
Diddy girlfriend says he forced women into sex with other men because he's bisexual and 'liked to watch'
Sean ' Diddy ' Combs' lawyers cross-examined his ex-girlfriend 'Jane' on Tuesday in his sex-trafficking and racketeering trial in New York City - and she revealed the rapper's sexual preferences might be due to his bi-curiosity.
Jane, who is testifying under a pseudonym, told the jury she still loves the rapper, who is still paying her rent after giving her about $150,000 throughout their three-year romance.
As Jane spoke of the good times she shared with Diddy, he grinned and nodded as she reminisced about giving him foot massages and watching hours of his favorite show, Dateline.
According to Jane, the word 'cuckold' was 'spot on' to describe what she and Diddy did in the bedroom.
She explained that cucks get 'pleasure seeing his woman receive pleasure from the other man,' and also 'could also have a bi-curiosity that they're too ashamed to experience themselves so use the woman to venture out in this curiosity without doing the act itself.'
Diddy, 55, has pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking and racketeering charges that could put him in prison for life.
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Jane says Diddy was a cuck, might have been bi-curious
Jane said she started researching Diddy's lifestyle in 2022 to try to understand why he liked to watch her have sex with other men.
'I came upon a word a cuckolder. Man in relationship with a woman and is turned on watching his woman have sex with another man,' Jane told the jury.
Jane said she then read about the reasons why men like to watch their partners with others.
'There was a multiple list of reasons, one of them the cuck derives pleasure seeing his woman receive pleasure from the other man and a few other things, that cucks could also have a bi curiosity that they're too ashamed to experience themselves so use the woman to venture out in this curiosity without doing the act itself.'
Diddy apparently referred to his sexual preference as 'voyeurism.'
But Jane added: 'I would use the word cuck for him.'
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20:45
Court hears details of Diddy's apology video over Cassie assault video
Jane said on Monday she was in Miami with Diddy when CNN released a video of the mogul assaulting Cassie at a hotel in Los Angeles in 2016.
'We were sleeping and one of his sons knocked on the door and said something happened,' Jane told the jury.
'I went downstairs and I could see everybody was speaking amongst each other. I sat down. I went on my phone and then I saw the video.... I saw Sean assaulting Cassie in a hotel.'
Jane said she ws about to her breakfast but lost her appetite after seeing the footage.
'It was a very eerie day. I remember that Sean was huddled with his team and his family. I was primarily just alone during that day, giving everybody space,' she recalled.
Jane said Diddy's team spent the day 'trying to come up some sort of sincere apology post or something regarding the video.'
'He said that that was the only time they had physical violence like that,' Jane said of what Diddy told her about the violent incident.
'He said [Cassie] was a hitter and she would hit.'
20:30
Jane's texts could help prosecution's case
Jane, one of Diddy's former girlfriends, testified on Monday in the hip-hop mogul's sex trafficking trial that she told him in text messages that she felt mistreated in their relationship and asked to stop taking part in sexual performances with other men.
'I'm not a porn star. I'm not an animal,' she wrote to Combs on October 16, 2023, according to a text message she read aloud in court. 'It's loveless for me and nothing satisfies you and you always push me to do more and more.'
The messages could bolster prosecutors' contention that Combs, 55, for two decades coerced women to take part in the sexual performances, sometimes known as 'Freak Offs,' against their will.
Combs is charged with using physical force and threatening to cut off financial support to get women to take part in the drug-fueled, sometimes days-long performances in hotel rooms while he watched.
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20:15
Jane reconnected with Diddy after Cassie's lawsuit... and had another freak off
Jane said on Monday that she reconnected with Diddy in February of 2024 after the mogul texted her that he had a dream about her.
'I missed him dearly,' she replied when asked why she agreed to see Diddy again after the freak off claims became public.
After Diddy agreed to a 'wholesome, beautiful celebration,' Jane agreed to see him for her birthday in Miami.
Jane said when she arrived at Diddy's Miami mansion, he greeted her with the 'proper birthday dinner she always wanted.'
But the next morning, after they had done ecstasy, Diddy asked her if she wanted to see one of the male escorts.
'I was just high and I was like OK,' she told the court of her response.
She added: 'At this point I'm so used to this being the outcome of whatever we're doing I just accept it.'
