Some experiences declare that there’s a Nintendo Direct even scheduled for subsequent week, however that’s but to be formally confirmed. The expectation is that the Nintendo will current a number of first-party titles, together with Tremendous Mario RPG, Detective Pikachu Returns and WarioWare: Transfer It.
One factor we gained’t hear about is the Swap 2, a sequel to the extremely profitable moveable console. Nonetheless, work is being executed behind the scenes as rumors are swirling that Nintendo was displaying off a prototype console to builders attending the current Gamescom occasion.
They bought to see a reworked Zelda: Breath of the Wildwhich makes use of the brand new, extra highly effective {hardware}. What that {hardware} could also be is unknown in the meanwhile.
The unique Nintendo Swap has seen a number of variations, however they’re all powered by an Nvidia Tegra X1 chip that was initially launched in 2015. Truly, some have the X1+ from 2019, which drops from a 20nm node to a 16nm node, however the efficiency is precisely the identical (solely battery life was improved).
That is an historical chip with 4 Cortex-A57 cores at 1.02GHz and 4 A53 cores, plus a Maxwell-based GPU (from the GTX 900 technology). Additionally, this was paired with outdated LPDDR4 RAM, 4GB of it. Mainly, any fashionable smartphone chip blows it out of the water.
However has Nintendo gone with an Nvidia chip as soon as once more? Or has it discovered one other accomplice. That continues to be a thriller for now.
The Nintendo Swap 2 will possible launch in late 2024 with the primary official reveal most likely occurring earlier than that. For instance, the Swap was first proven off (beneath the code title “NX”) in March 2015, the complete announcement got here in October 2016 and the console was ultimately launched in March 2017.
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