The Switch 2 is the hybrid console dream more fully realized, with numerous quality-of-life improvements and far fewer compromises.
When sitting down with the Nintendo Switch 2, I couldn’t help but think of its predecessor and how experimental it felt when it arrived. For the original Switch, Nintendo turned to Nvidia for a chipset that had already appeared in past products . The rest of the package omitted a lot of the niceties found in other home consoles, like 4K support, Ethernet, and more. A handful of features, such as Bluetooth audio, were missing out of the gate.
Posts Now that I've spent some time with the Switch 2, I’m fairly confident the tale this console will weave over the course of its life will be much, much different. Design-wise, we’re a generation deeper into Nintendo establishing what it means to be a home console/portable hybrid. Nintendo has learned a lot and shaped that learning into something more thoughtfully designed.
Hardware & Design: It Feels Like A Next-Generation Machine Nintendo Learned From The Switch To Make The Switch 2 Better One of the best things about the Switch 2, for me, is its most unmissable change: the larger 8-inch display. I’ve long thought this is the sweet spot for handhelds, PC or otherwise, and it seems Nintendo agrees. Stretching the screen to that size while bumping up the resolution to 1080p makes a world of difference for portable play.
And it must be said: The Switch 2 feels more premium. It’s obviously larger and there’s a bit more heft to it, and that likely plays a small part. But the feeling that this is a substantial upgrade comes through in everything, from the more rounded edges of the tablet portion, to its larger, softer, less clicky face buttons, to the magnetic attachment mechanism for the Joy-Con 2s. Nintendo kept what worked with the Switch and Switch OLED, then refined the living daylights out of the rest.
Performance: Games Simply Play Better On The Switch 2 Sometimes, Even If They Haven't Received Updates For The New Console I’ve never wanted so badly to replay The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – all over again, in their entirety, back to back. I do not have time to do this right now, but I desperately want to. The Nintendo Switch 2 has me adding Switch games I’ve already played to my backlog.
Finally, I experienced this same feeling of awe in my most-played game, Rocket League. I suspect there’s some resolution scaling going on here when you switch to “Performance” mode, because even without a proper Switch 2 update, the performance and visuals on Nintendo’s new system are an immense upgrade over what was presented on Nintendo’s last-gen machine.
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