New rumors would indicate the presentation of Nintendo Switch 2 as moved to Summer and the release expected in 2025
Today was not a good awakening for Nintendo fans as a rumor coming from overseas and corroborated by Bloomberg sources would place the presentation of the highly anticipated Nintendo Switch 2 in June 2024. There will therefore be no announcement relating to the new hybrid console during the Partner Showcase scheduled for today or in the coming months.
Also the release date of the new hardwareaccording to the same sources, would have suffered a postponement and it would go from the end of 2024 to the first quarter of 2025. Confirming this information comes a leak on the Famiboards forum, according to which in addition to being launched next year, Nintendo Switch 2 will have full backwards compatibility with previous generation titles.
The presentation of Nintendo Switch 2 on the stock market
There is also good news. The leaker himself claims to be aware of a Full Nintendo Direct scheduled for April this year and of an Indie World which should instead take place in March. This will be a great show in its own right and we might see both Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door again. Furthermore, there will be numerous big announcements, among which the missing Metroid Prime 4 could appear. However, let’s remember that we are talking about rumors and taking everything with the usual pinch of salt.
When the news arrived Nintendo shares tumbled 6% on the Tokyo stock exchange, just after the company had become the most profitable in Japan; according to Circana analyst: Stephen Totilo, the postponement of Switch 2 and its presentation is very bad news for the entire industry in a year full of closures and layoffs. The lack of the new Nintendo console could compromise the quantity of sales in the hardware sector and bring about a sudden slowdown.
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