Official Nitro Deck 2 for Nintendo Switch 2 Now Available for Pre-Order

After tonight's TGAs Jack Guinchard, Global Brand Manager for CRKD appeared connected the IGN post-show for a peculiar conception showing disconnected the Nitro Deck 2 for the caller Nintendo Switch, which is present disposable for preorder. It's designed to fto you customize your Nintendo Switch 2 experience, supply greater precisions, and marque those agelong gaming sessions much comfortable.

"Unlike the archetypal Nitro Deck oregon the Nitro Deck Plus wherever the console slid down into the deck, with the Nitro Deck 2 you person this caller retractable locking mechanics wherever you popular the fastener and it expands and retracts."

"Another main quality excessively is benignant of the, it's much sculpted and refined. So it feels adjacent much ergonomic successful your hands. I mean, you tin truly consciousness the quality erstwhile it's successful your hands. Also, the placement of that close thumbstick. With the archetypal Nitro Deck, you had it either supra oregon beneath the enactment buttons. With the Nitro Deck 2, we've offset it a bit. So, your thumb benignant of rests much ergonomically for that benignant of handheld acquisition that you would privation from a Nitro Deck."

CRKD CaptiStick Technology promises that its capacitor-based Thumbsticks won't autumn prey to magnetic interference and built to defy deterioration and teardrop for precise, drift-free gaming. You tin inactive balme your Mario Kart losses connected the controls though, we won't tell.

The Nitro Deck 2 is besides afloat compatible with the archetypal Nintendo Switch and Switch OLED, and acknowledgment to its Bluetooth transportation you tin usage it for PC and mobile games too. The CRKD Companion App volition marque definite you person power implicit firmware updates, input tuning, and customization arsenic well.

The Nitro Deck for the archetypal Nintendo Switch came retired successful 2023, our our reviewer gave it an awesome 9.

"After sliding your Nintendo Switch into the Nitro Deck, it feels similar an wholly antithetic console. Not lone is it overmuch sturdier, but it’s a batch much comfy to clasp compared to the modular Joy-Con controller ergonomics," said Matthew Adler.

"The upside gained with a much durable shell, customizable backmost buttons, amended ergonomics for handheld play, and a sturdier kickstand makes the Nitro Deck an casual proposal for hardcore and casual gamers arsenic it makes your Nintendo Switch consciousness practically similar a caller console. The added heft and value surely instrumentality getting utilized to compared to the banal Nintendo Switch, but the upgraded acquisition it provides successful astir each mode is good worthy your time."

Nitro Deck 2 is disposable for pre-order, on with an optional Nitro Deck 2 Hardshell Carry Case and 2 styles of D-Pad Packs, close present astatine CRKD's authoritative website for $99.99.

Rachel Weber is the Senior Editorial Director of Games astatine IGN and an elder millennial. She's been a nonrecreational nerd since 2006 erstwhile she got her commencement connected Official PlayStation Magazine successful the UK, and has since worked for GamesIndustry.Biz, Rolling Stone and GamesRadar. She loves horror, fearfulness movies, fearfulness games, and French Bulldogs. Those other wrinkles connected her look are acknowledgment to going clip unsighted and staying up excessively precocious finishing each sidequest successful RPGs similar Fallout and Witcher 3.