Nintendo Switch 2 Accessory Maker’s Mock-Up Reveals Console Dimensions, Magnetic JoyCons – Rumours

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On the CES 2025 show floor, accessory maker Genki has managed to provide some more details about the rumoured Nintendo Switch 2. According to IGN, the company had not expected the amount of attention it got, since it believed it wasn’t leaking things that hadn’t already been made known to the public.

“I didn’t expect this much media attention, to be honest,” said a Genki representative to IGN.

Thanks to the company having a mock-up model of the Switch 2 on display to help demonstrate its accessories, more details about the size of the system and its JoyCon controllers were discovered. The Switch 2 looks like it will be considerably larger than the original Nintendo Switch.

Compared to the 9.4-inch width of the OLED Nintendo Switch, the Switch 2 mock-up is almost an entire inch wider, coming in at 10.5 inches. The Switch 2 is also taller, coming in at 4.5 inches compared to the Switch’s 4-inch height. This also means that the Switch 2 has a larger display, coming in at 8 inches compared to the Switch’s 7-inch display. Both the OLED Switch and the Switch 2 seem to have the same thickness.

The mock-up of the Switch 2 also allowed IGN to check the ergonomics of the device, including the various buttons on the system that can be pressed. One of the more interesting details is the fact that its JoyCons are attached to the main body of the Switch 2 through the use of magnets and SL/SR buttons that are metallic. The mechanism for sliding out the JoyCons has also seemingly changed, with a new, larger button under the triggers to facilitate this.

The representative from Genki also noted that the Switch 2 looks like it could fit into the dock of the original Switch, but the company couldn’t get it to work owing to the shapes of different grooves on the system. The Switch 2 reportedly also has an additional USB-C port on the top to allow charging the device while playing it in handheld mode.

While no new technical details about the Switch 2 have been revealed by Genki, several