More proof has emerged that the Nintendo Switch 2 may launch a lot prior to anticipated. It was not too long ago prompt that the Nintendo Switch 2 may launch as early as April 2024. This was primarily based on a report by Chinese website MoneyDJ, which claimed that an organization referred to as Hongzhun is manufacturing steel instances for a Nintendo Switch successor launching after April 2024. The stories have sinced been backed up by Microsoft courtroom paperwork, which speculate that the Nintendo Switch 2 could have a 2024 launch date.

“Microsoft tracks Xbox’s performance against PlayStation not because those two consoles provide a complete competitive landscape, but rather because they were released at the same time,” reads a Microsoft doc submitted to the courts.

“Switch was released three years earlier, and Nintendo is expected to release the successor to the Switch as early as next year, whereas PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X|S are at a different stage of the console life cycle.”

With the Nintendo Switch closing in on its seven-year anniversary, the idea is {that a} new Nintendo console launch date is imminent.

Nintendo beforehand dominated out a fiscal 23/24 launch for the Nintendo Switch successor, which implies that the Switch 2 will launch within the first quarter of the following monetary yr – so any time after April 2024.

The rumours of a Nintendo Switch observe up have been gaining floor in current months, as increasingly leaks come to gentle.

Sharp is rumoured to be manufacturing screens for the brand new gadget, whereas one European developer reportedly has a dev-kit.

It will definitely make the following few Nintendo Direct conferences price watching, as we shut in on an official reveal.

In phrases of Nintendo Switch 2 video games, the dearth of footage means that Metroid Prime 4 may very well be one of many huge Nintendo Switch 2 video games at launch. A brand new 3D Mario sport would additionally make sense for the Nintendo Switch 2.

In the meantime, Nintendo is on the point of launch its ultimate batch of Switch video games, together with Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Super Mario RPG and Pikmin 4.

Pikmin 4 will make its Nintendo Switch debut on July 21, full with new gameplay options reminiscent of a canine companion for transporting Pikmin and smashing obstacles.