Published on: 2025-06-04 04:35:00
As excitement builds for Nintendo's upcoming console, the Switch 2, the company is issuing an important warning: Do not peel off the screen's pre-installed protective film. While many users might assume the thin layer is meant to be removed, like the protective films that come on phones or tablets, Nintendo says this particular film plays a critical role in protecting the device and should stay exactly where it is. The alert came via Nintendo Soup and was recently highlighted in reports from ga
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-04 09:10:00
What just happened? Nintendo's highly anticipated Switch 2 handheld is mere days away from launch. In preparation for the big day, the Japanese gaming giant has published the console's instruction manual online. Skim through the 19-page document as some did over the weekend, and you'll find plenty of advice worth paying attention to. Under the careful usage section, Nintendo notes that the Switch 2 comes with a pre-installed film layer on the display. The material is designed to prevent fragmen
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If you’re picking up a Switch 2 this week, resist the urge to remove the screen protector you’ll find applied to the console out of the box. This is actually a “film layer designed to prevent fragments scattering in the event of damage,” and the Switch 2’s European safety manual, spotted by fan site NintendoSoup, specifically warns not to peel it off. This advice might sound familiar, because the Switch OLED had a similar anti-scattering layer with the same warning. In both cases, the goal is t
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At first glance, the official specs of the Switch 2 don't seem too different from the original, but plenty of improvements are buried in the details. For instance, it boasts "10x the graphics performance" compared to the original Switch, according to Nvidia, which built the custom processor powering the Switch 2. With the new console set to launch this week on June 5, it's worth digging deeper to see what's changed. The Switch 2 is priced at $450 alone or $500 in a bundle with Mario Kart World,
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is a reporter who covers the business, culture, and communities of video games, with a focus on marginalized gamers and the quirky, horny culture of video game communities. With the Switch 2 launch days away, analysts and consumers are watching to see how well Nintendo can follow-up the best selling home console in its history. Judging from the pain of trying to secure a Switch 2 pre-order, it seems like Nintendo has nothing to worry about – at least at launch. Down the line, however, concerns
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is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. The Nintendo Switch Parental Controls app has been updated ahead of the Switch 2’s release on June 5th. In addition to adding support for the new console, the app includes new options for managing and limiting a child’s access to the Switch 2’s GameChat feature, and provides more details on what games they have been playing. With parental contro
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-08 05:46:54
Robert Triggs / Android Authority TL;DR An update has rolled out for the Nintendo Switch Online App. The update changes the name of the app and some elements of the UI. The app offers a handful of new features, like automatic screenshot and video uploads to your phone, getting notifications when a friend is online, and more. It’s hard to believe, but we’re only seven days out before the Nintendo Switch 2 hits store shelves. In preparation for the new console’s arrival, the Nintendo Switch On
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Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . The Switch 2 launch is fast approaching; here's what to know about getting your hands on the console. Update, 5/29/25: The Nintendo Switch 2 will launch soon on June 5. Pre-order advice currently remains the same, which is to say that you probably won't be able to pre-order the consol
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Nintendo's Switch 2 has a small handful of new releases in its launch lineup, but for the first few months after its release, the main thing you'll be able to play on it will be your existing library of Switch games. And while Nintendo has promised reasonably comprehensive backward compatibility, the company is still working through the process of testing over 15,000 third-party Switch games with the new console. With a week to go until launch, Nintendo has updated its compatibility support pag
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-09 05:38:43
Nintendo is gearing up for the launch of the Switch 2 on June 5, and to ensure you’re ready to go when the console arrives at your door, you’ll need to download the latest update for the newly renamed Nintendo Switch App. The app, which was previously called the Nintendo Switch Online app, had added a number of new features, including a more seamless screenshot interface, GameChat functionality and placeholder icons for game-specific services like Zelda Notes. The latter will become usable on la
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-09 09:49:33
