Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour

According to review aggregator website Metacritic, Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour received "mixed or average" reviews, based on 55 reviews. At the time of its release, the title was one of the lowest-rated titles of 2025 according to Metacritic, in a list of games with more than 7 critical reviews, and is Nintendo's worst-reviewed game since Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival (2015). 24% of critics recommended the game, according to OpenCritic. Criticism mainly focused on the game being a paid addition, rather than a pack-in game for the console. Critics negatively compared the game to Nintendo Land (2012) for the Wii U or Astro's Playroom (2020) for PlayStation 5, both of which were pack-in titles for their respective consoles. Nintendo Life gave a positive review of the game, writing that the game is a "calming, surprisingly engaging hardware exhibition with a handful of cool minigames". Edge wrote that any enthusiasm was "inauthentic" and "forced through the mouths of NPCs" gawking at features in the exhibit. Japanese outlets were more receptive to Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour. Game*Spark wrote that the minigames worked well at demonstrating the technology and would appeal to people interested in technical specifications. Kenta Hatakenaka of GAME Watch compared the game to 1-2-Switch (2017) and Wii Play (2006), noting that the games are examples of game software that introduces console hardware through mini-games. He also opined that Welcome Tour stands out by offering a deeper explanation of the mechanisms compared to those earlier titles. Toshin Kagami from Real Sound praised the game for clearly explaining the mechanisms in an easy-to-understand way and found the tech demos interesting. He also notes that the game provides a good experience as a virtual museum. However, Kagami criticized the minigames and the pricing, writing "I wouldn't recommend this to people who just want to play fun games on the Switch 2."

On December 10, 2025, the game won the inaugural GameStop award for "Worst Game of the Year". The award was presented by James Rolfe as the Angry Video Game Nerd.