Nintendo offers new Switch 2 details ahead of June 5 launch
In a highly anticipated Nintendo Direct Presentation this morning, the company revealed new information about the Nintendo Switch 2 hardware and software ahead of a newly announce June 5, 2025 release date.
The presentation led off with an extended presentation of a new exclusive launch title, Mario Kart World, featuring 15 racers at once on “various regions across the globe” where “you can drive off the race track and go virtually anywhere” in a new “free roam” mode. Characters were shown doing jumps off of walls and wearing multiple different costumes. A new level themed after the original Donkey Kong featured prominently, as did one reminiscent of the Hyrule Castle level of Super Smash Bros. You can also go on “scenic drives with friends” and take photos with them in a new photo mode.
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A new C button on the right Joy-Con of the Switch 2 will let you pull up a chat menu to manage a new “GameChat” feature that allows you to “communicate with friends and family while playing a game.” A built-in microphone at the top of the system will “pick up your speaking voice clearly, even at a distance” Nintendo said, even amid background noise. The button will also let you easily share your game screen with friends, and the feature was shown with four different player views along the bottom of the display, even when players were in different games.
