The large questions surrounding leaks are all the time about the place they got here from and whether or not they’re actual. The latest big leak in video video games issues the Nintendo Switch 2, and in accordance with trusted tech specialists, they’re near actual.
Digital Foundry editor Richard Leadbetter said in an article and on the model’s weekly video collection Monday that primarily based on Famiboards boards monitoring each little bit of potential Swap 2 info, the staff can verify that the renders and pictures revealed final week have been correct as of October 2023.
“The eight-inch LCD. The bigger kind issue. The brand new Pleasure-Cons connecting through magnetic rails. At this level we will assume it’s all true,” Leadbetter wrote. Particularly, the staff pointed to Taiwanese transport manifests that had been posted on Famiboards beforehand to point out how that info was just like what we discovered with the leak.
There have been two facets of this leak to dig into. The primary have been a pair images that, in accordance with Famiboards (and written up on the GamingLeaksAndRumors subreddit), have been taken from a shell mannequin that the unique poster obtained “at nice value.” That is essentially the most dependable facet from the leak, since it could be near unattainable to pretend a motherboard, as Leadbetter told IGN. Wanting on the motherboard, Digital Foundry writes that it seems to help parts revealed in different leaks, such because the 12 GB of RAM.
The second have been CAD drawings, or renders, that showcase the exterior {hardware}, together with its measurement, the redesigned Pleasure-Cons related through magnetic rails, and the existence of two USB-C ports. These drawings have been apparently created by the unique poster who took images of the meeting mannequin. That is the facet that needs to be taken with a grain of salt, even when numerous the small print line up with different leaks.
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“It’s proper to have a level of skepticism about this leak as a result of there’s nothing to cease somebody 3D printing up a pretend casing,” Leadbetter stated to IGN.
Digital Foundry additionally cites a video from Chinese language YouTuber Xiao Ning Zi, who 3D printed a Swap 2 primarily based on these drawings. Whereas they will’t totally verify the accuracy of her video, it could line up with different specs, together with the bigger 8-inch display screen. And if true, it could present how for much longer the Swap 2 can be in comparison with the unique — or, because the staff says, how a lot of a “chonker” it could be.
This Nintendo Swap 2 leak was noticed by Video Games Chronicle, which talked about a supply educated of the corporate’s plans additionally confirmed the leak’s accuracy. We’ve already talked about the {hardware} tweaks, however the specs additionally reveal 256GB of storage and elevated risk of an 8nm T239 SoC.
We nonetheless haven’t heard information from Nintendo concerning the Swap 2 past that it exists, and that it’ll likely be announced throughout this fiscal 12 months. We don’t even know if it’ll be called the Switch 2.
