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Announce it already Nintendo...
If it gets announced this year....The Game Awards in December.
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Read from Nintendo Life, Furukawa said Switch 2 rumors are not accurate:
In a recent financial call, the contents of which were written up on the Japanese site Mainichi, Furukawa dug into some of the latest 'Switch 2' discussions. Speaking to the claim that Nintendo's follow-up console was showcased behind closed doors at this year's Gamescom event, the company president stated, "The rumors online that appear to be public information are not accurate". (according to Simon Griffin and SatsumaFS' translation for Nintendo Everything).
Remember, this rumor stated that certain developers had the chance to see a demo of the next Nintendo system at the Cologne conference this year (a rumour corroborated by both Eurogamer and VGC), and that the console was allegedly capable of running Breath of the Wild at 4K 60fps as well as Epic's The Matrix Awakens Unreal Engine 5 demo.
According to Nintendo Everything's translation, Furukawa also took the opportunity to comment on the company's dual-screen patent that sparked rumours of the potential 'Switch 2' design just weeks ago. On this, Furukawa stated the following: