Nintendo Switch 2 hands-on events: how to register, dates and locations

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• 🎮 Nintendo is letting fans go hands-on with the Nintendo Switch 2

• 🌍 Various locations across the globe will let you try out the console

• ✉ You need to register to be in with chance of getting an invite

• 👍 You’ll also need to have a valid Nintendo Account

Nintendo has announced a series of Nintendo Switch 2 hands-on events across the globe that will let you try out the Japanese company’s new console before it releases.

However, invites are limited and there are a couple of things you need to do if you want to be in with a chance of trying the Nintendo Switch 2 early.

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If you’d like to enter the draw to win a ticket, you’ll need to register on Nintendo’s website. You’ll also need to create a free Nintendo Account if you don’t have one already, be at least 18 years old, and it’s only possible to register for one event across the US and Europe. Those under 18 will need a parent or guardian can create a Nintendo Account for a child as part of a Nintendo Account Family group.

Registration for the Nintendo Switch 2 hands-on events begins on the following dates and times:

• January 17 at 12pm PT / 2pm ET

• January 17 at 2pm GMT / 3pm CET in the UK, Italy, and Germany

• January 18 at 3pm CET in France, Netherlands and Spain

• January 18 at 11am AEDT in Australia

Registrations end on January 26 at 11:59pm local time for each event location.

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Here are all the dates and locations of where the Nintendo Switch 2 hands-on dates will take place.

New York: April 4 - April 6

Center415
415 5th Ave
New York, NY 10016

Los Angeles: April 11 - April 13

Television City
7800 Beverly Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90036

Dallas: April 25 - April 27

Embarcadero Building at Fair Park
1229 Admiral Nimitz Dr.
Dallas, TX 75210

Toronto: April 25 - April 27

Enercare Centre at Exhibition Place – Heritage Court
100 Princes’ Blvd
Toronto ON
M6K 3C3 Canada

London: April 11 - April 13

Excel London
One Western Gateway, Royal Victoria Dock
London, E16 1XL

Paris: April 4 - April 6

Grand Palace
7 avenue Winston Churchill
75008 Paris

Berlin: April 25 - April 27

STATION-Berlin
Luckenwalder Str. 4–6
10963 Berlin

Milan: April 25 - April 27

The Mall
Piazza Lina Bo Bardi
20124 Milano

Amsterdam: May 9 - May 11

Taets Art and Event Park
Middenweg 62 (Hembrugterrein)
1505 RK Zaandam

Madrid: May 9 - May 11

MEEU
Penthouse of Chamartín station
Access through Calle Agustín de Foxá, nº 40
28036 — Madrid

Melbourne: May 10 - May 11

Centrepiece at Melbourne Park
Olympic Blvd
Melbourne VIC 3000

Tokyo: April 26 - April 27

Makuhari Messe
Hall 9, 10, and 11
Chiba

Seoul: May 31 - June 1

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Adam Vjestica is The Shortcut’s Senior Editor. Formerly TechRadar’s Gaming Hardware Editor, Adam has also worked at Nintendo of Europe as a Content Marketing Editor, where he helped launch the Nintendo Switch. Follow him on X @ItsMrProducts.