After Switch 2 design leaks, Nintendo is keen to announce console as soon as possible – analyst

Nintendo will have seen the latest stream of Switch 2 design leaks and is likely now eager to reveal its under-wraps new console as soon as possible, an analyst has said.

We’ve had a good idea of ​​what the Switch 2 will look like for a while – at least since a prototype console shell and internal components appeared online in late September. But in recent weeks, more images have been posted, this time of accessory companies now taking orders for Switch 2 add-ons, which show close reviews for Nintendo’s next console in more detail.

In other words, it’s now widely expected that the Switch 2 will simply look like a slightly larger Switch 1, now with magnetic Joy-Con attachments and an extra button below Home on the right Joy-Con.

So when will Nintendo finally reveal the Switch 2? In early November, industry analyst Serkan Toto, CEO of Japanese games industry consultancy Kantan Games, told Eurogamer that the company had now run out of time to reveal its Switch successor in 2024.

Nintendo has set itself a deadline of March 31, 2025 to show off its Switch successor, but given the leaks and falling sales of the Switch 1, Toto Eurogamer suggested today that the company is unlikely to wait that long.

“Nintendo won’t have much time in January, so a potential announcement early in the month could make sense,” Toto said. “You can bet that Nintendo is aware of all the leaks and is not happy about them, even if some of them will turn out to be made up.

“In fact, those leaks are getting so bad that they may cause Nintendo to release information earlier than planned.”

The Switch 2 is widely expected to arrive later in 2025, and while Nintendo isn’t yet suggesting timing, we don’t have too long to wait and find out.

When the Switch 2 arrives, fans expect next year’s highly anticipated blockbuster Metroid Prime 4 to launch on Nintendo’s new hardware. Nintendo has also confirmed that the Switch 2 will be backwards compatible.