Image: Zion Grassl / Nintendo Life5th June 2026 marks the first anniversary of Switch 2, the console we had known was coming for many months — years, even — before Nintendo officially unveiled it in January 2025.
With US tariffs, global economic uncertainty, RAM-ageddon, and rising prices affecting all the platform holders, it’s been a challenging period for the games industry, not least for a company launching hardware. And not just any hardware – the follow-up to Nintendo’s best-selling console of all time.
With all the games and everything that’s happened in the last 365 days, today we’re looking back,
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