Nintendo switch 2 News, Tips, Tricks & Ideas

New hardware details for Nintendo's successor appear to have leaked, reportedly revealing features for its controllers, screen and more.

Nintendo is said to have pushed the launch of its next-generation console, with reports from earlier this year claiming that the successor to the Nintendo Switch would be released in early 2025. Little is known about the Nintendo Switch 2, but the console will likely retain the hybrid design of its predecessor and is expected to come with a larger screen. Now, new details about Nintendo's upcoming console have reportedly surfaced.

By all accounts, the Nintendo Switch 2 is still almost a year away, but potential new details on the console have been filtering through on a consistent basis, courtesy of a what’s been an unbroken stream of leaks. Another leak has now emerged, with Mobopad, a manufacturer of Switch accessories, posting alleged new details that it has learned about Nintendo’s next-gen console on Bilibili.

Nintendo has still yet to unveil the successor to the Switch, but the Japanese company’s next-gen console continues to be the subject of rumours and leaks. A new report published by Spanish outlet Vandal has now also allegedly revealed new details on the upcoming console.

Gio Corsi has joined Nintendo, the industry veteran recently revealed via his personal Twitter page. Corsi has joined the company’s AAA Third-Party Portfolio Management team, and though his specific position within the team isn’t clear, he says he will be helping “great teams bring their amazing games to this legendary platform.”

Capcom has made a strong mark on the modern open world space with the recently released Dragon’s Dogma 2, but it seems like the company has an even bigger behemoth waiting in the wings. Monster Hunter Wilds is set to launch sometime next year, and as per prominent leaker Dusk Golem, it’s set to be Capcom’s biggest game to date “by far”.

If Sonic Colors: Ultimate and the upcoming Sonic X Shadow Generations weren’t enough, Sega is allegedly working on a remake of Sonic Heroes. Nintendo Universe reported that it’s developed on Unreal Engine for Xbox Series X/S, PS5, PC and the rumored Nintendo Switch 2.

I remember revealing at some point that my most-played game is actually a free-to-play picross game (picross, also called nonograms sometimes, being the logic puzzle game where you colour in squares on a grid to reveal a larger picture). You can imagine my intrigue when I saw that Tents And Trees, a picross-ish puzzle game previously on Switch and phones, is coming to PC on April 24th. That's a couple of months away, but you can play the short demo on Steam now to get a taste. It's slick and clean, and I like it!

The rumored Nintendo Switch 2 has been making waves lately due to reports of an internal delay to the first quarter of 2025. After Nikkei corroborated the same and revealed the new launch date as March 2025, leaker Midori further validated it by stating, “It is correct information.”

Nintendo is said to have delayed the launch of its next-generation console, the successor to the Nintendo Switch. Reports last week claimed that the company was advising game publishers that the Nintendo Switch 2 would be delayed until the early months of 2025. A new report now claims that the Switch successor will be released in March 2025. The Nintendo Switch is now almost seven years old, and a follow-up console was initially expected to launch later this year in the holiday season.

Though it was widely believed for some time that the Nintendo Switch 2 would be releasing sometime in the second half of 2024, that’s now looking quite unlikely. Multiple recent reports have claimed that Nintendo has internally delayed the launch of its next console to the first quarter of 2025, and that’s now being corroborated by another source.

Recent reports have claimed that Nintendo has delayed the launch of its next-gen console out of 2024 and into Q1 of 2025, which, if true, would also likely mean that plans for when to announce the console have changed as well.

Nintendo has announced the year's first Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase, scheduled to take place February 21, at 6am PT (7.30pm IST). The showcase is confirmed to be around 25 minutes long and will focus on games coming to the Nintendo Switch in the first half of 2024. The event will be available to watch on Nintendo's YouTube channel on-demand. There are no further details available about the games that will be presented at the Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase, but one could expect a few surprises, especially with Microsoft confirming last week that four Xbox-exclusive titles would be released on PS5 and the Switch.

Nintendo is advising game publishers that its next-generation console will be delayed until the early months of 2025, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Reports have emerged that the planned launch of the Nintendo Switch 2 has been pushed back from 2024 to Q1 2025.

Leaks over the last several months had insisted that Nintendo would be launching the successor to the Switch sometime in the second half of 2024, but last week, it was reported that those plans changed, with the console’s launch allegedly being internally delayed into the first quarter of 2025.

