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Nintendo Switch 2 hands-on reveals a proper generational upgrade, though its biggest new idea remains unproven


Hands-on with Nintendo's new Switch 2 console reveals a brilliant step up from the original Switch.

Watch on YouTube Across huge floating 3D areas with massive demolition potential, Bananza sees DK burrow, stomp and slap his way through enemies and rocks, tunneling beneath levels, smashing through walls, and creating projectiles out of stone slabs scooped out of the floor. This is not just about the 3D space you can see, but the 3D world beneath DK's hairy ape feet - the metres of rock that hide secret paths and collectibles - or the sheer cliff faces he can scamper up with ease (no Breath of the Wild stamina meter here). A three-versus-three game of essentially wheelchair basketball, this sees you operate both left and right Joy-Con 2 controllers as dual mice, with quick and precise movement - although also some large arcing swipes required of your hands - for competitive play.

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