20:00
Alleged victim Jane told court she carried drugs for Diddy twice
Jane told the court on Friday how she nervously smuggled pills in her checked luggage on commercial flights from Los Angeles to Miami for Diddy.
Jane said both times the mogul asked her to 'pick up a package' at his Los Angeles mansion and bring it with her when she visited him at his Miami estate.
Jane testified that she wasn't comfortable with the request, but Diddy's chief of staff Kristina 'K.K.' Khorram told her: 'It's fine, I do it all the time.'
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19:40
Jane says she was 'fascinated' by Diddy
It was just something unique and different. I'd never met anyone with such a big personality and very big energy. Very motivating, just larger than life. He wasn't afraid to have his voice heard. It was attractive.
He wanted you to believe in yourself. He was a really good motivator and had really good motivational speeches, he pushed you to be the best.
When he first met me, [I was] a lot shier than I am now and he told me I was... the good in me, and I appreciated that.
19:30
Jane tells the court she met with both prosecutors and Diddy's lawyers before trial
Jane testified Monday she began therapy about three months ago. She previously met with lawyers on Combs' defense team but cut off those meetings in April, days before the trial began.
On Tuesday it was revealed that Diddy paid for her lawyers as she navigated her association with the mogul after he was arrested.
19:13
Diddy's sons in the courtroom as Jane's explicit texts are read
Diddy's sons Justin and Christian were in the room on Tuesday as the jury heard explicit text messages between Diddy and Jane.
The mogul's son have been in the courtroom for most of the trial, alongside his mother Janice, 85.
Diddy's daughters only attended the trial for the first week before returning to Los Angeles.
18:58
Jane's reaction to Cassie's lawsuit revealed in court on Monday
Jane told the court about her reaction when she learned that Cassie Ventura had filed a lawsuit against Diddy in 2023.
'I almost fainted. In fact I think I did,' she said on Monday. 'Because there were three specific pages that was just what I was experiencing.
'I remember these pages resembled my own experience... I was bewildered, I was in shock.'
She said she could not sleep for days after reading the lawsuit.
'I was reading these pages and they felt like a nightmare. I felt so bad. I just had a lot of sympathy for this because I could feel....
'I just reacted like I can't believe I'm reading my own story.'
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18:45
Diddy's attorney grills her on gifts she received from mogul in testy exchange
When asked if Diddy gave her a Chanel bag during their relationship, Jane repied: 'No, I only got trauma.'
'What is a Bottega bag?' Geragos insisted.
'I'm sure you have one,' Jane fired back.
'How much do Bottega bags [cost]? Geragos pressed.
'How much does my body cost?' Jane replied.
The judge then asked Jane to answer the question and she said '$1,500 to $5,000.'
Jane then asked to take a break.
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18:09
Jane says she, Diddy and a male escort were like an NBA 'trifecta' - and she was Kobe
Jane told the jury that she liked one of the escorts, Paul.
When asked about a nickname that Diddy, Paul and Jane had for each other, she replied: 'Trifecta, because it's three.'
She then said that was the Kobe Bryant in the 'trifecta,' while Paul was Shaquille O'Neal and Diddy was Michael Jordan.
17:54
Diddy's mother's new power move revealed
Since he went on trial in New York on May 12, Combs' mother, who has claimed he is the victim of a 'public lynching', has been a frequent presence in the courtroom, one that has been hard to miss given her revolving wardrobe of flamboyant wigs and outfits.
She appears to be taking the proceedings in her stride - courtroom artist Christine Cornell revealed last week that Ms. Combs, who has been sitting behind her, once tapped her on the shoulder and gave her the thumbs-up.
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Jane is back on the stand after a lunch break
Teny Geragos is back questioning Jane on her claims about Diddy.
Before the break, Jane said she took part in sex acts with male sex workers at the music mogul's request because it made her feel loved by him, but now regrets what she came to recognize as the 'cuckold' lifestyle.
Geragos cross-examined Jane on Tuesday by leading her into discussing the drug-fueled sexual marathons choreographed by Combs — which Jane said sometimes happened weekly — by reminding her that she mentioned regrets in earlier testimony.
'I resent him for leading me into the lifestyle he led me to,' Jane said. 'I resented the way he went about introducing me to this lifestyle.'
17:22
Diddy claimed he was 'polyamorous'
Jane told the court that early in their relationship Diddy told him he lived a 'polyamorous' lifestyle.