is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Nintendo released an update to its Switch Online mobile app yesterday renaming it to simply the Nintendo Switch App and adding support for the Switch 2, which releases on June 5th. Alongside Switch 2 support comes new features, first announced in early April, making it easier to access screenshots on other devices and adding mobile notifications
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TL;DR Someone received a Nintendo Switch 2 early and answered questions on a Reddit AMA. Details include new UI animations and a minigame tutorial for mouse functionality. No games were tested, since the console requires a day one patch for Switch 1 games. The Nintendo Switch 2 is just one week away from shipping, but a few lucky users have already received their consoles. A brief unboxing video was posted and removed earlier this week, but now another early Switch 2 user has revealed a few n
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-11 01:57:49
As much as Nintendo’s games try to emphasize the “fun” first, the company’s consoles themselves similarly want to spark joy in odd, though surprisingly endearing, ways. Even before the Switch 2’s launch, Nintendo shared a few odd and cutesy features beyond the headlining mouse controls and GameChat that are meant to remind you you’re not just plugging in any bog-standard gaming machine, especially not when you can play a song with your Joy-Cons on the connection screen. The Switch 2, swathed in
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An enhanced Nintendo Switch 2 version of the game will also be available at launch. Pokémon Legends: Z-A, the follow-up to 2022’s Pokémon Legends: Arceus , now has a release date of October 16. Along with the release date announcement, The Pokémon Company also confirmed that a new Pokémon Presents presentation will broadcast on July 22. Presumably we'll see more of the monsters we’re going to be catching and battling with in Lumiose City, including the Mega-Evolved Pokémon featured on the newl
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The Switch was a transformative product for Nintendo. Following the dire days of the Wii U, the company came out swinging with a tablet-console hybrid with defining games like Animal Crossing: New Horizons and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. The Switch went on to sell more than 150 million units, and Nintendo built on that success with expansions into feature films, theme parks, and other areas outside of gaming.
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The first several months after Nintendo released the Switch in 2017 have been described as a “gold rush” for independent game developers. The Switch’s eShop wasn’t exactly barren, but early on there was a lot of room for new releases. To put it into perspective, Nintendo announced in 2018 that around 1,000 games were added to the platform in its first year or so. The number of games released each year just adds to the number of games available on the eShop; in 2024, GameDiscoverCo reported that
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Today, Nintendo announced that Pokémon Legends: Z-A and Pokémon Legends: Z-A – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition are scheduled to debut on October 16th. Per The Pokémon Company International’s press release , preorders for digital versions of the games will begin June 5th on the Nintendo eShop. And according to a post on the company’s official Japanese X profile , preorders for physical editions of the games start July 23rd. On July 22nd, TCPi is also putting on another Pokémon Presents streaming prese
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Over the past month, I have lost myself in multiple Nintendo worlds. I explored Super Nintendo World inside Epic Universe, the new theme park in Orlando. I was immersed in the new games arriving for the Nintendo Switch 2. I even watched the Super Mario Bros. movie on the Apple Vision Pro in 3D. Nintendo feels like it's crossing between worlds itself lately. The cool Power-Up Bands visitors wear in the new theme park also work as Amiibo -- Nintendo's toys that unlock gameplay -- on the Switch. T
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One of the biggest changes of Nintendo's generational leap to the Switch 2 is the new console's game carts. Not the aesthetic shift—they're now red, to differentiate them from the original Switch's slate gray ones—but rather that, in many cases, they won't contain a game at all. While all first-party Nintendo games are currently expected to be released on-cart, other publishers may choose to release their Switch 2 titles on “game-key cards.” These have no actual game data on them, instead servi
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The Nintendo Switch 2 launches next week, on June 5, and one of its big selling points is that it will be backward compatible with original Switch games. Nintendo recently updated its database of Switch games that have been tested on the new console, and while most of the games work without any issue, there are hundreds that have some problems. Nintendo's page for the compatibility test for Nintendo Switch games on the Switch 2 was updated on Tuesday. More than 15,000 games have been confirmed
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-12 20:17:00
