After months – no, years – of rumours and industry chatter, the Nintendo Switch 2 is very nearly here. Launching at midnight tonight, units began arriving in journalists’ hands earlier today – including mine – and soon you’ll be able to get one too.

The highly anticipated Nintendo Switch 2 will be hitting the shelves on Thursday, with long-lines of gamers looking to get their hands on one. Here's what you need to know about the release of the new console.

Nearly a decade after the original Switch came out, and following years of fans’ pining for a major upgrade to Nintendo’s wildly popular portable gaming platform, the Switch 2 is here. It’s already June 5—the console’s official launch date—in some parts of the world,