Just a little over one year ago, the Nintendo Switch 2 finally came out, and it’s been a heck of a rollercoaster ride.
Nintendo’s latest home console/handheld hybrid has surprised, delighted, and in some capacity or another disappointed us all in the span of 12 months. There have been excellent exclusives and a stronger-than-expected pipeline of major third-party releases, all alongside serious concerns about affordability (and eventually a price increase) and questions about whether Nintendo might be playing it too safe with some of its big titles.
With all of that in mind, let’s talk about the first year of the Switch 2, including what’s gone right, what went wrong, and what we can expect from its next trip around the sun.
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