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Nintendo Switch 2 Review: A Worthy Successor, But Is It Worth The Price?

  • Nintendo released the Switch 2, a portable gaming console available since June 2025, priced from $449 through its online store.
  • This successor to the 2017 Switch enters a competitive market, with tariffs and inflation contributing to a higher price than the original $299 model.
  • The Switch 2 significantly upgrades power, display, and controller features while maintaining the original’s sleek design and adding 256GB storage with fast game loading.
  • Reviews note strong performance and improved build quality but mention limited battery life and the high $499.99 bundle price including Mario Kart World as drawbacks.
  • Despite the cost and some flaws, the Switch 2 delivers a next-generation handheld experience that many reviewers find worth the investment.
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The Nintendo Switch 2 is, without a doubt, one of the most anticipated consoles of recent years. After the resounding success of the first Switch, which sold 155 million units and revolutionized the way we played combining the laptop with the domestic, expectations are skyrocketing. After a few days of squeezing the console Nintendo has given us, in this video we tell you what the Switch 2 looks like. Get ready to discover the guts of a console …

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The new Switch 2 console brings increased performance and new features, but its essence remains, i.e. a hybrid device that works independently as a handheld and when inserted into the docking station as a home console connected to a TV or monitor. After all, why change something that has worked great for Nintendo so far.

·Čestlice, Czechia
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SlashGear broke the news in on Friday, June 20, 2025.
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