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1 week ago | 
nintendowire.com | Peter Glagowski
It seems like every second, there’s some new bit of information regarding the Switch 2. While the often reliable leaker billbil-kun claimed that Canadian retailers would be opening pre-orders for Nintendo’s next console on April 23rd, 2025, they’ve now stated that US retailers will be planning to open pre-orders within a select window starting on April 21st, 2025.
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1 week ago | 
nintendowire.com | Peter Glagowski
Content Continues Below   Following Nintendo’s shock decision to delay the pre-order date for the Switch 2 in the United States and Canada earlier this month, fans have been left wondering when The Big N will allow fans to fork over their cash for the next bit of hardware.
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1 week ago | 
nintendowire.com | Peter Glagowski
The upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 Editions of both The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom look like solid upgrades over their Switch 1 counterparts, but the majority of new features will be tied to a smartphone app called “Zelda Notes.” While we already know quite a bit about what that app offers (such as voice guidance, maps for finding Korok seeds, and the ability to share QR codes), a new feature has been spotted by YouTuber Zeltik: equipment repairs.
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2 weeks ago | 
nintendowire.com | Peter Glagowski
With the Switch 2 dominating headlines this month, you’d think Nintendo might be ready to leave the original Switch in the past. Thankfully, that isn’t the case, and Switch Online subscribers will be able to play a trio of “new” classic titles.
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2 weeks ago | 
nintendowire.com | Peter Glagowski
According to a report from Vooks, it appears as if physical versions of “Switch 2 Enhanced” games will contain the full game and its upgrades on the same cartridge. This follows after a Nintendo UK rep stated otherwise. It’s safe to say that Nintendo has mostly botched the messaging around what the Switch 2 offers to customers as an upgrade. While the idea of “Switch 2 Enhanced” titles makes sense on its own, the wording for what the physical editions of those games are has been muddled.
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2 weeks ago | 
nintendowire.com | Peter Glagowski
There’s a key detail about the upcoming wireless GameCube controllers for Switch 2 that we all seem to have missed: they will only function with the GameCube app provided with a Switch Online subscription. As noticed by Nintendo Everything, the fine print in the UK version of the “GameCube Nintendo Classics” video states the following:“This controller is only compatible with Nintendo GameCube – Nintendo Classics”Curiously, this disclaimer was left out of the North American video.
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2 weeks ago | 
nintendowire.com | Peter Glagowski
In a bit of news that will certainly be disappointing for our fellow gamers overseas, a new report from Nikkei has stated that Nintendo has chosen not to launch the Switch 2 in China just yet. According to the outlet, Nintendo has chosen to forgo a launch in the region as it wants to evaluate the demand for the console first. There are also strict government regulations that crop up when trying to launch gaming devices in China, something that has hindered every console release there since the .
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2 weeks ago | 
nintendowire.com | Peter Glagowski
AI might be all the rage in the tech sector, but Nintendo doesn’t appear to be embracing it anytime soon. In an interview with CNBC, Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser was questioned about AI, and he made a pretty clear statement about how the company views it. “We still believe that what makes our games special is our developers, their artistic capabilities, their insight into how people play.”Now, Bowser didn’t make any declarative statements about AI being bad or anything.
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2 weeks ago | 
nintendowire.com | Peter Glagowski
Last week, Nintendo announced that it would be delaying the pre-order date for the Switch 2 in the United States “in order to assess the potential impact of tariffs and evolving market conditions.” While the company stressed the console would still be releasing on June 5th, 2025, the recent tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump have thrown the global economy into a downward spiral. At the time, no other regions would experience delays, but that has changed this morning.
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2 weeks ago | 
nintendowire.com | Peter Glagowski
With the upgraded components inside the Switch 2, the console is now capable of playing drastically more advanced games than its predecessor. One such is Cyberpunk 2077, CD Projekt Red’s followup to The Witcher 3 that was troublesome for even the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One when it released in late 2020.