Reports have emerged that the planned launch of the Nintendo Switch 2 has been pushed back from 2024 to Q1 2025.

Leaks have insisted for several months now that the Nintendo Switch 2 (or whatever Nintendo’s unannounced next-gen console ends up being called) is going to launch sometime in the second half of 2024, but it seems plans have internally changed at Nintendo, with multiple credible sources now claiming that the console’s launch has been delayed by a few months.

Over recent months, there have been plenty of rumours regarding Nintendo’s next-gen console, and though plenty of potential details on its specs and hardware have leaked, one thing that there hasn’t quite been enough clarity on is whether the console will support backward compatibility with the Nintendo Switch’s library.

Rumours of Nintendo’s next console continue to gather pace by the day, and though the Japanese company itself has yet to say anything about the Switch’s successor in an official capacity, leaks continue to insist that the console is set to launch sometime in 2024.

The Nintendo Switch 2 (or whatever Nintendo chooses to call its next-gen consoles) has been in the rumour mill for several months now, and with the Switch approaching its seventh anniversary in less than a month’s time, speculation about when its successor will be announced are continuing to heat up. Now, thanks to prominent insider NateTheHate, we might have some more information on that.

A new report courtesy of Bloomberg (via IGN) indicates that the Nintendo Switch 2—the follow-up console to the incredibly popular Nintendo Switch—will feature an 8-inch LCD display. The report by Bloomberg cites Hiroshi Hayase—an analyst with Omdia specialising in the display market.

With the likes of Shin Megami Tensei 5, Persona 5 Reload, Persona 4 Golden, and Persona 3 Portable, Atlus has released a number of its major titles for the Nintendo Switch in recent years, so when the developer announced last year that its next two flagship releases in Persona 3 Reload and Metaphor: ReFantazio wouldn’t be coming to Nintendo’s platform, many were taken by surprise.

Leaks have insisted for a while now that Nintendo’s next-gen console is set to launch in the second half of 2024, and with the Switch not far away from entering its eighth year, that doesn’t seem hard to believe in the slightest. Of course, if the Switch’s successor is indeed just months away from launching, you’d assume that at least some developers in the industry will have access to development kits so they can work on games for the console- and sure enough, as per a GDC survey, that does seem to be the case.

Nintendo has often shown a willingness to work with external, independent developers to work on its properties, and even the last few years have seen plenty of instances of that, from Grezzo working on The Legend of Zelda to WayForward on Advance Wars to MercurySteam on Metroid and more, and it looks like the company is looking to expand those efforts in the future.

Though Nintendo has been predictably silent on the subject, the company is expected to launch its next-gen console sometime this year, and naturally, there has been plenty of discussion regarding what the console will turn out to be. Nintendo, of course, has a reputation for consistently innovating and experimenting with its hardware, but from the SNES to the 3DS, the company has also been known to iterate on its innovations time and again.

Multiple leaks from credible sources in recent months have claimed that the Nintendo Switch 2, which will allegedly be following in the footsteps of its predecessor and use an Nvidia GPU, will launch with support for DLSS 3.5 (among other things), which would allow the console to output games at upscaled 4K resolutions, though it’s not been claimed that its upscaling might not be quite so powerful.

Recent weeks have seen multiple leaks that have claimed that a new Nintendo console sporting support for 4K resolution, ray tracing, DLSS, and more is in the works and targeting a launch sometime in the second half of 2024. If that is, indeed, the timeline that Nintendo is intending to follow for its Switch successor, presumably, the company will be speaking about it in an official capacity in a few months’ time- but what does it have to say about its future hardware plans right now?

The Nintendo Switch is still going strong for the company since launching in March 2017, but rumors about a potential successor have been mounting (more so than usual). Insider NateTheHate has reported on it before and how it would have an 8-inch screen with a launch sometime in September or October 2024 (though another insider, SoldierDelta, says November is possible as a backup).

Rumours and leaks about Nintendo’s next-gen console have been abundant in recent weeks, and it seems more potential details on the console may now have emerged, courtesy of leaker SoldierDelta, who has previously leaked details on Team Ninja’s upcoming open world action RPG Rise of the Ronin via fellow leaker The Snitch’s Discord server.