At first Jane 'didn't mind it' but then later on as 'emotions grew deeper and feelings grew deeper' it was harder to deal with it.
Jane said: 'What was hard was the imbalance treatment….it was difficult when there became a (other) relationship that just publicly looked like a monogamous committed relationship, that I didn't sign up for'.
After their first holiday to Turks and Caicos Diddy flew in some other girls to see him.
Jane said: 'It was new to see, it was shocking'.
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Jane told Diddy: 'I'm not a porn star. I'm not an animal' on Monday
On Monday the court saw multiple messages where Jane pleaded with Diddy, saying she was tired of having sex with male escorts to entertain the mogul.
'I dont' feel like performing loveless cold sex,' Jane wrote in October 2023.
'I'm not a porn star. I'm not an animal. I need a break…I've hit a wall.'
She added: 'It's been three years of me having to f**k strangers. I'm tired.'
Diddy replied: 'So we're breaking up?'
Jane told the jury she did not want to break up and just wanted to stop having sex with male escorts.
'My spirit and my soul is tired. I need a break spiritually and mentally,' Jane wrote to Diddy.
'Sex is sacred to me and I can't be used like this anymore….I wanted to make you happy but it's creating a war inside me….hotel rooms…exhausting sex for days….brain fog and can't concentrate.'
16:00
How Diddy counted out $100k from a brown paper bag to buy Cassie beating video
A security guard told how Sean ' Diddy ' Combs counted out $100,000 from a brown paper bag to buy the only copy of a video showing him beating up his ex-girlfriend on Tuesday.
Eddy Garcia, who worked at the InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles, told in vivid detail how the hip hop mogul used a counting machine to add up the money for the bribe in 2016.
Garcia said that Diddy called him 'Eddy, my angel' for deleting it from the servers and giving it to him on a USB stick.
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15:38
Jane admits being upset over Diddy's public romance with Yung Miami
When asked whether she called Diddy's other girlfriend names, Jane replied: 'Unfortunately yes. I feel really badly about this and I do love women.
'I was very colorful with my words. I called them a ho, that was the term.'
Diddy's attorney Teny Geragos then asked: 'Later he had a public relationship that looked from the outside to be monogamous? That was with Yung Miami or Carisha?'
'Yes,' Jane replied.
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Jane describes Diddy's symptoms from drug and alcohol use
'On our way to Turks, I was facing him and could see his eyes and I could see his hands and his teeth and could tell he wasn't taking very good care of himself,' Jane said on Tuesday.
She added: 'I felt he was developing jaundice, his gums were gray probably from drug use, his hand were shaky from over consuming alcohol.'
When asked if she felt Diddy was a drug addict, she replied: 'I didn't know how to label it. I encountered somebody that was overdoing the partying.'
Jane also said Diddy was taking anti-depressants.
15:15
Lawyer asks judge to crack down on people trying to reveal Jane's identity on Friday
Jane's lawyer Lindsay Lewis spoke up during a break in testimony on Friday while the jury was out of the courtroom. She said some media outlets and social media accounts have or are attempting to reveal Jane's identity.
Judge Arun Subramanian didn't immediately act on Lewis' request. He asked her to send him any examples of concerning posts.
Subramanian noted that there's little he can do about members of the public doing their own sleuthing to figure out Jane's identity based on what she's said on the witness stand.
The judge previously warned reporters and members of the public observing the trial not to describe Jane in detail. He's also told sketch artists not to draw her face.
14:55
My brother was an early Diddy 'victim'... the warning signs were there from the start
Dirk Swain was on his first night out after escaping what should have been certain death.
The 20-year-old had just recovered from being shot in the head after a college football game - and finally felt ready to embrace his second chance at life.
But as he stood on the stairs of a New York gymnasium waiting to enter a celebrity charity event thrown by a relatively unknown 22-year-old music producer called Sean 'Diddy' Combs, the expectant atmosphere began to change.
Minutes later, Dirk took his final breaths.
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14:41
Diddy called Jane his 'crack pipe'
In a voice note from played to the court on Tuesday, Diddy told Jane: 'Baby [I] had a great time.
'You are the crack pipe. That's my new name for you, or shall I call you CP.'
When asked about the comment, Jane said it referenced addiction 'to her ex.'
