The Nintendo Switch 2 And Its Dock, As Described By The Mystery Reddit Leaker

Last Friday, we brought you leaked dimensions of nan adjacent Nintendo Switch from nan astir apt guidelines yet: a “3D scan of nan existent hardware” obtained by suit shaper Dbrand. But suit manufacturers aren’t nan only guidelines of leaks.

A Redditor named “NextHandheld” claims to personification seen and touched an existent past portion information of nan Nintendo Switch 2. I said pinch them, and I’ve now heard and seen tin to deliberation they mightiness beryllium legit.

In particular, I’ve seen 2 photos of a imaginable Nintendo Switch 2 dock, and 1 photograph of nan wrong of a imaginable Switch 2 controller rail, covered successful certification logos and pinch copper contacts exposed, which too shows its metallic kickstand hinge unfastened astatine an angle. Notably, nan dock was not included successful nan 3D scan that’s circulating among suit manufacturers.

If NextHandheld is telling nan truth, we now cognize a bully spot overmuch astir Nintendo’s adjacent console. For example: arsenic overmuch arsenic we’d emotion it to beryllium called nan “Super Nintendo Switch,” it’ll apt beryllium introduced arsenic nan Nintendo Switch 2.

Name and date

Officially, Nintendo has only called it “the successor to Nintendo Switch,” promised to formally denote nan caller console by March 31st, 2025, and revealed that it will beryllium backward compatible pinch original Switch games.

Unofficially, NextHandheld’s guidelines has heard it mightiness beryllium announced arsenic soon arsenic January — and shared what they state is first-hand grounds pinch The Verge that it is nan Nintendo Switch 2. I saw a image of a dock, pinch nan aforesaid logo arsenic arsenic nan original Nintendo Switch, only pinch a 2 attached.

And while NextHandheld says they’re “disappointed” that nan dock doesn’t look to personification immoderate overmuch ports than nan original — 2 USB-A, 1 HDMI, 1 ethernet, and 1 USB-C apt utilized for its powerfulness ceramic — it whitethorn personification a different instrumentality up its sleeve.

Magnetic controllers — yet pinch drift-resistant joysticks

In April, Spanish pub Vandal (which correctly reported minor specifications of nan Switch OLED before launch) reported that, incredibly, Nintendo mightiness move nan Switch’s controller rails pinch magnets truthful your Joy-Cons tin magically threat into place.

Today, it nary longer seems incredible, because nan photograph I saw of a joystick obstruction region contains nary rail: it’s conscionable a long, rounded, hollow area, pinch a 13-pin connector that sticks retired truthful it tin slot into nan Joy-Con. NextHandheld says there’s a beingness magnetic click erstwhile you link them, and that you’ll spot a overmuch larger fastener connected nan controller, 1 that’s physically connected to a magnet, to release. (You tin spot mockups of specified buttons successful our Dbrand story.)

More importantly, nan Nintendo Switch 2 mightiness yet get free of nan infamous “Joy-Con Drift” that plagues its controllers to this day. NextHandheld claims nan controllers will personification magnetic Hall effect joysticks, which don’t incorporated nan aforesaid deteriorating sensor worldly and tin beryllium recalibrated easily.

A U-shaped kickstand

The original Nintendo Switch had a tiny, easy-to-topple gumstick of a kickstand, and nan Switch OLED had a wide, level plate. But nan Nintendo Switch 2 will characteristic a U-shaped obstruction of a kickstand, according to a photograph that NextHandheld shared pinch me.

I understand that nan 3D CAD grounds shows nan U-shape, excessively — and suit manufacturers personification begun sharing images of akin U-shaped kickstands, too. But it looks for illustration it could beryllium beefier than immoderate of nan mockups floating around:

Extra powerfulness erstwhile docked?

Once upon a time, Nintendo was reportedly readying to merchandise a Nintendo Switch Pro, 1 that would output 4K graphics erstwhile docked to your TV, astatine slightest partially acknowledgment to Nvidia’s DLSS AI upscaling. That didn’t happen, but nan Nintendo Switch 2’s dock mightiness beryllium designed to fto nan handheld tally a spot faster.

On Reddit, NextHandheld cryptically teased that asking if nan dock had a instrumentality was “the correct question,” and successful a image shared pinch The Verge, I tin spot nan alleged dock has ample feet astir back, ones positioned truthful it tin dishonesty down horizontally without blocking a group of vents.

While I don’t ideate you’d intentionally put it connected its back, arsenic nan handheld mightiness autumn retired of nan wholly unfastened slot up top, I tin ideate Nintendo wanting to make judge nan console doesn’t overheat if you accidentally sound it over.

Intriguingly, NextHandheld says nan dock is rated for 60W, while nan Switch 2 is rated for 45W, immoderate of which would beryllium substantially higher than nan original if true. The original Switch had an different 39W charger for immoderate docked and handheld modes, which only provided up to 18W for nan handheld.

The galore things we still don’t know

You tin excavation done NextHandheld’s Reddit comments aliases publication this early summary for a batch overmuch imaginable specifications astir nan caller console. But nan Redditor is upfront that they ne'er sewage to move nan handheld on, aliases play immoderate games. They don’t cognize whether a Switch 2 tin play original Switch cartridges, aliases only integer Switch 1 games. They don’t cognize if it has a microphone, aliases a camera, aliases really overmuch retention abstraction it has, aliases its performance, aliases point astir its reportedly 8-inch screen, aliases its motorboat titles.

They do opportunity it will motorboat successful acheronian grey, however, for illustration nan original Nintendo Switch, and that it will beryllium followed by a achromatic model, and 1 themed pinch a Nintendo crippled that hasn’t received a themed Switch yet. And, they’re nan latest to perchance corroborate a caller 2nd USB-C larboard connected nan top, though that was evidently revealed successful nan 3D scan.

If it’s existent that Nintendo will denote nan Switch 2 successful January, though, you won’t personification to clasp agelong for overmuch answers — aliases to find retired if these ones are true.