Nintendo Switch 2 release is gaming's latest big moment
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You'll be given tokens outside the store to reserve your purchase. When it's your turn, you'll be allowed to buy one unit of either the standalone Switch 2 console or the Mario Kart bundle.
In a post called "Press a Button to Unlock Your System" Nintendo revealed that opening the Switch 2 is the same deal as with the original Nintendo Switch, where you press a button three times to unlock the system. And just in case you weren't sure what that could be like, there was a video included.
A number of Switch games are also getting more intensive enhanced editions for the Switch 2, including Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom, Super Mario Party Jamboree, and even a few titles that haven't been released yet including Metroid Prime 4 and Pokemon Legends ZA. These enhanced editions will require paid upgrades.
Nintendo’s “game-key cards” may end up being physical gaming media’s last gasp—even though they don’t have a game on them at all.
The office supply store will have the highly anticipated gaming handled in stock at 349 stores across the US, but you'll have to show up in person for a chance to nab one on June 5.
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Nintendo has updated its Switch mobile app to support its new console and make sharing screenshots easier.
It’s not surprising that a big chunk of games announced for Switch 2 so far are ports of older titles. The original Switch got plenty of ports during its run, but most AAA games were chopped up and squished onto the aging hardware, resulting in some really ugly conversions.