OK, so what can you play on the Nintendo Switch 2? Mario Kart, apparently.
Nintendo debuted the Switch 2 on Thursday, finally shining an official light on the worst kept secret from the past several years. The short video focused largely on the Switch 2’s hardware — the new features and upgrades that make the console next generation. Of course, the hardware is very little without games, and despite them not being the focus of the announcement, Nintendo did give a brief look at what appears to be a new Mario Kart game.
The sneak peek at the game is very short — seconds long — and shows iconic Mario Kart racers speeding through a desert racetrack that’s called the Mario Bros. Circuit, and tearing by a Yoshi’s drive-in restaurant and billboards for Luigi’s Tires. When the camera pulls back on the track, you can see that it’s set in a vast, but seemingly desolate desert setting.
Beyond a new Mario Kart, Nintendo said in November 2024 that the Switch 2 will be backward-compatible with Switch games — meaning all Switch games will work on the Switch 2, and players won’t have to repurchase games they had previously bought for their older console.