To prepare you for the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2, Metro has compiled all the important info you need about its features and games.

Aside from the paid Switch 2 upgrade packs that add extra content and graphical improvements, Nintendo is releasing several free Switch game updates to add a handful of Switch 2-specific features and improve performance on the new console. Third-party game developers will presumably be able to release these kinds of updates as well.

Nintendo has updated its list of Switch 1 games that will be compatible with the Switch 2 today, 27th May 2025, with a bunch of games needing a free update to run on the new console. Along with these new updates,

The Nintendo Switch 2 is coming in 2025. Here are all of the confirmed details, rumors and speculation regarding the upcoming console.

The Switch 2 is backwards compatible with Switch games, but it uses emulation to run those older titles, so it isn't playing these games natively. It works for the most part—Nintendo says virtually all first-party Switch 1 games can run on Switch 2 without issue,

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Switch 2 is going to be packing a lot more horsepower under the hood and it's already attracted certain third-party franchises from Electronic Arts that have been skipping Nintendo platforms for years.