Switch 2 will be bigger and feature magnetic Joy-Cons, according to Spanish site

According
to
a
new
report,
Nintendo’s
long-awaited
successor
to
the
Switch
will
be
larger
and
feature
some
form
of
magnetic
Joy-Cons.

That’s
according
to
a
new
report
from

Spanish
website
Vandal,
as
spotted
by

SemiLazyGamer
on
Reddit.

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From
here,
any
quotes
used
are
taken
from

Google
translations
of
what
Vandal
wrote,
so
there
may
be
issues
with
translating
directly
from
Spanish
to
English.

“Today
it
is
Vandal
that
can
share
exclusive
details
of
the
Japanese
company’s
upcoming
hardware
after
having
received
information
from
manufacturer’s
who
have
already
had
a
first
contact
with
Switch
2.
Specifically,
our
colleague
Ruben
Mercade
has
been
the
one
who
has
had
access
to
those
exclusive
details
during
a
fair
with
accessory
manufacturing
companies,
as
just
happened
with
Nintendo
Switch
Oled.”

Vandal
is
referring
to
their
own
prior
reporting
in
May
of
2021
where
they
correctly
predicted
that
Nintendo
intended
on
releasing
an
OLED
Switch
with
a
bigger
screen,
a
new
dock
featuring
an
Ethernet
port
and
a
new
stand.
They
didn’t
quite
get
the
date
right
–
the
console
ended
up
launching
a
month
later
than
they
believed,
but
overall
the
report
was
very
accurate.

However,
with
that
said,
Vandal
is
typically
not
viewed
as
a
reliable
source
in
Spain,
so
take
everything
with
a
pinch
of
salt.

Vandal
claims
that
the
accessory
manufacturers
they
spoke
to
were
not
allowed
to
see
the
new
Switch,
but
could
touch
it.
Nintendo
allegedly
put
their
new
console
inside
of
an
opaque
box,
and
people
were
allowed
to
put
their
hands
inside
and
touch
the
hardware
in
order
to
get
a
feel
for
its
dimensions.

This
might
sound
crazy,
but
tech
companies
have
actually
done
this
in
the
past.

Vandal
goes
on
to
say:
“Thanks
to
that
we
known
that
it
would
be
larger
than
the
Switch,
although
without
reaching
the
size
of
the
Steam
Deck.”

Vandal
then
went
on
to
discuss
a
potential
new
feature
of
the
Switch
2:
magnetic
Joy-Cons.

“It
has
also
be
learned
that
Nintendo
could
have
opted
to
maintain
the
Switch
Joy-Con,
but
with
a
fundamental
change
in
its
design:
instead
of
the
rails
of
the
current
console,
the
new
Switch
2
controllers
would
join
the
screen
of
magnetic
form.”

Vandal
noted
that
this
change
would
make
“full
compatibility
with
the
current
Joy-Con
difficult”
but
did
say
that
current
Pro
Controllers
would
work
with
the
Switch
2.

Yoshiaki
Koizumi,
Senior
Executive
Officer at
Nintendo,
has
previously
discussed
the
fact
that
during
development
of
the
original
Switch
magnetic
Joy-Cons
were
considered,
but
the
idea
was
dropped
due
to
worries
that
people
would
pick
up
the
Switch
by
the
Joy-Con
and
the
magnetic
connection
wouldn’t
be
able
to
handle
that.

It
seems
odd
Nintendo
would
want
to
return
to
the
idea,
unless
they
also
have
a
secondary
system
in
place
to
help
hold
the
Joy-Cons
while
also
making
it
easier
to
take
them
on
and
off.

Finally,
Vandal
says
that
the
people
they
spoke
to
claim
the
Switch
2
is
actually
ready
to
go,
but
that
Nintendo
wants
to
wait
so
it
can
hit
market
with
a
“more
powerful”
catalog
of
games.

This
is
what
prior
reports
from
other
insiders
have
stated,
too.

Previous
reports
have
also
suggested
that
the

Switch
2
was
being
demoed
behind
closed
doors
at
Gamescom
in
Cologne
last
year.
Those
same
reports
suggested
it
could
output
visuals
to
match
the
PS5
and
Xbox
Series
consoles,
largely
because
of
a
heavy
focus
on
upscaling
technology.