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Leisure, Hobbies

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🗓️ 3 April 2025

⏱️ 178 minutes

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Summary

It happened: They took the wraps off the Switch 2 (for real this time). Will Smith joins us to break down the price, hardware specs and features, backwards compatibility, and launch-ish games like Mario Kart World, Donkey Kong Bananza, and the most important launch title of all: the Switch 2 Welcome Tour.

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CHAPTERS

(00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening.
(00:00:09) Intro
(00:01:10) Switch 2 news is coming in hot!
(00:02:56) What we know for sure... we think
(00:37:03) First Break
(00:37:07) More Switch 2 details and more questions
(01:08:25) Some First Party games
(01:08:41) Mario Kart World | [Nintendo Switch 2] | Jun 05, 2025
(01:20:04) *Future note during the edit. Seeing some folks now reporting that it may be $90 for physical
(01:22:37) Donkey Kong: Bananza | [Nintendo Switch 2] | Jul 17, 2025
(01:29:30) The Third Party games
(01:34:33) The Duskbloods | [Nintendo Switch 2] | 2026
(01:46:41) What about that Japan only Switch 2?
(02:06:49) Second Break
(02:07:37) Atomfall | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5] | Mar 27, 2025
(02:12:10) Assassin's Creed Shadows | [Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] | Mar 20, 2025
(02:30:35) Emails
(02:49:05) Wrapping up and content updates
(02:56:09) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts
(02:57:03) See ya!

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello everybody and welcome back to another Nextlander podcast.
0:14.9	Here we are the rumors, the fables, the myths, the reality.
0:20.8	Brad Shoemaker.
0:21.9	Our long global nightmare is over.
0:24.4	We have passed the Switch 2 press conference direct reveal, whatever you want to call it,
0:29.8	day.
0:30.7	It is April 2nd.
0:32.2	We are clearing some of the dust away.
0:35.9	Will Smith is here to join us.
0:38.5	Hello.
0:39.4	Hi.
0:40.3	Hi.
0:41.1	I'm just excited.
0:42.4	Yeah, that the rumors that we heard for, you know, the last five years.
0:46.3	Finally, it's here.
0:47.7	Finally, it's here.
0:48.8	17 new Mario games.
0:51.0	Three joycons.
0:53.1	Where'd even put that other one?
0:55.4	Some stuff, weirder than I would have thought.
0:58.8	Some stuff, less exciting than I would have thought.
1:01.5	What is weirder than expected?
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