206: When Should Nintendo Release the Switch 2 Lite?

The Kit & Krysta Podcast

Leisure, Video Games, Technology, Society & Culture

4.7 • 545 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2026

⏱️ 132 minutes

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Hello and welcome to episode 206 of the Kit & Krysta Podcast! Today we want to talk about the Nintendo Switch 2 Lite. When is it the right time for Nintendo to potentially launch this and is it coming sooner than we might think? We'll take a look back at the launch for Nintendo Switch Lite and share some stories from working on that launch and see if we can apply it here. Also in this episode, we react to Doug Bowser's new job post retirement from Nintendo AND we answer your burning question about whether or not Masahiro Sakurai knows about Rickmaxxing. We're also playing a HUGE amount of new games and we have some great questions from our Patreon community sprinkled like magic dust throughout the episode. Settle on in and let's get into it!

0:00 - It's Rick's world and we're just living in it
11:40 - News news news (Doug Bowser's new job at Hasbro, Resident Evil Requiem showcase, Lego Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time set, God of War casting reveal)
39:02 - Games we are playing (Animal Crossing 3.0 Update, Dynasty Warriors Origins, Ghost of Yotei, Skyrim, Banjo Kazooie, Blast Corps, Gran Turismo 7)
1:35:23 - Is the Nintendo Switch 2 Lite coming a lot sooner than we think it is?

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0:00.0	Today.
0:09.8	Well, there have been some discoveries, rumors.
0:14.3	I'm interested.
0:15.0	Speculation.
0:15.8	I'm listening.
0:16.9	About maybe some upcoming new Nintendo hardware.
0:21.6	Oh, here we go.
0:23.6	We haven't seen some things around the speculation that a switch to light might be coming.
0:30.6	So we thought we talk about it.
0:32.6	We want to talk about one, whether or not we think this is a potential.
0:36.6	Yeah. And then we also want to look back at when we launched the Switchlight.
0:41.3	You also launched the 2DS and talk a little bit about like, what is Nintendo's mindset?
0:46.3	When do they feel like it's the right time to introduce these kinds of new hardware into the market?
0:52.3	Yeah, it is interesting.
0:53.3	It's very interesting. I don't know what it calls it. I wouldn't call it a leak. Maybe it's more of a discovery. Yeah. And when this first came out, I was like, oh, whatever, like, this will come and go. But then I kind of started thinking about it. It's like, wait, there could be something interesting here. So we're going to get into that. We're going to dig into it. I think our thoughts might surprise you, though, what our final conclusion is. Might surprise them. Dut, da, dun. Yes, dramatic pause. Thank you to our amazing, wonderful Patreon family. As always. You are growing in numbers. Oh my goodness. And it's been amazing to see.
1:30.3	And yeah, we're still running our great Patreon news subscribers sale. That's right.
1:36.2	25% off a annual or a monthly membership. And you can see all of that at patreon.com slash
1:42.8	Kitten Krista. Yes.
1:44.6	Coming to Patreon soon later this week, we're recording our Mario movie, spoiler cast, and watch along.
1:53.0	I'm excited about that.
1:54.2	You and I both recently refreshed our memories on the Mario movie.
1:57.6	Oh, you did?
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