Though many expected Nintendo to reveal official news about the long-awaited Nintendo Switch 2 sometime this week, the famed-Japanese gamemnaker still managed to surprise the internet by dropping its first official images of the hotly anticipated successor the to the original Nintendo Switch along with a brief gameplay footage and a few scant points of clarification around the system’s compatibility and future news reveal schedule.
Here are the key takeaways you need to know about the Switch 2 so far.
This Probably Isn’t How Nintendo Originally Imagined Revealing the Switch 2
The original Nintendo Switch will go down as one of the most successful video game systems ever created.
Right out of the starting gate in 2017, original Nintendo Switch was clearly a runaway success. According to Statisa.com, the company’s U.S. revenue jumped by more than $5.5 billion in 2018 thanks to the Switch’s launch and revenue continued to grow annually for the next three years, reaching a high of ~15.9 billion in 2021.
By 2023, the system had been crowned the best-selling console in the US for five years in a row. More than a year later, it became the second best selling video game console of all-time, beaten only by the Sony PlayStation 2.
It’s also easily Nintendo’s best-selling home console of all time, although the handheld DS has technically shipped more units.
Needless to say, it’s highly doubtful that Nintendo really planned all along to officially reveal the Switch’s long-anticipated successor to the world via a 2:21 long first-look Youtube trailer, though in many ways, the move it does feel very 2025.