Nintendo’s Big Switch 2 Reveal, Pre-Orders Delayed Due To Trump’s Tariffs, And More Of The Week’s Big News

An exclusive FromSoftware game and a new 3D Donkey Kong adventure are among the big announcements

Kotaku Staff Published April 5, 2025 |

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Finally this week, Nintendo pulled back the curtain on the Switch 2 in a big way, giving us details about its screen, specs, and some of the games we can expect to see at launch and in the months that follow. A few days later, however, the company announced that preorders, previously set to go live on April 9, were being pushed back so that Nintendo could “assess the potential impact of tariffs and evolving market conditions.” Read on for these stories and lots more details about the Switch 2 and everything we saw in Nintendo’s big Direct presentation.