Nintendo loves to create games that show off the unique features of their consoles, like Wii Sports, Nintendo Land, and 1-2-Switch. The Switch 2 version of this will be the rather functionally named Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour, in which your tiny avatar will run around on a giant Switch 2 console and explore its features and secrets through the medium of minigames and tech demos.
It looks like the sort of game that might come installed on the console for free, but Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour will be a paid, digital-only game. Perhaps that indicates that it’s a bit more substantial and fun than you might expect. It will be available at the console’s launch.
One of the minigames featured is a top-down golf putting game that uses the Joy-Con 2’s mouse and gyroscope sensors so you can push the Joy-Con around on a surface like it’s the head of your golf club. Another seemed to relate to the console’s 3D audio capabilities. Elsewhere, as your avatar explores the Switch 2, clicking on question marks will explain facts about the console, like how the Joy-Con 2’s magnetic attachment works.