• the black level of the display is very nice for a LCD screen
• the magnet system for the Joy-Cons works great... very sturdy!
• much better ergonomics than the old Switch models! It lays almost as good in my hands as my Steam Deck
• sticks, buttons and touchscreen are very responsive
• it is 100 grams lighter than my Steam Deck OLED, but in my weigh perception it feels even a bit heavier... probably due to the compacter form factor
• you can skip the TV connection tutorial... great! Haven't decided yet, which display I'll use for docked mode
• I like the new eShop login method via QR-code... no password typing anymore, just using the camera app of my smartphone
• You can limit your battery to 90% for a lower battery degredation

It took 4 tries to download the day-one firmware update :(

Probably due to millions of people downloading it today.

And without it, you can't log into your Nintendo account.

I competed the system transfer this morning. Downloading Mario Kart World and Fast Fusion now.

It definitely feels more premium than the Switch. The Joy-Con magnet system is great. Love how snappy and clicky everything is :)

First impressions from the innards. Here is a nice teardown of the console:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaNmhUKtgzs

Plus no magnets in the joysticks:

https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch2/comments/1l3uche/not_hall_effect_not_tmr_no_magnets_in_the_sticks/

Why is there so much foam around the battery?

Looks like there is enough space for a 40Wh battery instead of the 20 Wh battery:

Remembers me of the Wii U tablet, which used only half of the battery compartment and then Nintendo sold a bigger "high capacity battery" as accessory.

Deleted my post, the following commenter corrected what I was assuming about the battery.

The battery is as big as the compartment shown there, what you see above is just the foam padding to keep the battery in place... although these batteries are heavily glued on. Same thing happened with the Switch 1:

Great video!

The magnet connection is interesting.

The Switch-to-controller connection sucks for long term use, I have plenty of problems with mine disconnecting while playing, and when I first heard the rumor that Switch 2 would be magnets I was very concerned they were going in the wrong direction. But then when the system was revealed I thought it it had some lock mechanism for the controllers (a button on the back of the controller?) that would prevent flexion and accidentally pulling the controllers off the system, which made me lose my fears about the magnetic connection and then I loved the idea of the new magnet connections. But judging from the video, is there no locking behavior? That flexion does indeed not look great :/

Thanks for the explanation!

I completed the system transfer but the "What is the system transfer" didnt mention it would transfer the games, that it only transfers save data, Mii data, system settings, etc. 

So...I had to delete that 100+ games that were installed on my 1.5 TB SD card that decided to pop up after the transfer....there wasnt a multiselect option so it took me a few minutes to delete all of the auto install games.

Anyways....aside from that.

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Did my unpacking and set up. 

Did not get the chance to play anything yet cause I was setting it up UI wise and physically wise.

Two things I noticed that I did not like (one which was fixable)

1. I made my Switch 2 my primary Switch console between my three Switches. Downloaded MK World, Super Mario 3D All Stars and Super Smash Bros Ultimate since those are the first three games I'm planning to play. 

Noticed it prompted me to load virtual cards....which was odd because I'm on my primary switch and the games were downloaded. 

After checking up online, noticed there was a place in the User settings to choose Online Licensing - I had to turn it on for my Switch 2 so the Virtual card option wont prompt - thats nice and all but any other game I wanted to download...I have to go into the Virtual Card settings and choose to "Download" in the "Redownload Software" section, its just an extra step so its whatever but still lol.

So on my Switch OLED which I plan to use when I'm not at home - I noticed all my downloaded games on my memory card are all turned into virtual cards. I'm okay with this because I guess its understandable why they would do this considering you could (if I remember right) play the same game on two different consoles at the same time (though I think they patched it out cause it requires you to choose a primary system to be able to play offline since I play with airplane mode on when I'm outside of home to conserve battery).

Anyways, its not that much of an issue for me.

2. Now this issue was something I had with the original Switch, Switch OLED and now the same thing with the Switch 2. Cant turn off the system through the UI which is pretty much a bother for me. All my other game systems I can turn off the systems through the UI (All playstation, Xbox, etc) so its mind boggling that Sleep mode is the only option - I have to get up and press and hold the power button to get the option.

Anyways, I'm happy so far with my purchase, cant wait to play, I would play now but I'm busy preparing for my daughter's birthday party this weekend.

My Switch Family Collection lol

Switch OG (2020)
Switch OLED (2024)
Switch 2 (2025)