NEW YORK — Nintendo has announced a June 5 launch date for its latest gaming console, the Switch 2, which will introduce interactive chat and screenshare functions to connect gamers.

Nintendo will retail the Switch 2 for $449.99 at launch, which is significantly higher than the original Switch's $299 price tag. A separate bundle that includes the new "Mario Kart World" game will also be available for $499.99.

Good news for Nintendo Switch fans — the gaming company announced on Wednesday that its latest gaming console, the Nintendo Switch 2, will be releasing in June. According to The Associated Press, the company shared the device’s new features and its launch bundle game,

Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years. While sharing screenshots and videos from the original Nintendo Switch has always been an excessively complicated process,

Nintendo showed its trademark ability to delight with its console’s unveiling. But some of what it showed was a little head-scratching.

Nintendo will present new information about the Switch 2 in a livestream on April 2. Nintendo Direct will livestream at 8 a.m. on Nintendo’s Youtube and Twitch channels. This is Nintendo’s chance to show off their new console,

More than a million people watched online as details of the long awaited successor to the hit console were announced.

The company said Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza would be part of the early game lineup, also sharing details on the console’s technical upgrades.

Nintendo Switch Online is getting a Switch 2-exclusive upgrade. On June 5, the same day the new console goes on sale, the service's Expansion Pack service will begin including GameCube games. At launch,