The Nintendo Switch 2 is out now, alongside a mess of accessories. Here's everything you need (and everything you don't).

After a long wait filled with leaks, reveals, preorder stress, and hands-on events, the Nintendo Switch 2’s launch day has finally arrived around the world, including launch events at retailers like Walmart, GameStop, Best Buy, and Target.

Missed out on pre-ordering a Nintendo Switch 2? Luckily, there are still plenty of options available to pick up the console at release.

On your old Switch, go to System Settings > System > System Transfer and then follow the prompts until you see "Searching for the Nintendo Switch 2 console". It might take a while, but your transfer will then start once you hit 'Start Receiving Data' on your Switch 2. Once that's done you're ready to go.

The Nintendo Switch 2 is finally out, and after over 24 hours with the system, we've collected our initial thoughts.

GameStop is currently offering one of the cheapest 256GB microSD Express cards around ahead of the Nintendo Switch 2 launch. It's also only $52.24 if you have a GameStop Pro membership - nice.

We'll be covering all aspects of the Switch 2 launch and gathering everything together here so you can see at a glance what's been going on. We'll be keeping an eye on any launch issues there may be,