Nintendo Switch 2 arrives on June 5: Gamechat and Joy-Con which become mouse, how the new « hybrid » console will be

Nintendo Switchthe « hybrid » console between laptop and fixed, is also defined as « inter-« Because the long life cycle – we are at the eighth abundant year – brought it to the middle ground between the eighth and the ninth generation of console. And therefore a compete both with the PlayStation4-Xbox One phaseboth with the next (the current) that sees the Big Playstation and Microsoft on the field with PS5 and Xbox Series X and S. Counts and evaluations from gamer who end up today: the June 5th the Switch 2expected console and « spoiler », of which a lot already knew. Except the release date and the price. That it will not be to be taken lightly: 469 euros for the console onlywhich go up to 509 with the bundle with Mario Kart World. Times change, but also the technical characteristics, and so we are far from the 299 euros with which the first Switch was launched, then climbed to 349 for the version with OLED screen.

The new console will have the not easy task of replacing a car capable of selling More than 150 million piecesin fact placement on the podium of the best -selling consoles ever, third after PlayStation 2 and the Nintendo DS. A complex inheritance that will also have to confront a historical appeal from a popular vulgate: Nintendo takes a console yes and a no. Bar speeches, also because at the starting tapes there is a very different Nintendo from that of 8 years ago, a company that can be called more « open ». Let’s say (finally, in some respects) modern. His precious IPs (intellectual properties) have come out of the safes to multiple sent by Kyoto and now Mario and members they have App for smartphones, amusement parks (within the Universal ones), TV series e movie. The second dedicated to hydraulic, this year, and in 2026 one dedicated to Zeldaanother Nintendiano universe with a great narrative scope.

136 years after birth, a change of strategy was needed, without losing the values ​​of a company born to entertain. And so every single passage of the Nintendo Direct deputy to tell the world of Switch 2 coming is declined on laugh and have fun together. The rule at the base of the company. And so we start with Gamechatprobably the most interesting novelty: the new feature allows Talk to friends while playing at a distancetogether, with a microphone aboard the console very sensitive and capable of canceling unwanted noises (also those of the game). Very funny, with more the addition of the Nintendo Switch Cameraan external camera that allows not only to share the spaces where we are playing, but with an effect that we could define in « Twitch style » you can put your face inside the game. An effect that makes play playing at a distance less stranger, and can in turn become A game in the game.

Therefore one of the most anticipated arcana, the presence of A « C » key on the new Joy-Con 2: It serves to manage Gamechat. For the rest, the controllers are very similar to the previous ones, as well as – had already been noticed – the whole console. That basically maintains all the characteristics of the previous one. Enhancing them. Two USB ports, 7.9 -inch screen against the previous 6.2, 256 GB of internal memory (were 32), resolution at 1080 with 120 fps, it reaches 4K when connected to the TV through the support (which now has an internal fan to reduce the overheating of the machine and the loss of performance). As said, too Joy-Con are renewed, with larger keys and sticks, a magnetic hook and the possibility of using them as a mouse. Surprise move, declined as always at fun: the idea is that with Two mousethe console will also be able to propose new types of play and interaction. We saw them in action in a game of mini-golf but above all during a « played family », thanks to the « natural » movement proposed in this way also suitable for the most boomer relatives. Also to note the Game Share mode which allows you to share-through Wi-Fi, therefore being in the same place-a game even with those who do not have it, to play together. Other possibilities that add to that of the « loan » managed with virtual game cards.

The launch of a new console is usually judged by the Lineup of games it presentswhich is why the concept of what is coming has been very stressed, with a sequence even a little chaotic to give idea of ​​the much choice. With only Mario Kart World – The classic of the house, in Open World mode – as an original title at the launch. But in total the games on June 5 will be More than 50including the Welcome Toura title to get to know the new console up close as Sony had done with Astrobot for the PlayStation 5. You can play the switch titles, of course (the color of the cards changes, from black they become red), as well as some of the gamecube (and other glorious consoles of the past) through the service Nintendo Switch Online (on June 5, in addition to the above room, there will also be a controller with the blue form of the cube). In addition to these, there will be several titles from the past in Switch 2 Edition, revised and corrected based on the calculation power of the new machine: Super Mario Party Jamboree, Zelda Breath of the Wild, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Metroid Prime Beyond, Pokemon Legends. You will need to buy an upgrade if you already had them in the old version. Also on the way on Switch 2 also third parties such as Elden Ring, Hades, Street Fighter 6, Split Fiction, FC and Madden by EA, Hogwarts Legacy, Civilization VII, NBA 2K, Cyberpunk 2077 among others. An exclusive will instead be Duskblood coming in 2026, as well as obviously the very applauded Donkey Kong Bananzacoming in the summer.

See you soon for a field test.