Life with the Nintendo Switch 2

The Vergecast

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🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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It's a small miracle that a bunch of us managed to get our heads out of Mario Kart World long enough to make a show about the Switch 2. But that's what we did! First, we chat with The Verge's Andrew Webster about his review, and why it feels like the Switch 2 is both everything we wanted and somehow still a little underwhelming. (Or at least just... whelming.) After that, The Verge's Ash Parrish tells us about her adventures traveling with the Switch 2, plus her recent time with the new Asus ROG Xbox Ally, and what she's learning about the future of consoles. Finally, The Verge's Sean Hollister helps us answer a question from the Vergecast Hotline all about console prices: why they keep going up, and whether they'll continue to be worth it. Further reading: Nintendo Switch 2 review: exactly good enough Nintendo says your bad Switch 2 battery life might be a bug Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller review: pro enough for me Mario Kart World review: the perfect Switch 2 launch game The Verge staff on the Switch 2: what we love and what we don’t Fortnite feels like a new game on the Switch 2 Xbox’s new handheld is a surprisingly comfortable way to play Gears of War Steam Deck, Switch, ROG: picking the perfect portable console Steam Deck OLED, ROG Ally and more: all the news about the handheld PC revolution Fortnite feels like a new game on the Switch 2 Email us at [email protected] or call us at 866-VERGE11, we love hearing from you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Vergecast, the flagship podcast of Rainbow Road.
0:06.6	I'm your friend David Pierce, and I am bad at Mario Kart World.
0:10.2	I just need to get that off my chest.
0:11.6	I've been playing Mario Kart like most of my life in various iterations,
0:15.6	and I've usually been pretty good at it.
0:17.9	I wouldn't say I'm like a speed-running champion of Mario Kart, but I'm pretty good at it. I could beat most people'm like a, you know, speed running champion of Mario Kart,
0:21.3	but I'm pretty good at it. I could beat most people. And now all I can do is come in like 13th,
0:26.2	over and over and over and over again. And it is devastating. But now I have discovered I'm in.
0:33.3	I care so deeply about being good at this game that I think the only thing you will find me
0:37.6	doing for potentially several weeks or months is playing Mario Kart World. If you want to play
0:42.8	with me and beat me because you will, let me know. I am here for it. I am ready. I am coming
0:48.6	for you, Mario Kart World. Anyway, today on the show, we are going to talk actually all about the Nintendo Switch 2.
0:55.7	That's all we're doing today. We're going to talk to Andrew Webster, who reviewed the device for us.
0:59.5	We're going to talk to Ash Parrish, who has been using the device and has been testing a lot of
1:03.5	the games, has a lot of thoughts about how this is going. We're also going to talk about some
1:06.8	other handheld console news, but we'll get to that later. Then we have a hotline question
1:11.0	about the Switch 2. I'm telling you, we're just doing Switch 2 stuff today. We've had the thing
1:15.1	for a while. We have some thoughts about it. It's Switch 2 time here on the Vergecast. All of that
1:19.9	is coming up in just a second, but first, I'm going to play more of this stupid game that I can't stop playing. I'm going to come in 13th, and then we're going to do this.
1:27.8	This is the Vergecast. We'll be right back.
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1:36.2	you go online, your rights come with you. And on their podcast, How to Fix the Internet,
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