I’m Chain-Chomping at the Bit for These Nintendo Switch 2 Accessories

If Nintendo yet (hopefully) follows done connected my Switch 2 preorder promise, I was imagining that was going to beryllium each I was consenting to walk for this Nintendo’s caller console. I’m readying to driblet $500 connected the handheld console packed with Mario Kart World, and that’s already eating heavy into my budget. Then a small Piranha Plant camera chomped its mode into my life. That toothy, polka-dot works is the benignant of webcam built to poke its caput retired of my handheld. Now, each I privation to spot are accessories that clever, cute, and indicative of the Switch 2’s inherent communal nature. Still, if Trump tariffs unit Nintendo to marque the Switch 2 outgo adjacent much aft its preorder delay, I whitethorn beryllium forced to conscionable bargain the Piranha Plant and permission the console behind.

The Piranha Plant webcam is presently up for preorder connected German retailer Media Markt (as archetypal spotted by VGC). It sits alongside the other, $50 Nintendo Switch 2 Camera that connects to the console via USB-C. This 1 has further benefits implicit the authoritative model. It tin stay successful its planter base, oregon you tin instrumentality it into the apical of the Switch 2 itself to seizure your mug front-and-center. It’s priced astatine 40 euros, oregon astir $44 bucks U.S. (the regular camera is selling for 60 euros, oregon $66 U.S. from the aforesaid site). We reached retired to some Nintendo and instrumentality shaper Hori for much details astir U.S. pricing and availability, and we’ll update this leafage if we perceive back.

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We’ve lone had a glimpse of what benignant of camera prime players tin expect from the more-mundane stand-up webcam, and fixed this adorable small feline is cheaper we tin expect the prime to beryllium akin oregon much mediocre, but besides it looks similar a Piranha Plant and mediocre camera prime volition astir apt beryllium an acceptable commercialized disconnected for a batch of people.

The different accessories we’ve seen truthful acold aren’t arsenic adorable, but they are pricey. Nintendo is inactive trying to propulsion the thought of a $20 Joy-Con Wheel arsenic “more realistic controls” successful Mario Kart and the caller Joy-Cons outgo $90 for a pair. Want the caller GameCube controller? That volition apt outgo adjacent more. The $80 Nintendo Switch 2 Pro controller is $10 much than the archetypal Pro controller, but we checked it retired precocious and besides felt similar it was a large upgrade with creaseless ergonomics and prime backmost buttons.

I uncertainty it volition regenerate my prized $40 Gulikit KK3 controller but we’re inactive waiting connected Gulikit for connection if it’s compatible with Switch 2. GameSir is besides promoting its $50 Super Nova controller with a charging dock that should enactment with Switch 2. But the champion mode to debar spending oodles of currency connected caller Joy-Cons is to usage your aged authoritative Switch 1 controllers, which Wirecutter reported inactive link with Switch 2 adjacent if you’ll request to complaint them separately.

Everything coming retired of Nintendo feels much costly this clip around, but adjacent past fewer of those peripherals stress the handheld’s champion qualities. Nintendo’s first-party games are present standardized astatine either $70 oregon $80. The Switch 2 JoyCons present merchantability for $90, portion that Charging Grip volition acceptable you backmost $35. You could bargain a brace of $13 JoyCon 2 straps, but the lone existent payment seems to beryllium pads for somewhat smoother rodent controls.

Accessory shaper Genki released its ain acceptable of covers and attachments alongside a cheeky “Genki Indirect” video a fewer hours aft Nintendo’s Switch 2 Direct. There’s a modular acceptable of cases and carrying satchels, but the institution is besides offering immoderate accessories that already look much economical than Nintendo’s own. There’s the $40 Joy-Station, a wireless charging dock for 2 sets of JoyCons that lets them treble arsenic controllers. I’m not definite the space of that attachment constituent is conducive to comfy gaming, but it does connection much power options for erstwhile friends travel to visit.

The lawsuit I’m much excited for is Genki’s $30 Force Field 2. It provides flaps to support the Switch 2’s magnetically-attached JoyCons successful place, but adjacent amended determination are 2 concealed compartments wherever you tin instrumentality Game Cards to ever person them connected hand. Genki is besides selling a $70 outer battery that’s fundamentally a 10,000 mAH MagSafe powerfulness slope for a Switch 2. Genki claims it magnetically attaches to the backmost immoderate of the company’s cases fitted astir the Switch 2. It should “triple your Switch 2 playtime,” adjacent though we inactive don’t cognize the Switch 2 artillery life.

There’s besides DBrand’s Killswitch Case, Travel Cover and Game Card Holder which whitethorn besides support your Switch portion helping you transport your favourite games. We inactive don’t person pricing oregon availability for immoderate of DBrand’s lineup.

We’re inactive waiting connected much accessories to beryllium announced (and perchance terms changes for everything depending connected the Trump Tariffs). Yet hopefully, we’ll get much accessories similar the Piranha Plant camera. This is expected to beryllium a amusive console, the communal console, and close present we request amusive worldly and communal stuff. The satellite tin consciousness similar it’s sucking a batch close now, but ideate wrecking your full household astatine Mario Kart portion staring down the tube of a Piranha Plant. That’s fun.