Welcome to the TechMean right home for Thursday, January 16th, 2025. I'm Brian McCullough today.

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We now know what the successor to the Nintendo Switch will be like because this morning Nintendo T's The Switch 2, featuring a new kickstand design and backward compatibility for

physical and digital games, with more details coming on April 2nd, quoting The Verge.

The console looks a lot like the original, but it's bigger. In the video, the JoyCon

controllers are black with colored accents. They attach to the side of the

console instead of sliding on and off. The joycons appear to snap on quite easily. Leaks have

suggested they could be attached via magnets. There's a new button under the home button on the

right joycon, which had shown up in leaks. The video also appears to show the joycons being

used similarly to a mouse. And the SL and SR buttons on the joycons are bigger than they are on the original Switch's Joycons.

On top of the Switch 2, there's a new USBC port next to the 3.5 millimeter headphone jack.

The kickstand has a new design. It's shaped more like a U.

The dock for the Switch 2 has a more rounded design and like with the original switch.

There will also be a separate controller grip that you can snap the joycons into, end quote.

Now again, Nintendo didn't actually say when this will be available to buy beyond just saying 2025,

and no details on the all-important spec bumps that we're expecting, but there is going to be a Nintendo

direct on April 2nd, as mentioned, so expect more details then. Plus, there are apparently a series

of live events in New York, Los Angeles, and Dallas in April, where you can see more close-up,

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