The Nintendo Swap 2 brand might have leaked.
Universo Nintendo editor-in-chief ‘Necro’ Felipe Lima claims to have seen the brand after being despatched a photograph of the unannounced console from a dependable supply.
Primarily based on what he noticed, he’s claimed to have exactly recreated the brand and revealed it on-line (see under).
Bom dia e posso dizer que, pela primeira vez obtive acesso à brand do Nintendo Swap 2 graças a uma foto do console que uma fonte confiável me enviou
Com base no que vi e respeitando as medidas, recriei e ela será EXATAMENTE assim: pic.twitter.com/ON4Yu7FLe0
— ‘Necro’ Felipe #UnivNintendo (@necrolipe) January 8, 2025
If real, it doesn’t stray removed from the prevailing Swap brand, which might line up with reviews that the console is an iteration of the prevailing {hardware} design, moderately than a model new idea.
Nintendo has but to formally reveal its Swap successor, however the firm has dedicated to take action throughout its present fiscal yr, which ends on March 31, 2025.
VGC reported in the summertime of 2023 that the console was already within the arms of key improvement companions, and that Nintendo was concentrating on a 2024 launch.
Nevertheless, the system’s launch is assumed to have been delayed internally to keep away from shortages, and it’s now broadly anticipated to hit cabinets this yr.
Swap 2 leaks have been ramping in latest months as extra third-parties come into contact with the console, which is probably going at present in mass manufacturing.
Final week, supposed photos of Swap 2’s Pleasure-Cons made their method on-line. If genuine, they corroborate earlier claims that the Swap 2 Pleasure-Cons can be barely bigger, and have a magnetic connection. It’s additionally speculated they may function mouse-like assist.
And at CES this week, accent maker Genki has been displaying off what it claims to be an correct duplicate of the system, forward of an alleged April 2025 launch date.
