Overview
- Number of Players
- 1 (Single Player)
- Genre
- Physical Release
- None (Digital Only)
- Release Date
Nintendo Switch 2
5th Jun 2025 — $9.99
5th Jun 2025 — £7.99
- Tags
- Feature Support
- Official Site
- nintendo.com
Reviews
Review Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour - Surprising, Delightful, And You Know Where It Belongs
Museum peace
Altogether now! "This should have been a pack-in." Or, if that simply wasn't on the table, free for the first year. Or free with a Nintendo Switch Online subscription. It's painfully obvious to everybody but Nintendo that paywalling this specific software further behind the already-pricey console is a mistake. And it's a real shame...
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Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour Guides
Guide Nintendo Treehouse 3rd April 2025 - All Switch 2 Gameplay Reveals
Feast your eyes!
Nintendo followed up its jam-packed Switch 2 Direct with an equally jam-packed Treehouse presentation focused solely on gameplay reveals. The first of two livestreams took us through a whole bunch of titles and features heading to Switch 2 at some point this year but, at a little over four hours long, there's every chance that you...
Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour News
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (21st June)
Gaming like a dragon
Gosh, can you believe it's already been over two weeks since the Switch 2 launched? Where does the time go? Alas, it's true, but this week brought even more news with the big Donkey Kong Bananza Direct! It revealed a boatload of new information and made many of us here at NL infinitely more excited for its relea
News Switch 2's Best-Selling eShop Games So Far
The first week comes to a close
It's now been more than a week since the arrival of the Switch 2, so we've taken another quick look at the US eShop "best sellers" chart to see what users are buying as of 14th July 2025. Mario Kart World once again takes out the top spot and Cyberpunk 2077 has moved up the ladder to second place, with the Zelda:...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (7th June)
Gee, I wonder
Ahh, another quiet week in the world of Nintendo... Sorry, what's that..? New console..? Hmm. Ah yes. The Switch 2! The Switch 2 launched; it's finally here, folks. Literal years of rumours and speculation can now end. Well... until whispers of the Switch 3 begin – hehehehehe. Our coverage this week has been mainly getting all...
News Switch 2 eShop "Top-Selling" Games At Launch Revealed
What games have you downloaded?
The Switch 2 is just a few days old now and we now know what people are purchasing and playing on the new hardware thanks to the eShop charts. We've taken a look at the US store specifically, which reveals the "top-selling" titles over the past three days, based on revenue. This includes regular Switch releases as...
Opinion Nintendo New York's Switch 2 Launch Event Felt Like Coming Home
48th Street(Pass)
With the sounds of construction coming from every which way and the early June summer heat and warm afternoon sun rays shining down, it could have been a normal New York City day. But for today, anybody asking people on the line going along 48th Street had a new answer for the classic question of, “What are you all lining up...
News Want To 100% 'Welcome Tour'? You'll Need To Cough Up For Some Accessories
And they ain't cheap
Unexpectedly, Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour might have been the most-discussed game in the console's launch line-up since it was revealed back in April. The reason for these discussions hasn't always been positive *cough* why isn't it a pack-in? *cough* and as more people start to get their hands on it today, the bad vibes just...
News Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour Trailer Highlights New Minigames & Tech Demos
Update: English trailer now live
It's the week of Switch 2's launch and Nintendo is marking the occasion in the only way that seems fit... a new overview trailer for one of the console's hottest topics: the £7.99 / $9.99 Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour. The five-minute trailer was shared via the Nintendo Today! app in Japan (we expect to see it...
Video Do You Even Need A Pro Controller For The Switch 2?
Pros and cons
When Nintendo properly revealed the Switch 2 back in April, it also confirmed that a new Pro Controller would be accompanying the console as an optional peripheral. Now, most of us here have gone hands-on with the new controller at some point or another, but the lovely Alex has spent quite a bit of time with the ruddy thing playing...
Video 27 Exciting New Games Coming To Nintendo Switch 1 & 2 In June 2025
Mario Kart! Welcome Tour! Split Fiction!
After a pretty quiet couple of months as far as Switch releases are concerned, it will come as no surprise to hear that June is set to be a biggie. You see, a little console called the Switch 2 is arriving later this week (5th June, in case you somehow missed it), and a boatload of games are coming along for...
News Switch 2's Album Will Finally Let You Filter Screenshots And Videos By User
Picture perfect
Switch 2 will retain its predecessor's ability to record screenshots and videos from your gameplay, collating everything in the album app located within the main menu. On the original Switch, you could filter out your library by screenshots, videos, storage device, and games, but the Switch 2 adds one more option to the mix that...
Previews
Video "It's Actually...Really Good" - Our Hot 'Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour' Preview Take
"You've just gotta, like, tippy-tap it in"
On a recent trip to Nintendo's London HQ, our lovely video producer Alex-from-Nintendo-Life Olney was chained up in Nintendo UK's dungeon seated in a comfortable room and given a few hours to tinker with a Switch 2 and the platform holder's launch-day offerings, Mario Kart World and Nintendo Switch 2...
Hands On Should 'Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour' Be A Pack-In Game?
Tech tours
Nintendo is no stranger to the concept of a launch day pack-in game. The Wii famously included Wii Sports, the DS came with an impressive demo of Metroid Prime Hunters, and even the Game Boy was bundled with Tetris in North America, forever changing the market. Which is why we’re all puzzled as to why Nintendo is charging for their new...
About The Game
While it’s understandable that players will want to hit the ground running (or racing) with Nintendo Switch 2, they can also explore a variety of features and details the new system has to offer.
Players can enter a virtual exhibition with Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour and gain insights into what makes Nintendo Switch 2 such a unique gaming experience. Through tech demos, minigames and other interactions, players will get to know the new system inside and out in ways they may never have known about otherwise. Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour will be available to buy from Nintendo eShop from Nintendo Switch 2 launch day, June 5.
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