Customer Ratings & Reviews

The price is a bit of a tough pill to swallow. However, after using it for a few days, this is a premium console/handheld for the price. The display is fantastic. The updated joy cons feel so much better. It's beefier but not in an uncomfortable way. It feels "just right". Now, looking past the hardware, I would not recommend this to someone on a fixed budget. Sure, you can use original joy cons with it but you'll soon find out, they won't be able to play all the mini games on Mario Party. And annoyingly, Mario Party locks out Mouse AND Motion mini games, without the Joy Con 2's. That's 99 dollars to get two more joy cons(L+R), but you don't get a joy con grip which is absolutely ridiculous. The grip with a charger is another 39 dollars for the branded model. You can buy just a left or right for 50. But now you gotta figure out how you're gonna charge the additional joy cons. There's third party charging stands that are a little cheaper. Oh, thinking about getting an additional dock... 130 dollars for it. And you can't use just any USB charger on the dock, it must be the Nintendo branded as there's a chip inside both the charger and the dock that must communicate with each other. Honestly, this is Apple tier BS. If you wanna bring great gaming and hardware to the masses, don't price out a significant amount of your base. The other problem I have is the eshop is not the value proposition such as a PC store front. When games are costing up to 18% of the console price, it's hard to recommend to a family who might be on a tight budget. It's going to be difficult for Nintendo to compete in a handheld market that is now fully over saturated with premium handhelds that have access to cheaper PC store fronts. Overall, can't recommend. Unless your kid is specifically asking for Nintendo exclusive games, your money would be better spent on a pc handheld with access to cheap libraries. You can get so much more for the same cost and your kid will have more games than they'll know what to do with. Or get this, two joy cons, and 3 first party titles and you'll be into this thing for 800+ dollars.

The console is definitely better than the original Switch models, games play great, the screen is pretty good but not the best it could've been especially considering the price your paying. Attaching the new Joy-Cons magnetically is super satisfying, and makes them feel 100x more sturdier than the original Switch. The new accessibility and display features also go a long way in making this a real successor to the Switch 1. Mario Kart World is also a very fun game but frustratingly falls short in different categories. If you know you'll get a good time out of the system and the games already on it, I would recommend. If you are even slightly on the fence about it, I would recommend waiting for a sale or waiting for more games to come out.

The Nintendo Switch 2 as a system is a highly impressive piece of technology. To me, it feels like nintendo took everything from the Switch and upgraded it. Competent hardware, a better connection mechanism for the joycons, two usb c ports on the console and a way better screen. All of that is taken away from by the price of their games, online service, and anti-consumer policies. Just a few years ago, when Tears of the Kingdom dropped, Nintendo said they wouldnt be doing any other $70 games for a while, and that they'd only price their games that high if they felt they were worth that. Now, both Switch 2 exclusives we have are above $70, with Mario Kart World landing at $80. Also, Nintendo will render your console mostly unusable if you decide to tamper with it, even though it is your electronic device.

Disappointed that it is not an OLED display. Feels like a step back in comparison to the switch OLED. The battery life is also bad. The only positives are the slightly larger screen size, larger joy-cons, and quicker load times. Hard to recommend if you already have a Switch OLED.

Feel just like the regular switch but with more power and the Nintendo do store doesn’t lag anymore. 3 stars due to the lack of content for the switch 2. Thankfully it’s 100% backwards compatible.

The Nintendo Switch 2 suffers from a lot of the same issues the original suffered from. From the quirky joy-cons that dont feel great, to the underperforming hardware that leaves images on most modern TVs looking like a mess, theres a lot left to be desired here. At a higher price than the competition, its a tough pill to swallow. Games like Cyberpunk and Fast Fusion are incredibly blurry. Mario Kart World, while pretty, is filled with baffling design choices that make me want to go back to MK8 instead. We will be left waiting to see what the hardware can really do for years to come, in my opinion.

The switch2 is bigger and atronger than the original switch but i found my self rarely using it sbecause of no games to play for it

Battery doesn’t last long. Other than that it’s fun

The product arrived incomplete and I have been complaining for several days without receiving a solution. Purchase Bundle Switch 2 + Mario Kart Game, and they only sent me the Switch 2 console. It was a gift for my son, and I couldn't give it to him in its entirety for him to enjoy.

Good but Nintendo is a bad company and has become anti consumer in the recent years.

Admittedly the Switch 2's release is a little underwhelming compared to the original Switch's. Hopefully in time the games will make this console a must-buy like Breath of the Wild did for the original Switch.

