The watch for Nintendo’s next-gen console might have simply gotten just a little longer. In response to a number of stories, Nintendo now plans to launch its Change successor within the first quarter of 2025 — or about eight years after it launched the unique Nintendo Change.
Brazilian journalist Pedro Henrique Lutti Lippe, citing a number of sources, reported Friday in a brand new video that Nintendo just lately briefed publishers on an up to date launch window for the brand new console, colloquially often called “Change 2.” That report has since been corroborated by stories from VGC and Eurogamer, additionally citing sources, that say Nintendo’s authentic plan for a next-gen launch within the second half of 2024 has been pushed to Q1 2025.
VGC’s report says that the delayed launch of the Change 2 could also be as a consequence of Nintendo’s want to arrange “stronger first-party software program for the console.”
Nintendo has not formally introduced a successor to the Change, nor has it indicated a possible launch window for the system. However a number of stories beforehand pegged it for a 2024 launch.
Firm president Shuntaro Furukawa just lately informed buyers that the unique Change could be Nintendo’s “most important enterprise” for its upcoming fiscal 12 months, which runs from April 2024 by way of March 2025. Furukawa has additionally promised a “clean transition” to any next-generation platform.
Nintendo’s current-generation console-handheld hybrid continues to promote nicely, regardless of its age. Greater than 139 million Change methods have been offered to this point, making it Nintendo’s second-best-selling console of all time.
If the Change 2 has been delayed to 2025, Nintendo followers should maintain themselves on the corporate’s at the moment introduced lineup. Mario vs. Donkey Kong simply launched Friday, and nonetheless to come back are Princess Peach: Showtime!, Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD, and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Yr Door. Nintendo additionally has Metroid Prime 4 on its launch schedule however that long-awaited sequel doesn’t have a launch window.
Polygon has reached out to Nintendo for remark and can replace when the corporate responds.