With more than two million pre -registration only for Japan, we can already say that the Nintendo Switch 2 is expected in the players. After eight years, the Japanese company is preparing, this June 5, 2025, to convert the Switch page, its hybrid console with an insolent success.
With more than 150 million copies sold in total, the switch was able to bring him an audience that until now had seen the video game from the corner of the eye. Therefore, it becomes obvious that with Switch 2, Nintendo will be closely analyzed. A few hours before its official launch, Tech & Co makes a balance of what you need to know about this new console, which can challenge certain sales records.
An expensive but also more powerful 2 switch
Available at 469.99 euros, Switch 2 has been the most expensive Nintendo console for many years. However, a package is available with a game, Mario de Mario KartIt was sold at 509.99 euros.
To justify this rate well above expectations, Nintendo has reviewed the technical specificities of its console, much more powerful than the first switch. Therefore, a chip is developed in association with NVIDIA, which supports recent technologies, such as DLSS, which improves fluidity without cutting visual aspect.
Similarly, the console will execute games to 4K resolution, and sometimes up to 120 images per second in portable mode.
A compatible XXL and HDR screen
The other main technical novelty is that switch 2, in its portable configuration, will have a screen larger than the switch, 7.9 inches. He opted for a “Full-HD” resolution of 1080p. Better yet: this is compatible HDR, therefore, it offers excellent light and even more vivid colors, not forgetting the deepest blacks.
BACKING WITH SWITCH GAMES AND ITS ACCESSORIES
Nintendo confirmed that almost the entire switch catalog would be retrocompatible with its new console. Sometimes you can even enjoy a slight visual impulse or in terms of yield without having to pay some euros.
The accessories will also be compatible, for example, to play several (especially the Joy-Con or the PRO controller).
More storage for your games
If you have many Switch or Switch 2 games, you can store more directly on the console. In fact, we can count on 256 GB of storage (against 32 GB on the switch). And if that is not enough, you can install a MicroSD Express card. Note that switch microSD cards will not be compatible.
Two USB-C ports
Below and above the screen, two USB-C ports will complete the console connectors. Both will be used to recharge, but also for accessories such as a controller or a camera.
The “game cat” function to discuss in the game
If you have been signed to the Nintendo Switch online service, you can enjoy the game’s chat function, accessible from the new “C” button of the Switch 2 joy-con.
This will allow you to chat first with your friends thanks to a camera (sold separately, but an unofficial webcam should work). We can also share your screen and get live help during the difficult phases of a game.
A higher useful life
The difference will not be obvious, but with switch 2, Nintendo offers a 5,220 mAh battery, ensuring autonomy between 2 hours and 6.5 hours. The load time will be around 3 hours to have a 100%battery.
Cartridges with or without game
With Switch 2, Nintendo will open new cartridges, which can rise to 64 GB. Cyberpunk 2077One of the launch games will be completed on Switch 2, with its extension.
But the manufacturer also offers the option to its partners, which can sell “game keys”, in other words, an empty cartridge of all the data, but which includes an internal file to unlock a downloadable version. However, this type of cartridges, informed in the boxes of the games in question, can be sold in the second -hand market.
“Switch 2 Edition” games
Some games, from the launch or later in 2025, will come out both on Switch and on Switch 2. Nintendo, since they will have a paid patch, for between 5 and 10 euros.
However, these patches do not offer a graphic or fluidity improvement. In the case of Super Mario Party JamboreeA completely new game mode will be offered. And it is not the only one.
Joy-with reviewed and corrected
The Switch 2 will have a new Joy-Con. They will also be magnetized and larger to improve management. In addition, they have a “mouse” mode available in certain games, such as Metroid Prime 4: Beyondto play as a first -person shooting game on PC.
What are the Switch 2 launch games?
Unlike the first name switch that could finally count on Zelda’s legend: Breath of the WildSwitch 2 has a diversified and rather complete launch catalog.
Here are the Switch 2 launch games:
- Arcade Archives 2 Ridge Racer
- Bravely predetermined: Flying Fairy HD Remaster
- Civilization VII
- Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition
- Deltarune
- Fantasy Life I: The Time Thief
- Quick fusion
- Fortnite
- Hitman World of Assassination
- Hogwarts legacy
- KUNITSU-GAMI: ROAD DE LA DIOSA
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
- Mario de Mario Kart
- Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour
- Ambition for Awakening Nobunaga
- Puyo Puyo Tetris 2s
- Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma
- Sonic X Shadow Generations
- Divided fiction
- STREET FIGHTER 6 YEARS 1-2 EDITION OF COMBATENTS
- Suikoden I and II HD Remaster
- Survival children
- YAKUZA 0 CUTTING OF THE DIRECTOR
Source: BFM TV
