The long wait is finally over. In a YouTube video with little fanfare, Nintendo officially introduced the long-awaited Switch 2. The first true next-gen follow-up to the original Switch includes backwards-compatibility for owners of existing Switch hardware and we'll learn more about the console in a Nintendo Direct presentation on April 2,

There’s a new button under the home button on the right Joy-Con, which had shown up in leaks. The video also appears to show the Joy-Cons being used similarly to a mouse. And the SL and SR buttons on the Joy-Cons are bigger than they are on the original Switch’s Joy-Cons.

The new console looks physically similar to the popular Switch system, which has sold more than 146 million units in seven years.

Here’s a closer look at the Nintendo’s Switch 2 reveal, broken down across 13 new images, ahead of the system’s eventual release later this year.

Nintendo teased the Switch successor Thursday morning. The company released a teaser trailer offering a first look at the new console, the Switch 2. While similar to the original device, the Switch 2 appears to be larger,

In a sparse teaser, Nintendo announced the Switch 2, its first major console release since the original Switch released in 2017 to huge sales.

Japan's Nintendo will release the Switch 2 console, successor to its hit Switch device, this year, it said on Thursday. The Kyoto-based gaming company did not release pricing for the new device and said it would provide more details at a Nintendo Direct event on April 2.