Nintendo Switch 2: Release Date, Rumours, Leaks - Everything We Know About The New Console

Theres no way its not happening next year. This is the longest a Nintendo console has ever been on the market before a successor has replaced it by 2 years more than average.

So basically no one has a clue.

If Switch 2 can play all games at 1080p/60 with the dock upscaling to 2160p, I would be happy.

Anything more than that is highly unlikely.

Here's a bunch of words. They say nothing 😆

It’s Nintendo… it’ll be something totally unexpected. A console you control by clenching your keagal muscles and the screen is projected onto your bare chest, or something.

TBH, I dont care much about the power of consoles anymore.
A PC and a Switch is the best combo.
PC will always beat the consoles in term of power, and 90% of the PS5 "Exclusives" and 100% of the Xbox catalogue are released on Steam.
The Switch is for nintendo exclusives, most being masterpieces and are free of woke degeneracy found on 3/4 of the Xbox and PS5 titles.
I have two requests to Nintendo for the switch 2 or whatever it will be called.
1. No more 30FPS games. I dont care about 4k, but please, all games should runs at 60FPS without exception
2. backward compatibility. I have huge collection of switch 1 games. If backward compatability is not possible, then please release a cheap switch TV that you can connect to the TV like Sony did with the PSVITA TV.

@nintendr0ne yeah I dunno, I agree with most that but definitely your alone on resolution. TOTK could have been GOTY for the next 5 years. It's reviews were way to kind. No I absolutely don't need nor want native 4k by any means. Definitely good upscaling tech or I'm out of the next one. Couldn't see fish in the water bugs on trees nothing BOTW looked and ran way better. That being said the other thing ruining the game which you did mention Framerates. Technically this is all pointless as it's all a given thed have to be on par with XB1X and PS Pro. The catalog of Nvidia chips right now are great. What they need to do is make sure we have access to our games especially the later games such as TOTK and get free upgrades I paid my dues at 70 bucks.

@Fragslayer
I assume they will use upscaling techniques with DLSS provided by the nvidia chip. In that case, great.
What I meant st, they should not downgrade graphics or framerate to get high resolution. 30 FPS is playable, but after long sessions, It makes me sick, while 60 butter smooth FPS does not.game are just more enjoyable a 60 and more. 120 is even better but not as much when you go from 30 to 60.
I played TOTK on my PC with yuzu @ 60 FPS, I cannot go back playing on the switch.

enhancement is possible without sacrifice. enhancement is possible without perversion.

may the switch 2 bring forth the uprise of the 32-pixel bit tripled animated frame art sprite army. (i.e. if there are about 100 sprite arts for all of mega man x's movements, then it should be increased to 300 sprites to fill in more of the missing degrees of movement, instead of the dev relying on the player's imagination to fill it in for them. this means devs spend more time on a single game instead of devs making more games with less frame arts and only 8-bit, 16bit pixels. there are a lot of trash games in the nintendo e-shop. a lot of those trash games have their trash opinions - adding to nintendo's detriment. [self-aware of my trash comment that nintendo life so generously allows me to leave here.])

@nintendr0ne eh, 30 frames or 60 frames doesn't really matter. For 95% of games 30fps is perfect. 60 looks slightly smoother and you only really notice it in something like a first person shooter where you pan the camera around a lot because panning the camera does indeed look silky smooth at 60fps but at 30fps it just looks fine.

Doing 60fps on all games on a handheld system is just a waste of resources. Only fast paced games like racers or first person shooters with all the camera panning need 60fps. They just need to make sure all games are locked at 30fps next gen so you don't get the occasional slowdown like you see on some Switch games where they tried to push graphics and stuff too much.

Holiday 2024 makes sense. They could of course keep going for another year or more beyond that with price cuts and more games but I doubt they have more Switch games in the pipeline past 2024.

