Switch 2 is said to be leaking has increased as Nintendo is staying quiet heading into 2025. We've had rumors about evening time and complex mockups of what the console would look like floating around online, as well as endless images of accessory manufacturers claim they have issues, screen protectors, and kickstands all built specifically for the upcoming hardware. Now a Redditor has claimed to have contacted an actual Switch 2, and the latest information may be in line with what we've been hearing for months now: yes the Switch 2 is a bigger and better version of the console that fans. love already
Posting on the Nintendo Switch 2 subreddit under the name “The next mobile device,” one user said he had a real connection to Nintendo's next device and published to The Sea that the new Joy-Con will have Hall-effect joysticks to prevent movement, use a dock with much more power consumption, and be called “Nintendo Switch 2.”
Instead of a rail for clipping the sides of the screen, the Joy-Con, NextHandheld says, uses magnetic strips as previously reported. They also say that the dock is rated for 60W and the Switch 2 itself is rated for 45W, both much higher than the model that launched back in 2017. And finally, the dock has two USB-A ports and one for USB-C, presumably the one that powers it, which is the same as the current model.
“I talked to (NextHandheld), and have now heard and seen enough to think they might be legit,” he wrote The SeaIt's Old Hollister.
Whether it's 100 percent accurate or not, everything shared by the latest alleged Reddit leaker continues to live up to the rest. of what we have been hearing, as well as what we say. CAD mockups of what the Switch 2 looks like to return in the fall. Basically, the Switch 2 will look a lot like the current Switch, just a little bigger, with a more rounded profile and a number of special upgrades and design tweaks to improve handling and quality of life.
That's not surprising in the context of the rest of the gaming hardware market. The Xbox Series X/S was not a big departure from the Xbox One. The PlayStation 5 is basically just a much more powerful PS4 with two ugly white wings. No one expects the Steam Deck 2 to look very different than it is, and most PC game consoles at this point all look like the same: like a thick board with rulers on the sides.
But it's surprising given Nintendo's own history of always trying to innovate in places where no one else is working. The company stuck with cartridges longer than anyone and now uses SD cards. The Wii ran motion controls instead of HD graphics. The Wii U prioritized a second screen over beefier specs. And the Switch used smartphone specifications to push games forward. The company's idea was simply repeating the existing Switch, as the second most popular gaming console of all time and quickly closing in on the number one PS2 , both make a ton of sense and still seemed too un-Nintendo to be true. .
As we get closer to the final release of the Switch 2, every new leak points to the amazing fans of Nintendo No doing the unexpected and instead duplicating what already works. The only official thing we know about the upcoming hardware – that it will be backwards compatible with existing Switch games – only confirms that inevitable appearance.
I'm sure the company may still have a few tricks and surprises up its sleeve. We'll find out for sure when Nintendo announces the dang thing. It is committed to doing so by April 2025.
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