Official particulars on Nintendo’s subsequent console, extensively dubbed the Nintendo Change 2, stay non-existent. A brand new rumor, nevertheless, is claiming to have obtained info from sources at accent manufacturing corporations; particularly that the console may have new magnetic Pleasure-Cons.

That is in keeping with a report by Spanish web site Vandal (through VGC), which did precisely share particulars on the Change OLED earlier than it was formally introduced in 2021, resembling its new dock and help stand. Vandal claims the Change 2 (or no matter Nintendo decides to name it) shall be bigger than the unique Change although nonetheless smaller than one thing like Valve’s Steam Deck. Maybe essentially the most attention-grabbing declare is that the console’s Pleasure-Con controllers will hook up with the Change 2 utilizing magnets fairly than the rail system the unique Change has.

This might imply Pleasure-Cons for the present Change mannequin gained’t be appropriate with the Change 2. In spite of everything, they’re not magnetic, and have to be slotted and clicked into place. Vandal can’t corroborate if this can certainly be the case, but it surely does add that the present Change’s Professional Controller shall be appropriate with the Change 2.

The one different factor Vandal’s report mentions is that Nintendo is holding again its subsequent console for a 2025 launch, so it may construct up a stronger catalog of video games to place out alongside it. This traces up with a VGC report from February which claimed to have heard the identical factor, with a separate Nikkei report alleging that Nintendo’s inner delay is being carried out to keep away from potential inventory shortages.

Nintendo has in any other case refused to touch upon any potential new {hardware}, although it’s believed it demoed the Change 2 to builders behind closed doorways at Gamescom 2023. Plenty of builders additionally stated they had been engaged on a Change successor in a January survey. Assuming the Change 2 is on monitor for a 2025 launch, then we must be seeing a proper reveal earlier than the top of 2024. Then once more, Nintendo is predictably unpredictable, so there’s no telling when or the way it’ll announce its subsequent console.