The Switch is now six years old, but so far Nintendo has not announced a successor. There are now indications of such a thing in an official document.
A new leak gives fresh hope for a new console from Nintendo, because there is a hint of a switch successor. The news is almost doubly good for Nintendo fans, as it confirms that the Nintendo Switch Online service will also be used on this one. A lot of content there should therefore be transferrable to a possible new platform.
The new leak originated at the Competition and Markets Authority, CMA for short, in Great Britain. This recently published a new document about Nintendo’s cloud gaming efforts and the online service. In this context it is said that the service is or will be available for the Switch and another device that has been redacted by name.
Since Switch Online only plays a role on the current Nintendo console, it is reasonable to assume that this is a successor to the Switch or at least a fundamentally revised console. Whether this will then bear the name Switch 2 is rather questionable. After all, Nintendo has always been quite willing to change names in the past. The NES was followed by the SNES, followed by the Nintendo 64, GameCube, Wii and Wii U. A clear structure is not necessarily evident.
Whether and when such a new console could actually appear is of course not disclosed. It is hardly surprising that this then also receives a deeper integration of Switch Online or Nintendo’s online service. After all, more and more of the gaming sector is shifting to the online and cloud gaming segment. For end customers, this should have the advantage that content that has already been purchased digitally could possibly also remain usable on the new platform.
Surprise! Game Boy and Game Boy Color games are available on Nintendo Switch Online! Launch titles include Tetris, Super Mario Land 2 – 6 Golden Coins, The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX and Gargoyle’s Quest.
