US EditionNintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour: So, Is It Worth $10?
- The Welcome Tour, a game designed to showcase the new features of the Switch 2 console, will launch exclusively for Switch 2 owners on June 5.
- Nintendo designed Welcome Tour to teach players about the hardware using exploration, minigames, demos, and quizzes, but opinions differ on its pricing and appeal.
- The game reveals detailed design aspects like circuit boards and button functions, offering accessible insights especially for STEM-interested players, though it lacks lively charm.
- Welcome Tour is priced between $10 and $15 AUD, a cost that many critics consider excessive given that it primarily functions as an interactive guide and marketing piece for the console’s features.
- This pricing decision sparked negative reactions, with calls for Welcome Tour to be a free pack-in, as it may better serve as a welcome guide for new Switch 2 owners.
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Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour: So, Is it Worth $10?
Nintendo Switch 2 World Tour is a charming, light experience that grants fascinating context to the hardware it’s designed around, and it’d be great if all Switch 2 owners could check it out in between Mario Kart World sessions on launch day. Instead, everyone has to decide if it’s worth their $10 to learn about the Switch 2 cartridge slot and watch an HDR fireworks display, and the whole conversation surrounding Welcome Tour has suffered because
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Final impressions of Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour before the release of the sounding exclusive title accompanying Nintendo's new console.
The Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour, a tech demo with mini-games, will be released at launch for €10. Is it worth it?
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