With current rumours that Nintendo is planning on unveiling its subsequent console, the Swap 2, in an occasion on January 16, extra reviews are popping as much as corroborate this announcement. In accordance with The Verge, we would see Nintendo saying the date for the reveal on January fifteenth.
As a part of the latest additions to the rumoured reveal occasion, The Verge has seemingly been in a position to confirm the announcement with its personal insider sources. The publication does go on to point that the official announcement of the console will occur tomorrow whereas the occasion itself will happen the next day to supply an in-depth take a look at the Swap 2.
A podcast by former Nintendo staff, Package & Krysta, have additionally expressed their very own opinions on January 16 being the date of the console’s reveal. The 2 hosts speak about how CES 2025 itself would have been a foul time to unveil the console contemplating different high-profile reveals like Nvidia’s new GPUs, whereas this week could be a greater time for Nintendo.
The unique hearsay that Nintendo could be unveiling the Nintendo Swap 2 on January 16 got here courtesy of insider Nate the Hate. In a current episode of his podcast, he talks about how the occasion will possible give attention to showcasing the brand new {hardware} within the Swap 2, and can in truth not have any sport releases.
Nintendo itself has been quiet about its plans for unveiling the console, and former rumours indicated a Might announcement. If these newest rumours are true, nevertheless, we are going to possible see the corporate make some kind of announcement concerning the brand new console tomorrow.
Other than the date of the console’s unveiling, fairly a number of rumours and leaks in regards to the Nintendo Swap 2 have been flying round. Amongst different issues, we now have seen leaked footage that point out that the Swap 2 won’t be appropriate with its predecessor’s dock and charger. Leaked footage of the Swap 2 JoyCon controllers have additionally been floating round, indicating that the brand new console will make use of a special mechanism for attaching and detaching its controllers.
A patent uncovered earlier this month additionally revealed that the brand new console possible has its personal neural internet, which can enable it to utilize an AI-based picture upscaler to show higher-resolution outputs than what it’s actively rendering. Consequently, the brand new console will possible have numerous current-gen video games being launched for it. Amongst different video games, rumours have indicated that Metallic Gear Stable Delta: Snake Eater is among the video games being developed for the Swap 2. Ubisoft can also be rumoured to have “greater than half a dozen” ports of its video games coming to Nintendo’s subsequent console.
CES 2025 additionally offered some drama across the Swap 2, with an unlicensed accent maker claiming to have gotten its fingers on the console to assist design its upcoming equipment. The corporate rapidly backtracked, nevertheless, and Nintendo itself would verify that any {hardware} that the corporate had was unofficial.
