Running games on the Mig requires you to download them from others who have dumped files off of cartridges, or dump the games yourself with something like the Mig Dumper, then loa

Nintendo is banning Switch 2 users who play games via a MIG flash cart, regardless of whether the games are pirated or purchased.

These are the things we hope to see from the first Switch 2-era Nintendo Direct, such as the return of iconic Nintendo franchises.

When Nintendo launched the Switch in 2017, the sheer novelty of the new hardware brought the company a lot of renewed attention. After the market disaster of the Wii U's homebound "second screen" tablet,

You can't simply go to the My Nintendo Store and buy the Switch 2. To order the Switch 2, you need to log in with an active, paid Nintendo Switch Online account. Once you do that, you can choose either a Switch 2 standalone console or the Mario Kart World bundle and then hit the confirm button to "register your interest" in ordering a Switch 2.

Ahead of the Switch 2's June 5 launch, Nintendo provided an update on which Switch games aren't fully backwards compatible with the new console. The list includes several games with issues that are currently being investigated, as well as some video streaming apps.

For those of us who have a Nintendo Switch, System Transfer is a handy way to bring everything you need to the new console. Your accounts, save data, digital software, and more can be moved over in one fell swoop. You’ll have the opportunity to perform a System Transfer when you’re first setting up the Nintendo Switch 2.

The only gamepad that can wake the new console is Nintendo’s own upgraded Pro controller — even the original Switch’s Pro controller can’t. But that could soon change as GuliKit, which previously noted that the Switch 2 “uses a new system protocol,