Nintendo Switch 2: Release date, price, new Switch games and everything else you need to know

The console arrives on June 5, and a new Mario Kart game will be out the same day. After months of anticipation and years of speculation, Nintendo is finally spilling all the beans about the Switch 2. In a Nintendo Direct presentation, the company is filling in questions we've had about the console since it was first officially revealed in a short teaser this past January. We finally know when the console will be available: June 5, 2025. It'll cost $450 at launch. Pre-orders were planned to start on April 9, but on April 4 the company announced they were on hold indefinitely because of the newly-announced tariffs in the United States. Switch 2 hardware The Switch 2 console has the same thickness but has a much larger display — 7.9 inches at a 1080p resolution, versus the 6.2-inch 720p screen on the old console. And it runs at up to 120fps. It is an LCD display, rather than OLED, but it supports HDR at least. ADVERTISEMENT Advertisement As expected, the new Joy-Con controllers att ... Read full article.