{"id":137462,"date":"2026-06-05T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-200729"},"modified":"2026-06-05T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T11:00:00","slug":"feature-nintendo-switch-2-year-one-looking-back-how-would-you-rate-it-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/06\/05\/feature-nintendo-switch-2-year-one-looking-back-how-would-you-rate-it-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Feature: Nintendo Switch 2: Year One – Looking Back, How Would You Rate It So Far?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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5th June 2026 marks the first anniversary of Switch 2<\/a>, the console we had known was coming for many months \u2014 years, even<\/a> \u2014 before Nintendo officially unveiled it in January 2025.<\/p>\n

With US tariffs, global economic uncertainty, RAM-ageddon, and rising prices affecting all the platform holders, it’s been a challenging period for the games industry, not least for a company launching hardware. And not just any hardware – the follow-up to Nintendo’s best-selling console of all time.<\/p>\n

With all the games and everything that’s happened in the last 365 days, today we’re looking back, recapping the big games from the last 12 months, and asking you lovely people how you’d rate Switch 2 after a full calendar year. You’ll also find Team NL’s Year One impressions dotted throughout, and polls at the very bottom of the article.<\/p>\n

But first, let’s start on 5th June 2025, the day Nintendo dropped a console and 25 launch games on a very, er, suspecting public…<\/p>\n