Interest surrounding the (as of yet unconfirmed) Nintendo Switch 2 continues, despite the latest rumors suggesting that it may not launch in 2024 Instead, the potential successor to Nintendo's highly successful handheld hybrid is likely to launch in the first quarter of 2025 However, according to reliable industry sources, it could be announced in June, just in time for the summer gaming news season

Brazilian journalist Pedro Henrique Lutti Lippe, aka Brazil, made that claim in a recent Famiboards post, and as GameRant first reported, Mario Maker will launch Switch 2 (or whatever it is eventually called) in June (or whatever it will eventually be called), stated that the company would be announcing the Switch 2 (or whatever it will eventually be called) in June The summer months are usually a media frenzy with announcements like PlayStation's State of Play and Summer Game Fest, so it would be a good thing if Nintendo were to announce its much-anticipated new console around that time

This insider, who has leaked accurate information about Nintendo in the past, also shared information about the timing and content of the next Nintendo Direct; Lippe predicts that a broadcast focused on the company's first-party games will take place in April, but a live spring It is unclear whether the stream will be a full-fledged Nintendo Direct or a Mini-branded presentation What Lippe believes is more certain, however, is that Nintendo is planning another Indie World Showcase before that broadcast

Given that the Switch's 2024 first-party game release calendar looks rather anemic, it's not a bad bet that Nintendo could share news to this effect in the near future According to previous leaks, Switch 2 could see the release of a new Mario Kart game (later remastered for Switch) and a new Mario platformer for the first time since 2013 There is also MIA's Metroid Prime 4, which was originally announced for 2017 but has not been heard from in five years, permanently

The same insider also first reported that Switch 2 was facing internal delays and that its 2024 release could be pushed back to 2025, which is widely said Several news sources have since independently confirmed the scoop and acknowledged that Nintendo has begun explaining the delay to certain publishers

The latest rumors suggest that the game could launch in the first quarter of 2025, or between early January and the end of March If pushed to the end of this window, Nintendo could tie the release to the seventh anniversary of the original Switch, which arrived in most regions on March 3, 2017

Of course, all of this remains speculation for now, as Nintendo has not even confirmed that a successor to the Switch is in development in the first place But the wait to learn more may not be that long