Just do a $350 (or maybe a cheaper ~$330 base version and a premium ~$380 version at launch) generational leap over the Switch, launching holiday next year, thats the exact same concept/design as the Switch but with iterative improvements to refine the design to near-perfection, call it the Switch 2, don't do anything crazy just straight upgrade. Make joycons slightly larger / slightly better, make sure they don't have joystick drift, and make the physical rail connection between the joycons and the system stronger. Launch it with an amazing new 3D Mario day 1 with Mario Kart 9 coming out a few weeks later, maybe Metroid Prime 4 (if it doesn't come out on Switch) also in the launch time frame. Have NSO running on it from day 1, have a totally improved and redone online setup in which friend codes are finally dead so that people can use actual readable usernames and you can actually communicate with friends online through the system and in-game with audio, and all online games have really easy way to play with friends, random matchmaking, and random matchmaking plus friends at the same time. Use DLSS tech to get current gen console ports without the graphical downgrading such ports required on the Switch (by knocking framerate down to 30, knocking res from console 4k down to under 540p and then using DLSS to bump it back up on the cheap to like 720p in handheld or 900p/1080p docked). Have full backwards compatibility with the Switch. Still have decent battery life have at least 128gb disk space. Heck maybe even announce on launch day that Gamecube games will get added to NSO in the first 12 months.

Do that, which is all pretty common sense, and Switch 2 will continue Switch's success. 60fps games don't matter and really should absolutely not be a priority for a handheld system. 4k doesn't matter at all, maaaybe with DLSS 4k could be possible but shouldn't be a priority. 4k in docked mode would be a nice marketing line though, but if it is gonna make the system too expensive it isn't necessary. They can always release a slightly more powerful upgrade model later in the gen that can do 4k.

Ah, so in conclusion, Nintendo will release a new console of some description, at some point, probably.

Assuming the Tegra 239 rumours are well founded, I reckon that gives us roughly XBox Series S level performance. I can believe that would play BotW at native 4k, though I doubt ports of more recent games will reliably make it above 1080p.

Then again, if DLSS is good enough, maybe that doesn't matter as much. I've yet to see it in action...

I’m hoping that Monolithsoft updates all of the Xenoblade Chronicles games to take advantage of better frame rates, and that they finally release a remastered Xenoblade Chronicles X.

@Arcata The Game Boy was out for 9 years before the Colour succeeded it.

We’re reaching the end of 2024, and no Switch 2 news other than backwards compatibility with Switch games and NSO coming over has been announced. Now it just leaves us wondering when it will be announced when will it come out, and what could be the price.

If the Switch 2 is gonna have a similar release timeframe as the Switch, 4-5 months, then it will probably come out near the end of the first half of 2025. For example, if the Switch 2 gets revealed in January, with a showcase in March or April, then it would leave it to get released in May or June.

But then since there are already many Switch 2 units manufactured and ready to get sent to stores, we might actually see it in March or April, but that could probably be a short amount of time to market it after a January reveal (it would only be 2 months from the time of announcement to release). A January reveal and March release could also have the reveal and showcase as one full event rather than separate ones.

And then release timeframes are also getting shorter these days, like Apple releasing new products only weeks after revealing them, so no surprise if Nintendo only has 2-3 months of marketing the Switch 2 after it gets revealed. If they do a January reveal and release it in February, I’m pretty sure it would already start selling out fast.

Now for the price: It’s pretty likely Switch 2 will be more expensive than the Switch with the extra power it’s set to have, as well as other things that can jack up the price. Probably somewhere at $399 or $449. But with you-know-who becoming president of the US soon, he also has plans to put tariffs on products imported from countries like China or Vietnam, so this could lead to the Switch 2’s price in the US being somewhere at $499, $549 or $599. We’ll just have to wait and see what they price it at, especially if the price is low before tariffs start being implemented and depending on how the tariffs get implemented, if they do.

I think Switch 2 or Super Nintendo Switch will be revealed on the week Mon 3rd to 10th of Feb. Or March 10th Mario day or very near that date if that date is a weekend day.

Please Nintendo end the daily rumour mill and just announce the console already...

With all the leaks around, we vaguely know everything about it, being hybrid, the power, size, controllers, etc..
Delaying the official announcement is weird at this point. Only thing we need to know now is an official release date and the launch games.

