Screen quality is incredible, despite abandoning OLED. Near-universal backwards compatibility, even with peripherals. GameChat features work incredibly well and feel genuinely social. The similarities ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The original Nintendo Switch really was a paradigm shift for console gaming, kickstarting a new era of gaming handhelds that blurred the line ...

So, you’ve picked up a Nintendo Switch 2 and are ready to dive into Mario Kart World, but you’re not really feelin’ the Joy-Cons (don’t worry, they’re not my thing either). Yeah, you need a more ...

As revolutionary as Nintendo’s original Switch was, it came with a big — or, rather, very, very small — problem: Its tiny Joy-Con controllers were pretty terrible. Sure, they were novel, rumbled in ...

The Nintendo Switch 2’s backward-compatibility with Switch games is generally pretty good, and a few games have gotten patches from their developers to allow them to take advantage of the higher ...

Those market changes make the Switch 2 a lot less of a novelty than its predecessor. As its name implies, it is essentially a direct sequel to the original Switch hardware, with improvements to the ...

There isn’t much to the package; you get the controller and a five-foot USB-A to USB-C cable. I do wish it came with a longer cable to make it easier to both charge and use the controller at the same ...