As Nintendo gets ready for the launch of the Switch 2 on June 5th, it’s now rolling out updates to even more titles than it previously announced. On a series of support pages spotted by Nintendo Life, Nintendo has revealed free updates meant to boost the performance across games on the Switch 2. Here’s a […]
Reviewing a new video game console is usually an isolating experience. You get a device in the mail, hook it up to your television, and then play a bunch of games on your own or, occasionally, with the small handful of other people who have one in for review. You have to quickly test everything […]
Fortnite is coming to the Switch 2 with some massive visual improvements and new features that are going to make it feel like a new game for the Nintendo crowd. While we knew that Fortnite would be playable on the Switch 2 at launch, today Epic announced all of the new features that are being […]
It’s already June 5th in some parts of the world, which means the Nintendo Switch 2 is now out in the wild. Before the first reviews of the new console have appeared online, the YouTube channel ProModding has already shared a 17-minute teardown video of the handheld that includes close-ups of its custom Nvidia processor. […]
Sean Hollister is a senior editor here at The Verge. He runs news, writes reviews, and edits stories, and he specializes in, as he puts it, “fun gadgets.” He goes on to say, “It hit me recently that I’m basically a big kid: I want to play. So now I try to spend most of […]
After a long wait filled with leaks, reveals, preorder stress, and hands-on events, the Nintendo Switch 2’s launch has finally arrived. Nintendo’s next console looks like a worthy successor to the original Switch, and it has a lot of games to play on day one, including the brand new Mario Kart World and upgrades to […]
I recently did something sort of unusual: I went to a preview event for a game that’s been out for almost three years. I’ve played around 400 hours of Pokémon Scarlet, according to my Nintendo Switch, since it was released in late 2022. It’s safe to say I know the game pretty well. And yet, […]
Would you call the Nintendo Switch easy to repair, what with its infamously drifting joysticks, glued-in battery, tiny and easy-to-damage ribbon cables, and lack of official repair instructions and replacement parts? iFixit doesn’t think so anymore. After giving Nintendo’s handheld a rosy welcome at its 2017 debut, the online repair site says the Switch no […]
From the very beginning, the goal for Mario Kart World was ambitious. A follow-up to the Switch’s (and Wii U’s) best-selling game, one that steadily grew over the years, World’s original concept focused on two key changes: doubling the amount of racers, and creating a connected, open world for players to explore. It was so […]
If you’re picking up a Switch 2 this week, resist the urge to remove the screen protector you’ll find applied to the console out of the box. This is actually a “film layer designed to prevent fragments scattering in the event of damage,” and the Switch 2’s European safety manual, spotted by fan site NintendoSoup, […]