Nintendo’s teaser gave very little away.
DF Direct Weekly arrives early - but with good cause.
I’d argue not.
Yes, Switch 2 will be significantly larger than its predecessor.
The joycons do appear to attach magnetically to the main unit.
Will games naturally run faster on Switch 2 than they do on the older model?
Character rendering and environments have a similar style toMario Kart 8but there are some interesting embellishments.
There are changes to the character models, perhaps to more closely align with the movie versions.
The drivers - and indeed the karts themselves - look more expressive, including cartoon-inspired squashing and stretching animations.
Also interesting is the shift to shadow maps.
Is this a generational leap over the existing hardware?
The table below outlines the basics.
Bizarrely, however, the CPU clockincreasesfrom 998.4MHz to 1100.8MHz.
- Switch 2 specifications remain unconfirmed at this time.
Why would handheld mode require higher clockspeeds than docked?
Alternatively, of course, the leak may simply be incorrect.
On balance thisshouldbe ballpark with a smaller GPU running at higher clocks, as described here.
So, with a teaser reveal out of the way, what happens next?
All eyes are on the Switch 2 Nintendo Direct, coming on April 4th.
