{"id":498147,"date":"2025-10-14T06:54:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T06:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/498147\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T06:54:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T06:54:12","slug":"switch-2-named-one-of-the-best-entertainment-gaming-inventions-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/498147\/","title":{"rendered":"Switch 2 Named One Of The Best &#8216;Entertainment &#038; Gaming&#8217; Inventions Of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Nintendo Switch 2\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9ca0180a2161a\/nintendo-switch-2.large.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760424851_601_nintendo-switch-2.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" alt=\"Nintendo Switch 2\"\/><\/a>Image: Nintendo Life<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re at the point in the year where various outlets, companies, and events are handing out all sorts of nominations and awards.<\/p>\n<p>With this in mind, Time Magazine&#8217;s website has featured the Switch 2 on its &#8220;best inventions&#8221; list of 2025. This list features 300 of the &#8220;best inventions making the world better, smarter, and more fun&#8221;, and includes categories like robotics, accessibility, apps and software, and artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>The Switch 2 is listed under the &#8216;Entertainment &amp; Gaming&#8217; category, which is all about revolutionising how &#8220;we play, create, and consume content&#8221;. One other notable device featured on this list is the <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/tags\/rog-xbox-ally\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ROG Xbox Ally X<\/a>. Here&#8217;s the attached description for the Switch 2, along with a list of the other inventions featured in this category:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The original Nintendo Switch rewrote the rules for portable gaming. Its 2025 sequel increases the power without sacrificing portability. A sampling of its impressive stats: An Nvidia Tegra T239 chip, alongside dedicated ray-tracing and Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS) cores, lets the new model run at 4K on TVs, while the on-device 7.9-inch HDR display runs handheld titles at 1080p and 120Hz, meaning there\u2019s no flicker during gameplay. Its 12 GB of LPDDR5X memory also helps keep sprawling open worlds stutter-free. Launched in June, the console sold 3.5 million units in its first week\u2014making it Nintendo\u2019s fastest-selling hardware ever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>TIME Best Inventions of 2025 &#8211; Entertainment &amp; Gaming<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Epson Lifestudio Flex Plus &#8211; Powerful Streaming, Anywhere<\/li>\n<li>Falcon&#8217;s Flight &#8211; The World&#8217;s Biggest Rollercoaster<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nintendo Switch 2 &#8211; Blockbuster Gaming Console<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Samsung Premiere 5 &#8211; A 4K Touchscreen Projector<\/li>\n<li>Soundcore Rave 3S &#8211; On-Demand Karaoke<\/li>\n<li>ROG Xbox Ally X &#8211; A Gaming PC On The Go<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can see the other categories and inventions listed on the Time website. In our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/features\/hardware-review-nintendo-switch-2-a-faster-slicker-sexier-switch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Switch 2 hardware review<\/a> here on Nintendo Life, we said the new system was a slick bit of kit and that Nintendo had done a decent job walking a very wobbly tightrope between &#8216;surprise and delight&#8217; and &#8216;more of the same&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The Switch 2 was also recently shortlisted for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2025\/10\/mario-kart-world-and-donkey-kong-bananza-shortlisted-for-console-game-of-the-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;best gaming hardware&#8217; award<\/a> alongside the system&#8217;s Pro Controller. The exclusives <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/mario-kart-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mario Kart World<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/donkey-kong-bananza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donkey Kong Bananza<\/a> have recently appeared on some award lists as well.<\/p>\n<p>How has your experience been with the Switch 2 so far? Has the device met your own expectations? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text source\">[source <a class=\"external\" title=\"External Link: https:\/\/time.com\/collections\/best-inventions-2025\/?filters=entertainment-and-gaming\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/collections\/best-inventions-2025\/?filters=entertainment-and-gaming\" target=\"_blank\">time.com<\/a>, via <a class=\"external\" title=\"External Link: https:\/\/www.gonintendo.com\/contents\/53825-time-names-the-switch-2-one-of-the-best-inventions-of-2025\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gonintendo.com\/contents\/53825-time-names-the-switch-2-one-of-the-best-inventions-of-2025\" target=\"_blank\">gonintendo.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753583769_175_avatar.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Liam Doolan\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Liam is a news writer and reviewer across Hookshot Media. He&#8217;s been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of many iconic video game characters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Nintendo Life We&#8217;re at the point in the year where various outlets, companies, and events are handing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":498148,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[128,270,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-498147","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-nintendo","9":"tag-nintendo-switch-2","10":"tag-technology","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115371210590693005","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}