Replace [Thu 5th Jun 2025, 9am]: Fortunate Alex-from-Nintendo-Life acquired his arms on Swap 2 a handful of hours earlier than the remainder of us (hey, a few of us are nonetheless ready for the postman to reach!) and invitations you to take a tour of the brand new console’s Residence display screen and menus within the video above.
It is all comfortingly acquainted, that is for positive, however the velocity! Be a part of the 20-minute tour as he explores the system menu’s ins-and-outs, and tell us your ideas within the standard place.
Now, again to peering out the entrance window for any signal of Pat…
Unique Story: With discoverability on the bloated Swap eShop inflicting complications for gamers and devs alike, you possibly can typically neglect how gradual the purchasing expertise on Swap could be. Likewise, although Nintendo hasn’t slowed down the primary system menu with decorative additions, navigating the system menus is hardly a quick expertise, both.
Properly, it looks like Swap 2 goes to be a giant improve in that division, as evidenced on this first take a look at the brand new Swap 2 eShop (which is now dwell) and the system’s menus, courtesy of VGC editor-in-chief and fortunate blighter Andy Robinson, who took supply of a Swap 2 earlier right now.
On Bluesky, Robinson famous that after the system switch, all of your Swap 1 video games seem there, prepared and ready to obtain.
As you possibly can see, booting Swap 2 is so much like booting Xbox Collection for the primary time was – all your Swap 1 video games are already there, ready so that you can redownload (if you happen to did the system switch throughout setup)
— Andy Robinson (@andyrobinson.bsky.social) 2025-06-04T13:33:48.745Z
Maybe we’re simply used to the now-soupy velocity of an eight-year-old console, however seeing the velocity of the display screen transitions within the video on the prime of the web page introduced a smile to our face. Now let’s hope they will do one thing concerning the slop.
We’ll be bringing you our personal in-depth S2 protection simply as quickly as we’re ready. Not lengthy to go now! Replace: We acquired one! *slams alarm bell, Ghostbusters-style*
Tell us beneath your impressions of the brand new eShop and Swap UI expertise (which appears to be like an terrible lot just like the previous eShop and Swap UI expertise, only a damned-sight faster off the mark, no?).
[source youtube.com, via bsky.app]
Gavin first wrote for Nintendo Life in 2018 earlier than becoming a member of the location full-time the next yr, rising via the ranks to change into Editor. He can at present be discovered squashed beneath a Swap backlog the scale of Normandy.
