Watch: Nintendo Switch 2 gets first-look trailer, 2025 release date

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Nintendo unveiled the Nintendo Switch 2 and announced a Nintendo Direct presentation about the console. Photo courtesy of Nintendo

Jan. 16 (UPI) -- Nintendo has unveiled the successor to its Nintendo Switch video game console.

The Nintendo Switch 2 will launch in 2025, with a specific release date yet to be announced.

A first-look trailer for the console opens with the original Nintendo Switch, then shows the design change to showcase the new look and features of the Nintendo Switch 2.

Highlights include a larger and updated look, a U-shaped kickstand and magnetically-connected Joy-Con controllers.

The trailer features footage of a new Mario Kart game playing on the console.

The Nintendo Switch 2 will play Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive games, as well as physical and digital Nintendo Switch titles. Not all Nintendo Switch games will be compatible with the new console.

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Nintendo will share more about the Nintendo Switch 2 during a Nintendo Direct presentation April 2.

The company will also hold Nintendo Switch 2 Experience events in New York City, Los Angeles, Paris, London, Tokyo and other cities around the world to allow players to check out the console first-hand.

The original Nintendo Switch was released in 2017. The console was followed by the Switch Lite in 2019 and an OLED Nintendo Switch in 2021.

Nintendo has not announced a price for the Nintendo Switch 2.