More Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour Mini-Games Revealed

Summary

Hands-on reveals mini-games showcasing Switch 2 graphical capabilities.
New Switch 2 game demos frame rate guessing and 4K Mario.
Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour expected to be informative.

The Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour has had some of its mini-games detailed courtesy of a hands-on experience. The unexpected game left some expectant Nintendo Switch 2 fans scratching their heads, so further details may help gamers determine if Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour is for them.

The Nintendo Switch 2 Direct revealed a lot of details about the console, including its interesting social features, camera, and launch period games. However, one thing that stood out, for better or worse, was the new Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour game. The game was briefly demonstrated, with one of the developers exploring the inside of a Nintendo Switch 2 and gaining information about how the system works in the process.

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Now, VideoGamesChronicle has shared its experience going hands-on with Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour, with a couple of mini-game reveals. The two games are designed to demonstrate how the system's new graphical capabilities work. The first, called Guess the Frame Rate, does what the title implies, showing gamers a ball moving at different frame rates, which they have to guess. The second is Super Mario Bros 4K Demo, which is set on World 1-1 of the original NES Super Mario Bros. Here, the game starts at its original NES resolution of 256×240, taking up only a small portion of the screen, before gradually expanding to reveal that the entirety of the World 1-1 map can fit on a 4K resolution display.

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For those who have never used a game system that can play titles at a higher frame rate, or those who don't know just how impressive a 4K display can be for gaming, these two mini-games might be informative and interesting. However, it doesn't seem like something most established gamers would need to experience. Those who own newer consoles, like the Xbox Series or PlayStation 5, or gaming PCs, are familiar with the differences between frame rates and how good 4K can look versus 1080p. These two Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour experiences seem like they would work well as a kiosk hands-on experience with the Nintendo Switch 2, rather than as a full release for the system.

Nintendo fans have expressed confusion and curiosity at the Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour being a paid experience. It's not unheard of for game systems to include tutorials that help users get accustomed to what a system can do, but they're typically not sold separately. There's still a lot of questions about it, as not even the price has been revealed outside of Japan, where it will cost roughly $6 USD. Nintendo will likely announce more in the coming months in the lead-up to the console's release.

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