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Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa revealed the company will be officially announcing the Nintendo Switch successor in the current fiscal year, which ends on March 31, 2025.
“We will make an announcement about the successor to Nintendo Switch within this fiscal year,” said Furukawa. “It will have been over nine years since we announced the existence of Nintendo Switch back in March 2015.
Furukawa added a Nintendo Direct will take place in June and focus on Switch games coming out in the second half of 2024. However, there will be no mention of the successor to the Switch during the showcase.
“We will be holding a Nintendo Direct this June regarding the Nintendo Switch software lineup for the latter half of 2024, but please be aware that there will be no mention of the Nintendo Switch successor during that presentation,” he said.
This is Furukawa, President of Nintendo. We will make an announcement about the successor to Nintendo Switch within this fiscal year. It will have been over nine years since we announced the existence of Nintendo Switch back in March 2015. We will be holding a Nintendo Direct…
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A life-long and avid gamer, William D’Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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