It’s been six months since the Nintendo Switch 2 finally stepped out into the light of day . The inevitable tragedy of any new product is that the novelty quickly dissipates. Despite having it in hand for half a year, fans, detractors, and even Nintendo itself seem to be underestimating just how this iterative handheld/console hybrid device may hold the secret to even better handhelds of tomorrow.

Nintendo would rather you focus on its first-party games. At the same time, the PC crowd is still too obsessed with getting their hands on the latest and greatest chips to recognize the benefit of handheld-specific game optimization. The result is only ever a small bump in frame rate that won’t truly impact the overall quality of titles. Even when the Switch 2’s on-paper specs don’t seem to

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