Details of the Switch Pro – the name given to the new Switch console by many Nintendo fans – have begun to surface.
Thanks to a Bloomberg article and earlier reporting by Eurogamer, we now know several key features of the Switch Pro ahead of a reveal from Nintendo itself.
With the console soon to enter production and a Switch Pro release window pencilled in for 2021, it’s likely we’ll hear an official announcement sooner than later – but until then, here’s everything we know – and don’t know – about the Switch Pro so far.
UPDATE (September 30th, 2021): Despite Nintendo confirming an OLED Switch – which is essentially the launch model Switch but with a larger 7-inch display, 64GB internal memory, a wide adjustable stand, new dock with wired LAN and improved onboard speakers – and not the heavily rumoured 4K model, Bloomberg has reported 11 companies had “tools” from Nintendo to make 4K Switch games. This was then quickly denied by Nintendo, saying “this report is not true” and has “no plans for any new model” other than the OLED: