As part of the current business figures, Nintendo didn't just talk about the developments of the last few months. At the same time, the company used the meeting to finally provide us with an update on the successor to the Switch.
During the course of yesterday we received The rumorthat Nintendo will finally talk about the successor to the Switch during a current investor meeting.
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Speculations that came true in the morning hours. In the course of its current business figures, Nintendo not only addressed the developments of the past few months. In addition, the Japanese company spoke openly about the successor to the Switch for the first time in the form of President Shuntaro Furukawa.
As Furukawa confirmed, Nintendo will announce or introduce the system in the current 2024/2025 fiscal year. The official unveiling will therefore take place by March 31, 2025 at the latest. Unfortunately, Nintendo's president was not more specific.
More Nintendo Direct in June 2024
Nintendo also announced a new edition of its own Direct format, which will take place in June. However, we shouldn't expect any news about Nintendo's new console here. Instead, according to the company, the focus is on games that will be released for the Switch in the second half of the year.
“This is Furukawa, the president of Nintendo. We will make an announcement about the successor to the Nintendo Switch this fiscal year,” said the official statement. “It will have been over nine years since we announced the existence of the Nintendo Switch in March 2015.”
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“We will be hosting a Nintendo Direct this June focused on the Nintendo Switch software line-up for the second half of 2024. “But please note that there will be no mention of the Nintendo Switch successor during this presentation,” Nintendo stated.
The launch will probably not take place until 2025
While Nintendo has not yet provided any information about the release window for the Switch successor, several sources recently reported that the system was initially scheduled to be launched in 2024. However, for various reasons, Nintendo is said to have decided to postpone the release until spring 2025.
Rumors that in mid-February caused Nintendo's share price on the Tokyo stock exchange to temporarily fall fell by more than eight percent. Other current rumors speak, among other things, of a new approach to the Joy-Cons, which now magnetically attached to the system should be, as well as physical and digital backwards compatibility.
We will find out whether and to what extent these reports contain any kernel of truth over the course of Nintendo's 2024/2025 financial year.
Source: Video Games Chronicle
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