Nintendo rocked the video game world last week with the unveiling of its new console the Switch 2, its price and, most surprisingly, a driving cow. The Switch 2, releasing on June 5, will cost $450 for just the console and $500 for a bundle that comes with “Mario Kart World,

Nintendo has added a new batch of classic games for Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscribers. Three more Sega Genesis titles are now available to play through the service: Streets of Rage, Super Thunder Blade, and ESWAT: City Under Siege.

It’s time to start your engines and prepare to race across a sprawling world in the new Mario Kart World coming exclusively to the Nintendo Switch 2. For the first time ever, players can race off the track to explore the new world in the Free Roam mode.

The closest we got to a new Legend of Zelda game for the Nintendo Switch 2 was the announcement of Hyrule Warriors Age of Imprisonment. The game's story directly precedes Tears of the Kingdom and it seems that Princess Zelda herself is the main character here.

L ast week, Nintendo announced a handful of Nintendo Switch 2 Editions of original Switch games, including Kirby and the Forgotten Land – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star-Crosse

In an interview with PlayerDriven, former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden said Nintendo can charge what it wants for new first-party Switch 2 games because Nintendo makes compelling games. Some people might perceive the price increase for a game like Mario Kart World ($80) as being "hefty," Layden said, but in the end, people will buy it anyway.

The only non-Switch game this week is, as expected, Monster Hunter Wilds at number two. Meanwhile, the rest of the charts is comprised of familiar faces from the Switch, with Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition maintaining a strong performance.

Between a higher price, a challenging economy in which consumers are struggling to afford everyday items let alone game consoles and more competition, the Switch 2 arrives at an unusually difficult time.