My first impressions of the Nintendo Switch 2

After being unable to get one on launch and having Walmart cancel my order on me, I finally got my grubby little mittens on a Switch 2. I also got the Mario Kart World bundle since I wanted to play that game anyway and I figured I'd save the money. Right now my first impressions of the console are pretty positive. The screen is better in handheld mode, the joy cons are better and easier to use sideways and they feel very secure which is something I was concerned about as magnets and that little port did not look or sound secure and durable at all and I thought Little Timmy would fuck that shit up, the kickstand is much more sturdy although I never had issues with the Switch 1's kickstand but I know lots of people did, the game card slot is easier to open, the eShop runs so much better and it's nice that I don't have to log in and enter my password every time, GameChat is nothing new as this has been standard for every console since the original Xbox but it's nice to see Nintendo catch up with the times and have it be native in the console as opposed to being an app on your phone and it ran pretty well for me and I didn't have many issues with it, I like that we now have GameCube games and I can't wait to see the potential for possible Wii games, and Mario Kart World is a pretty good game so far and I might even like it better than 8 but that could be recency bias and I'll make that judgment for when I finish Grand Prix although I will say that the open world does feel quite empty and it feels more like they just put it in there to have a cool gimmick. As for what I don't like about the console, I think this launch is incredibly lackluster as there is only one game. Mario Kart World is the only new game out for the console right now. There's also Welcome Tour but that's a 10$ tech demo which should also just come built into the console and not be an additional fee. The only new real game we have right now is Mario Kart World. Everything else is just a port or enhanced version of a Switch 1 game. There's also only 3 GameCube games out right now and the only one that really interests me is Wind Waker. I am also not a fan of how the accessories are so expensive. I'm not really an accessory person but I do like to take my Switch with me when I go out sometimes usually when I'm traveling or stuck in a waiting room somewhere and need to kill time however the Switch 2 carrying case is 40$. Granted it comes with a screen protector but I don't really want it and that's still a lot of money for a carrying case. Thankfully there are cheaper and much better third party options you can get though. Those game key cards are also awful. I primarily bought physical for Switch 1 because you just put the cartridge in and play it. Thankfully not every physical Switch 2 game is a key card though. YouTube also doesn't work on Switch 2 which really sucks. Overall this is a good console but there's nothing to do with it right now and the accessories are too expensive.