Over the past few days we have seen how much noise the Nintendo offices made because of a leak that indicated that the second version of its hardware would be announced this week, and now we can say that the rumors were true . The company has made the official announcement of this console, showing what the design that this model will adopt will look like, which will change some key aspects, in addition to indicating that it will arrive during 2025 with a date that we must aim for, since this will be there that all the new features that we have will include the new ones. Nintendo Switch2as well as its final date of launch.
Nintendo consoles managed to become among the best-selling in the world, one of the main representatives of the company, the DS, occupies the second place in the table of the best-selling models in the entire history of video game consoles. The first version of the Switch managed to sell a large number of units since its launch in 2017, but now, almost eight years later, we will see the second edition which will arrive with a very similar format and which the company has high expectations, so much so that they have indicated on several occasions that it could be hardware that surpasses the first model.
The Nintendo Switch 2 is a reality and will arrive this year
One of the big announcements that we have been waiting for almost a year is the presentation of the new console that Nintendo has prepared to replace the Switch, an edition that will have completely renewed hardware to offer much greater power than that of the model. current. The market for portable consoles is increasingly competitive and the arrival of the latest generation models allows us to see that the performance that a device of this type can offer is greater than we think, which Nintendo says also.
THE Nintendo Switch Its specifications are from almost eight years ago, which implies that almost four generations of processors and graphics cards have passed since its launch. That is why many users were waiting for the moment when the second version would arrive with more powerful hardware, mainly to cope with the new titles that the brand plans to launch and prevent them from being full of controversies due to their nature. . the graphics or performance they have on the console itself.
At the moment, as you can see in the official trailer, we know that Nintendo has decided to change the design of the screen, incorporating a series of additional buttons in addition to adding several ports to have a greater number of connections. On the other hand, they have decided to give a touch to both the aesthetics and functionality of the console controls, they will no longer have these bright colors to offer a black aesthetic with details both red and blues, also incorporating the SL/SR. buttons on the controller itself rather than with a separate module.
This change in the design of the controls also comes from the new way in which the console will have to integrate them, and unlike the first in which they were inserted by dragging them on the device, they will now be connected as if it were the case . a normal connector.
The last thing we have to know about this new console is its release date, as well as its price, which we will be able to find out during the Nintendo Direct presentation of Nintendo Switch2 the day April 2, 2025. One of the aspects that has been confirmed in the trailer is that it will have backwards compatibility with titles from the first Nintendo Switch, both physically and digitally, although they also indicate that it is possible that there have another game that isn't. totally compatible.
