Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour (2025)

Enter a virtual exhibition 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.

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Nintendo LifeGavin LaneJun 20258/10
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.
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MonsterVineAustin AdamsonJun 20254.5/5
I was completely surprised by how much I enjoyed every little detail and bit of Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour. The minimal approach to the art design of the characters and world only amplified the beauty of the 3D rendered hardware show. Glimpses into the inner workings of the hardware and the history of Nintendo products scratched a nerdy itch I didn’t realize I had. It’s a bit of a bummer that it wasn’t free, but I found myself unable to pull myself away from Welcome Tour after I started it, and have been thinking about it more than any other game available at launch. I hope Nintendo will add more content to this as new first party hardware is released, and while some of the mini games encourage using two people, adding a sleek way to pull up the catalog of mini games, tech demos and quizzes to offer a better experience to show friends and family would be a welcome addition.
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Cubed3Adam RileyJun 20258/10
Some may baulk at the idea of Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour being a paid download, but given the sheer amount of care and attention poured into every tiny aspect of this delightful product, it really feels worthy of the entry price. Nintendo has crafted not just a virtual tour of the entire Switch 2 console and all current accessories, it’s delved into the past for mesmerising titbits of historical goodness, put together a wealth of oft-hilarious quizzes, and packed in breathtaking demos to show off the tech involved, all on top of a wide selection of awe-inspiring mini-games that will keep you coming back for more. Only a lack of online leaderboards for the mini-games really holds this back from greater heights.
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Game RantDalton CooperJun 20253/10
Expectations for Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour were low, but somehow the premium tech demo still manages to fall below them.
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Rapid Reviews UKGrahame SingletonSep 20261/5 stars
Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour is, first and foremost, a tech demo. Thinking of it in terms of a tech demo it is really rather good. It demonstrates the functions of the Switch 2 really well and offers a lot of information on the design and technology that has gone into the console. Welcome Tour is, however, a paid piece of software. A game. As a game, it is shallow at best. The mini-games offer a little light fun but that is all. If this was a free or bundled game you could probably consider it a good introduction to the switch 2 and then move on. Given there is a price attached it suddenly becomes more akin to a cynical cash grab except the whole experience isn’t even good enough to call it that.
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About the game

Platforms: Nintendo Switch 2
Developer: Nintendo Cube, Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 4, Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
Publisher: Nintendo
Released: June 5, 2025
Modes: Single player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Time to beat: 2 h rushed · 9 h main story