Nintendo has announced a June 5 launch date for its latest gaming console, the Switch 2, which will introduce interactive chat and screenshare functions to connect gamers. Pre-orders in the U.S., however,

We've updated this piece to reflect the fact that Nintendo has announced that it will delay its plans to start taking pre-orders for the Switch 2 in light of the trade tariffs set by the U.S. this week.

Nintendo said it will launch its Switch 2 gaming device on June 5, with the long-anticipated successor to its hit hybrid home-portable Switch retailing for $449.99.

When Nintendo first unveiled the Switch 2 via a short teaser video in January, it felt the need to include a few seconds of footage of exactly one new video game running on the console: a new Mario Kart. This will be, numerically speaking, the ninth one, but it's very possible Nintendo calls it something other than Mario Kart 9.

Nintendo has finally revealed the Nintendo Switch 2! Here's everything we learned from the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct.

There doesn't appear to be an upgrade path for existing Hogwarts Legacy owners on Switch 1.