homomo 23,836 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Welcome to the Switch 2 speculation & eventual release thread, Nintengays While not yet announced by Nintendo, the sequel to the Nintendo Switch is expected to launch in 2024 - as confirmed by various reputable news outlets, industry workers, and other sources. Switch 2 Rumours Timeline Spoiler December 18th, 2019 - nvidia announces the Orin SoC* as a successor to the Tegra line. Only noteworthy in this because of what gets leaked later. January 26th 2021 - A photo of the T234 winds its way onto Wikipedia. Nvidia technical briefs for the Orin arrive later in November 2021 and continue through 2022. March 26th 2021 - Prolific nvidia leaker kopite7kimi claims the Switch Pro/2 SoC will be Tegra Orin and says that an Ada [Lovelace] GPC* is possible. This leaker has been considered reliable for correctly leaking details of the whole Ampere series of GPUs. We know that the Orin has 2x GPCs so it's possible we can have Ampere+Lovelace cores at this point. June 11th, 2021 - kopite7kimi reveals the Switch Pro SoC Variant Leaked as being the T239, a variant of the T234. Codename is "Black Knight". We've not really treated to many more details at this point other than the T-name. March 1st, 2022 - nvidia DLSS Source Code leak reveals NVN2 API with DLSS 2.2 support on the T239 SoC. Notable because NVN is the name of the API* that the Switch uses to talk to the existing Tegra hardware. It's reasonable to assume NVN2 is the Switch successor's API. September 20th, 2022 - nvidia leaked as adding support for T239 Chip to Linux Kernal. Official corroboration of the existence of the T239 chip with details of the SoC's layout. This part isn't rumor, but speculation on what the T239 is for is still based on rumor. Technical details of the layout of the chip are confirmed here. December 27th 2022 - Digital Foundary states a mid-generation upgrade of the Switch has been cancelled. My guess here is that Nintendo's custom T239 chip is getting a revamp because the Ampere architecture (RTX30) is getting old, being a 2019 chip on a 2022 SoC. Which brings us to... March 21st 2023 - Samsung insider OreXda leaks the Switch 2 will be built on Samsung's 5LPP* process. We have a degree of reliability from this leaker again for correctly leaking Samsung phones. This was the original process node for the for the nvidia RTX40 (Lovelace) series of PC GPUs before plans were leaked to have changed in August 2021. On the same day, there's backtracking saying that because nvidia cancelled Atlan (the followup to Orin) the Samsung 5LPP plans were changed, too. September 14th 2023 - Kopite7kimi confirms that the SoC uses a Samsung 8nm GPU - effectively confirming Ampere on the T239. January 9th 2024 - Taiwanese Economic Forum reports of 8GB RAM, T239 and 64GB storage plus a 120hz screen. This would corroborate a specific model of the Tegra Orin coming. As of Feb 3rd, the latest rumours are pointing to a showcase within the next month (possibly next week?), and pre-orders becoming available soon thereafter. 0110100001100101011011000110110001101111 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 104,126 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 I am ready for it since last year, and for new Pokemon & Mario Kart 9 too! (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ 𝘞𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 17 (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
homomo 23,836 Posted February 3 Author Share Posted February 3 1 minute ago, RAMROD said: I am ready for it since last year, and for new Pokemon & Mario Kart 9 too! We are so overdue for a new Mario Kart I feel it’s gonna launch with one or a combination of either Metroid Prime 4, Mario Kart 9, and/or a new 3D Mario game. 0110100001100101011011000110110001101111 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
River 104,869 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Feb Direct will not show Switch 2, it will be Peach Showtime , Luigi's Mansion remake and Paper Mario remake focused. they will most likely just tease a game + switch 2, but no official announcement. I believe that April-May announcement with Autumn release October-November. I could play the moderator, I can ban you, die sis. 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 104,126 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 22 minutes ago, homomo said: We are so overdue for a new Mario Kart I feel it’s gonna launch with one or a combination of either Metroid Prime 4, Mario Kart 9, and/or a new 3D Mario game. Seriously, we do! The fact that Kart 8 can lasted the whole Switch run is amazing though! A new 3D would be great as well (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ 𝘞𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 17 (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RudraCNG 14,285 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 (edited) I expect it will be out this fall. I already have some money saved to buy it. I hope we get more new games and less ports/remakes this gen. I am a bit disappointed with Switch gen bc since Iwata passed away the number of "unconventional"/exotic games as for example Kid Icarus Uprising, Tingle Rosy Rupeeland, The Wonderful 101, Hotel Dusk or Rhythm Heaven has declined and now Nintendo play it more "safe" than ever, even when Switch has sold so many units. Of course I still love their games (Mario Odyssey is my favorite Mario ever) so I'll be there day one. Oh, and please please please please be backwards compatible! I still have a lot of Switch games to play and replay! Edited February 3 by RudraCNG 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awakened M 2,911 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 LG7 and Switch 2 have been my anticipated releases for the year. While I tend to enjoy what the end products are, the reception of peers kinda ruin it for me. I hope Switch 2 has the robust library the Gamecube had, but with the polish. This would mean Mario Kart 9 needs some Double Dash func! Pleaseeee! I'm not getting any sleep tonight because I woke up to a beautiful life. I'm awake. 3 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimecia 6,025 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 1 hour ago, RudraCNG said: Kid Icarus Uprising, Tingle Rosy Rupeeland You just named two of my favorite games of all time Time. It will not wait, no matter how hard you hold on... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionic 41,914 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Is it DEFINITELY coming this year? I know a lot of speculation is aimed toward holiday season 2024 but my gut is telling me 2025 is IT buy bionic Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeshaErotica 1,420 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 2 hours ago, homomo said: We are so overdue for a new Mario Kart Yeeees, but sth is telling me we will still have to wait a couple of years b/c MK 8 just got an expansion in 2023 and is still heavily played. Nintendo may wait longer. 1 hour ago, RAMROD said: The fact that Kart 8 can lasted the whole Switch run is amazing though! It is incredible that MK 8 has 96 tracks but tbh I don't enjoy them so much b/c MK 8 kinda feels too simplified. One cannot fall of the track anymore. Lakitu immediately comes. One cannot explore tracks anymore. Item explosions last less long and are less powerful than in previous MKs. The tracks are very wide. I want MK 9 to be more challenging, more similair to Double Dash and MKDS. ________________________ I think Switch 2 is coming, but I don't know if I will be buying the first modell. You know, there is a risk and is it wise? I will be waiting for the second modell. When NDS was released, it was good, but NDS Lite was better. When Wii U was released, it turned out to be a flop. The further modells of Switch were better. I'm looking gorgeous tonight 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
River 104,869 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 37 minutes ago, bionic said: Is it DEFINITELY coming this year? I know a lot of speculation is aimed toward holiday season 2024 but my gut is telling me 2025 is IT the lineup for the rest of the year is mostly remakes/remasters, it's Nintendo's "endgame", Peach Showtime is the only original game this year for the OG Switch I could play the moderator, I can ban you, die sis. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillieGOAT 5,126 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Hoping an new pokemon gen comes out with the console or at LEAST the Black & White remakes Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eido 3,633 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 From what I know NS2 games will be featured in June's Ubisoft conference Can't say anything more than that Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auralegends 4,712 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 There are rumors about pre-order preparations 👀 https://icon-era.com/threads/rumor-gamestop-is-preparing-to-start-switch-2-pre-orders.9341/?s=09 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Lockhart 810 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 I'm soooo ready He ate my heart Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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