the previous model, where even casual gamers usually had to buy a microSD card to get more storage. It will also only support microSD express cards for additional storage, however, which are a new kind of microSD card. The back of the device has a sturdier stand for positioning the device upright. The body has USB-C charging ports on the top and bottom of the device. (The top seems intended for the Nintendo Switch Camera, but it’s also a better-located charging port.) The classic colorway for the Nintendo Switch 2 is matte black with light red and blue accents on each respective Joy-Con, nodding to its previous design but in a sleeker format. But we’re willing to wager that Nintendo will let you buy as many Joy-Cons as you want in every color you can imagine — and hopefully, this time around, there’s not a drift issue. The Joy-Cons will also function like a computer mouse...