Rumours of the Swap successor are hotting up by the day, although Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa appears eager to problem the accuracy of the claims (thanks, Nintendo All the things).
In a current monetary name, the contents of which had been written up on the Japanese website Mainichi, Furukawa dug into among the newest ‘Swap 2′ discussions. Talking to the declare that Nintendo’s follow-up console was showcased behind closed doorways at this 12 months’s Gamescom occasion, the corporate president said, “The rumors on-line that look like public info usually are not correct”. (in line with Simon Griffin and SatsumaFS’ translation for Nintendo All the things).
Bear in mind, this hearsay said that sure builders had the prospect to see a demo of the following Nintendo system on the Cologne convention this 12 months (a hearsay corroborated by each Eurogamer and VGC), and that the console was allegedly able to working Breath of the Wild at 4K 60fps in addition to Epic’s The Matrix Awakens Unreal Engine 5 demo.
Based on Nintendo All the things’s translation, Furukawa additionally took the chance to touch upon the corporate’s dual-screen patent that sparked rumours of the potential ‘Swap 2’ design simply weeks in the past. On this, Furukawa said the next:
We utilized for a patent figuring out the knowledge could be made public. This doesn’t essentially imply we plan to equip future merchandise with this.
Now, you may learn the above feedback and need to put all the hearsay speak to mattress, and truthful sufficient, however let’s keep in mind that enterprise statements like this are not often all that straightforward. It makes quite a lot of sense that Nintendo would deny (or at the very least problem) rumours this near the vacation season as phrase of an upcoming console runs the danger of damaging gross sales for the present Swap SKU as individuals resolve to attend as a substitute of selecting one up for Christmas.
Let’s additionally not neglect that Nintendo has been recognized to make denials previously just for the rumours to then be confirmed a short time later. Bear in mind the official assertion that the 3DS wouldn’t be getting a redesign? Yeah, our XL fashions would love a phrase…
On the time of writing, we’re fairly sure that no official phrase on the ‘Swap 2’ will likely be coming our means this 12 months as all indicators appear to level in direction of a 2024 announcement and possibly launch. For the total rundown of the whole lot that we all know in regards to the subsequent console up to now together with chips, options and launch rumours, be sure you take a look at our information beneath.