Switch 2 Thread!

It's not possible that Switch 2 carts are pretty much the same as Switch carts. Switch carts cannot do the read speeds required. It's the same reason why current microSD cards are not compatible and it needs the SD Express format. The only thing the same between Switch 2 and Switch carts is the physical dimensions of the cart. It's like a CD and a Blu-ray Disc. Same shape, very different otherwise.

Just heads up. Smyths have pre-orders running again.

Switch 2 Edition games are not Switch 2 (exclusive) games. Think of them more like Switch games with DLC that you can only play on Switch 2. Like how Mario Kart 8 on Switch is just Mario Kart 8 from Wii U but with added DLC. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is kind of like a Switch Edition Wii U game.

Switch 2 edition games are Switch carts and means you can still use them in a Switch but if you want to play the enhancements then you need to pop it in a Switch 2. You get faster loading in Botw / Totk on Switch 2 from the increase in amount and speed system memory (RAM) as well as the more powerful CPU/GPU.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/04/switch-2-joysticks-wont-use-hall-effect-sensors-to-avoid-stick-drift/

Hopefully drift isn't as common this time around.

So if you buy a switch 2 edition of a game, install it and then loan the game card to a friend, they can only access the switch 1 version?

Defiantly. SD cards have long been notorious for fakes in circulation, even off Amazon. Forget ebay altogether.

TBH the 256GB onboard storage should mean most peeps wont need to get one for a while yet.

Way to dampen the interest in the Hori Piranha Plant camera. It's a shame because it's a really cool design.

you know what, I've been thinking of the Switch 2 price and I don't think it's all that bad.

You can get the Switch2 with MKW world for about €500.

I remember in March 2017, I walked into Smyths and dropped €400 on the Switch and BOTW. So €100 of a difference, 8 years later and much more powerful hardware, and fully backwards compat.

Also, my wages were garbage back then and are much better now.

Actually not even once.

70 blips for the Gamecube controller

Keep them bargains coming Nintendo

Not here, invite should be enough.

Must be mad, considering they lost a couple NES ones years ago on me, but like a sucker, stuck myself down for a couple.

On a quick scan compared to Smyths, the charging grip is the only saving.

So the DLC isn't included with BOTW Switch 2 edition. I'm just wondering if the fact that I've paid for the DLC on Switch already, will it follow over to Switch 2.

So upgrading for the tenner or so will unlock the full game + DLC.

I think it would be lousy for someone with the DLC to have to upgrade and then buy the DLC a 2nd time.

I heard in a video that there will be a hdmi cable in the Switch 2 box as the ones used for the first one won't be compatible.

Anyone else know if this is actually confirmed?