The look forward to the subsequent Nintendo console continues.
Nintendo’s oft-rumored follow-up to the Swap (which we’ll name “Swap 2” for the sake of comfort) might not launch in early 2025, as many had hoped. That is in line with Chris Dring, the top of GamesIndustry.biz, anyway, who mentioned on that web site’s podcast (as noticed by VGC) that builders aren’t anticipating the Swap 2 to launch earlier than the tip of Nintendo’s present fiscal 12 months. In case you had been questioning, Nintendo’s fiscal 12 months ends on March 31, 2025, so April 1 is the earliest we might see Swap 2, in line with Dring’s feedback.
“In actual fact, [developers Dring has spoken to have] been informed to not count on it within the [current] monetary 12 months,” Dring mentioned. “A bunch of individuals I spoke to hope it’s out in April or Could time, nonetheless early subsequent 12 months, not late.”
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To be clear, it would not be correct to name this a “delay” as a result of Nintendo by no means introduced a launch date to start with. In actual fact, Nintendo hasn’t introduced the console in any respect; essentially the most it has given us is assurance that it will be introduced within the present fiscal 12 months. For comparability’s sake, the Swap was introduced in October 2016 and launched in early March 2017. It was a really fast turnaround, and Nintendo might theoretically use that strategy once more, that means we might not hear a peep about Swap 2 from the corporate itself till the tip of this 12 months on the earliest.
In fact, nobody exterior of Nintendo’s workplaces is aware of the corporate’s plans, so this might all be fully incorrect. Nevertheless, the corporate only recently showcased a boatload of actually exciting-looking OG Swap sports (together with Metroid Prime 4), a few of which have 2025 launch dates. In different phrases, Swap house owners may have loads to chew on till there is a new machine to purchase.