The original Switch included a feature for finding missing Joy-Con controllers through vibration, but if they were buried under couch cushions, or lost somewhere with a lot of noise, it was difficult to hear. That feature is being carried over to the Switch 2, but as demonstrated in the Nintendo Today app, the new Joy-Cons now vibrate and make a pulsing beep sound, potentially making them much easier to locate.
The console version of the Killer Instinct 2 arcade game, called Killer Instinct Gold when it launched on the N64 in 1996, has been added to the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack. The arcade version of the game used pre-rendered clips for backgrounds of various stages, but the N64 version replaced them with fully 3D environments that moved more realistically with the game’s camera. The fighters themselves, however, remained 2D animations.
Nintendo’s official Switch 2 tech specs page doesn’t have a ton of details, but to help fill in the gaps, Digital Foundry has a written report and a video featuring more details it has been able to confirm.
During the Virtua Fighter spring 2025 direct, Sega has announced that Virtua Fighter 5: R.E.V.O., released on Steam earlier this year, will be coming to PS5, Xbox Series S/X, and the Nintendo Switch 2.
R.E.V.O. is actually a port of 2021’s Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown with the extra bells and whistles of 4k resolution and other goodies including the fighting gamer’s favorite feature: rollback netcode. The console edition of Virtua Fighter 5: R.E.V.O. doesn’t yet have a release date yet but hopefully we’ll get one soon.
As part of its most recent earnings release, Nintendo revealed that it somehow sold 6.23 million more copies of Mario Kart 8: Deluxe on the Switch, bringing its cumulative sales to 68.20 million units. Despite launching in 2017, it was the company’s second-best selling game for the fiscal year. No wonder the Switch 2’s big launch title is Mario Kart World.