“ The new Nintendo console will be announced "this fiscal year" (ending 31st March 2025)
'Switch 2' will be backwards compatible with the current Nintendo Switch “

Based on the title these 2 sentences could have been the entire article.😂

Everything sounds great so far just FIX THE ESHOP because it still sucks! Thanks

"With the official reveal now confirmed for sometime before 31st March 2025" - really? What's the source? All that I recall is Nintendo will "make an announcement about the Switch successor". That announcement could be just basic information and a date for a reveal. It could even be to announce it won't come until 2026. 🤣 Yes, that's unlikely, so please no one start an argument.

Even "The new Nintendo console will be announced 'this fiscal year'" written early in the article is a dubious read of Nintendo's tweet from mid last year. So many media outlets have been deliberately derelict in reporting it accurately in their headlines so to earn clicks, and that's led to so much confusion and misinformation out there. All I'm saying is don't expect a "reveal" because Nintendo never said that. They could do it. Just don't expect it.

To me, the biggest clue is "coming soon" recently added to the original and vague "2025" release of Metroid Prime 4. That suggests Nintendo are priming for a Metroid Prime 4 release around April and that will be the key focus of the usual Direct in mid February. At the end of the Direct will be a tease of the Switch 2 and a "summer 2025" reveal. Release would be around September.

Remember, I'm probably the number 1 "source" in the world that said the Switch Pro was a complete fantasy. Of course, I'm not a source. I'm simply someone that can look at Nintendo's history, watch their behaviour, and make logical and obvious extrapolations.

They are only feeding you the info you won’t get told in the reveal.
Unlike the competition a Nintendo reveal doesn’t talk spec it shows off functionality.
So all the leaks on spec are all planed elements of hype to make the actual reveal land well.

Everything we know about the Switch successor:

There will be an announcement (not necessarily a reveal) by the end of March.

It will be backwards compatible with Switch software (not necessarily hardware)

Everything else is speculation and leaks.

@HalBailman I think a March release of Switch 2 with a cross-gen Metroid Prime 4 as a launch title is still feasible. But your timeline with Spring MP4 and an Autumn Switch 2 release does seem likely now.

quite a few nintendo youtubers were hinting at a reveal jan 08 and a release in march 2025..

I’m guessing the next Mario Kart will be MK10 (or MKX) as 8Deluxe is so huge and extended beyond the original WiiU 8 it’s likely its own numbered entry.

@HalBailman finally some sense! Agree with everything you said. You are now my number 1 source for logical and obvious extrapolations!

Oh one thing to avoid that makes Steam Deck a pain to travel with, ensure games can play played offline without the need to be online.

What we actually 100% know as from Nintendo lips? Next to nothing lol.

@WheresWaveRace Skipping 9 and going straight to 10 (or « X ») is a douchey thing to do but there’s no reason to think Nintendo would do it. 7 and 8 are the only numbered games in the series. They’d more likely call it by some other creative title after its new gimmick, or just name it after the new console if feasible.

@Euler I agree they are more likely to go with a creative name more representative of whatever the new thing is about the next version that they want to emphasise. I just think if they choose to go with a numbered entry again I think they’ll consider it to be the 10th or even 11th version of MK when you add MKTour into the mix. IIRC they went with using 7 as it’s considered a lucky number in many places around the world and 8 as it makes a figure of 8 track. If there’s an extreme element perhaps MKXtreme! Who knows. I sure hope it looks and feels different to 8D.

@WheresWaveRace Had forgotten about Tour, so if they count that there's an argument for calling it Mario Kart 10/X. They consider Run as part of the main Super Mario series, so there's precedent.

Hey everyone
I believe that the Nintendo switch 2 maybe be compatible with your current switch games, and it may even fit in your old dock(s)

Anything yet regarding the UI and if it will have more themes like how the Switch originally was gonna have?

I am hoping it is called, a Super Switch, or Better yet an Ultra Switch, what would be real amazing is if the dock also functioned as a projector, giving it more portability. I would also love a return of the DS 3ds download play feature. Defiantly want more storage space as the original system did not have enough, and even with micro sd card it is not enough, I currently have a 500 GB Micro sd card, and I am thinking even if I had 1TB one it still would not be enough. So tired of having to pick and cheese which games I keep and delete, especially if you feel like playing something on a whim. Also No more Joy con drift. My right joycon also stopped working as a second controller, it still works, but I can only use it as a pair, the green light does not illimunte anymore when I press the sync button.

