Nintendo Switch 2 to Release in June, “Legends: Z-A” and “Scarlet & Violet” To Receive Switch 2 Upgrades!

The Nintendo Switch 2 will release on June 5th, 2025, as announced during today’s Nintendo Direct. The release date for Legends: Z-A was not revealed yet.

The console will cost $449.99 in the United States. Pre-orders will open on April 9th. In other regions, the console will cost €469.99 / £395.99 / ¥49,980 / ¥69,980 (multilanguage).

Update (April 4th): Nintendo has announced, “Pre-orders for Nintendo Switch 2 in the U.S. will not start April 9, 2025 in order to assess the potential impact of tariffs and evolving market conditions. Nintendo will update timing at a later date. The launch date of June 5, 2025 is unchanged.”

Some Switch 1 games, including Pokemon Scarlet & Violet, will receive a free update for the Switch 2 that “may improve performance” and/or add support for certain Switch 2 features. Further details were not revealed.

Legends: Z-A will have a paid upgrade for the Switch 2 that will allow it to run in 4K resolution at 60fps. The price hasn’t been announced yet. For other Switch 2 titles, the upgrade costs between $10 and $20.

Here are screenshots of Z-A at 4K resolution:

The Switch 2’s battery will last between 2 to 6.5 hours. It will take 3 hours to fully charge the console while in sleep mode. Both of these figures are roughly the same as when the original Switch launched in March 2017. In 2019, Nintendo released a revised OLED model that improved the battery life to 4.5 to 9 hours.

GameShare is a new feature that allows you to share compatible Switch or Switch 2 games with friends and family, even if they don’t own the game. Only Nintendo Switch 2 consoles can share games, but any Nintendo Switch can receive them when connected via local wireless connection. (Nintendo Switch can only receive games that are compatible with it.)