Nintendo Launches Switch 2 Console

Nintendo has launched its first major hardware in eight years - the long-awaited Switch 2.

It is the follow-up to the Switch, which sold 152 million units.

Switch 2 can be used as a handheld device or as a tablet.

It can be connected to an external display.

It comes with two controllers, a USB-C cable, a dock, two wrist straps and 25 games, including an improved Mario Kart World.

Nintendo expects to sell 15 million Switch 2 consoles for the fiscal year to March 2026.

Gaming fans waited for hours outside stores to get the new system.

In Japan, the consoles were sold via a lottery.

Over 2.2 million applied.

Winners of the draw lined up outside electronics stores.

One Switch fan said: "It's fantastic that players can see each other while playing."

A fan who was unsuccessful in the lottery went to a store just to savour the experience.

He took a half-day off work.

The console costs $449.99, but fans say it's worth the money.