Tldr: We know nothing

Splatoon 3 should have been for Switch 2,
Switch really did not need another entry.

So is the c button that was present in some of the leaks not real. (I nearly always play docked but I would like the option of the map Wii u style for some games)

How am I going to charge my NES controllers

Everything we know: It's bigger and it's called Switch 2.

The microphone is for Nintendo's new smart assistant 'Navi'.

"Navi, how long until Splatoon 4's DLC is released?"

"Splatoon 4's DLC should be released by 2035!"

Could the switch 2 be a porter to take down dolphin emulator?

Great, we got a first look at the ugliness, but what we need is proper specs. Is the screen LCD? OLED? something else? What processing power is, what is the docked screen output. How much hard drive space.
So many questions very little answers except look how cool we are in black, and what about the extra button on the back of the joycon?

Ok the Mario Kart 9 bit is better now : )

Cautious speculation instead of “Oh no they ruined Donkey’s Face in the new Mario Kart 9. And aren’t these too many racers??”

I really don't get how they can not offer an OLED screen at launch, especially given OLED is now table stakes in many applications. After upgrading to the Switch OLED a few years back, it's a game changer for handheld mode and I'm not sure I can go back.

4k in dock?
They must've used switch 1 hardware to show off the new Mario Kart

I have a new idea for the new button, that makes sense since it's located just below the home button. If you assume the Switch 2 will be able to offer quick resume to several games at a time like the Xbox Series (it has as much RAM as the Series S after all), that button could allow you to go from a game to another, like Alt-Tab on PC.

Apparently the 8nm vs 5nm will determine if the system is any good or not (according to Reddit). 😂🤣😂🤣

Wish there was the base model with an LCD screen in order to keep the price down for the consumer/profits for Nintendo but that they offered an option to purchase an OLED S2 version at a higher cost. e.g. LCD $400 vs OLED $500.

High enough to satisfy initial profits for Nintendo/stakeholders and yet good enough to satisfy those who have accepted the S1 OLED as the visual standard for 2025 and beyond (in addition to those with OLED mobiles and TVs which have flooded the market over the past few years)

It's been quite a while since i've used a Wii U Game Pad, but i remember it's analog sticks feeling like actual traditional sticks. Why can't Nintendo just use something similar for the Switch 2 Joy-cons?

I can't wrap my head around why they're so keen on using those short stubby clunky jerky joy-con sticks. They feel so cheap and unatural compared to the real thing.

I’m wondering about two things about the screen:

What screen size will it be; 8 or 8.4 inches?

What resolution will it have; 720 or 1080?

I assume it will have 1080, but that is not certain.

@AG_Awesome Context?

@MrCarlos46 there had been several debates and discussions focusing on the size of a chip following one of the motherboard leaks. Actually it was the empty space where the chip would be. The debate is if it would be 8nm or 5nm, with people adamant that the 8nm would stunt the system and make Nintendo lower clock speeds during handheld play so the battery wouldn’t drain. And other people said because it’s custom architecture that it could be the larger (but less efficient) chip and still run just fine.

It’s me being tongue in cheek because the debate and discussion about it was the talk of the town for a few days during the last leak. To the point it was almost apocalyptic and people said the system would be worthless, out dated junk without a 5nm. It got pretty wild.

@AG_Awesome I guess we’re not sure how 8nm vs. 5nm will actually affect the Switch 2.

@MrCarlos46 Exactly. We just have to wait and see. People jump the gun and get gloom and doom too quickly.

@AG_Awesome But if 8nm does affect battery life, expect battery levels similar to Switch V1 when playing highly demanding games if they don’t underclock.

If that’s what happens, we’ll probably see a revised model with improved battery life in a year or two.

Still not sure if they will actually do that or avoid another Switch 1 scenario and put a pretty good battery life from the start so they don’t have to change it later on.

It's interesting that the logo and 2 extend beyond the "Switch" instead of being flush