Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Con has surfaced in leaked images, and internet pundits are trying to figure out what it all means

Below Alleged Nintendo Switch 2 internals leakedfresh images showing off the next-gen console’s Joy-Con have surfaced online.

Images showing a left Joy-Con were first posted on a Chinese social media site before making their way to Nintendo Switch 2 subreddits and Western social networks. Images of the proper Joy-Con have yet to emerge.

As you’d expect, these images are being scrutinized to within an inch of their lives, with most turning to their legitimacy. They include larger SL and SR buttons than the Nintendo Switch Joy-Con, which you’d expect given that the Nintendo Switch 2 is a bigger console than the original. These new Joy-Cons are said to have ditched the rail locking method used by the current Switch in favor of electromagnetic suction controllers.

Internet pundits are also trying to make sense of what appear to be soft rubber sliders at the top and bottom of the Joy-Con’s side, and what appears to be some kind of sensor, perhaps for connecting to other devices or for 3D gestures. -Controlled entry.

Some believe that the Switch 2 Joy-Con can be used as a mouse if placed on its side and placed on a flat surface.

last week, An image of what appeared to be the Switch 2’s internal components This has been matched by information suggested by previous image leaks that have helped give us a decent idea of ​​what to expect from Nintendo’s next-gen console.

In September, the unverified images – a mix of computer-aided design (CAD) images and printed circuit board (PCB) photos – were said to have originated from a Chinese website. Reddit, It envisioned a device similar to the existing Switch console but with a bigger screen and a magnetic Joy-Con. There’s also supposedly a USB-C port on the top and bottom of the console.

Along with the figures are 12GB of RAM (the original Switch has 4GB) and 256GB of internal storage (the original Switch has 32GB). There’s a new “C” button on the right side of the Joy-Con, presumably.

we have one too the patentUnveiled in July 2023 but first published last week, it describes AI image scaling technology that would help keep video game download sizes small enough to fit on a physical game cartridge while offering 4K textures.

Here’s what we know for sure: Nintendo has confirmed that the as-yet-unannounced Switch 2 will be backwards compatible with original Switch games and will feature Nintendo Switch Online.. Nintendo has also said that it will announce the Switch 2 by the end of March 2025, which means that the reveal is fast approaching. Regarding the publication date, The console is not expected to launch in Nintendo’s current fiscal yearso it will arrive in April 2025 at the earliest.

We also have Saying that the developers are planning to release the upcoming games directly on the consolewith others tease a Switch 2 version for their games. When the Switch 2 finally comes out, Nintendo hopes to have plenty of stockand that will hopefully prevent scalping.

Wesley is IGN’s UK News Editor. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can contact Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.