Nintendo Switch 2 EVERYTHING You Need to Know Tech Specs, Back Compat, Physical Games + More

An in depth breakdown of everything Nintendo has officially confirmed so far with the Nintendo Switch 2, latest rumors about the Switch successor's power & much more.

0:00 New info on Switch will be released in phases
1:52 Switch 2 is an evolution of the original Switch
3:15 Switch 1 support is still coming, could we see dual support?
5:45 Switch 2 games will be more complex than Switch 1
8:35 No scalping issues for Switch 2?
11:50 Switch 2 Backwards compatibility likely
16:39 Rumored tech specs
21:05 Ending + future Switch 2 coverage

Sources: Nintendo IR, Stealth 40K (Twitter), GoNintendo, Reddit, MyNintendoNews,

[SelfieMasters]

This about to be Nintendo’s best console. Almost Series S raw power before DLSS is crazy. Opens for the door for all the current gen games for sure.

[SuperChristianMiiworld]

Got more information about the Switch 2 in just one video than in at least 12 of them. Great content OJ!

[kjsuperstar]

I would totally be down for the switch 2handheld performance being above PS4. I mainly play the switch portably so the idea of the switch 2 handheld performance being above a PS4 gets me very excited. Just imagine what Monolith Soft could do with that thing. The third party support is going to be extremely exciting for me, give me all the JRPGs

[Davey]

Backward compatibility is 100% happening

[Nekenol]

You are right OJ, if it’s fully backwards compatible, i will buy older switch games to play on a more powerful device.

[acegio]

Backwards compatibility is good for Switch 2 sales. I believe every Switch user has a decent backlog, so everyone gonna buy a better version of Switch if transferring your backlog is available.

[spectacularstarlight]

Everytime I hear about the microphone and camera thing, I was thinking: how cool would it be if they made it so you could stream and record your gameplay straight from the switch and directly upload it or stream to YouTube or twitch

I think that would be huge for so many people who've always wanted to try it out and can or already established content creators

[chuckd.]

I can’t wait for the next Xenoblade game on Switch 2!!! Luckily we’ve got Metaphor ReFantazio until then

[EpicGlopster]

The main thing i want is that physical backwards compatibility since almost all my games on switch are physical!

[LJAlex-]

With it being backwards compatible, I'm really interested to see if the Switch 2 will automatically make Switch games run better or maybe get performance patches manually put out there. There's some games like Astral Chain and Bayonetta 3 that I'd be much more excited to play with better performance

[jasonleveck]

Great show! I really appreciate you keeping it simple. Perfect how you separated official from rumored information. Lot of other casters could take a cue. Great job bro!

[michailp]

Finally, someone who pronounces Nintendo's president's name correctly as Furukawa, not 'Furu Kara'!

[ShinKyuubi]

As someone who loves physical media and has a rather low data cap due to where I live you can imagine my sigh of relief that Nintendo is gonna keep going with physical media even with the Switch 2. Like seriously...my ISP has NOTHING out my way yet for higher speed and higher cap stuff and the ONLY reason I have internet at all is because I had DSL back when that was the new thing and got grandfathered in when they stopped offering that as a service. Since I already had the service they have to keep it active for me until they actually can upgrade me to Fiber or something like that. Physical media for gaming is how I can even PLAY some games on my PS4 (still haven't got a PS5 yet, saving money for it now), the size of the games is often a good third to half my data cap some times...150gb cap before extra fees and AAA games START at 40-50gb before day one patches...

[rodddossantos]

Solid video.
Great stuff as of late OJ, been meaning to say. 👍

[PaulGaleNetwork]

Lots of things happening this week. Great coverage, OJ!

[huntersausageandredbeardsh]

The manufacturing details are interesting for sure.

[KingMNE]

The Switch 2 announcement will be HYPE when it drops! Thanks OJ for your efforts on updating us 👍🏻

[shanestevick]

My question for you OJ. What is the switch 2 retail price in retail stores going to be? A more powerful gaming console means a more expensive gaming console. Sounds expensive to me. But I am not worried about it. I'm looking forward to the switch 2 console.

[LifeWillChange]

New Nintendo console launch = more great content from Oj.

[XiTSlash]

Should we call it a rumor when the information comes from official documentation? And the data is publicly available