Is that this the Nintendo Transfer 2?

Nintendo isn’t formally at CES, however it will have stolen the display anyway: accessories-maker Genki introduced a 3-d-printed mockup of what it says is Nintendo’s Transfer successor, and we were given to carry it and take some high-resolution photos.

In response to the mockup of what we’ll name the Transfer 2, Nintendo’s subsequent console seems to be wider than the unique, with relatively better Pleasure-Con controllers that appear to be they’ll be extra relaxed to carry. In comparison to a Steam Deck OLED, the Transfer 2 mockup nonetheless feels noticeably smaller, partially for the reason that Pleasure-Cons don’t seem to be as pronounced and ergonomic because the Deck’s grips. However the mockup nonetheless feels nearer in dimension to Valve’s hand held than the unique Transfer.

As earlier rumors have indicated, the Transfer 2’s Pleasure-Cons will connect to the console by means of magnets as a substitute of a sliding rail, Genki cofounder and CEO Eddie Tsai tells The Verge. To detach a Pleasure-Con from the Transfer 2, you press a large button on the best of the bottom of each and every controller, Tsai says, and that button it appears pushes out a pin that nudges in opposition to the chassis of the console, disconnecting the magnets.

You’ll be able to take away the Pleasure-Cons with brute drive for those who truly sought after to, in step with Tsai, however he says, total, they really feel protected for normal use and that the large unencumber button detaches the Pleasure-Cons very easily. Tsai declined to percentage the place he’d realized main points of the brand new console.

Tsai additionally tells The Verge that housed throughout the mounting channel of the Pleasure-Cons is an optical sensor, and through the use of any other attachment the brand new Pleasure-Cons might be offering mouse-like capability. It sounds just a little like what Lenovo does with its Legion Go handheld.

Nintendo has promised that it’s going to announce the Transfer’s successor before April 2025, and as that closing date creeps nearer, there were waves of leaks and rumors in regards to the new {hardware}. In December, YouTube channel SwitchUp posted a video appearing a 3-d-printed, non-functional Transfer 2 mockup equipped through a Chinese language case producer. That mockup principally appeared like the present Transfer however larger, and it printed a couple of different attainable adjustments like a brand new USB-C port at the best of the instrument and a mysterious new sq. button underneath the House button at the proper Pleasure-Con.

Days later, accessories-maker Dbrand introduced its “Killswitch 2” case, and CEO Adam Ijaz told The Verge that it used to be designed in response to “precise dimensions” in response to a “3-d scan of the true {hardware}.” Ijaz additionally mentioned that it used to be his “figuring out” that the console’s Pleasure-Cons are magnetically hooked up. And Dbrand’s imagery confirmed that the brand new sq. button had a “C” revealed on it, despite the fact that Ijaz didn’t know what it used to be. Days after that, our colleague Sean Hollister spoke with a Redditor who shared obvious pictures of the Switch 2’s dock and the within of what seems to be a Transfer 2 Pleasure-Con.

With that April 2025 closing date inching nearer each day, it kind of feels love it gained’t be lengthy till Nintendo formally, in any case unearths the Transfer 2. However till that occurs, a minimum of we have now those photos to have a look at.

Images through Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge