We have new bombastic rumors about Nintendo’s next hardware, from a popular source who has also earned their reputation.
Necro Felipe, webmaster for Portuguese fansite Universo Nintendo, has shared the most details he has ever revealed about this upcoming device. He was one of several leakers who started using the name Switch 2, although of course, Nintendo has yet to give the device a real name.
He also shared an earlier specs rumor that the device would have DLSS 3.1, ray tracing, and 12 GB RAM. These rumors, while unsubstantiated, naturally excited fans, because they were reasonable moves to bring Nintendo’s platform up to date with its competitors.
But now we have to reckon with the big one, as Felipe has shared a bigger spec leak for the device. As shared on reddit by user RexVandham, who we will trust for the translation, this is what the Switch 2’s specs are now rumored to have:
Additional details referring to DLSS, Reflex and Ray Tracing with favourable comparisons to RTX 3000 graphic cards, full HD (1080p) on handheld mode, a 512GB internal storage ceiling and 500GB storage potential on cartridges utilising 3D-NAND technology”
That’s a lot to swallow, but the main takeaways here would be the promise of legitimately powerful specs, that we can believe can take ports of games that were released on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, in the same way that the Switch could take ports of games from the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Of course, you are also likely to remember that the Nintendo Switch was able to punch well above its weight thanks to specialist port studios. They did make compromises on these newer games, but as Switch users cheerily pointed out, ports of games like Doom Eternal, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and
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