Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour is… well, odd. As one of the lucky few that actually had the opportunity to already put my hands on the Nintendo Switch 2 – though not my tongue on games, sadly – a constant internal refrain has been revisiting my time with Mario Kart World, playing Donkey Kong Bananza, and more. I'm still wrestling with what to think of the double mouse controls on 3-on-3 basketball game Drag x Drive, but I'm more certain of my opinion on the aptly named Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour: utter bafflement.
If you somehow missed the reveal, Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour is a minigame-filled, Nintendo Switch 2-branded video game in the same way that, for example, Astro's Playroom is themed around the PS5. There are all sorts of tech demos, fun facts, and interactions buried inside in a way that comes off as a digital handbook of sorts. If you want to explore the inner workings of the Nintendo Switch 2 within a digital IKEA built out of the bones of the console, well, that's where Welcome Tour comes in.
