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A review of the Switch 2 as much as you can review a new console after a weekend in its company

A look at Switch 2 after a weekend in its company.

The same but slightly different, ditto the Joy-Con, which now snap into place with a lovely magnetic thunk, and which are now removed with a bumpy trigger thing that still feels a little nerve-wracking each time I do it. I got quite a bunch of games downloaded on it, and the only awkward moment was when I was then prying the astonishingly thin Micro SD Express I'd bought out of its plastic wrapper, certain that I had just bent something that cost me fifty quid. And I appreciate that the Switch 2 is already pricey, and to hide this stuff behind a paywall (GameChat is free until 31st March 2026, but online play outside of F2P games does require a paid sub) is a bit naff and money-grabbing.

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