It's finally here. My Nintendo Switch 2.
Wake up, Link. Oh, it was a dream again.
No, it's not a dream. My Nintendo Switch 2 is finally here. Is it more expensive
than the original Switch? Absolutely. Is it better than the original Switch in
every conceivable way? That looks like a big fat yes as well. Starting, of
course, with the display, we go from 6.2 2 in to Oh my goodness. An above average
7.9 in. Dude, it's
huge. Like, I've seen pictures, but good
lord, it's heavy, too. Even without the
Joy-Cons, this probably weighs about as much as my original Switch. Maybe I
could get over that thanks to the 1080p up to 120 Hz variable refresh rate. Not
to mention support for HDR. That HDR support
honestly a little bit controversial because while Nintendo did add support
for high dynamic range, which I'm very excited to see, what they dropped was
the OLED panel technology that we saw in the Switch OLED. So, it's kind of a
trade-off. Do you want the perfect inky blacks of OLED or do you want the vastly
increased performance of the Switch 2? and you really will be making that
choice thanks to not unprecedented but
certainly very generous backwards compatibility with the Switch 2. Now,
before we get any further, I want to check out these new JoyCons. Lots of
things to write home about here. Generally larger JoyCons, making them
better for adult hands. Vastly improved
shoulder buttons. To be clear, they're still not amazing. You're still gaming
on a Joy-Con, but wow, huge improvement.
Here's the little release button for the magnetic attachment mechanism. We'll
take a look at that in a second. And oh
wow, the regular shoulder much improved over the original
Joy-Con as well. That's a nice little click. Uh let's go ahead and pop this
on. That is surprisingly secure.
I expected I was going to be able to just kind of rip it
off. And I can, but not unless I'm doing
it on purpose. Wow, that's pretty good.
I wasn't actually quite finished looking at the Joy-Con. Both of them have
optical sensors in them now, so you can use them as the world's worst mouse. And
before we get any further, I guess we should probably have a look at some of
the other things that are inside the uh
notoriously not protective box. Apparently, some people have been
stapling receipts to the front of this and damaging the screen. So, hopefully
Nintendo can clue into that and start packing it screenside down like the same
person. All right, what do we got? Mario Kart World Code already redeemed. Sorry,
don't even try. Let's go. Do you care that it's not a physical copy of the
game? Okay, I'm going be honest with you guys. I buy all my games digitally for
my original Switch. I know. I know. I'm
a filthy scrub, but like what? I'm going to go to a store. I'm a digital game
guy, so I understand why people would be upset that it doesn't come with a
physical cart. I can't say that I am as
upset, but I also haven't been in a position where I've like gone to sell
one of my games and been kind of pissed. So, highspeed certified HDMI cable. The
Switch 2 will do up to 4K 60 Hz HDR connected to a compatible TV. Oo, wrist
straps. Yep. Looked at those once for the original Switch and then never used
them, but sure. Let's check them out. You didn't use your wrist straps. Why
would I use my wrist straps? Okay, that's a pretty decent little
mechanism. I can't say that it really does anything for ergonomics this time
around, though. If anything, it just kind of puts these mouse feet in the way
of reaching the shoulder buttons. Can't say I'm a huge fan of that. But I'm sure
Nintendo knows what they're doing, and many gamers were demanding to have a
mouse built into the Joy-Con so that they could do this. Are these the left
and right click? Probably. Wow. I didn't believe the rumors. Okay. In one of our
early like leak summary videos, I was like,
"No, no." You know, it is more stable
than I expected. With that said, oh my
god, do they expect you to wear the the mouse skates are on the wrist
strap? So, they expect you to wear the wrist strap while using it as a mouse.
Safety first, baby. What I really want to do is just see the display. Okay,
they've got another one of those little controller adapter magigs. Did they
somehow make the ergonomics of this worse? The size does not feel like a
benefit here. It's so
like you see what I mean? Like it
doesn't have like a wide stance. I mean, here Pro Controller 2. Here it
is. See, look. Nintendo does understand
that your arms come from your shoulders and therefore you need an angle here in
order for the hands to meet in the middle. Considering what they charge for
their Pro Controllers, that is still pretty damn mid. How do you not even
have analog triggers? Good lord. Um,
joysticks feel a little better. Still not hall effect, by the way. Chat
button, headphone jack. Oh, paddles.
