It has been more than 7 years since the Nintendo Switch was officially launched, and players have heard various rumors about the next-generation Nintendo console at regular intervals in recent years, although it is almost certain that Nintendo There is indeed a new console in development, but they still don’t seem to be ready to reveal anything about it to players. However, according to the latest rumor, Nintendo may have officially taken the first step to reveal the true face of this console.
Windows Central editor Jez Corden recently tweeted that he “heard some rumors” suggesting that Nintendo has secretly shown or discussed a successor to the Nintendo Switch behind the scenes to select media and game developers, and this happened in this at the Gamescom event in June. According to Jez Corden in this Twitter post, if this news is true, it is not far from Nintendo officially revealing the true face of this host.
“I’ve heard a few rumors recently suggesting that Nintendo may have shown or discussed a new Switch successor behind closed doors at Gamescom to selected media and developers. The full reveal or leak is likely to surface relatively soon. 」he wrote
If this rumor is true, it does coincide with other rumors over the past few months. Prior to this, another rumor suggested that many important development partners who have a close cooperative relationship with Nintendo have received development kits for the successor of the Nintendo Switch, and many other rumors have also hinted that this host will be released in the future. It will be launched in the second half of 2024, aiming at the year-end festival schedule of that year.
In addition, it is rumored that this successor host will continue the hybrid design of the Nintendo Switch handheld/host, and will also continue to use game cartridges, plus an 8-inch LCD screen and a basic memory space of 512GB. As for whether this host will be directly compatible with Switch games, it is currently uncertain.
Just earlier this year, Nintendo disclosed that they predicted that the sales of Nintendo Switch consoles will gradually start to show signs of slowing down in this fiscal year, that is, before March 31, 2024. As of June 30 this year, Nintendo Switch has achieved sales of 129.5 million units worldwide.
In addition, the highly anticipated Nintendo Switch masterpiece “The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom” was officially released in May this year. After that, in addition to “Super Mario Bros. Surprise” in October this year, this The host seems to have no other key masterpieces that players around the world are looking forward to. After all, other rumors before this also hinted that “Tears of the Kingdom” will become the last heavyweight masterpiece of Nintendo Switch, and “Metrod Prime 4”, which has not revealed much information since it was released, is very likely. It is possible to transfer to a new machine launch. As for when Nintendo will officially reveal the successor to the Nintendo Switch to players, it remains to be seen, but before that, players can also expect to see more rumors and outflows related to this new console.
