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Unboxing my Switch 2

2025-06-06 · 12 min

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    Unboxing the Switch 2. So, unbox Switch

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    2. Very exciting.

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    Oh yeah. Oh no, I cut the box by accident.

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    Look! Wow,

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    I cut the box.

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    My Switch 2.

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    Wow, I got the dock.

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    I got the dock.

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    I think it's got a built-in fan.

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    I got the controller thingy.

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    Plastic. Where's the Switch?

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    Oh, there it is. Oh, the smell!

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    Smells so good.

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    Look.

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    Mmm.

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    Ooh. It works as a mouse as well, like

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    that, which is kind of weird, to be

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    honest.

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    Smells nice. And then the Switch 2 is

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    here.

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    Wow, look!

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    It's like a little iPad.

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    I can't believe I got it on the day it

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    came out. Afterwards, after the day it

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    came out, I thought it would be hard to

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    get. And then you got the magnet, the

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    magnetic Joy-Cons. Watch, watch, watch.

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    Oh, did you see that?

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    Look, look,

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    look, look, look. Oh, it does wobble a bit

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    though. Look, it wobbles a little bit.

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    Oh, it's massive. Look, it's a

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    lot bigger than I thought. The screen is

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    huge compared to the other Switch. It's

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    massive, look!

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    Damn,

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    that's a— that is big.

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    The screen is huge compared to Steam

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    Deck and the older Switch. And then you

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    got a kickstand.

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    Oh, that's nice. And then what else you

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    It looks like a Steam Deck. No, what?

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    It's way thinner than a Steam Deck. The

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    Steam Deck was all thick and clunky. Look

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    at that, the screen's massive.

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    It's way bigger than the Switch OLED.

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    I'll turn it on.

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    I'm not gonna get copyright struck from

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    the music. Look at that!

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    What's that weird music?

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    That's huge! That's massive!

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    You could watch YouTube on this and it

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    would be nice. Like, you could do this.

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    How'd you get— oh, you just pull that

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    button and it comes off.

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    Oh wow, look,

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    and then it vibrates when you put it off.

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    It's pretty nice. Look, you could just do

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    this and then get the stand out. And it's

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    like a little TV. Look at that, you just

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    put it there and watch YouTube on it.

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    I mean, as it is like that, it's a pretty

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    nice little tablet with its own little

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    stand because look, you just put it— I put

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    it like that.

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    Oh, it's got like a little rubber— oh no,

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    it does. Oh, it's got little rubber feet

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    on the bottom. Yeah, I'm not returning

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    this. This is mine. This is mine now.

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    That's real nice. English,

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    UK.

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    Um, Europe?

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    I don't want to dox myself on it though.

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    God, look at that. That is so good.

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    I like it.

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    It definitely has a YouTube app. I don't

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    know if it's got a browser.

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    Yeah, I've never really liked Nintendo

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    games, but the hardware is pretty nice,

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    got to admit. And then you've got this

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    controller pad. Just like

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    the first switch.

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    Yeah, it's basically the same as the, um,

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    first one, isn't it? Like a big square

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    pad. It's usable.

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    Looks kind of weird though, like a big

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    square. And then we've

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    got USB cable.

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    Big chunky plug and

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    instruction HDMI. Oh, I want to plug it

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    into the monitor. Wrist strap.

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    No, I'm not.

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    Okay, and then, Paul, look at this. Look,

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    you play like that.

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    The screen is nice.

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    You can sit here like that and play it

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    easily.

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    Damn, it looks so nice.

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    I do— I kind of like the Switch OLED white

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    design more though. The Switch OLED did

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    have a nice white design. I'm not sure if

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    I like these rounded corners.

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    So it goes in like this. I always

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    get worried the screen's going to scratch

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    when you put it into the dock.

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    Doctor mode.

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    Who has my old Switch? I gave my Switch

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    Lite to Sunny. I sold my Switch OLED in

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    Thailand. I sold my original Switch on

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    Shpock in the UK.

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    God, this autofocus sucks.

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    Wow,

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    that is real nice.

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    Okay,

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    um, should I make a new Nintendo account

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    or use my old one?

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    Sign into a Nintendo account. Add user

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    without signing in. Hmm, I don't know,

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    I don't really want to buy anything on the

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    Why do I need a Switch? Because I'm a

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    content creator and I want to make a video

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    about it and I like tech.

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    Choose my icon.

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    For no, uh, Apple.

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    Enter your nickname.

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    Bilbo Baghead.

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    Bilbo. Bilbo Bag

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    66.

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    As if I care what my username is.

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    I skip. I don't like how there's music.

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    What if they copyright strike me?

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    I don't have an SD card.

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    I mean, I do, but I don't think it's

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    Express.

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    The thing I hate about the old Switch was

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    it's really laggy on the menu systems.

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    Like, the store was very laggy to navigate

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    This market ripping you.

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    Okay, setup complete. Skip.

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    Press home.

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    Wow, Switch 2.

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    It's a bit heavy, I guess.

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    Why is it not loading these pictures?

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    I mean, it's pretty good. £3 a month and

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    you get access to all the old games.

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    Oh God, I remember playing this on the

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    Game Boy as well at

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    my grandmother's house. I used to bring

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    the Game Boy because it's so boring.

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    I don't know how this kept me entertained.

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  151. 11:03

    This is such a boring game.

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  152. 11:08

    It's not even hard.

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  153. 11:20

    I'll show you how you do it.

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  154. 11:26

    Oh no, no, I need some long,

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  155. 11:30

    long thin ones. Yeah,

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  156. 11:34

    give me that one.

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  157. 11:45

    Oh, slot in there nice and tight.

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  158. 11:50

    Oh,

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  159. 11:57

    fuck.

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  160. 12:04

    She's not good. Fuck, I'm fucked.

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  161. 12:11

    Oh my God,

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  162. 12:14

    no! Stupid game, isn't it? I needed

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  163. 12:18

    a long thin one. It screwed me. Okay,

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    play a different one.

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