The upcoming Swap 2 is greater than only a glorified Swap, Nintendo says, to sighs of aid heard ‘around the world.
As revealed throughout at present’s long-awaited Swap 2 Direct, Nintendo kicked round plenty of concepts when looking for a reputation for its subsequent console, together with the retro-styled Tremendous Nintendo Swap. Clearly it settled on merely calling it the Swap 2, which is sensible, but in addition opens up some questions on how completely different it’s going to be from its predecessor. Eight lengthy years because the launch of the primary Swap, you’d actually hope for one thing dramatically extra succesful, and fortunately it appears like that is the case.
Clearly, the shape issue is similar, however we now know a great deal extra in regards to the guts of the factor, and by all measures it is a important leap ahead with a much bigger 1080p display in comparison with the unique’s 720p output, help for 4K and 60 FPS with suitable TVs, and eight instances the interior storage. We additionally know huge ol’ honkin’ video games like Elden Ring, Cyberpunk 2077, and Remaining Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade are coming to the console, which says so much in regards to the energy of its customized Nvidia processor and GPU.
Anyway, throughout the direct Nintendo actually drove house the purpose that the Swap 2 is an entire new console and never simply an iteration on the prevailing Swap. “As you simply noticed, Nintendo Swap 2 is not merely an improved Nintendo Swap,” mentioned Swap 2 {hardware} design lead Tetsuya Sasaki (timestamped right here). “We redesigned the system from the bottom up and packed in a lot of new gameplay options.”
In a separate Q&A, Nintendo particulars a few of the methods the Swap 2 outperforms the Swap, together with its larger, sharper display, higher reminiscence, improved processor, longer battery life, and extra.
In the meantime, here is our complete information to the entire upcoming Swap 2 video games we presently find out about.
