The Nintendo Switch 2 design has been revealed, a 2025 release confirmed, and Mario Kart 9 has been teased… but what about everything else? Nintendo has announced that a Nintendo Direct will take place on 2nd April 2025.
The April 2025 Nintendo Direct will be sure to have a whole host of additional details that we crave for the Nintendo Switch 2’s release. Today’s reveal skipped over all the necessary hardware specs, didn’t even hint at a price or actual launch date, and outside of Mario Kart 9 and backward compatibility, there’s no clues as to what the console’s launch lineup will be.
Expect the Nintendo Direct to clear a lot, if not quite all of that up.
Alongside the Direct, Nintendo is (similar to the run-up to the Nintendo Switch) also planning some in-person hands on events through April, May and finishing on 1st June.
- North America
- New York, 4-6 April
- Los Angeles, 11-13 April
- Dallas, 25-27 April
- Toronto, 25-27 April
- Europe
- Paris, 4-6 April
- London, 11-13 April
- Berlin, 25-27 April
- Milan, 25-27 April
- Amsterdam, 9-11 May
- Madrid, 9-11 May
- Asia/Oceania
- Tokyo, 26-27 April
- Melbourne, 10-11 May
- Seoul, 31 May-1 June
Members of the public wishing to attend will need to have a free Nintendo Account and will need to register interest between 17th January and 26th January for a chance to be drawn. Head
Today’s Nintendo Switch 2 announcement was pretty abstract outside of Mario Kart 9, showing lots of points of comparison how the console has changed from the original Switch design. It shows the added USB-C port on the top of the console, the new kick stand design, the enlarged Joy-Con with new magnetic snap attachment mechanism. The console shares the same hybrid approach as the original Switch with detachable Joy-Con for docked or tabletop play.
Nintendo has put its strongest foot forward by confirming Mario Kart 9, as this is sure to be the best-selling game on the new console. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe continues to sell like hotcakes for the original Nintendo Switch, especially with the additional track DLC added to it in recent years. But it originally launched for the Wii U in 2014, so it’s been over a decade since the last completely new Mario Kart. It’s high time that we had a new one, and if Mario Kart 9 is a launch title (or even a cross-gen game?) it’s going to be huge.
