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After months of leaks and speculation, Nintendo finally lifted the curtain on its Switch successor, the Switch 2. Compared to its previous generations of game consoles, Nintendo appears to be building on the foundation of its wildly successful hybrid console with visual and technical tweaks to the system instead of launching a device that’s wildly different from what came before.
There are still a lot of questions that’ll need to be answered–and you’ll have to wait until April for that Nintendo Direct–as we still don’t know how much the Switch 2 will cost, its exact release date in 2025, or if the Switch 2 carts will be coated in a vile substance that’ll encourage kids not to chew on them. If you are looking to see and play on the Switch 2 before you commit to buying one, Nintendo will be hosting special events in major cities around the world in April where you can go hands-on with it.
Fortunately, the reveal trailer did show a lot of the new system off, and we’ve gathered together several of the interesting details we spotted in that trailer.