Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour
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Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour – Overview trailer (Nintendo Switch 2)
Critic Reviews for Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour
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.
Expectations for Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour were low, but somehow the premium tech demo still manages to fall below them.
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.
As one of the two first-party Nintendo Switch 2 launch titles, "fine, I guess, but I'd prefer Magic cards" as my impulse is… not good. And it is fine! It's fine. But "fine" alone is not enough to make something worth bothering with when there are so many different ways to spend your time that are much, much more worthwhile.
Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour has its charms, but on the whole feels like a strange set of contradictions: a casual primer for power users, and a pack-in game that isn't packed in.
Welcome Tour is a calming, surprisingly engaging hardware exhibition with a handful of cool minigames, a trove of interesting info, and some neat demos that showcase exactly what the little system can do. It makes you feel good about buying the thing, which makes the platform holder's decision not to bundle it with the console utterly baffling. Featuring expensive add-ons you might not own also won't impress anyone who's indignant that the company wants another 10 bucks for this.That aside, it's an undeniably fine demonstration of Nintendo's thoughtful design approach. It's cute, it's fun, and it's a shame the whole pack-in argument overshadows the delightful software. Anyone interested in tech, design, or Nintendo in general should check it out immediately.
Industry Coverage
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Somehow, speedrunners have found a way to make this $10 instruction manual interesting.
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One Nintendo Switch 2 Launch Title Is Nintendo's Worst Reviewed In Ten Years
It's safe to say that it hasn't gone down well.
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Former Nintendo President Seemingly Takes Jab At One Of The Nintendo Switch 2's Strangest Decisions
Wii Sports is all the evidence you need.
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Nintendo Switch 2's Welcome Tour Is "Good Value For What You're Getting", According To Nintendo Vice President
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