Nintendo Announces Drag x Drive For Nintendo Switch 2, Coming Summer 2025

Nintendo had much to showcase in its condensed Nintendo Switch 2 Direct. Of course, the elephant in the room is the release date: it’s scheduled for June 5th. Additionally, the console will cost you $449.99. There will also be a separate demonstration experience you can play on the hardware at release – Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour. But, you will have to purchase it separately.

Other titles that will surely showcase the potential of the Nintendo Switch 2 will be your current library. In that, Nintendo announced new ‘Upgrade Kits’ will be available for the Nintendo Switch 2 regarding select exclusives of the prior hardware. Even more, there will be other titles that you can upgrade for free at no additional cost. 

As for new experiences, Nintendo also revealed Drag x Drive which centers the core Nintendo Switch 2 experience in a sporty, basketball game. You can watch the trailer in the video below:

“Use the Joy-Con 2 mouse controls and enjoy a new experience by strapping into Drag x Drive. A new online 3v3 game experience, Drag x Drive (pronounced “Drag and Drive”) challenges players to use the mouse controls with both Joy-Con 2 at the same time to intuitively steer, speed up, perform tricks and make plays such as dunks,” Nintendo wrote in the press release.

That is not all that is planned for Nintendo Switch 2. Exclusively for Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack owners, you can access the new GameCube Virtual Library come the launch for the console this summer. You can read the full report by heading here.

Do you plan to play Drag x Drive?

Drag x Drive launches in summer 2025 for Nintendo Switch 2.

Source: Nintendo