While the Nintendo Switch 2 is now out, players are discovering that one of the launch games – Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour – can’t be 100 percent completed until players spend more money on getting some extra accessories for the console. As caught by NintendoSoup, Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour features 12 different exhibitions, each one dedicated to a particular hardware or software feature of the console. Out of these, some require specific extra accessories to play through.
The complete list of accessories needed to play through all of the exhibitions in Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour are the USB camera for one minigame, a Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller or Joy-Con 2 Charging Grip for one minigame, and a TV or monitor that runs at a resolution of 4K for one minigame and one tech demo. In the case of the controller requirement, any controller that includes GL and GR buttons will work for the minigame.
Finishing minigames in Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour rewards players with medals, and in order to 100 percent complete the game, every single medal has to be collected. Due to needing these accessories, 3 of the medals from the game are essentially locked behind the player needing to spend extra money. In its entirety, Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour features 34 different minigames and tech demos.
Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour was announced back in April during a Direct showcase dedicated to revealing more details about the console. While essentially a way to teach players how some of the different features of the console work, unlike a title like Astro’s Playroom on the PS5, Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour is a paid game with a $10 price tag. What is essentially a tech demo needing players to spend money on it instantly became a source of some controversy surrounding the Switch 2.
In response, vice president of product and player experience at Nintendo of America, Bill Trinen, spoke about how the $10 price tag for Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour was not exorbitant. Rather, he said that the game is a “robust piece of software.”
“For some people, I think there are people who are particularly interested in the tech and the specs of the system and things like that, for them I think it’s going to be a great product,” said Trinen. “It’s really for people that want more information about the system rather than necessarily a quick intro to everything it does.”
“And for that reason and just the amount of care and work that the team put into it, I think it was decided that, ‘Yeah, this feels like $9.99 is not an exorbitant price. It feels like a good value for what you’re getting out of the product.’”
Earlier this month, a trailer was released for Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour that showed off some of its 12 different locations, as well as a few minigames that would make use of the console’s unique features.
In case you’re interested in trying out Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour for yourself, here’s everything you need to know.