Nintendo’s next-gen console has been in the leaks a great deal recently. Allegedly set to be capable of outputting visuals that’ll be comparable to PS5 and Xbox Series X/S thanks to its implementation of DLSS, recent leaks have claimed that the Switch 2 will be seeing simultaneous releases for a lot of major multiplatform games. However, if you were hoping that the console would also get a port of Final Fantasy 7 Remake – as some have speculated – it seems that won’t be the case.

If leaks over recent weeks are to be believed, the Nintendo Switch 2 is set to be a significant upgrade over the technical capabilities of its predecessor. Nintendo allegedly showcased behind-closed-door tech demos to developers in August, following which it has been reported that, thanks to its use of DLSS, the console will be capable of outputting games at 4K/60 FPS with support for ray tracing.

With Nintendo allegedly having showcased tech demos of the Switch 2 (or whatever it ends up being called) to developers in behind-closed-doors presentations at Gamescom in August, leaks related to the console have been springing up with much greater frequency of late, including some of the games we can expect to launch for the system.

A recent leaks revealed new potential details on Far Cry 7, claiming that the next instalment in Ubisoft’s open world franchise, which is allegedly due out in Fall 2025, will feature non-linear storytelling, new investigation mechanics, and more. Now, another key potential detail on the open world shooter’s launch also seems to have emerged.

After recent reports of a successor to the Nintendo Switch being shown off to developers during Gamescom, a new report courtesy of The Verge reveals that Activision Blizzard CEO Robert Kotick was briefed on the Nintendo Switch 2 back in December 2022.

Rumours surronding Nintendo’s next-gen console have picked up considerable pace in recent days. Multiple reports have claimed that Nintendo recently showcased tech demos of the Switch’s successor to developers at Gamescom, with the console allegedly sporting support for DLSS and ray tracing, enabling visuals quality on the same level as PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. Now, more new potential details on those behind-closed-doors showings have emerged, courtesy of prominent insider NateTheHate on his podcast.

Nintendo reportedly showcased the Switch 2 behind closed doors at Gamescom last month. As per Eurogamer, select game developers got an early peek at the Switch successor, alongside tech demos highlighting its improved performance. One such demo is described to have shown an improved version of 2017's The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, targeting a higher framerate and resolution when compared to the original's 30fps. That said, it's unclear whether the game will be re-released for the new console, which is eyeing a launch in the second half of 2024. Back in August, Nintendo also sent development kits to certain studios for testing, with a promise of a portable mode.

If reports are to be believed, Nintendo showed tech demos of its unannounced next-gen consoles to partner developers in behind-closed-doors presentations at Gamescom, with both Eurogamer and VGC recently have reported the same. In the wake of those stories, further details on the Switch successor have potentially emerged as well.

UPDATE: VGC has corroborated Eurogamer’s claims in its own reports, and added that Epic Games’ The Matrix Awakens Unreal Engine 5 showcase was another one of the tech demos shown off by Nintendo. The demo allegedly featured advanced ray tracing and visuals comparable to PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, while also using Ndivia’s DLSS, which aligns with what previous reports have claimed.

That a Nintendo Switch successor is in the works isn’t a secret to anyone at this point, though of course, with the Switch itself now deep into its seventh year, questions are being asked with greater frequency about when Nintendo will choose to formally unveil its next-gen console. Interestingly, the Japanese may already have taken the first steps on that front.

Rumours of Nintendo’s next generation console have been swirling for a while now, and more concrete details on the hardware and its launch have started emerging in recent weeks. Last week, a report by VGC’s Andy Robinson claimed that the console would be another hybrid similar to the Switch, feature an LCD screen rather than an OLED one, and would launch sometime in the second half of 2024, following which, prominent insider NateTheHate offered more details on it in his podcast.

Nintendo's next mainline console is reportedly set to launch in the second half of 2024. As per VGC's sources, development kits for the next gaming console have been sent out to ‘key partner studios,' adding that it can be used in portable mode akin to the current Nintendo Switch. It's common for console manufacturers like PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo to provide test units to developers, way ahead of launch, so they can start making, testing, and optimising games for the said platform. No pricing details were mentioned, but for comparison, the Nintendo Switch was launched at $299.99 (about Rs. 24,684) in the US.

Nintendo’s next generation Switch is expected to debut in the second half of 2024, it’s being reported, with development kits for the console now in the hands of third-party developers.

Nintendo’s next generation Switch is expected to debut in the second half of 2024, it’s being reported, with development kits for the console now in the hands of third-party developers.