Nintendo Switch 2 Expected to Launch in June, Focus on Nintendo-Made Games

Nintendo is set to show off its long-awaited Switch 2 next week, but fans are already trying to work out what will come next. According to one rumor, the Switch successor could hit shelves as early as June, with a focus on first-party games for the first several months. Games developed outside of Nintendo will reportedly arrive later in the year.
The anticipated release schedule comes via Tom Henderson, owner of Insider Gaming. Attributing the rumor to people he spoke with at this year’s Game Developers Conference (GDC), Henderson said the Switch 2 will officially launch in June, just two months after Nintendo’s April 2 in-depth reveal. The showcase will finally offer fans the hardware details and pricing information they’ve been waiting for—with the help of popular “creators,” according to Insider Gaming—though Nintendo is also said to be planning a surprise Direct for this week.
Henderson’s GDC sources said Nintendo will introduce its Switch 2 games in three phases. The Nintendo Switch 2 will launch primarily with Nintendo-made games, with third-party titles following in October or November. Around the holidays, Nintendo will reportedly drip more games, though it’s unclear whether those will be first-party, third-party, or a mix of the two.
So far, little is known about the Nintendo Switch 2. A teaser from January confirmed that the Switch 2’s upsized Joy-Cons attach to the console magnetically, eschewing the slider rails seen on the original Switch. There’s a fancier kickstand, and thinner screen bezels appear to offer more room for the actual display, which could mean last year’s 8-inch LCD rumor is true. A leak from earlier this year also suggests that the Switch 2 processor GPU will clock 561MHz in handheld mode and 1,000MHz when docked. What’s believed to be a Tegra chip will reportedly bring the Switch 2 up to 3.1 TFLOPS of compute, leaving the first Switch (which topped out at 0.5 TFLOPS) in the dust.
Nintendo did confirm last year that the Switch 2 will be backward compatible, so if the console’s initial titles are a total bummer, players will at least have about 12,000 older games to pull from. Will those first few games suck, though? Probably not. The Switch 2 first look video includes a few seconds of what appears to be gameplay from a new version of Mario Kart—aka Nintendo’s longtime crowd-pleaser. If that’s indicative of what Nintendo has in store, the Switch 2’s immediate future could be bright.
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