Nintendo takes a piece of history from the internet. Also, according to a leaker, the Switch 2 will be able to use Nvidia’s Ray Reconstruction
It is bubbling up again around Nintendo. In recent weeks, there were always rumors around the successor to the successful (first) Switch. Now Nintendo takes its trailer offline, which initiated the success story.
What happened around the trailer?
After 7 years, Nintendo takes a piece of company history offline with the trailer. After the failure around the Wii U, there were always discussions about whether Nintendo should not merge with other tech companies . With the Switch, Nintendo saved itself and landed a hit, which still sold millions of copies in recent years.
Without any frills, on October 20, 2016 a trailerappeared that simply showed people playing games in everyday life. A recipe for success: the hype was created and continued to this day.
In response to Nintendo’s decision, Kit Ellis joined in on X (formerly Twitter). He is the former head of social content at Nintendo America:
Nintendo should take the steps to ensure the Switch reveal video stays on their channels forever. They may disagree, but it is an important piece of video game history. It’s time for a mindset shift on things like this now that their official museum is on the way.
– Kit Ellis (@kitosan) October 18, 2023
He says that Nintendo should never take this trailer off the channel because it is an important piece of video game history. So the decision weighs heavily. So is Nintendo preparing for the release of the Switch 2 after all?
This argues against an early announcement: Nintendo still has two releases pending. The games Super Mario Bros. Wonder and Super Mario RPG Maker. This could speak against a release within the next few months.
By the way: You can see what the RPG looks like in this video:
In the advertising industry, there is also a common practice of taking videos offline after a certain period of time for licensing reasons. Perhaps this simply ran out in the case of the artist White Denim -he is the musician behind the trailer song.
This speaks to an announcement soon: Nintendo already used a simple trailer for the Switch 1. So it could be that the company took the old trailer offline for SEO reasons
SEO – Search Engine Optimization
– in this case means that the search engine will not accidentally land on the existing trailer of the Switch 1 in case of a query on the search term Switch 2
The timing of a possible announcement could fit. As described above, Nintendo released its video for the Switch 1 exactly 7 years ago.
In addition, Nintendo did not immediately respond to inquiries about why the trailer was taken offline right now. So could all the speculation be true after all?
The internet is split in opinion. According to a poll on (resetera) 50.5% of just over 900 participants say no
to the question of whether there will be an official announcement soon.
Additional rumors about Nvidia’s DLSS 3.5 support
But as if this rumor wasn’t enough, the leaker Nate The Hate
published another video. According to this leak, the new generation Switch will rely on Nvidia’s DLSS 3.5 including Ray Reconstruction
If true, the loss of the OLED display would be a little less painful. The Switch 2 reportedly wants to revert back to LCD technology. But if Nintendo should support Nvidia’s most important feature, you can at least look forward to higher frame rates and better lighting effects!
For those interested: If you want, you can watch the entire leak video here:
What do the terms DLSS 3.5 and Ray Reconstruction mean?
DLSS 3.5 is a feature that helps your graphics card to create more frames per second. With higher frame rates, the world will appear smoother and more natural to you.
Ray Reconstruction makes the lighting effects more beautiful. So all the light sources will be improved and you will get more beautiful graphics in the game.
The rumor mill has been bubbling for quite some time. Of course, it’s in Nintendo’s best interest to build up some hype. People are starting to talk about the company and the product. The trick, from a business perspective, is to make sure that this hype doesn’t break off again early on. Therefore, we can assume that leaks will keep coming. But will there be an official announcement soon? What do you think? Feel free to write it in the comments.
