Nintendo Switch 2 Will be Revealed On January 16th, According to Multiple People – WGB

At this level, it’s hilarious what number of leaks the Nintendo Change 2 has suffered from. Varied accent makers and insiders have proven off bits of the {hardware}, to the purpose that Nintendo attorneys reportedly confronted one producer at CES. Everyone knows it’s coming, and Nintendo themselves confirmed an announcement would occur earlier than March thirty first. Effectively, guess what, my mates, that announcement is coming in only a few days.

Effectively, that’s what a number of individuals and web sites are saying, anyway. Insider Nate the Hate at this time launched the most recent episode of his podcast, and on the 18-minute mark had this to say: “I’ve been informed the Change 2 will probably be revealed on Thursday, January sixteenth.”

Nate goes on to say that he’s additionally heard some particulars about what will probably be within the reveal, however he considers them incomplete “as a result of it simply doesn’t make sense to me.”

Nate says that he’s heard the reveal will focus “virtually solely on the console itself.” In accordance with Nate, video games will probably be virtually nonexistent within the reveal, apart from perhaps being proven operating on the machine.

The Change was revealed in the identical manner in 2016, with a hardware-focused trailer being launched first. Whereas video games have been proven operating on the machine, comparable to Mario Odyssey, they weren’t formally revealed till in a while.

Last week, Nate the Hate also claimed that titles like Halo: The Master Chief Collection and Microsoft Flight Simulator are going to launch on PS5 and Switch 2.

Since Nate’s podcast, a number of different retailers and folks have come forth to say they’ve heard the identical issues. The Verge has backed up Nate’s claims, and offered more details on exactly what’s going to happen: “We imagine the probably sequence of occasions will probably be an announcement on January fifteenth, with the precise reveal going down the next day, so that you higher clear up your schedules.”

Tom Warren from The Verge mentioned one thing similiar on X: “in case it wasn’t apparent from my tease in Notepad final week, I’ve heard it ought to be the Change 2 reveal this week”

in case it wasn’t apparent from my tease in Notepad final week, I’ve heard it ought to be the Change 2 reveal this week 👍 https://t.co/2m3ZEW2kyf

— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) January 13, 2025

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In the meantime, Eurogamer claims these whispers have been building all week and that Nate was merely the primary to voice them: “Business whispers Eurogamer has heard over the previous week have coalesced round a reveal this Thursday, sixteenth January, with a give attention to the much-leaked console itself, fairly than a deep dive into its software program line-up.”

VGC doesn’t appear capable of corroborate Nate’s claims that the Change 2 will probably be revealed this week, but do say that his speculation about a May-June release is what they have also heard.

It’s essential to keep in mind that we don’t know the precise supply Nate and these different retailers have, which means it could possibly be a singular supply sharing data with all of them, making it much less dependable. Or it could possibly be a number of sources saying the identical factor, which might be much more compelling.

Nonetheless, given the sheer quantity of leaks surrounding the Change 2 already and the closeness of the supposed announcement date, I really feel like Nate’s data might be correct.

We are going to know for positive in only a few brief days.