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This time next week we will learn much more about Nintendo Switch 2. The up-to-date Nintendo Direct Showcase dedicated to the highest secret manual console will be broadcast in the morning on Wednesday, April 2. This presentation will offer the first look at up-to-date games, equipment details and, hopefully, much more.
Before the event, we have a long list of questions that Nintendo still has to answer. Here are some of the biggest unknowns about switch 2.
Some of the biggest questions that hope will be discussed during Nintendo Direct will surround up-to-date Joy-Con controllers. Will they have a joysticks of the indoor effect, as previously reported? And does this mean that Dryf Patyk is a past?
How will rumors about mouse control work with joy? Most importantly, do joy really feel good like mice? Will players need a dedicated sparkling surface, or will the surface of the coffee or the surface of the sofa need enough?
Importantly, how do up-to-date, greater joys feel in your hand? Will these larger shoulder buttons work as well as we expected? And what does this up-to-date “C” button do on the right Joy-Con?
Joy-Cons Switch was quite radical again again again again again, both revolutionary and quite defective. That is why the full disclosure of Joy-Con (2.0) controllers will be so fascinating to watch to see how Nintendo moves its design and repairs the shortcomings of the original version.
Nintendo games first party
We officially know only one game developed by Nintendo in Switch 2 at this point: a up-to-date MARIO card game. But apparently, Nintendo is building a robust library of internally developed Switch 2 games and although we have some ideas for which development teams can work on which franchise, Nintendo perfectly maintains secrets and providing surprises.
Are the generation of current switch games developed for Switch 2, which means, will they support higher resolutions and an improved number of frames per second? (Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition He could already answer this question.)
To be straightforward, I think we are all wondering which Nintendo franchise will appear during the first year Switch 2. Will Nintendo have a up-to-date 2D or 3D Mario ready for premiere?
In addition to the franchises, perhaps the most stimulating thing to be revealed is the equivalent of Switch 2 Sport WiiIN Nintendo landAND 1-2 pad – Game or games that will show what a up-to-date system is capable of and what distinguishes it from the original switch.
Third games and independent games
Which third pages will appear on Switch 2? How strongly? Both Microsoft and Ubisoft seem to be ready to enter and support Switch 2 with a long line of AAA games that could not fit on the switch, but seem perfectly to adapt to Switch 2.
Microsoft publicly expressed interest in Switch 2, which means that franchises such as Halo, Call of Duty, Forza and Fallout can be robust shows on the up-to-date Nintendo console. If Microsoft fully covers Switch 2, it can be restless not only for the Xbox manufacturer, but for Nintendo fans who will have a huge, wide range of very good franchises in their up-to-date systems.
Photo: 343 Industries/Xbox Game Studios
Ubisoft is a long -term supporter of Nintendo consoles outside the gate and has the rear catalog of Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry and Tom Clancy Games from the last decade that it can pack for a up-to-date and more powerful Nintendo Handheld. Other publishers such as Sega, Capcom and Electronic Arts could follow with remasters and again. Suffice it to say that the creators of AAA game have a potentially huge up-to-date stream of revenues from Switch 2, and I expect that the owners of the up-to-date system will be with the choice.
That smorgasbord also includes independent games. Nintendo showed robust support for independent game creators in the Switch era, with dedicated indie world presentations, which, as I expect, will be continued on Switch 2. Will the Switch India developers, such as team Cherry and Supergiant Games, ready to abandon their long -awaited continues on Switch 2?
Late Spring/Early Summer on Switch 2 looks more and more likely, based on the time of practical Nintendo events for console and own Polygon sources. We heard that the premiere is planned at the beginning of June.
In this case, in April, Nintendo Direct should be announced by the company’s date. June is in two months; Details will need time to get speed, and customers will have to obtain pre -sale orders for the release of Switch 2.
The larger unknown and one that seems a bit liquid at the moment is the price. While $ 399 seems to be a sweet place for Switch 2, needy yen, fluctuations in component costs and price uncertainty associated with tariffs threatened by Trump administration may affect Nintendo price decisions. Some analysts predict a potentially higher price – up $ 499 – and if so, there will be one more question that she has not yet answered: will the change of 1 owners pay so much?
