A new set of rumors have come up regarding Nintendo Switch 2.
For these rumors we are looking to Connor / OreXda, as both a source who has access to information around the chip manufacturers, and also as a Korean who can relay rumors from other Koreans who don’t speak English.
Connor recently translated a new set of rumors from For_Ataraxia. Connor describes For_Ataraxia as a normal Twitter user, not a leaker. But For_Ataraxia has a record of predicting products from Samsung. This is the first time For_Ataraxia is sharing rumors about Nintendo.
To quote Connor’s tweets:
“Nintendo
Next-generation switches in development
Traditional Switch Series chip integration, focused on console improvement
Same display size but reduced display weight”
Connor followed up with this tweet translation:
“Nintendo
Switch The next model is Nintendo Super Play (code name)
Play with a game chip like a switch
It’s the same button structure as Super Famicom
Keep the existing concept that can be played outside the house, but don’t use a dock like a switch”
Now, you may be wondering if there’s anything else in this growing library of unconfirmed rumors that would possibly support these claims. Well, we just happen to have reported on a patent that Nintendo themselves filed over a week ago. This patent is for a single screen console, with only one left joystick, and a set of four face buttons on the right side. This certainly sounds like an incomplete button setup to play modern games, but it fits For_Ataraxia’s rumor quite well.
Now, it needs to be said, that Connor emerged earlier this year because they had what they believed were early rumors about the Switch 2. It later came to light that they do seem to have a source among Nintendo’s
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