Nintendo Switch 2 Announcement Has Me Hopeful For Genshin Impact On The New Console

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I am finally hopeful for the release of on a Nintendo console after the official announcement that the Nintendo Switch 2 hardware will be released later in 2025. Upon its release for PC and PlayStation 4 back in 2020, the action RPG by HoYoverse was announced for Nintendo Switch consoles in the future, which became something of an urban legend as the years went by. It’s been over four years since the game was released and there have been no indications that we’ll see on Nintendo Switch anytime soon.

It’s been years since HoYoverse last tackled the subject, ultimately leaving it astray with no more mentions that the RPG would be released for the hybrid console. During these years, the game was released on PS5, optimized to match the hardware’s potential, giving continuity to its presence on PlayStation consoles. Last year, the game was also released for Xbox Series consoles, hardware that had been left out of the title’s roadmap. doesn’t seem anywhere near arriving for Nintendo Switch, but the reveal of the Nintendo Switch 2 has renewed my hopes for its availability on a hybrid console.

While the game may have been totally discarded for the current Nintendo generation of consoles, it could actually make it into the next one. Nintendo hasn’t confirmed or teased the action RPG on its upcoming console, nor has HoYoverse indicated that it is being ported for the Nintendo Switch 2, but with the new hardware on the horizon, it’s more likely that the game will be ported to an up-to-date and modern console than one that was released back in 2017, with limited performance capabilities. If Nintendo is still on ’s radars, Nintendo Switch 2 is likely the target.

Shortly after the initial reveal of the Switch 2, an alleged leak of the pricing and release date has garnered a mixed response from potential buyers.

At this point, it’s quite possible to completely discard the possibility of ever seeing the action RPG on the first Nintendo Switch generation of consoles. Because it’s