Nintendo says Switch 2 will be officially announced before the end of March 2025

This is Furukawa, President of Nintendo. We will make an announcement about the successor to Nintendo Switch within this fiscal year. It will have been over nine years since we announced the existence of Nintendo Switch back in March 2015. We will be holding a Nintendo Direct this June regarding the Nintendo Switch software lineup for the latter half of 2024, but please be aware that there will be no mention of the Nintendo Switch successor during that presentation.

[Profchaos]

I'm excited for a switch 2 however I don't feel it will be coming this year as per the tweet in they are commuting to a reveal in this Japanese financial year in 2025.

Realistically we will get one last holiday season to focus on the switch because it would be madness for Nintendo to go into the holidays where the switch always performs well when they have announced a switch 2.

I'm thinking we see a announcement late Jan 25 personally with a release between March and June depending on when the software is ready and how strong the holday sales were if they need to boost those figures for the next earnings call or not

[gold_drake]

yea agreed. they'll probably match it with the new pkmn game they announced

[VenomUK]

So it begins!

Where one contender pulls out of the game, another comes back bigger and stronger.

Nintendo Switch 2 - let the games begin.

[Cacabunga]

A new Splatoon launch title for sure.. hoping they change the recipe and make it open world.

I think it’ll come out Q1 25. Let’s wait and see

[H9]

There's a event in June for games on the switch and they said there won't be a switch 2 announcement so no way they will announce the console after june and still release it in the same year

[Eonjay]

So, I think they will shoot for another FYQ4 release (like with the first Switch) but I am confused by the headline:

'[...] Switch 2 will be officially ANNOUNCED before the end of March 2025' This implies that the Switch 2 isn't coming out till maybe holiday 2025 or maybe even 2026. I think they will be better served by NOT releasing when GTA 6 launches (unless there is some shocking reveal that it will run on Switch 2). Release early 2025.

[Neonridr]

I'd say it'll be released before March 2025 tbh.

[DefaultComment]

Most likely, yes

[Asuka]

About time. I can't wait!

[notachance]

Holiday announcement with summer launch

[thesoftware730]

It should be an interesting year; Sony, Nintendo, and MS all have new Hardware to show.

[vTuro24]

I've been gaining more interest in the Switch recently. If the successor has backwards compatibility that will probably seal the deal for me.

[shinoff2183]

Nintendo has always been my secondary console ever since ps1 came out. Nintendo consoles are good to have around for sure.

[z2g]

And will have the power of a console from 2012

[VariantAEC]

It might only have around 90% of the power of a 2013 console.

[shinoff2183]

I'm telling you Nintendo is hell bent on breaking the ps2s record. This thing should've been out last year or more

[H9]

This is getting exciting now, it's close, next year for sure tho since the June show won't have a announcement, more time to make a good day one line up!

[Chocoburger]

Nintendo really trying to squeeze every last drop of sales from the Switch. One last holiday season before their big announcement.

Let's hope that every Switch successor is an OLED model going forward. And it would be nice to have more than 64 GB of on-board storage, but we likely won't see that due to them being the biggest cheapskates in the industry.

[shinoff2183]

Yea Nintendo gonna get people on storage. They've never went to bat for that.

[Neonridr]

lol, wanna talk about storage and screwing people over. I have a story about something called the Vita.

At least Nintendo lets you use any old SD Card. Not to mention that you can get 1TB cards for cheap now. Storage is the last thing I'm worried about with a Switch Successor.

[Cuzizkool]

I would rather they put the extra money for OLED into stronger internals, then release an OLED revision later. Screens are interchangeable during a console gen. Internal horsepower isn’t.

[Chocoburger]

It shouldn't have to be an 'either or' situation. Its okay to have both.

Maybe a cheaper model and a premium model on launch day.

[DefaultComment]

If rumours are to be believed they reason why theu have been holding the "switch 2" back this year is case they are planing to go big with an already descent library at launch. If so this could be big sales and a trust back from the consumers. They just have to make it powerful enough to run those 3rd party games at minimun and have backwards compatibilit with old Switch physical and digital games and WE ARE GOLD.

[CobraKai]

I feel like this will be my last console. I don’t like the direction gaming it’s headed. Thankfully Nintendo is stubborn when it comes to change.

[Armyofdarkness]

Finally! Gonna be awesome!!

[OneLove]

If thats the case it will probably leak near the end of the year and officialy announced in 2025

[SonOfOsiris]

Nintendo going for the first place, only 14 million more to go

[Demetrius]

Windwaker and twilight princess proper remasters are welcomed I feel we will never get those, reminds me of how sony will never remaster the infamous series for ps5