Aside from the paid Switch 2 upgrade packs that add extra content and graphical improvements, Nintendo is releasing several free Switch game updates to add a handful of Switch 2-specific features and improve performance on the new console. Third-party game developers will presumably be able to release these kinds of updates as well.

Now, the company is trying to do it again with the Switch 2. Ahead of the new console’s launch on June 5th, The Verge is looking back at the various ways that Nintendo has changed over the last eight years and how those changes might continue into its next generation.

June 7 is the big day, as Nintendo's new console finally hits store shelves. If you haven't preordered one yet, we've got all the details on availability, deals, cancellations (yikes), and more.

As Nintendo gears up to launch the new Switch 2, the gaming giant is also revamping its parental controls. Parents will be getting more control of in-game communications, necessitated by the console's brand new GameChat,

In a post called "Press a Button to Unlock Your System" Nintendo revealed that opening the Switch 2 is the same deal as with the original Nintendo Switch, where you press a button three times to unlock the system. And just in case you weren't sure what that could be like, there was a video included.

The Nintendo Switch 2, which sold out its preorders the first day they were available, will come out June 5 with a $449.99 price tag.

With the release of Switch 2 imminent, gamers are nostalgic for its predecessor, the highest-selling games console of the last 20 years

Best Buy is sending messages to Nintendo Switch 2 buyers to avoid canceling their pre-orders ahead of the upcoming release.

A Shaquille O’Neal docuseries about his time at Reebok’s basketball division and Mario Kart World on Nintendo’s Switch 2 are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a