The Nintendo Switch 2, successor to the third-best-selling console ever made, promised to dominate with its portable brilliance and top-tier exclusives. With Xbox losing focus and PlayStation banking on costly remakes, Nintendo seemed unstoppable—until they revealed in an April Nintendo Direct the $80 price for games like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. This $20 jump for a several-year-old title and ongoing shift from the pricing standards of the past has sparked outrage. Yet, the console still sold well at launch, with demand soaring. Can it rise above the pricing backlash? I snagged Nintendo’s newst system at a midnight launch to find out—here’s my review of the Nintendo Switch 2.