Back in March, Nintendo released its Nintendo Today app, which acts as a hub for the latest news from the company about its games and the upcoming Switch 2. It appears, however, that Nintendo doesn't want some of that news on its app shared via screenshots. On the app, there are videos available to watch for the upcoming Switch 2 games, but when you try to screenshot an image from these videos, the resulting screenshot comes up blank, as reported by The Gamer on Monday. This happens only with v
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-13 01:17:22
Back in March, Nintendo released its Nintendo Today app, which acts as a hub for the latest news from the company about its games and the upcoming Switch 2. It appears, however, that Nintendo doesn't want some of that news on its app shared via screenshots. On the app, there are videos available to watch for the upcoming Switch 2 games, but when you try to screenshot an image from these videos, the resulting screenshot comes up blank, as reported by The Gamer on Monday. This happens only with v
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is a reporter who covers the business, culture, and communities of video games, with a focus on marginalized gamers and the quirky, horny culture of video game communities. It is as inevitable as a sunrise that in the hours after the Switch 2 launch next week, third-party sites like Ebay will be filled with listings for the new console. But in Japan, Nintendo has announced a new partnership with Japanese third-party retail sites to combat fraudulent Switch 2 listings. Mercari, Yahoo Auctions a
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The Nintendo Switch is on the cusp of becoming Nintendo’s bestselling hardware ever. In retrospect, it’s easy to see why: it’s a device that seamlessly transitions from a home console to a handheld, erasing the distinction between the two. It’s been so successful that Nintendo isn’t changing all that much with the Switch 2. But both consoles are well-executed versions of ideas Nintendo has been working on since the failed Wii U — and maybe even earlier. Purely by sales numbers, the Wii U was a
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Nintendo is entering a new era. While most everyone associates the company with video games, for the last few years the brand behind Mario has been steadily expanding itself into something much larger. “I think people view Nintendo as a gaming company, but we have always thought of ourselves as an entertainment company,” Nintendo’s senior managing executive officer, Shinya Takahashi, told me in 2023. Design legend Shigeru Miyamoto echoed the same idea at the opening of Nintendo’s first museum l
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Following a brief delay stemming from the Trump administration’s on-again, off-again tariff policy, Nintendo officially opened up preorders for the Nintendo Switch 2. As expected, the initial rollout process at Walmart, Best Buy, and other retailers on April 24th was an absolute mess — and GameStop didn’t fare much better later. As of right now, none of the aforementioned retailers are accepting reservations for the $449 gaming console ahead of its release on June 5th. Nintendo is still accepti
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Letting your loved ones borrow your digital games is a cinch... at least after you finish the setup process. Nintendo has shaken up how it treats your digital game purchases. It's now calling those virtual game cards, and it hopes to make it easier for you to share your games across multiple Switch systems. You can even let friends and family members borrow a game you've purchased from the eShop so they can play it on their own Switch. Getting things set up is a slightly complex process, but in
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-21 19:31:00
When Nintendo revealed the Switch 2 on April 2, there was a lot of excitement over the powered-up portable console. However, some gamers weren't thrilled about its LCD screen. But, like the original, it appears there might be a Switch 2 with a better display in the works. Samsung is the display maker for the Switch 2 and is reportedly pushing for a version of Nintendo's new console to come with an OLED screen, according to a report from Bloomberg on Tuesday. No specifics were provided on whethe
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-22 00:31:40
When Nintendo revealed the Switch 2 on April 2, there was a lot of excitement over the powered-up portable console. However, some gamers weren't thrilled about its LCD screen. But, like the original, it appears there might be a Switch 2 with a better display in the works. Samsung is the display maker for the Switch 2 and is reportedly pushing for a version of Nintendo's new console to come with an OLED screen, according to a report from Bloomberg on Tuesday. No specifics were provided on whethe
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If we were judging by hype alone, the $450 Switch 2 could be the biggest console release of both this year and the past several years. And if you analyzed how well U.S. preorders have gone so far after tariff-born delays and mobbed retailers, you may think buying one after launch could prove problematic. Despite the preorder pains, there are growing signs that if you can’t find one at launch, there will be more handhelds available right around the corner. Last week, Best Buy told Gizmodo it pla
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