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Title: The Morning After: Our verdict on the Switch 2

Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2025 11:15:54 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/general/the-morning-...

You forget how much of a hit, how much of a turnaround, the Nintendo Switch
turned out to be. After the major wobble (and baffling form factor) of the
Wii U, Nintendo came back with a hybrid console that would replace and fuse
its handheld and home console lineages. The console had no right being as
playable (and enjoyable) as it was.

Now, finally, its successor has landed. And for once, NintendoΓÇÖs calling
its new console a sequel. Nintendo took the best features from the original
and upgraded nearly all of them.

The major upgrades in hardware include a bigger 7.9-inch LCD screen, a more
mature design that feels more solid and significantly upgraded performance
and power. The only major drawback is battery life. Nintendo says it should
provide between 2 and 6.5 hours of runtime on a single charge, but that
depends on how resource-intensive your games are.

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According to Sam RutherfordΓÇÖs review testing: ΓÇ£In Mario Kart World, the
Switch 2 lasted two hours and 23 minutes, which is on the lower end of
NintendoΓÇÖs official estimate. Meanwhile, in the NS2 edition of Legend of
Zelda: Breath of the Wild, the console fared a bit better with a time of
2:56.ΓÇ¥ Compared to the OLED SwitchΓÇÖs battery life, itΓÇÖs a reduction,
but itΓÇÖs also equivalent to other high-powered handhelds, like the ROG Ally
X and Steam Deck.

Check out our full review (and perhaps our guide to the best games on the
original Switch ΓÇö because backward compatibility).,

ΓÇö Mat Smith

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