The Nintendo Switch 2 has officially hit shelves, and preorders are arriving on eager gamers' doorsteps this week. Having been lucky enough to snag a Best Buy preorder back in April, my partner and I burned the midnight oil testing the long-awaited console. Here are my initial thoughts.

The same is true of the original Switch, which now has an absolutely enormous library of fantastic games. If you’ve not picked up the console yet, you’ve got the opportunity to play games that have shaped the last few years of the medium, like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Pokémon, and much more.

It’s a big day for Nintendo fans. The gaming giant’s new console, the $450 Switch 2, arrives on store shelves globally after being announced in April — marking Nintendo’s first major console launch since the original Switch arrived roughly eight years ago.