Based on a current report, Nintendo has proven off the Swap 2, or no matter its successor is perhaps referred to as, to builders at Gamescom.
This comes from VGC , who mentioned that behind closed doorways choose builders had been proven shows for the Swap 2. These shows apparently included tech demos exhibiting off how properly the system will supposedly run. Considered one of these was apparently a tech demo for Epic Video games’ The Matrix Awakens Unreal Engine 5 tech demo from 2021. This demo was initially designed to indicate off what the PS5 and Xbox Collection X/S might be able to, with the Swap 2 model apparently additionally working on the Nintendo’s goal specs for it.
It was additionally apparently working utilizing Nvidia’s DLSS upscaling know-how, usually one thing used for PC video games, with superior ray tracing turned on, alongside visuals that had been apparently corresponding to the PS5 and Xbox Collection line.
These claims had been additionally reported by Eurogamer, including that Nintendo additionally confirmed an improved model of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, particularly designed to utilize the followup console’s stronger goal specs. Eurogamer did observe that there was no indication {that a} re-release of the sport was deliberate, and that this was only a tech demo.
An earlier report from VGC additionally claimed that the Swap 2 would doubtless be launched in late 2024, with the idea that it will nonetheless be usable in transportable mode similar to the present iteration. Although one reported draw back is that it’ll launch with an LCD display, a little bit of a step again from the OLED model that arrived again in 2021.
Nintendo does not have a lot left popping out this yr, although it does have Tremendous Mario Bros. Surprise coming subsequent week, which it lately confirmed off in a particular Direct. Although it is considerably of a bittersweet one, as Charles Martinet won’t be voicing Mario, having lately introduced he’s stepping down from the function after virtually 30 years portraying the crimson and blue plumber.