Official particulars on Nintendo’s subsequent console, extensively dubbed the Nintendo Swap 2, stay non-existent. A brand new rumor, nonetheless, is claiming to have obtained info from sources at accent manufacturing firms; particularly that the console may have new magnetic Pleasure-Cons.
That is in response to a report by Spanish web site Vandal (through VGC), which did precisely share particulars on the Swap OLED earlier than it was formally introduced in 2021, resembling its new dock and help stand. Vandal claims the Swap 2 (or no matter Nintendo decides to name it) can be bigger than the unique Swap although nonetheless smaller than one thing like Valve’s Steam Deck. Maybe essentially the most attention-grabbing declare is that the console’s Pleasure-Con controllers will connect with the Swap 2 utilizing magnets fairly than the rail system the unique Swap has.
This might imply Pleasure-Cons for the present Swap mannequin received’t be suitable with the Swap 2. In any case, they’re not magnetic, and should be slotted and clicked into place. Vandal can’t corroborate if this can certainly be the case, however it does add that the present Swap’s Professional Controller can be suitable with the Swap 2.
The one different factor Vandal’s report mentions is that Nintendo is holding again its subsequent console for a 2025 launch, so it could actually construct up a stronger catalog of video games to place out alongside it. This traces up with a VGC report from February which claimed to have heard the identical factor, with a separate Nikkei report alleging that Nintendo’s inner delay is being completed to keep away from potential inventory shortages.
Nintendo has in any other case refused to touch upon any potential new {hardware}, although it’s believed it demoed the Swap 2 to builders behind closed doorways at Gamescom 2023. Quite a lot of builders additionally mentioned they had been engaged on a Swap successor in a January survey. Assuming the Swap 2 is on observe for a 2025 launch, then we ought to be seeing a proper reveal earlier than the tip of 2024. Then once more, Nintendo is predictably unpredictable, so there’s no telling when or the way it’ll announce its subsequent console.