The Kyoto -based company revealed new features for Switch 2 -an updated version of the original model of 2017 -, among which a chat button stands out, which will allow players to talk among them while playing.
On what date will Nintendo Switch 2 go to the market
The Nintendo Switch 2 videoconsola will go on sale on June 5, with an approximate price of US $ 450, the Japanese company announced in a virtual event.
Nintendo said that the video console can be bought independently or with a pack of US $ 500 that includes this new version of the video game.
Nintendo Switch 2 capacity
According to official information, Nintendo Switch 2 will have a storage capacity of 256 gigabytes.
What are the novelties of Nintendo Switch 2
Among other novelties of Nintendo Switch 2, it will have magnetic controllers (Joy-Con), which will also serve as a mouse, and with a new functionality: the C. button
This button will enable players a chat by voice with the rest of the users And even them It will let a kind of video call in which everyone will see the faces in real time while playing.
“Nintendo Switch 2 is not simply an improved Nintendo Switch, we have redesigned the console from scratch and we have included a lot of new game features,” Tetsuya Sasaki, director of design director of Design of hardware In Nintendo for the new console.
In addition to the new capacity of the video console (256 gigas, eight times more than the previous one), the screen will become larger – of the 6.2 inches from the previous one at 7.9 inches of the new version – maintaining the same thickness of 13.9 millimeters; and will have two USB-C types.
The screen will also have double pixels as the previous one, supporting up to 120 frames per second, and with HDR technology to improve its resolution.
Nintendo also explained that the new ‘dock’ of the console – where it is placed to transmit the experience of portable television format – has been designed to be able to enjoy up to 4K and that will have improved fans to avoid overheating.
The C button of the new ‘Joy-Con’
Although the great novelty in terms of hardware They are the new controllers (‘Joy-Con’) and the C button, which can also promptly silence our voice; use the noise reduction option; and enable that mentioned video call with the rest of the players thanks to an independent camera (the Nintendo Switch 2 Camera) connected by USB-C to the console.
The controllers can be separated again, although now with magnetic lace and not by rails, and The new ‘sticks’ will be a bit larger and will serve as a mouse. In fact, for some experiences in specific video games you can play, if desired, only using these.
The console will also have a support to use it portable at different angles Allowing a more comfortable experience, and almost like an external minipalla or a kind of tablet, when you do not want to connect to a television, but not play with the controllers adjusted to the game console itself.
Games Compatibility and commitment to classics
During the presentation of this Wednesday, April 2, it included the introduction of The new version Mario Kart World, which will take the user to different parts of the planet, with an experience “subject to weather conditions and time of day”, since they will affect the video game scenarios themselves, among other novelties.
The video game giant stressed something that had already advanced when it spread the first details of the new console in the middle of January: The games of the previous version will be compatible in Nintendo Switch 2.
Both in their digital formats and in physicists, since they even have the same design.
Those who have the Nintendo Switch will also be allowed to transfer their data and configurations to the new one.
Another of the great singularities of Switch 2 is its huge original digital video game library -as The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker– That they will be available from now on with the online pack Plus.
“The Nintendo Switch Online Plus expansion pack will receive a new exclusive classic games library for Nintendo Switch, including those of Nintendo Gamecube, originally launched in 2001,” was detailed in the presentation where it was added that there will also be titles of Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo 64 or Super Nintendo.
Even an iconic purple command of ‘Gamecube’ will also go on sale to squeeze the classic games to the maximum but, in addition, it will have the new button C, and a ‘Jack’ type entrance for other connections. In the same way, Nintendo reported that with the new game console you can play against another user who also has it – or even the original Nintendo Switch – but using a single video game through the option ‘Gameshare’.