Summary
TheNintendo Switch’s long-awaited successor may be revealed as soon as late September, an industry watcher suggests. The new-gen Nintendo console is expected to take over from the absurdly successfulSwitchthat came out way back in 2017.
By far, the Switch dominated the latter-half of the previous console generation and the early years of the current console generation in terms of sales. Having sold over 143 million units, the hybrid console isNintendo’s most successful release since the Nintendo DS handheld. It is also the second best-selling console ever, only behind the PlayStation 2. With such remarkable achievements in its resume, fans were naturally excited when the Japanese console giant confirmed the Switch successor would be announced by March 2025. However, newly surfaced rumors hint towards the first official look at Nintendo’s next console coming earlier than fans may have expected.
According to industry watcher David Gibson’s tweet, Nintendo may reveal the Switch successor around “Sept 18-26 or in early Oct,” putting aside the dates for theTokyo Game Show event. Moreover, he talked about the movements taking place at Hosiden, the company that assembles Switch units, and underlined that it has allocated around 2 billion yen for production equipment and 1 billion yen for automation for “major customer” Nintendo in FY3/25 (Japanese financial year ending on May 14, 2025). Gibson stated that he expects the forthcoming console to come out in March 2025.
Fans May Get their First Look at the Switch Successor Very Soon
Gibson’s prediction further adds to a growing feeling in the industry that Nintendo will share the first look at its next console in September. Earlier today, insider Christopher Dring acknowledged the presence of “industry whispers” related to the Switch successor. Echoing a similar vibe, leaker NatetheHate2 revealed in a Reddit comment that the new Nintendo console has backwards-compatibility support, consolidating old rumors that suggestedfans' Switch library may be transferable to the new system.
While there is no confirmed event from theMariodeveloper set to take place this month, it did recently organize a Nintendo Direct presentation on August 27. Before the event, Nintendo went out of its way to specifically deny any possible news about the Switch successor coming out during that stream. It would certainly be pleasantly surprising if that status changed just a month later. Regardless, the latest collective feeling among insiders is definitely a positive thing for fans and also for devs who have been porting modern games likeHogwarts Legacyto the Switch’s rapidly aging hardwarein recent years.
