After months of speculation, leaks and rumors, Nintendo has finally unveiled the successor to their latest video game console. In an effort to maintain the critical acclaim of the first version, Nintendo has gone the simple route and dubbed it the Switch 2, with a rumored release date sometime in June 2025. But before that, Nintendo has scheduled a Direct to focus on Switch 2 for April 2nd, 2025, and it's here that the launch year of their next console will start to come into focus.