Watch Nintendo Switch 2 Finally Go Official In Its Design Showcase Trailer

After playing it coy for several months, Nintendo has finally outed the promised "successor" to its immensely popular Switch handheld game console. In a "first-look trailer," Nintendo showcases several design changes and officially reveals what the next-gen handheld will be called. Are you sitting down? The upcoming console is called Nintendo Switch 2!

Okay, maybe you didn't need to be sitting for that part. Nevertheless, there was some minor intrigue on what it would be called, with Switch 2 and Switch Pro being the popular candidates. There was also the chance that Nintendo would have gone in a completely different direction, as this is anticipated to be a proper next-gen launch and not just a minor refresh, of which there have already been several—Switch Lite and in particular the Switch OLED being the main ones.

Here's a look...

It's a sleeker system as a whole, complete ...