In a voice note from Jane to Diddy played to the court, she is heard telling him: 'Crack pipe is so real for both of us….definitely stay in the light, have a good celebration for you.
'I had so, so, so much fun with you. Turks was incredible, being close with you. I'm so happy. I'm definitely going to rest up...'
14:25
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14:18
Jane received about $150k from Diddy in 3 years
Jane told the court that throughout her three and a half year relationship with Diddy, she received about $150,000 from him.
'I never counted but I'd assume, yeah,' she replied when asked about the sum.
Diddy's lawyers then pressed, asking her whether she has 'always gravitated towards providers?'
Jane replied: 'I do find men who are successful attractive as a woman. My ideal partner is a protector and provider.'
Jane says she still loves Diddy as mogul lights up in court during her testimony
Jane admitted during cross-examination Tuesday that she still loves her ex and alleged victimizer Diddy, who smiled as she recalled the good times they shared.
When asked if she wanted to 'cuddle with Diddy' during their relationship, she replied: 'And give him foot rubs.'
Diddy was nodding as Jane spoke and described him as her 'baby.'
'You used to hug him and cuddle him?' attorney Teny Geragos asked her.
'And bathe him,' Jane answered before adding that she would also put on Diddy's favorite show - Dateline.
'We'd watch it for hours,' she said with a smile.
The court then heard voice notes where Diddy called Jane his 'crack pipe' because he was 'addicted' to having sex with her. In her own voice note, Jane said she felt the same.
14:00
Prosecutors asked judge for privacy measures for alleged Diddy victim 'Jane'
Prosecutors asked the judge to turn the livestream in the overflow room when alleged victim Jane is on the stand.
They said they want to avoid a situation where nonredacted information is shown to those in the overflow and press rooms.
13:44
Jane is grilled about her time with Diddy by his lawyers
Diddy lawyer Tony Geragos asked Jane on Tuesday if she 'regretted' many of the choices she made while in a relationship with Diddy.
'I resent him for leading me into the lifestyle he led me into,' she replied.
'My choices were made under a lot of emotional pressure,' Jane added.
Geragos then asked if Jane felt 'resentful that you had sex with other men for a long time.'
Jane answered: 'Yes I resented the way he went about introducing me to this lifestyle ... it was built under a lot of emotional manipulation and pressure, yes I do resent that very much.'
13:39
Defense attorney Teny Geragos questions Jane
Geragos began her cross-examination of Jane on Tuesday asking about her meetings with prosecutors and her relationship with Diddy.
Jane said Friday was the first time she had seen Diddy since his September arrest.
She also revealed the government gave her immunity to testify.
Prosecutors want a juror axed from the jury
Before the jury came in on Tuesday, prosecutors asked the judge to strike juror #6 from the jury.
The judge said an unspecified 'issue' had come up for the government.
The motion related to the juror in question is sealed, so no further details were mentioned in court.
The defense objected to juror #6 being dismissed.
'We'd like the opportunity to be heard,' they told the judge.
13:02
WATCH: Diddy's ex Jane 'felt like a sex worker'
12:54
Judge denies Diddy's mistrial demand
On Saturday, Diddy's legal team filed a letter requesting the trial be dismissed following testimony from Combs' ex-girlfriend Cassie' s friend and fashion designer, Bryana Bongolan.
Bongolan claimed the rap mogul had held her over the edge of a balcony, 17 stories high.
Combs' lawyers have argued that the prosecution knowingly allowed the false testimony to be given because they had seen receipts showing the mogul was in the east coast at the time.
But on Tuesday judge Subramanian denied the request, saying: 'This is not fodder for a mistrial, it's the adversarial process at work.'
12:45
Sean 'Diddy' Combs tells courtroom artist he looks like a 'koala' in sketches
On Thursday, the gray-bearded hip-hop mogul turned to face courtroom sketch artist Jane Rosenberg in the first row to make an unusual request.
'Soften me up a bit, you're making me look like a koala bear,' Combs said, according to Rosenberg.
Rosenberg, a well-known sketch artist, has been documenting the proceedings for Reuters in Manhattan federal court, where photography and video recording are prohibited.
Diddy is not the first high-profile defendant to remark on Rosenberg's depictions of them.
Earlier this year, Rudy Giuliani told Rosenberg she had made him look like his dog.
