Nintendo has finally shown us a real-life Mario Kart World Switch 2 cartridge, and it sure does look like a Switch 1 cart, but red
You're nź§ ot the only one getting desperate for more Switchā 2 info

The slow, daily drip feed of tiny pieces of Switch 2 news continues apace on the Nintendo Today app, and this time they've shown a look at the official console carrying case. This also serves as our first look at a real-life Switch 2 cartridge for 澳擲幸čæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„询:Mario Kart World.
The publisher previously showed a generic digital mockup of the new cartridges at the 澳擲幸čæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„询:Nintendo Switch 2 Direct, noting that they'd be "the same shape as Nintendo Swšitch game cards," but now red and with "much faster data reading speeds." Would you believe, then, that this new Mario Kart WoÜ«rld cartridge looks just like a Switch 1 cart, but red?
Look, this is where we're at in the Switch 2 hype cycle: šporing over the tiniāest morsels of new info every day as we await the console's proper launch in a few weeks. You can see the carts for yourself in the Nintendo Today app, or in OatmealDome's capture of the video below.
[Switch 2] Here's a look inside the official Switch 2 carrying case. It has room for the console with the Joy-Con 2 attached, six cartridges, and two Joy-Con 2 straps. (Also, Switch 2 cartridges seem to be the same size aās Switch 1 cartridges, to no one's surprise.)
— OatmealDome ()
The new cartridge slot still fits the old Switch 1 cartridges just fine to allow for 澳擲幸čæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„询:Switch 2 backwards compatibility, so it makes sense for both old and newź¦ carts to be the same shape and size – otherwise, the console might need two separate slots for games. Given all the other expenses around thāe Switch 2 launch, it's certainly a good thing we're not going to need a cartridge adapter on top of it all.
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