Here's the problem: I like Nintendo Switch 2. But I don't care about Nintendo Switch 2 either. At least not right now. But now I have one. Completely by mistake.
I never planned to buy one, at least not yet. I did not want to deal with the stress of trying to secure a pre-order or wait for ready, and there was no big Zelda game waiting for me with the launch, and I also did not bother to play games that I already owned now for another console, no matter how technically impressive it is that it can run something like Cyberpunk 2077.
I thought I might wait at least a month until Donkey Kong Bananza, but then again I have never played a Donkey Kong game. My only interest there comes from the fact that it is made by the Super Mario Odyssey team, and it will mark two (2) large exclusive on Nintendo Switch 2.
So what kind of joy did I come up with to end up with a Switch 2?
There I was, on a night like everyone else, not a care in the world for the launch of intrusion Switch 2. I played games at 5, which makes wonders for my 27-year-oldold Myself, and saw some of my American friends picked up their Switch 2 from different stores' midnight launches. Cool. I didn't even know Fomo, which I thought I might, but it was just nice to witness this event.
“Huh,” I thought (stay now, game-by-game thoughts are definitely necessary), “I wonder if the stores here have Switch 2 listed that are being launched now?”. I checked Argos, a commodity trader here in the UK, and it was safe. Nintendo Switch 2 almost had its own page. Lager would go live on the launch day around 06:00, and it was about 05:30 now. “Maybe I will update it a bit, it will save me the trouble of grabbing one at a later date.” But I also told myself that I would not wait there, just pixels from my screen and tried to be the first to the punch, because I just don't have that player energy in me right now.
I clicked on update at 05:50. There it was. I added it in the carriage. There it was. I clicked on orders. The I Where, walking at 7pm to go and pick up a switch 2. Oops.
I know, you ask, “Wow, what a wonderful story, you must surely be happy?!”
Don't misunderstand me, I'm glad I have a Switch 2. It's a relief that I don't have to stress about Scalpers and addition-to-cart struggles, and it's a fantastic console. Nintendo Switch is one of my favorite systems of all time, and this is just a Nintendo -switch but better. But that is also the problem, and exactly what I was worried about.
It doesn't feel like an exciting, shiny new technology. It feels like I have replaced my switch with a better switch, and I will not reap the benefits of it for a while yet. Sure, Mario Kart World is fun – I mean, it's Mario Kart (I didn't pay ridiculous amounts for it, I got the bundle). I also jump back in the tears in the kingdom with Hyrule who sees and runs better than ever before. But that's it. The games are not exciting. The console is not exciting. It was all to expect, and while it met expectations they were not exactly set very high.
I know that I am lucky to have got their hands on one, and I know I make some very privileged complaints ™ right now, but I just feel that it is such a strange launch for a new console, especially one from Nintendo, which is often lightning, cooler and more presentable fun by nature. Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour is not flashy or fun.
I will probably not write Sonnets about this console for a while, but I will enjoy his company until then.
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Nintendo
- Original release date
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June 5, 2025
- Original MSRP (USD)
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$ 449.99
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Ownership
