Nintendo Switch 2 incoming? New dual-screen Switch just leaked

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Nintendo Switch ii incoming? New dual-screen Switch just leaked

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Nintendo might be working on a dual-screen Nintendo Switch co-ordinate to information gleaned by a security researcher in the console'southward 10.0.0 firmware update.

Mike Heskin, a cocky-confessed "contrary engineer and infosec enthusiast" did some digging into the latest Switch firmware update and found what he claims is "preliminary support" for a new model of Switch codenames 'nx-abcd.' Heskin claims that support is for a second screen.

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In a nutshell, this appetizer of information could translate into Nintendo working on a new Switch that has a clamshell-like blueprint that holds a second screen, much like the Nintendo 3DS 40.

Such a unproblematic codename might heighten an eyebrow at how legitimate it is. But it does track with previous codenames Nintendo has used in its firmware, such equally nx-abcb, which was the codename for the Nintendo Switch Lite. That's not to say the new codename in the latest firmware guarantees a new Switch model, but it'due south an interesting snippet of data to chew over.

Firmware 10.0.0 adds preliminary support for a new hardware model: "nx-abcd".3 of the v new DRAM profiles are for this new hardware type and there'southward evidence of a secondary display of sorts being added exclusively on this model. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)April fourteen, 2020

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Nintendo has been making use of dual and 2d-screen devices for some fourth dimension, with the successful Nintendo DS and 3DS handhelds and the far less successful Wii U, which combined a TV console with a tablet gamepad. So creating a Switch with an extra screen doesn't seem to be a left-field idea.

Whether such a console would be a next-generation Switch or perhaps a form of next-gen 3DS with back up for Switch games, isn't clear. And given that the only hint of such a console is in the firmware, nosotros don't expect to hear much from Nintendo on a new Switch or 3DS-like console whatever time soon.

Nintendo is selling a lot of Switch consoles at the moment, so much so that it can exist quite hard to find i on auction. So there'south arguably a lot left in the tank for the Switch'due south lifespan, especially with games like Animal Crossing: New Horizons proving hugely popular at the moment.

Roland Moore-Colyer is U.One thousand. Editor at Tom's Guide with a focus on news, features and opinion articles. He often writes virtually gaming, phones, laptops and other bits of hardware; he'south also got an interest in cars. When non at his desk Roland can be constitute wandering around London, often with a look of marvel on his confront.

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