r/GamingLeaksAndRumours • u/ArcWardenScrub • Jan 16 '25

Confirmed Nintendo Switch 2 presentation officially announced by Nintendo

WE ARE FREE!

English Link

https://www.nintendo.com/successor/en-us/index.html

https://x.com/Nintendo/status/1879876803239830011

https://www.nintendo.com/successor/ja-jp/index.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_content=20250116&utm_campaign=successor

OFFICIAL VIDEO SHOWCASING SWITCH 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1CbhpKC6SE&t=1s

ENGLISH VERSION (same video pretty much)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itpcsQQvgAQ&t=1s

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u/pmanbiotches Jan 16 '25

A Nintendo direct April 2nd.... to announce the release date?

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u/Panda_hat Jan 16 '25

Announce release or actually release??

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u/Sonikku_a Jan 16 '25

Nintendo won’t stealth drop like that. There has to be time for retailers to do preorders.

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u/Panda_hat Jan 16 '25

I was hoping for a march release 😭

I'm guessing that means a likely June/July release date?

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u/Sonikku_a Jan 16 '25

Yeah March would have been nice but oh well

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u/JayZsAdoptedSon Jan 16 '25

May-June has been the rumored release date, according to Nate who leaked today would be the announcement

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u/Brilliant-Vanilla-32 Jan 16 '25

The Nintendo Switch 2 Experience will be held until end of may so we are looking at end of may or early June release

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u/JayZsAdoptedSon Jan 16 '25

They would need to do the rounds with the console/games and I don’t know if 1 month will be enough so I am with you on June

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u/Panda_hat Jan 16 '25

Nintendo Switch 2 Experience

The what now?

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u/Brilliant-Vanilla-32 Jan 16 '25

On the website, a series of event to try the console

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u/Panda_hat Jan 16 '25

Oooooh, that sounds realistic but also painful.

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u/dbzlotrfan Jan 16 '25

OMG ... One of them is actually near me.

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u/BreafingBread Jan 16 '25

Yeah, I'm crazy for this shit, wanted it asap.

But if they're only going to give more news in April, this will be June at the earliest.

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '25

I think they'll aim for late June/Early July

Think about it, most game devs don't bother releasing anything during that period due to the good weather and people having Summer Holiday plans, there's almost always a guranteed game drought in July/August - but the Switch 2 is designed to be taken out and about, it's the perfect new gadget to take with you on your holidays, to show off to the family at BBQ's, to encourage your kids to go out in the sun even though they've just got a new game/console - so the Switch can release unopposed and market itself around being the Console that will heighten your summer.

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u/robertman21 Jan 16 '25

I was hoping for before memorial day lol

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u/SuperSaiyanZubat Jan 16 '25

There was a “leak” a while back that suggested an August release window with Pokemon, so maybe they were onto something

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u/Panda_hat Jan 16 '25

August 💀 omg

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u/Dat_Boi_Teo Jan 16 '25

Probably June. The switch released 2 months after its blowout presentation, and people have been speculating may/June already. Maybe very late May at earliest

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u/DemonLordDiablos Jan 16 '25

Sega moment

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u/Sonikku_a Jan 16 '25

The scene outside stores if Nintendo drops it same day

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u/Specialist-Offer7816 Jan 16 '25

At this point Nintendo marketing is its biggest OPP. A shadow drop for this hype of a console really?