It's Official: 'Switch 2' Announcement Coming This Fiscal Year

Exciting times ahead

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[joeycredible]

As someone who grew up in a different era, I'd love if they'd call it the "Super Switch" as a nod to the "Super Nintendo."

[solagovideos]

I love how Furukawa also casually announced the next Nintendo Direct

[Moshugaani]

Trailer in October and launch in March is feasible. That's how they did it with the original Switch!

[nnjlnk]

When they say "this fiscal year" they always mean between Jan and March next year. They say "this year" when they mean this year.

[havenfractal]

I hope Nintendo Switch Online, being a paid service, allows Nintendo to keep it around longer. I don't want the Switch online and eShop to get casually cast aside in 5 years the way the 3DS/Wii/U eShops did. As long as people are subscribing, they'll want to let people keep paying... right?

Would also be really nice if the service was cross-gen. Would be really weird to have a new console come out and not include all the current NES/SNES/N64/GB/GBA games... right? They're not going to start the catalog over again from nothing again... right?

[Seen]

I'm just happy someone official said something. The rumours and uncertainty were getting to me

[TheInfinityMaster]

Smart move just so to *set expectations* for this upcoming June Direct (so people don't go in expecting the moon, then be disappointed and dislike the video).

[Pietrothesquid]

I'm so happy that finally Switch 2 is confirmed, hype for the next Nintendo console is big

[noseofsauron]

Hazard a guess it will follow the Switch's release period: official announcement by October and release by March.
Or maybe announcement by January so as not to distract from Christmas sales, especially if they have a big title saved up for the Switch's last hurrah, then release by April.

[matt]

You shouldn't be amazed how long they kept the Switch going, its exactly how long they said it would be when they announced it, 7 - 10 years

[Solid_Hank]

It's been NINE YEARS from Switch's announcement? Damn

[shlimon]

I love my switch but I honestly hope to see something new and fun

[wowmartiean]

So a successor to the switch doesn't mean it's another switch. It can just mean it's the next console.

[azombieandacat]

I think they'll announce it second half of January and release it towards the end of May

[BimBamZimZam]

I think it's fair to expect the Switch 2 to be a stronger switch, perhaps more focus on the dock.
Every Nintendo console, with exception of the Virtual Boy, has always been improving on the previous gen before doing a totally new thing. Just look at NES to SNES, N64 to Gamecube, Wii to Wii U, GB/GBC to GBA, DS to 3DS.

I expect the new system to be all in all, the same system as a Switch, but better.

[danko]

All what I want is the backward compatibility

[yurriaanvanduyn]

I love my current OLED Switch and have a software backlog that can run for at least two years! So either the software catalog is compatible with the new Nintendo device, in which case I'll buy one straight away when it comes out, or I'll wait buying it until I've ran out of games on this device. Which could easily take two years. I mean, these eShop sales are bonkers sometimes...

[moonchirp]

Man, I can't wait to get the Switch U. I hope the gamepad with this one has a longer battery life!

[Toschez]

Nintendo always does two generations of the same concept: NES-SNES, N64-GC, Wii-WiiU, GB-GBA, DS-3DS. Based on that, the new console will be a straightforward update rather than doing something entirely new.

[jaredrush]

I really hope it comes out around Christmas, i graduate from university in December and currently only plan to celebrate by seeing the new Sonic movie. Getting a new console would be sweet too!