Nintendo Switch 2 will launch with Welcome Tour, Nintendo's answer to Astro's Playroom, but you'll have to pay for it

There's a lot of new tech and features that were revealed during the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct today, but fortunately for us all there's a game called Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour. It looks like a cross between PlayStation Home and Astro's Playroom.

There's a lot to learn about the Switch 2. It has a magnetic Joy Con, and each can turn into a computer mouse; we finally know that its C button opens up a Discord-style chat and screen sharing feature; and it has a 120fps 1080p display.

To help you get to grips with all the new features is the Welcome Tour game. It places small people, not Miis, inside and on top of the hardware, and you can wander around and interact with question marks to learn more about each piece of kit.

It's less of a game than Astro's Playroom and more like an interactive digital user manual, but unlike Astro's Playroom, you'll have to pay for it.

Nintendo Direct: Nintendo Switch 2 – 4.2.2025 - YouTube

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While it does look like a cute, simple way to teach us about the Switch 2, I'm salty about having to pay for it. We haven't actually been told the price yet, but I hope it's very cheap.

"You have to PAY for an intro info guide with the Switch 2 Welcome Tour? I'm dead bro," tweets one incredulous person.

"Welcome tour should NOT be a paid game that s**t should come for free," agrees another. "They were talking about that Welcome Tour game and I thought that s**t was free the entire time lmao. S**t looks cool as f**k for a free game but nobody buying that," writes another.

I don't think I'll be buying Welcome Tour, but you should check out our list of upcoming Switch 2 games to see what you do want to buy.