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-The '''{{wp|Nintendo Switch 2}}''', or simply the '''Switch 2''', is a hybrid video game console and the successor to the [[Nintendo Switch]], set to be released in most regions on June 5, 2025.<ref name=Direct/> It is Nintendo's first console to use a standardized numbering system to differentiate it from its predecessor (in the vein of {{wp|Sony}}'s {{wp|PlayStation}} family of home consoles). Like its predecessor, the Nintendo Switch 2 uses a pair of detachable Joy-Con as its controllers and can be played on the TV by placing it in the dock or in handheld mode by taking it out. The Nintendo Switch 2 is slightly larger than the original Nintendo Switch, and includes a higher-resolution display and new features such as mouse controls for the Joy-Con and a voice and video call function known as [[#GameChat|GameChat]] activated via a new C button. It is backwards compatible with most physical and digital Nintendo Switch games and controllers,<ref>{{cite|url=https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/68426|title=Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 Accessory Compatibility|publisher=Nintendo Support|accessdate=May 7, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite|url=https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Hardware/Nintendo-Switch-2/Transferring-from-Nintendo-Switch/Transferring-to-Nintendo-Switch-2-2785638.html#Controllers|title=How to Transfer to Nintendo Switch 2|publisher=Nintendo UK|accessdate=May 7, 2025}}</ref> and uses an all-black color scheme, which also applies to the Joy-Con, with neon blue and neon red accents underneath the left and right sticks and for the left and right connectors, respectively.<ref name=FirstLook/>
+The '''Nintendo Switch 2''', or simply the '''Switch 2''', is a hybrid video game console and the successor to the [[Nintendo Switch]], set to be released in most regions on June 5, 2025.<ref name=Direct/> It is Nintendo's first console to use a standardized numbering system to differentiate it from its predecessor (in the vein of {{wp|Sony}}'s {{wp|PlayStation}} family of home consoles). Like its predecessor, the Nintendo Switch 2 uses a pair of detachable Joy-Con as its controllers and can be played on the TV by placing it in the dock or in handheld mode by taking it out. The Nintendo Switch 2 is slightly larger than the original Nintendo Switch, and includes a higher-resolution display and new features such as mouse controls for the Joy-Con and a voice and video call function known as [[#GameChat|GameChat]] activated via a new C button. It is backwards compatible with most physical and digital Nintendo Switch games and controllers,<ref>{{cite|url=https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/68426|title=Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 Accessory Compatibility|publisher=Nintendo Support|accessdate=May 7, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite|url=https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Hardware/Nintendo-Switch-2/Transferring-from-Nintendo-Switch/Transferring-to-Nintendo-Switch-2-2785638.html#Controllers|title=How to Transfer to Nintendo Switch 2|publisher=Nintendo UK|accessdate=May 7, 2025}}</ref> and uses an all-black color scheme, which also applies to the Joy-Con, with neon blue and neon red accents underneath the left and right sticks and for the left and right connectors, respectively.<ref name=FirstLook/>
 A successor to the Nintendo Switch was first confirmed by [[Shuntaro Furukawa]] in May 2024,<ref>{{cite|author=@NintendoCoLtd|date=May 7, 2024|title="''This is Furukawa, President of Nintendo. We will make an announcement about the successor to Nintendo Switch within this fiscal year. It will have been over nine years since we announced the existence of Nintendo Switch back in March 2015. We will be holding a Nintendo Direct this June regarding the Nintendo Switch software lineup for the latter half of 2024, but please be aware that there will be no mention of the Nintendo Switch successor during that presentation.''"|url=https://x.com/NintendoCoLtd/status/1787736518762881197|publisher=X|language=English|accessdate=January 17, 2025|archive=http://archive.today/2024.11.14-030141/https://x.com/NintendoCoLtd/status/1787736518762881197}}</ref> and it was first officially revealed and named in a trailer released on January 16, 2025, alongside gameplay of the then untitled ''[[Mario Kart World]]''. It is the first new console to release during Furukawa's time as president of Nintendo, and is the first console to be developed without the involvement of [[Satoru Iwata]]. A Nintendo Direct focused on the Nintendo Switch 2 was broadcast on April 2, 2025, at 6:00 a.m. PT / 9:00 a.m. ET / 2:00 p.m. BST.<ref>{{Cite|url=http://youtube.com/post/UgkxY4ElH_vLJnWZcqt9sEjJ7572971c4STp?si=7-7Kx3KpsSvczEtG|title=Join us on April 2nd at 6am PT for #NintendoDirect: Nintendo Switch 2 — 4.2.2025, where we will share a closer look at #Nintendo Switch 2|author=Nintendo of America|publisher=YouTube|date=February 5, 2025|accessdate=February 5, 2025}}</ref> On April 3 and 4, two dedicated Nintendo [[Treehouse]]: Live presentations focusing on the games shown in the direct took place online.<ref>{{cite|author=@NintendoAmerica|date=April 1, 2025|url=https://x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1907056611610243535|title=Join us on April 3rd and April 4th at 7 a.m. PT each day for a Nintendo Treehouse: Live <nowiki>|</nowiki> Nintendo Switch 2 presentation featuring hands-on gameplay of #NintendoSwitch2 games!|publisher=X|accessdate=April 2, 2025}}</ref> A series of hands-on events for customers called the "Nintendo Switch 2 Experience" began in April in locations around the world,<ref name=FirstLook/><ref name=Website/> and will continue until July.<ref>{{cite|url=https://www.nintendo.com/tw/event/experience/index.html|title=Nintendo Switch 2 體驗會 TAIPEI|language=zh-hant|publisher=Nintendo|accessdate=May 25, 2025}}</ref>