So, there you go, there are the games we’re desperate to see as Nintendo Switch 2 launch titles. They won’t be, but life is a constant cycle of unbridled hope and often slightly disappointing by comparison reality, with the hope bit being both what makes it all so enthralling, and so soul-warping.

Check out a collection of the first commercials for each major Nintendo console from the NES to the Switch 2. 00:00 - Nintendo Famicom00:30 - Nintendo Entertainment System01:29 - Game Boy01:59 - Super

The new console looks physically similar to the popular Switch system, which has sold more than 146 million units in seven years.