All the Nintendo Switch 2 Rumors That Came True, Plus the Many That Didn’t

We’ve been writing about Nintendo Switch 2 rumors for more than two years and—somehow—a fair chunk of them proved very accurate with Nintendo’s full handheld console reveal. It was smooth sailing until we hit the end of the road of Nintendo’s livestream. We had to wait until after the stream to learn you’ll need to pay $450 for Nintendo’s long-awaited sequel to its handheld console, $150 more than the original at launch. Before the April 2 Direct, we had a rough idea of the console’s shape since before January, thanks to leaked dummy units. It’s bigger with a 7.9-inch screen, and—indeed—the JoyCons are now held on by magnets, rather than the older rail-based attachment points. The Mario Kart 8 sequel, now called Mario Kart World, is a launch title for the Switch 2, and you can get it in a $500 bundle with the handheld at launch June 5. The most disappointingly rumor we have to discard was the price. Some analysts suggested a $500 price point, while others claimed it would be $400. Ni ... Read full article.