Nintendo Switch 2

“It's a joy to play handheld, looks beautiful, and can handle far more games than the original Switch could.”

“Put simply, the Nintendo Switch 2 is a better Nintendo Switch. It's much more powerful, has a bigger and sharper display, and comes with useful new features.”

“This is a fabulous console/handheld hybrid with hugely improved system software, much beefier horsepower for playing games, and a more premium form factor that doesn't succumb to the same bulk as its handheld PC counterparts.”

“Nintendo's Switch 2 brings more powerful internals and a bigger, brighter screen to the Switch formula for a more fun and fluid gaming experience anywhere.”

“But for many, the Switch 2 is quite simply the most premium console Nintendo has ever made, and the beefy yet still lean upgrade we've been waiting for.”

“This isn’t a perfect console, yet it takes the formula that made the Switch the third biggest selling console of all time and makes it better.”

“And it turns out good enough is more than good enough when you also have the biggest Mario Kart to date.”

“If you found yourself either regularly using or regularly coveting a Switch at any point over the last eight years, the Switch 2 is an obvious and almost necessary upgrade.”

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“This is the original Switch revised and refined into a generally more pleasing and more effective unit, delivering a proper generational upgrade with highly impressive efficiency.”

Unrated hardware review; subtitle reads 'An impressive generational upgrade marred by a sub-par display'. Score is an estimate of the verdict.

“If you’ve never owned a Switch before, the Switch 2 makes great sense as a starting point.”

“The Switch 2 is a clear step up from the previous console in almost every way.”

“It’s a step up that’s vital if the Switch 1 is the only way to play games that you have access to, but feels about as exciting as a long-overdue phone upgrade in the larger scheme of things.”