TL;DR
- dbrand simply introduced its Killswitch case for the Nintendo Swap 2, full with a full product render.
- The design relies on the precise dimensions of the machine and features up with earlier rumors.
- If right, the Nintendo Swap 2 can be bigger than the Swap OLED, with magnetic joycons and a brand new button.
Regardless of the Nintendo Swap popping out over 7 years in the past, Nintendo nonetheless hasn’t formally introduced something in regards to the Nintendo Swap 2. The corporate has promised to take action earlier than March of 2025, however now dbrand has jumped the gun and given us a full 360-degree render of the upcoming handheld.
The reveal will be discovered on dbrand’s placeholder web page for the Nintendo Swap 2 Killswitch case. The entrance of the machine may look unusual, however that’s simply the removable journey case that retains the joysticks and display secure in your bag. It’s clear although, so you’ll be able to nonetheless see the Nintendo Swap 2 beneath.
The render provides us a glimpse of the design, however dbrand CEO Adam Ijaz has gone a step additional by revealing far, much more in an interview with The Verge. Based on him, the preliminary design relies on “precise dimensions” of the machine based mostly on a “3D scan of the actual {hardware}.” He wasn’t prepared to surrender the place this scan got here from, however he did reveal nearly every thing else.
Based on Ijaz, the Nintendo Swap 2 can be bigger and taller than the Swap OLED. He claims the brand new console will measure 27cm vast by 11.6cm tall, in comparison with 24cm by 10.2cm on the present {hardware}. It will likely be roughly the identical thickness, nonetheless, and the kickstand will nonetheless run about midway up the again of the machine.
dbrand revealed the total measurements of the Nintendo Swap successor.
New magnetic joycons will detach by way of a button on the again, with the Killswitch case designed to detach with them. Moreover, there’s a brand new button with a “C” printed on it beneath the house button, though Ijaz doesn’t know what it does.
This matches up with beforehand leaked pictures of the console, additional solidifying the rumored design. As for a launch date, Ijaz has no concept when the console itself will launch, however dbrand is focusing on a late March or early April launch for its Nintendo Swap 2 Killswitch case, so hopefully we’re just some months away from an official reveal.