Matthew is a journalist in the news department at GameRant. He holds a Bachelor's degree in journalism from Kent State University and has been an avid gamer since 1985. Matthew formerly served as a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A British writer who specializes in indie gaming. Still, I bit the bullet and bought it anyway — after all, this is a Nintendo ...

Earlier this year, Nintendo Co. was under growing pressure. It had been eight long years since the release of the original Switch, and its profit was tumbling more than 40%. When the Switch 2 finally ...

Over the last eight years, the Nintendo Switch has become one of the most successful and influential consoles of all time, confidently securing a place in my regular gaming rotation on the couch while ...

The Nintendo Switch is a longtime fan-favorite handheld gaming console. But it’s now eight years old and showing its age. That’s a big part of what made the June 2025 Nintendo Switch 2 launch so ...

Compared to other Nintendo consoles, the Switch 2 is an outlier. It's the first Nintendo system that feels like a direct, no-frills upgrade to its predecessor. It looks similar, it doesn't require new ...

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Senior Technology Editor. He has a BFA in Film & TV from NYU, where he specialized in writing. Jake has been helping people with their technology professionally since ...

The Nintendo Switch 2 console has officially been released, as retailers opened their doors at midnight — 9 p.m. here on the West Coast — to welcome early adapters and die-hard fans. It’s the ...

The Switch 2 is centered on continuing Nintendo’s legacy rather than reinventing it. While it’s expensive, and has just one flashy new game in “Mario Kart World,” early indications show that the ...

Good fun for arcade classics once built. Great joystick. An eight-button layout works for a variety of games. Utterly terrible visual design. Covered in AI slop imagery. Twitchy inputs. Hurdles to ...

Every app, website, and device I use seems to be getting worse and worse. You’ve likely noticed this, too. Shitty AI is being shoved into more products. Features people don’t want are being added to ...

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