Launch date, worth and new video games introduced


Tom Gerken & Tom Richardson

Expertise reporter & BBC Newsbeat

Nintendo Cartoon of Mario in a red hat driving a cart from Mario Kart World. Princess Peach is driving a motorbike in the background.Nintendo

Nintendo icon Mario is again in a brand new Mario Kart sport

Nintendo has revealed the Swap 2, the lengthy awaited successor to one of many best-selling consoles in historical past, will probably be launched on 5 June.

Followers have been impatiently ready to search out out extra since January, when the Japanese gaming big ended months of hypothesis by confirming fundamental details about the brand new system.

In a Nintendo Direct on-line presentation, watched by greater than one million folks, it gave additional particulars of the {hardware}, in addition to confirming it could be accompanied by Mario Kart World, a brand new version of Nintendo’s most well-known sport.

It additionally introduced a collection of different new titles for the console, together with Elden Ring and Avenue Fighter 6.

The corporate stated the brand new system would have higher graphics and audio than its predecessor, and a chat button permitting gamers to talk to one another whereas enjoying.

The worth will range in numerous markets however within the UK it can retail at £395, or £429 with Mario Kart.

Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa known as the brand new console “a leap ahead”, eight years after the discharge of the unique Swap.

Mario Kart, Donkey Kong and Kirby return

In addition to enormous curiosity within the system itself, followers have been eager to search out out what video games they may be capable of play on it.

Most eye-catching was Mario Kart World – during which the franchise seems to have been given a major refresh.

Water graphics, character tweaks, large sprawling race tracks seen from a distance with various climate and climates – Nintendo is firmly displaying followers this console has extra underneath the hood than its predecessor.

The agency additionally showcased the platforming journey Donkey Kong Bananza and Kirby Air Riders, a sequel to a fan favorite sport launched again in 2005 – each coming later this 12 months.

Nintendo additionally confirmed that “suitable” Swap video games will work on the Swap 2. Others will get Swap 2 editions, which means they may have up to date graphics and gameplay.

On the Nintendo Retailer web site, the digital variations of Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza are priced at £66.99 and £58.99 respectively.

The bodily variations are each £8 dearer.

Nintendo A promotional image of the Nintendo Switch 2 console taken against a bright red background. The black Joycon grip is in front of a dock containing the main switch unit. The right-hand Joycon is detached slightly, showing the new magnetic attachments.Nintendo

Nintendo Swap 2

The Duskbloods and different video games introduced

The video games made by third social gathering builders – equivalent to Elden Ring – are notable too as a result of some are the type of high-profile video games that sometimes haven’t come to Nintendo consoles lately.

They embrace:

  • Cyberpunk 2077
  • Last Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade
  • Hitman World of Assassination
  • Hades 2
  • Hole Knight: Silksong

Elden Ring developer FromSoftware additionally revealed a brand new multiplayer sport – The Duskbloods – as a Swap 2 unique coming in 2026.

Mouse, digital camera and chat operate

The console itself has a much bigger display than its predecessor at 7.9 inches, with a greater show – 1080p in comparison with the Swap’s 720p, with HDR help and displaying as much as 120fps.

Marginal adjustments – equivalent to bigger buttons and management sticks – will get consideration. However extra fascinating is that each controls can be utilized as a mouse, as with a PC, in supported video games.

Nintendo argues its 3D audio tech will create a encompass sound expertise, however that is unlikely to be the characteristic that sways folks to choosing up the system.

256GB of inner storage is a giant improve, as Nintendo has traditionally been stingy on this entrance.

The C button on the change controller is the brand new little bit of {hardware} for the Swap 2.

It seems to assist management a voice chat characteristic which is constructed into the system.

Gamers pop up on the backside of the display, showing virtually like Zoom or Groups – full with a fairly low body price display share – and Nintendo claims its tech will isolate your voice no matter background noise.

Nintendo Still from Cyberpunk 2077 showing Keanu Reeves in character wearing body armour and sunglasses, leaning on a metal pole.Nintendo

Cyberpunk 2077, starring Keanu Reeves, is a brand new third-party sport coming to the Swap 2

A troublesome act to observe

The unique Nintendo Swap is likely one of the best-selling consoles of all time, having shifted greater than 150 million models since its 2017 launch.

Solely Sony’s PS2 and Nintendo’s personal DS have proved extra standard.

Its hybrid format – permitting gamers to make use of it as a handheld system or hooked as much as a TV in a extra conventional residence console set-up – is regarded as one of many large causes behind its success.

Even when the brand new system replicates that stage of curiosity, it could want to beat different challenges.

Console launches are sometimes hit with {hardware} shortages – a pattern that was notably evident when the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Collection consoles had been launched in late 2020 throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.

Nintendo’s president Shuntaro Furukawa beforehand instructed buyers the lengthy look forward to the brand new console was partly to make sure the corporate may manufacture sufficient machines to fulfill demand.

Since then the worldwide buying and selling image has been affected by President Donald Trump launching a wave of tariffs – it’s not but clear how they might have an effect on the manufacturing and gross sales of the Swap 2.

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