Okay, that's kind of neat. Easy to ignore if you don't really care about
them. a 60 watt charger to take care of the 5200 millia battery. Reasonably
compact actually love to see it. That is
not the world's longest USBC cable. But I just got to say even though it's not
new for the Switch 2, I'm so grateful that Nintendo switched over to USBC from
their proprietary nonsense that I'm not even going to complain about this cable
because I can so easily replace it. Really is not a very long cable for
something that I might be plugged into the wall while I'm using though. Now for
the dock. Unlike the original Switch,
which does have a dock obviously to help you charge your JoyCons and also uh
quickly connect to your TV, this one includes active cooling that actually
turns the Switch 2 up to 11, allowing it to run at a higher resolution and frame
rate compared to if you're running it in handheld mode. Ethernet connectivity is
included along with HDMI. And there's your power in. And that is about it, my
friends. actually feels kind of kind of cheap. Sorry, there's a couple USB 2
ports over here. You know what's crazy? The timing of this is like amazing. My
kids, all three of them just picked up Breath of the Wild just like randomly in
the leadup to the Switch 2 launch. And I'm like, part of me is like, "Oh yeah, it's a really great game. I hope you
guys are enjoying it." But the other part of me is like, "Yo, the Switch 2 is
coming and you'll be able to play it at not 21 FPS in the dips uh very, very,
very, very soon." All right, first time
holding it. I didn't think 400 g was
going to feel that heavy. Man, they really did not reinvent the wheel here.
If you liked the launcher of the original Switch, you will love this. And
if you didn't, then too bad. Here's a Switch
OLED. Sorry, I'm just I'm thinking I'm thinking I'm thinking. Okay, this is
going to sound crazy, but even though the thickness is identical, like
Nintendo's got a thing for things that are 13.9 mm thick, because it's so much
bigger and because it's heavier, even though it's just 115 g, heavier than the
Switch OLED, it just feels feels like
dense. Not in a bad way, like I don't think it's going to be significantly
more fatiguing than the older consoles. Like I think the magnetic mechanism, in
spite of being larger and therefore more difficult to stabilize, feels tighter.
Here's something that should be identical between them. Okay, the Breath
of the Wild Icon. Man, that OLED pops,
doesn't it? What I can say for sure is that both of these are worlds better in
terms of brightness and saturation compared to the original Switch. But
like, I should certainly hope so when we've got a new HDR display. power
button, volume rocker, substantially
larger exhaust vent, which I guess makes sense when you consider the more
powerful NVIDIA processor that's on the new Switch 2. Uh top USBC. Here's our
game cart port, or should I say game
key? Yes, my friends, Nintendo's changes
around their game cartridges has sparked more than a little bit of controversy.
the microphone that Nintendo says will allow for clear voice communication.
Yes, even from across the room. That kind of remains to be seen, but that'll
probably have to wait for our full review. Bottom-mounted USBC port.
Personally, huge fan of this design change. As much as I, you know, love a
bottom mounted port for holding like this once you rest it on the desk or you
have it in your lap, kind of sucks. Of course, Nintendo's real reason for it is
so that you can attach this camera. I don't think that I could care less about
this camera if I tried. Nintendo intends it to be used with their game chat
feature, which again, somewhat controversially, is going to be
accessible to everyone for free for the first year, but in the future will
require a Nintendo online subscription.
So, I guess I won't use it. It's got a privacy
screen integrated though. That's always nice to see. Comes with a USB cable.
It's cute in a hi, I'm an I in your living room kind of way. Not that I
think Nintendo is going to do anything particularly creepy with any of the data
just because I just don't care. And if you don't use chat, that new C button
kind of useless. I really just want to play games, but I feel like I should poke around in the system settings at
least a little bit. Bluetooth headsets supported right out of the gate this
time. That took them a little while on the original Switch. Wi-Fi 6 should
result in significantly faster game downloads, which is going to be
important because the games are a fair bit bigger with higher resolution
textures, much more storage. We get 256
gigs of onboard storage. Do we get a micro SD expansion? Oh, right. Yep. It
would be under the new and improved kickstand, man. Especially when
you compare this to the OG Switch. This
This was like unacceptable. The OLED is
fine. I guess this is a huge
improvement. I can put it at basically any angle that I would want to and it
will stick exactly where I put it. Huge. And yes, micro SD expansion down there.
Who would have thought Nintendo would be the first of the big game console companies to support industry standard
storage? And did I even mention that it's upgraded? It's now MicroSD Express,
which is flipping way faster. So, good
guy Nintendo, but also to my knowledge,
you still can't back up your saves to it unless you like have Nintendo online.
