After months of waiting and numerous social media posts about Donkey Kong, Nintendo has finally unveiled its highly-anticipated Switch successor, now officially known as Switch 2. Let’s-a-go!
The Switch 2 was revealed this afternoon with a video giving us a brief look at its new design.
You can check the Switch 2 announcement below.
Today’s announcement comes months, nay years, since reports about Nintendo’s next console first started making the rounds.
In the summer of 2023, Eurogamer got word the system’s capabilities had been demoed to developers around Gamescom. In the time that followed, there were numerous further leaks regarding the Switch 2’s overall design and functionality – A prototype console shell along with internal components popped up online, chatter about its optical sensor made the rounds, and purported retail listings for Switch 2 MicroSD Express cards were found, and that’s not even all of them.
This was all happening without Nintendo itself uttering more than a scant few words about the hardware. In fact, the only thing the company confirmed was that it would reveal its Switch successor before the end of March (which it now has), and the console would be backward compatible with Switch 1 games.
So, what do you think of the upcoming Switch 2? Will you be getting one when it releases? Let us know.
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