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It’s looking increasingly likely that Nintendo will announce theSwitch 2in January.

I say potentially because we didn’t hear it from the developer directly.

Nintendo Switch OLED held between two hands with one of the JoyCons being slid off

Even as more reliable rumors come to light, these are still rumors that could change.

When will the Switch be available in your home?

If we assume Nintendo announces the console in January, it might be released in March 2025.

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Nintendo announced theoriginal Switchin January 2017 and released the console on March 3, 2017.

If the company follows the same pattern, we could see the new console launch in early March.

We’ve also heard thatMario Kart 9will come to Switch 2.

Nintendo Switch™ Lite - Blue

Although this is a first-party Nintendo game, it’s still rather exciting.

A big release like a new Mario Kart could get the console off on the right foot.

If these rumors are authentic, the next few weeks should be exciting for Nintendo fans.

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