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. The hardware’s reveal confirms that Nintendo Switch 2 will be backward compatible with both physical and digital games from the original Switch. It also appears to confirm that Switch 2 Joy-Cons will be connected magnetically to the console, and that it will feature a U-shaped kickstand.
We already knew 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.
Nintendo said it plans to reveal more about the Switch 2 in a dedicated Nintendo Direct on April 2.