Verses the Switch Lite, Switch OLED or SteamOS its cost has almost no value unless you like Nintendo specific titles that might come out later. Its battery life is worse than I expected on sleep and new Mario Kart is bland and boring vs last game. I personally hate detachable controllers which makes the device feel cheap and fragile. The screen is nice though, although its size for an ARM64 device feels like its trying to compete in a space it can't win. They should have made a Switch 2 Lite console style device focused on battery life and portability. That market for this device makes little sense imo.

If you already own a Switch, I’d recommend waiting. There aren’t enough new exclusives yet to justify the upgrade, and most of the games you’ll be playing are carried over from the original Switch. There are only a couple of new titles, so it doesn’t really offer a fresh experience. It’s essentially the same console with some quality-of-life improvements and slightly better performance, which is expected and not necessarily disappointing—but it doesn’t feel new. If you’ve never owned a Switch before, it’s a great option. If you already have or had one, it’s okay, just not worth the price yet in my opinion. The cost of new games is also ridiculous, and having to pay for voice chat such a basic feature feels unreasonable. And if you’re into hacking, don’t even bother.

[Employee of bestbuy] It’s more of a small upgrade rather then a true sequel yes it’s more powerful but in terms the og was a xbox 360 this is a ps4 yes its a gen update but still behind the competition not bad but for the price it’s kinda a ripoff Nintendo is getting a little too greedy they need to humble themselves before they become sega even Xbox is close to just becoming a publisher not a console competitor. See it’s not bad especially for Nintendo but the price hurts and $500 was pre tariffs so know its just greed if it raises again it’s a no for referring for someone else to get but in all if you are a switch owner yes you’ll want this upgrade/need it eventually to make your system run better but in all hard for me to tell you to run out and upgrade mairo kart is ok to mid only worth it at $50 price in my opinion 8 was better and for the same $80 ish you can get the dlc to blow world out of the water really it’s only the performance upgrades that make it worth it and possibly future games only available on it but honestly they’re only doing that to sell it mairo kart world could have run on the original switch yes they may of needed to lower the player numbers back to 12 but honestly 24 isn’t better and donky Kong we’ll see i think like breath of the wild it could run on switch but yes with worst performance all in all buy if you feel it’s worth the performance, boost and exclusives but idk yes im happy with my upgrade i had the original switch from launch so it really was a true upgrade for me but if you just got one and possibly oled idk

The Nintendo Switch 2 is an amazing console and an overall improvement from the original Switch. The mouse controls are very fun to use, and the system feels so much nicer with how much bigger it is. It's way more powerful, with a lot of new and exciting games releasing almost every month. However, Nintendo's greed with pricing for these new games, the system, and accessories has been a big reason people hesitate on buying the system, and I don't blame them. Another reason is the game key cards, which are really stupid, since why would you buy a game key card if you still have to download the entire game? Just buy it from the eshop at that point! The console and games are very good and fun, but Nintendo's decisions with pricing and game cards have put a sour taste in my mouth and others. If you can afford it i would recommend it at least as an upgrade from your previous system since the original Switch line is amazing as well as the growing Switch 2 library.

Its alright the battery is buns, the games are alright you just have to be a nintendo fan but metroid is great. The games are to expensive even the older games for example smash bros has been out for 8 years and its $50. Pokémon games are basically the same just cut paste and slap a new name on it. I would say get an xbox or ps5 but the prices are crazy now. I honestly would say get a pc because of the steam sale. Another positive about a pc is you dont have to pay to play online unlike the other consoles.

Money grab for Nintendo that fans have fallen for. Its a nice system fairly decent but there were hardly any games on launch and theres not a lot of great games. I would only recommend it if you got money coming out your back side. Don't waste the money if you really are a "specs" person. If you don't care about the fine, very fine details, don't waste your money. Get a switch one.

It sometimes feels like a downgrade from the switch oled, specially the battery life and the screen not being an oled screen but all the old switch games run a lot better and loading times are shorter.

It's a great console. I do have a bit of buyers remorse because of the lack of games at the moment. Battery life drains quickly but graphics are a big improvement

The nintendo switch 2 has the potential to be a great system with the support from nintendo that it deserves. However, right now, the future of the company is looking grim. With good alternatives that offer more games, you may consider buying those instead. As of now, in my opinion, the first party titles released by nintendo have been overpriced, boring, and soulless. Hopefully though, these are growing pains that will be fixed under replaced leadership and/or internal reform.