The Switch 2 is due in two days. If you were one of the few lucky enough to preorder Nintendo’s new handheld console over a month ago, and you haven’t been checking in on your order, you better do so now. Multiple Nintendo fans reported receiving cancellation notices from big box stores Target and Walmart. […]
Switch 2 Has Six Joyful Nintendo Touches to Help it Stand Out
As much as Nintendo’s games try to emphasize the “fun” first, the company’s consoles themselves similarly want to spark joy in odd, though surprisingly endearing, ways. Even before the Switch 2’s launch, Nintendo shared a few odd and cutesy features beyond the headlining mouse controls and GameChat that are meant to remind you you’re not […]
The Pokémon Fossil Exhibition is Coming to the U.S. in 2026
Everybody loves Pokémon, whether that’s playing with (and as) them, watching them, and collecting ’em all. Nintendo’s never not ready to trot them out, and for those in the U.S., you’ll be able to visit them at a museum next year. On May 22, 2026, Nintendo will bring its Pokémon Fossil Museum to the Chicago’s […]
Switch 2 Specs Fully Leak, and Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Care
The Nintendo Switch 2 is twice the console as the original Switch, not just in size but in hardware specifications as well. We finally have a full idea of what’s going on under the hood of the $450 handheld set to launch on June 5. The long and short of it is that the Switch […]
A New GTA VI Trailer Is Here, but We Still Don’t Know if the Game Is Coming to Switch 2
Grand Theft Auto VI won’t arrive in 2025, but as a consolation prize, Rockstar Games dropped a video featuring a few snippets of gameplay for what’s still one of the most anticipated games set to arrive next year. That slice-of-life trailer cements just how little we know about Rockstar’s ultra-hyped open world. The big question […]
Nintendo Files Lawsuit Against Switch 2 Leaker Genki
While Nintendo tried to contain leaks of its Switch 2 before launch, rumormongers ruled the scene with a variety of mostly accurate descriptions and dummy units. Now Nintendo is suing the accessory maker that gave everyone some of the best early insights into its new handheld. As much as the lawsuit is an attempt to […]
Nintendo Is Hobbling Its Cheaper Switch 2 Accessories
This week’s Nintendo Switch 2 preorder madness, both in the U.S. and abroad, offered more perspective on just how popular Nintendo’s new handheld console will be at launch on June 5. Already, it seems consumers are willing to bite their tongue and drop upwards of $450 on the successor to the original Switch. If you’re […]
Gamers Are Mobbing Switch 2 Preorders Worldwide
Absence only makes the heart grow fonder. If that idiom holds true, it means bad tidings for Americans looking to get their hands on the Switch 2. U.S. and Canada-based Nintendo fans will be some of the last in the world to have the opportunity to preorder the Nintendo Switch 2 at 12:00 a.m. ET […]
Nintendo Sets New Official Date for U.S. Switch 2 Preorders
The Switch 2 preorder train is back on its rails. Close to two weeks after pausing preorders, citing Trump’s ongoing tariff chaos, Nintendo set the new date for when you can take your place in line to April 24. If you were praying at your shrine to Shigeru Miyamoto that the Switch maker wouldn’t increase […]
Tariffs Killing Retro Handhelds is a Terrible Thing for the Gaming
The future of the cheap retro gaming handheld is looking grim, and it couldn’t come at a worse time for gamers looking for a cheap and well executed fix. The upcoming Switch 2 is set to sell for $450, $150 more than the starting price of 2017’s original Switch. The PS5 is going up in […]