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The Nintendo Switch 2 was finally officially announced this week, and to everyone's delight (and no one's surprise), it's coming with backwards compatibility. There were a lot of leaks and rumors before the Switch 2 was actually unveiled by Nintendo,

If you missed it, Nintendo finally unveiled the Switch 2 this morning. It looks pretty much exactly like what the leaks said it would. It’s a bigger, presumably more powerful version of the beloved console/handheld hybrid that has magnetic Joy-Cons and can play your old Switch games,

Despite approaching eight years since it launched, analysis of Nintendo’s financial data and weekly Famitsu sales shows that Switch sold just over 3 million units in Japan last year. That compares to over 4 million in 2023, and nearly 5 million in 2022.

The Nintendo Switch 2 was revealed just this morning, and while we got a lot of confirmed details about what it would look like and even a brief look at a new game, there's still some pretty critical pieces of information missing.

The video reveal was just the beginning, as Nintendo's Switch 2 is primed to dominate the gaming world all year long.

I completely missed it the first time I saw the Nintendo Switch 2 reveal trailer yesterday. The only hint at a new innovation for Ninty’s second-generation device was on the screen for roughly four seconds,

Nintendo's Switch 2 reveal saw shares drop 4.3%, as the console faces high expectations amid industry challenges.

That's a bit of software that will almost certainly be an enormous hit if it's a launch title, given the span of time since Mario Kart 8 launched way back on the Wii U. There's also every reason to be hopeful that it could be accompanied by a new 3D Mario game, a Super Smash Bros. and plenty more.

Here is a detailed list of some of the biggest gaming predictions for 2025 that we would love to see materialise.

2025 might be the second golden age of portable gaming, with potentially more insane competition coming ahead of us