So, bad guy Nintendo. Out of principle,
until they fix that, I am not buying a Nintendo online subscription. So, by the
way, one more quick thing about the storage slot is you cannot use regular
micro SD. It's not fast enough. I
totally get that. Cool. I mean, I guess this is the thing about it being the
sequel to the Switch. It's Switch but
better. And this is just so much more
generally refined and complete compared to what the original Switch was. Very
comprehensive menus for audio and display. Check this out. RGB range. I
can adjust uh whether I want to do high refresh rate, auto, low latency mode.
Dude, that's great. I can make HDR adjustments. In general, I guess that's
a benefit to this being the sequel to the original Switch is it just feels
very feature complete right out of the box. Can I play games now after we talk
about Dbrand? Oh yeah, right. First, we got to talk about Dbrand. Dbrand is
showing off their new Switch 2 compatible kill switch. It's the
everything accessory, improving the ergonomics and ruggedness of the Switch
2, as well as acting as a protective travel case and game holder. There's a
front screen that you can actually see through to see your games, which is kind
of cool. Translucent, little something like that. And of course, a three-piece
protective cover that Oh, that's really impressive. Still gives you access to
all of the IO and features that you would need from your Switch, too. They
also sell screen protectors, by the way. Look at that. You can totally still use
the kickstand, which is really nice. Now, let's throw these onto our JoyCons.
vast improvement in ergonomics there.
And naturally, because it's Dbrand, you can get vinyl skins to customize the
look of your console. They went to great lengths to color match the salmon and
blue that are the uh Switch 2's colors. Oh, here. Hold on. Sorry. Let's go ahead
and get this one changed out. Looks sharp, doesn't
it? The game cart holder is magnetic, so
if you don't want it for whatever reason, you do not have to carry that
around if you're an all digital boy or a lady. And what else we got in here?
Couple joystick grippies. And of course,
you're probably wondering, how the heck is this supposed to fit in the original
dock? Well, it doesn't. So, you use this
adapter. But Dbrand is extremely proud of the work that they've done to ensure
that you still get 4K pass through even
when you take this and swamp, put it on
like that. Let's go. And you still get
the benefit of a cooling fan, too, which is pretty remarkable. She's chunky, but
thankfully this sits in your living room, so it shouldn't be a major
concern. This is how the travel case goes on. A little bungee like that. And
to get yours, you just got to go to shortlininus.com. Regardless of how I
feel about the ergonomic improvements of the kill switch, I'll be spending the rest of the video just gaming with the
Dbrand skins on because this is supposed to be an impression of the product
itself. Okay, Breath of the Wild. Let's go. I haven't touched this in years, so
I'm going to suck, but I know what it's supposed to look like. Dude, these
speakers are so much better. Nintendo
says the speakers are way better. I thought I'd need a side by side. Is a
Sheica slate. They are way better. It
will help guide you after your long slumber. Dude, these are like really
good. Oh man, that screen though. it.
It's amazing what a difference just like a fraction of an inch can make. Is this
still running at 30 FPS? Do you have to buy the enhanced edition to not run at
30 FPS? Yeah. What? You got to be
kidding me. To its credit, it's a locked
solid 30 FPS, but come on, man.
Nintendo. Ah, man. Ah, you guys you guys
suck sometimes. Not only that, but you need the enhanced edition to get the
additional save slot, HDR, and the quicker loading times. Like, it's faster
hardware. It should just run better. While we wait for that to install, let's
check out the HDR experience with Mario Kart
World. Well, well, don't have the timing
down. Okay. How much of a thing is
drifting? Okay. Wow, that
sucked. Look, this is my first time playing. Okay. I've never played a Mario
Kart game before. Dude, this screen looks really good. It's bigger and
better to the point where I would say it makes a substantial difference to my old
man eyes ability to play the game. Here's something crazy, though. I got to
confess, I didn't even think about the frame rate. I'm not used to that when
I'm gaming on a Switch. Normally, it's like, oh yeah, there's a hiccup, there's
a stutter, there's a little frame drop. Yeah, it's it's butter smooth. I think
this is only 60 FPS, but a smooth 60 FPS, especially on a variable refresh
rate display feels pretty darn good, but
we can get more than 60 FPS if we switch over to the TV. So, let's do that. Dude,
I can't believe there's like what's that stupid What's that old game called? Wave
something. Wave. Yeah. I can't believe there's a wave racer level. I have not
really gotten into a Mario Kart game since Mario Kart DS.
Um, the fact that there's a wave racer level already has me pretty interested
in playing this. I don't know, dude. This is awesome. It feels so smooth. Not
accustomed to that on a uh Nintendo console. Not going to lie, dude. I have
waited so long for a new Switch. Exactly as long as the rest of
you. Unless you're young and you weren't
around when the Switch One came out. Pow. Anyway, we're going to do a full
review on LT apparently.