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Nintendo announces its next console, the Switch 2

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Nintendo announces its next console, the Switch 2

Nintendo has announced its long-awaited successor to the 150 million-selling Switch console, called Nintendo Switch 2. It will be released later in 2025.

The first Nintendo Switch debuted on March 3, 2017 and was a pioneer in the hybrid console: it can be played both on the move, with its snap controls, and at home, connected to a television. The Switch 2 follows the same model, with a larger screen and larger, redesigned controllers that attach magnetically to its sides. The controllers can be used like a mouse or held in your hands like a traditional joypad, and they also have motion control functionality.

In a brief trailer, a new version of Mario Kart was shown running on the console.

This continuity represents a radical change for Nintendo, which has constantly innovated throughout its 40-year history in the video game market. The Nintendo 64, released in 1997, was the first console to introduce an analog joystick to control character movement in three dimensions, and 2006’s Wii was the first to bring motion-controlled games to homes with tennis and Wii Sports bowling. Less successfully, 1995’s Virtual Boy experimented with an early form of virtual reality, and the Wii U was the first console to have a screen integrated into its controller. With a few exceptions, the size, shape and names of Nintendo consoles have been different with each new generation.

Nintendo Switch 2 will be compatible with all Nintendo Switch games, allowing players to bring the games they’ve purchased over its eight years on the market to the new console when it launches later this year.

The video game industry as a whole has recently experienced a contraction, with widespread layoffs, prolonged game development cycles, and uncertainty around the viability of increasingly expensive business models. Analysts and commentators have expressed hope that the launch of a new Nintendo console will provide a stimulus, reviving sales and enthusiasm in the sector.

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More details will be coming in April, when Nintendo will hold several simultaneous reveal events around the world where people will be able to play the new console. TO lottery will open on January 17 at 2 pm for fans to win tickets to attend.

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