Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour arrives today alongside the launch of Nintendo’s new console, though it cannot be fully completed without also purchasing extra accessories – and a 4K TV.
The minigame collection has already drawn criticism for not being a pack-in game, considering it is designed to show off the capabilities of the Switch 2. Instead, it’ll set you back eight quid. Even former Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime waded in on the debate.
Yet as Nintendo has stated on its website (thanks Nintendo Soup), some of the 34 minigames and tech demos require peripherals which are sold separately.
One minigame requires a USB camera; another requires the GL/GR buttons on the Switch 2 Pro Controller (although they’re also on the Joy-Con 2 Charging Grip with the console); and a 4K TV is required for both a minigame and a tech demo to experience the proper resolution.
Nintendo states that all 12 areas of the game can still be accessed without these accessories, but to 100 percent the game you’ll need three medals in every minigame.
The Switch 2 Pro Controller will set you back £74.99, an extra Charging Grip costs £29.99, while the Switch 2 Camera costs £58.99 – although a cute Piranha Plant alternative is £34.99 if you don’t mind a poor resolution.
As for a 4K TV, that could cost you hundreds, if not thousands of pounds.
Over in the US, meanwhile, Nintendo even raised the price of its accessories to combat US tariffs on the console itself.
“From my slightly extended but still brief time with it, it feels like Nintendo has created, if not the most wildly entertaining, at least the most spiritually accurate take on visiting an actual museum dedicated to a games console,” wrote Eurogamer’s Chris Tapsell on Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour.
“You read a bit, you play around a bit, you go, ‘huh,’ and have a little ruminate on what you’ve learned, and move on. If it weren’t for all the Joy-Con waggling I’d ideally play this thing with my arms clasped behind my back, head slightly cocked to one side, assuming the official position of the museum attendee.”
