Everything we know about the Nintendo Switch 2 in November 2024

The Nintendo Switch 2 is still a bit of a mystery, but this is everything we know about it right now

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The Nintendo Switch 2 has been officially announced, and we’ll know what it looks like at some point within the next few months. That's almost everything that has been officially announced so far, barring a few smaller details, but there have also been some fairly credible announcements, leaks, rumors, and speculation that, when combined, begin to form a solid picture.

We've put on our detective caps and hunted down the latest and most important facts, rumors, and speculation about the Nintendo Switch 2 – or whatever its real name is. If you want the semiofficial lowdown on all the Nintendo Switch 2 details we have, just read through our breakdown below.

Switch 2 reveal date

We don’t have a firm reveal date for the Switch 2 yet, but we do know the latest it can be announced. Nintendo confirmed that the upcoming console would be announced by the end of this financial year, so we know that the Switch 2 will be announced before April 1, 2025. 

Estimated Switch 2 release date 

Nintendo hasn’t even hinted at a release date for the Switch 2 yet, but we can extrapolate from past launches to get a good feel for when the console is likely to be released. Nintendo typically releases new consoles about five months after they get announced, so the latest we can expect the Switch 2 to be released is September 2025. We’d expect it to be a little bit sooner – it’s very unlikely that Nintendo will wait until the very end of the fiscal year to announce the console – likely at some point between April and July. 

Will Switch 2 have backwards compatibility? 

This is the one detail that we 100% know, thanks to a recent announcement from Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa. The Nintendo Switch 2 will have backwards compatibility, and will be able to play Nintendo Switch games natively. Nintendo says that Nintendo Switch Online will also be on the new console, and that digital purchases will carry over to the Switch 2, as well. At this point we don’t know if it will support all games, or if both digital and physical games will be supported. 

Switch 2 features 

We’ve already made a full list of Switch 2 features the console needs to have, but there are a few other rumors and whispers that are worth paying attention to.

While we’ve seen rumors of a “dual-screen gaming device,” thanks to a strange patent filed by Nintendo, the most likely scenario is that the Switch 2 will be very similar to the original Switch console. Spanish website Vandal says that the Switch 2 will use magnetic Joy-Con, something that was also repeated in a series of apparent leaks that looked a lot like a bigger Switch. 

Peripheral manufacturer Mobapad said something similar, claiming that the “new version of Joy-Con has a larger volume, and the sliding rail structure has been changed to magnetic suction.” 

Switch 2 tech spec rumors 

The Mobapad article also claims that it’ll feature an 8-inch 1080p screen, which would be a significant upgrade. Fingers crossed for OLED.

There have also been reports from Korean newspaper MK that the Nintendo Switch 2 will use an Nvidia Tegra T239 chip, manufactured with Samsung’s 7LPH process. Digital Foundry did some digging, and discovered that Samsung’s 7LPH process doesn’t exist – at least not yet, officially. Previous processes using the LPH moniker stood for “low-power high performance” which would suit the Nintendo Switch nicely, and indicates that the chip may actually use a 7nm process, instead of a less efficient 8nm process. Only time will tell with this one, but it’s very exciting for tech nerds.

Estimates of this chip make it seem comparable to a pared-back Nvidia 3050, but we’ll soon see what that kind of power can do when in the hands of Nintendo developers.

Since the MK article, there have been even more alleged specs from Famiboards user LiC. When combined with the above information, we have a decent idea of what to expect. We detailed this in a recent article estimating the power to be between the PS4 Pro and Xbox Series S.

• 12GB RAM LPDDR5/LPDDR5X
• 256GB internal storage, UFS 3.1
• Nvidia Tegra T239, 7nm
• GPU specs: 1536 CUDA Cores (48 tensor cores for DLSS, 12 RT cores for ray tracing)

Tom's Guide estimates the memory speeds to be around 7,500MT/s.

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While much of this is rumor, speculation, or questionably sourced information, much of it has been corroborated by reliable sources, and we're beginning to get a decent picture of what the Nintendo Switch 2 will actually be.