Many anticipated a Switch 2 reveal this fall. Instead, it seems to be like Nintendo followers will shut out 2024 with out even an official tease. But that hasn’t stopped rampant hypothesis and alleged leaks from filling the knowledge void. A brand new video exhibits what might be a primary have a look at the Switch 2’s new and improved Joy-Con—if it’s not an elaborate faux, that’s.
The footage not too long ago confirmed (by way of Nintendo Soup) up on the Chinese video sharing platform Bilibili in a publish by person 马里奥68. It features a very blurry rendering of what seems to be somebody ripping the Joy-Con off the edges of a Switch 2 display. The sides of the controllers seem to point out magnets that may suction them onto the moveable gaming console as beforehand rumored. The footage additionally exhibits infrared cameras, larger shoulder buttons, and obvious pedal buttons on the backs.
The thick and rounded profile of the Joy-Con strains up with a beforehand alleged leak that appeared to point out the Switch 2 principally seems to be like an upgraded model of the prevailing console. A bit wider, maybe a bit heavier, however no actual stylistic prospers or different distinguishing traits. One chance was that these creative renderings have been purely speculative. Similarly, it’s doable the footage might be of an elaborate 3D printed faux based mostly on these renderings, relatively than an actual unit presently in manufacturing.
The latest glimpses come simply as followers attempt to predict simply when Nintendo will launch its subsequent console. The unique Switch got here out in March and had a banner first yr because of mega-exclusives like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey. But there have been additionally beforehand stories that the Switch 2 was initially set to return out this yr and was solely pushed to 2025 to keep away from manufacturing shortages and a scarcity of huge first-party video games at launch.
Recent stories from numerous corporations within the Nintendo provide chain have proven dramatic upticks in spending on parts that may be used for a Switch 2, with recommendations by some observers that the corporate may have hundreds of thousands of accomplished consoles already assembled by the spring. All we all know for positive at this level is that Nintendo plans to make an announcement about its upcoming console earlier than April 2025.
In the meantime, the corporate has confirmed issues like full backwards compatibility with the present Switch, probably in an effort to encourage folks to nonetheless put money into the present {hardware} ecosystem by means of the vacation season. Nintendo nonetheless plans to promote hundreds of thousands extra of the prevailing console, and probably even beat the PlayStation 2’s all-time gross sales file sooner or later sooner or later.
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