And in 2023, Donald Trump Jr. had a blunt request for Rosenberg during a civil fraud trial over his family's real estate business: 'Make me look sexy.'
12:40
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In her lawsuit, Cassie accused Diddy of luring her into his circle and using his fame, wealth and connections to control her during their troubled 11-year relationship.
She claimed Diddy groomed her, paying for everything with 'wads of cash' and telling her 'don't worry about money, I have money'. She accused him of 'perversely insisting' she called him 'Pop Pop', a family name she used for her grandfather. Cassie alleged she was even tasked by Diddy to secure the services of male sex workers for his regular 'Freak Offs' – debauched orgies fuelled by drugs and alcohol.
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12:35
Dr Phil reveals stunning prosecution error and hidden 'poison' that everyone has missed
Just four weeks into the trial of Sean 'Diddy' Combs and I want to prepare you for the possibility that these proceedings could come to a sudden, screeching halt.
I spent most of my professional career around courtrooms as a consultant for trial attorneys, instructing them, not on the legal aspects of cases, but on the human elements, specifically how jurors responded to their arguments.
At this moment in the Combs trial – with the prosecution expected to wrap up its arguments in the coming days – I question whether the jury has been presented with enough evidence to reasonably expect them to find a legal basis to convict.
And for that reason, I predict the judge may be tempted to essentially throw the case out of court.
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12:25
Judge to rule on Diddy's second mistrial motion
On Saturday, Diddy's legal team filed a letter requesting the trial be dismissed following a testimony from Combs' ex-girlfriend Cassie' s friend and fashion designer, Bryana Bongolan.
Bongolan claimed the rap mogul had held her over the edge of a balcony, 17 stories high.
Combs' lawyers have argued that the prosecution knowingly allowed the false testimony to be given because they had seen receipts showing the mogul was in the east coast at the time.
On Monday, judge Subramanian said he will wait for the prosecution to answer to the defense's motion, and he will have an answer on Tuesday.
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12:17
LISTEN: Diddy berates ex after she declines 'freak off,' tells her to 'get on her job'
Prosecutors played an audio note from 2023 where Diddy tells Jane to 'get on her job' after she said she was not available for a freak off.
'I'm about to really disappear on you, you feel me?' the annoyed mogul said on the voice note, adding that Jane had a 'rude awakening' coming to her.
'You better get on your job, that's all it is,' he said. 'Because you got me on my job.'
Jane said she understood her job to be keeping Diddy happy, which included having sex with male escorts as the mogul watched.
Diddy's 'job,' meanwhile was providing financial support for Jane by providing her $10,000 a month.
11:55
Diddy gets huge win in court as judge says psychologist can't get back on the stand
A ruling by judge Arun Subramanian delivered a blow to the prosecution's case, as they will not be able to recall an expert witness to explain victim behavior.
A significant part of the prosecution's case against Diddy relies on whether the jury believes his alleged victims were coerced into the so-called freak-offs or that they were willing participants.
To prove that victims were coerced, prosecutors brought in expert testimony from clinical psychologist Dawn Hughes, who also testified for Amber Heard during her case against Johnny Depp.
Hughes told the court last month that victims may say things they don't mean - like wanting to participate in certain sexual acts - as a means of survival. She said victims who are subject to violence also disassociate which can affect their memory.
Her testimony was meant to explain why Diddy's alleged victims stayed with him and continued sending loving messages appearing to consent to what they now say was sex trafficking.
However, Judge Arun Subramanian ruled that Hughes could not speak to the jury about coercive control, which can make victims become reliant on their abusers and keeping the abuse a secret, as reported by USA Today.
Prosecutors wanted Hughes to come back on the stand to explain to jurors why victims stay in relationships with abusers.
They wrote Hughes is needed to explain 'how different forms of abuse combine, the "environment of fear and obedience' that impacts a victim's decision-making and emotions, and how abuse is 'interspersed with rewards, positivity, affection, and normalcy" to create attachment and dependency.'
Diddy's lawyers, on their part, asked the court to not allow more expert testimony, arguing that 'Hughes's use of broad generalizations about typical behaviors, divorced from any examination of the alleged victims in this case, is contrary to guidelines regulating Hughes's profession.'
On Tuesday, the judge sided with the defence and ruled that Hugues will not get back on the stand.
