Nintendo has finally revealed the successor console to the Nintendo Switch in a short promotional video. It’s called Nintendo Switch 2 and, true to the extensive leaks, it appears to be a larger and more powerful version of its predecessor.
Nintendo did not announce a release date or price for the new console, but the company did confirm a 2025 release window. Nintendo showed only one game with its Switch 2 reveal: a new Mario Kart game.
As previously reported, the console is closely modeled on its hugely successful predecessor. It’s a hybrid console, playable both in portable mode and on TV via the use of a dock, with detachable Joy-Con controllers.
We already know that the Switch 2 will be backward-compatible with all Switch software. In late 2024, Nintendo announced that its next console will play Switch games, offer the Nintendo Switch Online service, and use the Nintendo Account system.
