Huge Nintendo Switch Rumor Reportedly Reveals 17 Upcoming Games
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A huge Nintendo Switch leak has reportedly revealed 17 upcoming games. Whether any or all of these games will end up releasing on Switch and Switch Lite, remains to be seen, but some of the titles have now been thrown around by several rumors, reports, and leaks. This doesn t necessarily add weight to this new report, but it does suggest there s some truth to some individual claims. If the report is wholly accurate, it s one of the biggest Nintendo leaks in years.
The report begins by claiming the following four games are getting ports/remasters that will hit Switch and Switch Lite:
Nintendo Insider Teases Big E3 2021 Direct Featuring The Legend of Zelda and Splatoon 3
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and
The Legend of Zelda. The report comes the way of Nintendo insider and leaker, Samus Hunter, who notes that these big plans may be thwarted by Covid, which continues to make game development, and everything connected, very difficult.
In an image accompanying the news which was shared via Twitter the insider hints at the three games above, and more specifically for
Zelda, its ongoing 35-year anniversary. In celebration of this anniversary, Nintendo announced a Nintendo Switch remaster for
The Legend of Zelda:
Big Nintendo Switch Feature Possibly Leaked and Nobody Noticed
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The most recent Nintendo Switch update that hit earlier this month has seemingly leaked a long-awaited feature that Switch and Switch Lite users have begging Nintendo to add, yet nobody seems to have noticed, though that s because the patch notes of the update are misleading. According to the patch notes of the latest update to the pair of consoles, said update didn t much. In fact, the patch notes reveal next to nothing. However, the update did more than the patch notes reveal, or at least that s what dataminers are claiming. Looking through the files of the update, it s been discovered that the update added audio support to the Bluetooth driver without telling anybody.
Nintendo Switch Stock May Still Be Scarce in 2021
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If you have been hunting down a Nintendo Switch in recent months, it sounds as though the handheld-console hybrid could end up being just as difficult to find later on in 2021 as it was last year. Although the global pandemic that has proven to be one of the main reasons why stock of the console has been so low over the past year is improving, it sounds as though, in the long term, 2021 may still see shortages of the Switch as well.
According to Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa, the company currently has enough semiconductor parts in stock to begin immediate production on a number of new Switch units. However, that doesn t mean that the manufacturer will be able to keep churning out Switch consoles at a high rate as the year progresses. “We have been able to secure the necessary materials for the immediate production of semiconductors for switches,” Furukawa said in an interview with Japanese publication Nikkei. “How
Nintendo Switch Prototype Leaks Online
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A new Nintendo Switch prototype has leaked online, providing Nintendo fans with an early look at the console. Over on Twitter, Nintendo enthusiast, Forest of Illusion, recently revealed that they secured an early Nintendo Switch system from a seller in Hong Kong that dates back to April 2016, almost a year before the Nintendo Switch released and not long before it went into proper production. And as Forest of Illusion points out, it s the earliest Nintendo Switch model found so far.
As you can see in the pictures below, there s not much difference between the final product and this prototype, though it does feature different volume buttons and different screws.