Long before you even had the chance to buy a Switch 2, you’ve probably had some thoughts of what you’ll be doing with the new console once it arrives. The logical answer is “I will play Mario Kart World,” and I respect those of you who feel that way. I, too, will be playing some World, in part because it’s one of the few game series that my wife and I enjoy playing together (and I need to justify this purchase somehow). But, it won’t be the first thing I’m doing.
I won’t be licking any cartridges either — I already know they’re going to taste bad — or huffing Switch 2 exhaust fumes. Actually, I’m sad to say that the very first thing I’ll be doing with my unit is plugging it in to charge and walking away for a while to pick my kid up from gym class. However, when I return I’ll be tearing through the setup screens, and… seeing how Metroid Prime Remastered looks.
Don’t dash my dreams of the Switch 2’s graphics upscaling giving all of my Switch favorites a glow-up. I know that’s probably not how this is going to work, having seen how Sony’s PSSR tech can’t “automagically” make PS4 games run better in a much more powerful console, the PS5 Pro. Let me live in that fleeting moment before hope inevitably turns to melancholy, after which I’ll wait for Nintendo to (hopefully) trickle out updates on a game-by-game basis.
Anyway… what will you be doing first with your Switch 2? Let’s hear it. Looking for easter eggs in the box design? Flipping your unit for profit? (Hopefully not!) Turning on any of the Switch 2’s interesting accessibility features? Let us know in the comments.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
