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Nintendo Switch 2 would come with 12 GB of RAM and DLSS 3, this is what is being leaked

No matter how powerful the Nintendo Switch 2 is, it’s not going to keep up with the current generation of Sony and Xbox. We explain everything we know to you.

Rumors have been non-stop since yesterday. According to many international media outlets, Nintendo used Gamescom 2023 as an opportunity to showcase what could be the Nintendo Switch 2 to many journalists. Following that information, it was time to discuss the possible console’s technical specifications.

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Currently, very little is known about the Nintendo Switch 2 console. However, if the circulating rumors are accurate, it will be a significant step forward compared to its predecessor, as it appears to feature current technology.

On Twitter, Necro Felipe, the editor-in-chief of Universo Nintendo, who has a track record of leaking Nintendo products and games before official announcements, has revealed that, according to his sources, the new console will come with Raytracing compatibility and 12 GB of RAM.

A console that will arrive with 2023 technology

This would be a giant leap compared to the current Nintendo Switch, which uses a customized 2015 NVIDIA chip and only has 4 GB of RAM.

What readers need to understand is that, no matter how powerful the Nintendo Switch 2 turns out to be, it won’t reach the level of the current generation of Sony and Xbox consoles. That’s the trade-off for being portable.

Necro Felipe has also confirmed the reports from yesterday that Nintendo Switch 2 was showcased at Gamescom 2023 to developers with some technical demos, including one for The Matrix Awakens using Unreal Engine 5.

Contrary to earlier reports, the console ran the demo with NVIDIA DLSS 3.1, not the newer 3.5 version. However, there’s no need to worry because if it’s running DLSS 3, it means it has Nvidia’s new technology, which will allow for easy future updates.

The Nintendo Switch 2 has not been officially announced yet, but there are rumors that it will be released next year. We will keep you informed about the new console as soon as we have more information about it.

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Nintendo Switch Online introduces four new games, and three of them you’ve never been able to play before!

Four new games arrive on Nintendo Switch Online in September, with a particularity: three of them never made it out of Japan.

Although Nintendo is not known for pampering its classics, from time to time it shows awareness of their value. That people want to play them. Even that many of its games that never left Japan generate interest beyond its borders. Therefore, while their business decisions are not always the most popular, that doesn’t mean they don’t make occasional small efforts in the right direction.

That has been the case with the new batch of titles available on Nintendo Switch Online. Introducing four new titles, two from NES, one from Game Boy Color, and one from SNES, only one of them was originally released in the West.

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The Game Boy Color game, Quest for Camelot, is the one that was released outside of Japan. Based on the Warner Bros. animated film of the same name, it was an action-adventure game that, like the movie, passed by without much notice on the system. A curious but not particularly inspired clone of The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, its main selling points were good use of color and the ability to use the Game Boy Printer with the game.

The two NES games are among those that were never released in the West. Joy Mech Fight is a 2D fighting game from Nintendo that aimed to compete with the popularity of Street Fighter 2. Its main merit was having a huge roster of 35 robots and serving as inspiration for the Super Smash Bros. series, although it didn’t make a big impact. More relevant was Downtown Nekketsu March: Super-Awesome Field Day!, a spin-off of the Kunio-kun beat’em up series where players had to participate in various sports mini-games. A translated version was released in the West in 2020 as part of the Double Dragon & Kunio-kun Retro Brawler Bundle.

The last game, the SNES one, also never left Japan, but with a little twist. Kirby’s Star Stacker is a remake of the Game Boy puzzle game that was released in Europe and North America. However, the console version never made it out of Japan.

All of these games are now available on Nintendo Switch Online. There’s one small catch though: all the games originally not released in the West are in perfect Japanese. Nevertheless, this shouldn’t be a particular problem as all three games are perfectly playable without knowing any Japanese. Even so, given the limited amount of text in these games, Nintendo could have shown a bit of love for their franchises and fans by translating them.

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