The Nintendo Switch 2's official specs aren't too different, but the new console has a lot of upgrades on the original Switch.

Nintendo has confirmed the battery life of Nintendo Switch 2. According to the manufacturer, the Switch 2 console will contain a 5220mAh lithium-ion battery. This is a higher capacity battery than the one included with the original Switch (which is a 4310mAh battery), and the one included in the Switch Lite (3570mAh).

GameStop will offer up to a $175 trade-in credit when you trade-in your old Switch for the Switch 2, according to X user MikeOdysseyYT and as reported by sister site TechRadar. That's one of the first Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders deals I've seen.

Elsewhere, Nintendo say the Switch 2 has significantly improved gaming performance, as well as eight times the storage capacity of the original Switch, with 256GB of built-in storage. The gaming giant also confirmed that a number of original Switch games will be capable with the Switch 2.

Various rumors sprouted up, reporting that Switch 2 would launch in late 2023, possibly in 2024 or 2025. Nintendo officially squashed a 2023 release in May when president Shuntaro Furukawa insisted that Nintendo had no hardware releases planned for the year.

Sega's Yakuza 0 is getting a special Director's Cut on Nintendo Switch 2, it has been confirmed. Described as the "definitive edition of the critically acclaimed origin story" will feature new content for this edition.

It seems fitting that Nintendo didn’t reveal the Switch 2’s $450 price during its Direct stream this morning — it would have just bummed everyone out. After spending an hour hearing about how the Switch 2 practically fixes almost every problem we had with the original console,