Release Date: June 5, 2025
An adventure game with an isometric view, designed to show all of the unique features of the second generation of the hybrid console from Nintendo. Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour is a paid product and we discover the hardware's unique functionalities by participating in various mini-games and demonstrations.
Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour is an adventure game, developed for the Nintendo Switch 2 platform. It was developed by Nintendo and it presents the capabilities and features of the titular console.
In Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour we watch events in an isometric view. During the game, we become a participant in a virtual exhibition, who step by step delves into the technicalities of the Nintendo Switch 2 console, interacting with its gigantic replicas.
Thanks to this, the player and the character controlled by him have the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the capabilities of the titular device. We are talking about the functions of specific buttons or options for using Joy-Con as a mouse.
The game also gives us the opportunity to look "under the hood" of the Nintendo Switch 2. Thanks to this, we can check what is hidden under its casing without disassembling the console. This is a chance to learn about many technical details, such as the magnetic system of attaching controllers to the console or the principles of operation of the haptic vibration system.
A series of skill-based mini-games (such as Speed Golf) were implemented. There are various technical demonstrations, as well as other forms, such as quizzes, through which the Japanese manufacturer showcases its work in the best possible light, drawing attention to its unique features.
Most of the graphic elements of the game were presented in 2D and maintained in a cartoon style.
The Nintendo Switch 2 Direct was full of surprises, one of which was that Welcome Tour would be paid, not pack-in. Now we know the expected cost.
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Matt Buckley
April 7, 2025
Switch 2 is almost here, and I think we can all agree it’s definitely worth the hype. But some of Nintendo’s recent decisions? Not so much.
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Olga Racinowska
April 3, 2025
Game Ratings for Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour Video Game.
IGN: 5 / 10 by Tom Marks
Even if Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour were the pack-in game it feels like it was meant to be, the execution of its charming concept is a muddled collection of quaint tech demos and boring factoids dressed up as an uncompelling completionist checklist.
NintendoWorldReport: 7 / 10 by Jordan Rudek
However, it does feel like it may have served as a very effective pack-in title, perhaps just outside the pantheon of those I mentioned earlier. I get it, though: in a world where many don't have the patience for or interest in multi-page manuals, Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour fills a role. Ultimately, I come away with a better sense of the capabilities of my new Nintendo console, and that at the very least helps ease the pain of my poor wallet.
TheGamer: 2 / 5 by Stacey Henley
It's mildly amusing to rattle Joy-Con like maracas, but a Nintendo table setter should strive to be better than 'mildly amusing'. And that's the strangest part here - Nintendo has not failed with Welcome Tour. It has succeeded in its ambitions. But if the Switch 2 is to match its predecessor, those ambitions had better grow, and quickly.
![[0:39] - Launch Trailer](https://cdn.gracza.pl/galeria/filmy/640x360/1932982640.jpg)