Dawn Hughes arrives at Diddy's trial on May 21.

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Jamie Harris, Assistant Technology and Science Editor Published: Invalid Date, NINTENDO Switch 2 - it's the game console everyone is talking about. People queued overnight to get hold of the latest gadget and it's now sold out in many stores. 5 5 Nintendo has revealed that more than 3.5million units have been sold worldwide in the first four days since launch. This makes it the company's fastest selling debut ever - but experts say it's also the fastest selling console of all time too. As The Sun's Assistant Technology and Science Editor I had the privilege to get a taster of the Switch 2 weeks before general release in a top secret event - but that experience only scratched the surface. I received a Switch 2 to review just before general release and have been playing away at it ever since. And I can wholeheartedly say it is well worth upgrading for. While there is a lot of familiar elements, the Switch 2 feels like a natural, big, fitting, fresh-faced sibling to the first Switch. There is nothing radically different about the new console - and rightly so, the Switch is a great piece of kit that deserves evolution over revolution. Here's how I found my first week with the Switch 2. Setting up Getting started with the Switch 2 is pretty easy even if you already own a Switch. In fact, you can transfer any games and the save data from your first Switch to the new one, so long as they're both connected to Wi-Fi and they're close by. The user interface looks practically the same, with a few additions like GameChat. Using GameChat The ability to chat with friends in video form seems like a natural way forward for Nintendo in the ever-growing world of online gaming. GameChat makes that possible with supported games - and it can be enjoyed for free without a Nintendo Switch Online subscription by everyone until the end of March 2026. Nintendo has its own camera accessory which you can buy separately but "typical third-party cameras should also work," the firm says. I managed to give it a go on the new Mario Kart World game with a group of other journalists eager to try it all out. Everything we know so far about the Nintendo Switch 2 Quality will obviously depend on your broadband connection but in our game of four we took the wild Mario racer title to the next level, with the ability to cheer - or yell - at each other as we competed for that unpredictable finish line. It adds a whole new layer of excitement to what is already a pretty thrilling game - and it's amusing to see our heads bobbing around above our cars, as well as giving me a better idea of who I should target with my weapons. There are lots of pretty tight safety controls for GameChat too, many of which can be accessed in the Nintendo Switch Parental Controls app. 5 Mario Kart World I don't want this to descend into a Mario Kart World review, but this is a key launch title after all. Aside from GameChat I'm loving new features like the ability to free roam, playing loads of mini games along the way, it's something Nintendo continues to do so well. Mario Kart World is also an opportunity for me to talk about the graphic and performance improvements too. There is a noticeable huge boost to the visuals here making everything appear super clear. The handheld Switch 2 has a larger 1080p screen which looks gorgeous and you can play in up to 4K resolution when docked to a TV with frame rates up to 120 fps. Joy-Con 5 The Joy-Cons are arguably the biggest hardware upgrade. Gone are those fiddly silde-in controllers and now it's all magnetic. They snap into place with ease and come off simply by pressing a button on the back. What's more, your old Joy-Cons from the first Switch need not gather dust in a draw. You can connect these too for when you're playing in groups, as I did with Mario Kart World when I had friends over. I'm glad Nintendo is making an effort to keep older kit supported where possible, rather than fleecing people out of money to buy new extra Joy-Cons. You can even use the Joy-Cons as a mouse, with some mini-games to test it on in the Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour and I absolutely loved. THE DOWNSIDES For all it's glory, there are some downsides to the Switch 2 - though some will be addressed soon. Firstly, the lack of launch title exclusives. As much as I love Mario Kart World, it was the only big new game to come for the Switch 2 - the other, Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour, doesn't really count as it's a bit of a taster to get used to the console. The next big title to come is Donkey Kong Bananza in July. My other gripe is the cost for games now too, with the Mario Kart World coming in at £66.99 for the digital download alone. And finally, battery. Nintendo says you can expect to get approximately two to 6.5 hours out of the Switch 2, which aligns with my experience testing the console. This is a drop from the Switch OLED with approximately 4.5 to nine hours. Verdict The shortcomings listed above are pretty limited. On the whole, the Switch 2 is a worthy successor of an already great console. Nintendo proves once again that you don't need fancy graphics and huge cinematic games to make a good console. All prices in this article were correct at the time of writing, but may have since changed. Always do your own research before making any purchase.