Thanks to some alleged pictures of factory prototypes, the first look at the Nintendo Switch 2 design may have finally arrived.
The pictures, as reported on the Gaming Leaks and Rumors subreddit, were shared to an unspecified Discord server by a Chinese user who received them from someone under NDA, possibly a factory worker. Judging from the pictures, the console's design seems to line up with the rumors we have heard so far, as it is bigger than its predecessor, features a bigger screen, and has magnetic side rails for the new Joy-Con controllers.
Together with the pictures allegedly showing the system, the Nintendo Switch 2 specs were also leaked, and they, too, line up with some of the rumors we have heard in the past few months, such as the 12 GB of LPDDR5X @7500 MT/s RAM and the 256 GB of flash memory. Sadly, no information can currently be gleaned from the SoC model name, but if all these specs are real, we are surely going to hear more about the system's capabilities shortly.
As the pictures and the leaked specs come from an anonymous source, we have to take everything above with the biggest grain of salt, especially as it seems to line up a little too well with the vast majority of Nintendo Switch 2 leaks from the past few months. Thankfully, the console is likely going to be revealed soon, so it won't take much longer to see what Nintendo has been working on for its next-generation system.
About the author: Francesco De Meo has been covering video games and technology since 2012, starting his career at small outlets like Gamersyndrome and GeekSnack. After joining Wccftech gaming section in 2015, he quickly expanded his video gaming coverage with in-depth reporting, interviews with iconic industry figures such as Grasshopper Manufacture founder and No More Heroes creator Goichi "Suda51" Suda, Resident Evil series creator Shinji Mikami, Team NINJA's president and Nioh series director Fumihiko Yasuda, and Silent Hill creator Keiichiro Toyama, reviews and on-the-ground coverage of major industry events such as Gamescom and E3. When he's not reporting or reviewing, Francesco can be found playing the genres he loves most, spending time with his six cats, reading, writing music, playing guitar and drumming for his progressive rock band.
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