The rumor continues to swell about the possible arrival of a new console signed “Big N” in 2024: the development kit of the successor to the Nintendo Switch would be in the hands of “Key Partner Studios”who would already be working on the system’s launch titles.
While rumors about a “Nintendo Switch 2” have been going strong for a few months already, several concordant sources tell our colleagues at Video Games Chronicle that the development kit for a new Nintendo console has been distributed to several major studios. . The Switch, released more than 6 years ago, could be replaced as early as 2024, according to the latest speculation.
“Nintendo Switch 2”: a bundle of concordant clues
For some time now, the media and the general public have been pointing out the hardware limits of the Nintendo Switch, whose technical sheet has been aging since its release in 2017. While the console is in its seventh year, the probability of a “Switch 2” gets louder and louder.
Last week, a financial report for Chinese component maker PixArt, a longtime Nintendo partner, bolstered the likelihood of a new console launch in 2024, a date that would confirm Nintendo’s trend of launching its systems midway between the lifecycles of its biggest competitors, Sony and Microsoft.
Now, the Video Games Chronicle (VGC) site is driving the point home: according to its sources (Nintendo “insiders”, naturally wishing to remain anonymous), the development kit for this new console has been updated. the disposal of “Key Partner Studios”which would be at work on the launch titles of this new console, and have been for some time now, considering that the release would be scheduled for the middle of next year.
The “next-gen”, soon at Nintendo? What rumors say about the successor to the Switch
Which studios are involved? The sources of VGC do not specify it, but it can be assumed that the “Key Partner Studios” include the developers of Nintendo’s most iconic franchises, like Game Freak (Pokemon) or Monolith Soft (Xenoblade Chronicles), For example.
Ubisoft could also be among the lucky ones, given Yves Guillemot’s recent comments: last June, the CEO of the French publisher said that Nintendo had advised him not to publish Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope on the Switch, and instead suggested he wait “the next console”.
Regarding the characteristics of this “Next-gen Switch”, VGC sources were less voluble: we know that the console would retain the possibility of playing in portable mode, that it would use an LCD screen rather than OLED in order to keep costs down, and that it would still accommodate its physical games via a cartridge slot. The console would also carry a larger internal memory.
As usual with rumors, we advise you to take this information with caution. In any case, we can’t wait to have (finally) official information on this new console from Nintendo.
Source : Video Games Chronicle
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