Nintendo Switch 2 tech demos took place at Gamescom
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It’s been reported byEurogamerandVGCthat developer presentations for Nintendo’s upcoming console, unofficially known as the “Switch 2”, took place during Gamescom in Cologne, Germany, last month. TRG sources have confirmed these reports.
Eurogamer claims that these developer presentations took place behind the scenes and that tech demos were shown off to partners. Reportedly, one of these demos was a new-and-improved version ofTheLegend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, which had been developed for the Switch 2’s more powerful target specs. As the publication noted, however, this doesn’t mean that aBreath of the Wildre-release is in the works for the upcoming console.
At the time of writing, Nintendo has yet to publicly acknowledge these reports, nor has it given any indication of when it expects to release its next console. There are numerous games that are already planned to release on the currentNintendo Switchhardware for the rest of this year and beyond, though, including the port ofLuigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon,theSuper Mario RPG Remake,andMetroid Prime 4.
In other Nintendo news,The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s producer, Eiji Aonuma, has confirmed that the developers“have no plans to release additional content this time”, since they feel that they’ve “done all we can do to create play in that world”.
He noted that the reason that the developers decided to make aBreath of the Wildsequel was because they “thought it would be worth experiencing new ways to play in Hyrule”. Speaking about the next game in the series, Aonuma promised: “Whether it is a sequel or new work, I think it will be a completely new way to play, so I hope you will look forward to it.”
If you’re a big Nintendo fan, you can discover your next favorite game with our list of thebest Nintendo Switch games. You can also read our roundup of the most excitingupcoming Nintendo Switch gamesfor 2023 and beyond.
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Catherine is a News Writer for TechRadar Gaming. Armed with a journalism degree from The University of Sheffield, she was sucked into the games media industry after spending far too much time on her university newspaper writing about Pokémon and cool indie games, and realising that was a very cool job, actually. She previously spent 19 months working at GAMINGbible as a full-time journalist. She loves all things Nintendo, and will never stop talking about Xenoblade Chronicles.
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