As consumers around the world have gotten their hands on the Switch 2 in the last day or so, we're still working hard to fully test the system here at the Ars Orbiting HQ. As we do, we thought we'd share some initial impressions after having Nintendo's new console in hand for 48 hours or so.

But here we are - we picked up our Switch 2 console yesterday, have been playing with it for a day and a half, and present here the very first critical impressions of the final console platform, which will be supplemented by a final verdict at a later date.