I'VE SPENT TIME WITH THE NINTENDO SWITCH 2 AND IT'S BETTER IN MANY WAYS BUT I'M WAITING FOR THE GAMES

Plenty of smart hardware improvements, but you might want to wait for its library to catch up

- AARON YIP

It's hard to overstate just how much the original Nintendo Switch changed things when it launched in 2017. Back then, the idea of a console you could dock at home and take on the go wasn't just clever - it felt like Nintendo had finally cracked a formula it had been chasing since the Game Boy Advance era. It was portable, it was weird, and it somehow worked.

Fast-forward eight years, and the Switch 2 has arrived – finally, in Singapore. And if the name didn't already give it away, this isn't a dramatic reinvention. Calling it the “Switch 2” says it all: it’s still very much the same hybrid console idea that worked so well the first time, just with more power, updated internals, and some long-overdue quality-of-life improvements. You're still snapping Joy-Cons onto a screen – though now magnetically, not via rails – and docking it to play on your TV. It’s a careful evolution rather than a bold leap, one that quietly fixes the rough edges and smooths over many of the “yeah, but” moments from the last generation.

But here's the thing. It’s also more expensive, slightly heavier, and in some cases, more complicated. So the real question isn’t whether the Switch 2 is better (spoiler: it is, in most ways) but whether it's better enough to get it now. Or wait till the next Mario or Legend of Zelda big hitter arrives. Well, I've spent the last couple of weeks hanging out with the Switch 2, and here’s my take.

A screen that finally feels modern