People, it Finally happened…somehow. Nintendo officially (and remarkably casually) recognized Successor to the Nintendo Switchwhich says it will be announced “within this financial year” at an investor meeting this week, meaning we will hear about it before April 2025. Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa used the company’s Twitter account to make the announcement himself, and his message all but confirms that the next-generation console, reportedly scheduled for 2024, has been released postponed until 2025.
Furukawa’s message mentions Nintendo’s next-gen console and says what it will be like “over nine years” since the Switch was announced, but also confirmed that there will be a usual Nintendo Direct in June. While this would normally have been part of E3 (REST IN PEACE), it still slots around the same time as many others Company presentations and announcements, although Furukawa did not confirm a specific date for the Direct. What was crucial was that he emphasized this should not Expect any mention of the Switch successor in this Direct, which will instead focus on the rest of the Switch lineup for 2024. So don’t you all get too excited for news on this topic next month. My money is on a formal announcement of Switch 2 (or whatever it ends up being called) in early fall.
Speculation about Nintendo’s next-generation console has increased significantly over the last year, particularly with regards to groundbreaking titles like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom And Super Mario Bros Wonder released and the Switch product range for 2024 seemed to become significantly thinner. Already, most of the major first-party titles coming to the Switch for the rest of the year are ports or remasters of existing games, such as: Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Gate And Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD. Instead of the big titles, the focus has shifted dramatically to rumors about the Switch successor, and that’s what they are numerous.
It was reported about Countless titles are thought to be for the Switch 2 lineup next year, and it’s now entirely within the realm of possibility to expect to enjoy the games Pokemon Legends: ZA, announced a few months ago for “Nintendo Switch systems,” will be part of the console’s launch window. According to reports, the Switch 2 was also delayed in order to be able to improve, among other things Meeting demand for a new system and combating resellerswhich shows how difficult it was to get your hands on a Switch when it launched in 2017. However, it sounds like it would be worth it because according to some other rumors circulating, it seems likely for the Switch 2 magnetic Joy-Consan 8-inch LCD screen, and apparently “clocks crazy low” when not docked significantly extend battery life on the way.
While I expect Switch 2 rumor coverage to increase even more now, it officially sounds like we won’t have to wait much longer to find out what this thing really is. Start the countdown, we’re on the home stretch.
