Nintendo Switch 2 to Feature ‘Cutting-Edge Mobile Graphics,’ Says Nvidia CEO Praising Custom Chip Development Ahead of Launch

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Alright, so here’s the scoop. Nvidia’s hotshot CEO Jensen Huang is all about hyping up the Nintendo Switch 2’s new processor. He’s throwing around words like “performance” and “beauty” and making it sound like this thing could probably do your taxes while you’re gaming. Or maybe not, but you get the drift.

Anyway, Jensen popped up in some sort of “special edition” of Nintendo’s “Creator’s Voice.” Trust me, this is a big deal because Nintendo usually keeps their tech secrets tighter than my grandma’s cookie jar. Yeah, that’s a thing.

There’s a YouTube video about it, but honestly, we’ve all been stuck down that rabbit hole before, right? One minute you’re checking out console specs, next you’re watching cats sing opera. Happens to the best of us.

So, Jensen claims this chip is all about breakthroughs — most advanced graphics, blah blah, mobile device…. whatever. Full ray-tracing, HDR… it’s like they’re trying to cram as many buzzwords as possible into one tiny device. But hey, who’s complaining?

Oh, and backward compatibility. Which is sweet because we all know how painful it is when you can’t play your old faves on new tech. Looking at you, every console ever that didn’t do this before.

Now, get this nerdy bit: Digital Foundry spilled the official beans in May, talking about eight ARM Cortex A78C cores — sounds like a robot’s to-do list, doesn’t it? It’s got some Nvidia Ampere thing (two generations old, by the way), and a whole memory system that’s basically got more gigabytes than my brain can handle. Memory interface… yawn, but hey, it’s there.

And storage-wise, you’ve got 256GB plus a fancy microSD slot for more space, ’cause, of course, we’re gonna want to hoard games until kingdom come.

The video wrapped up with some nostalgia, throwing back to the OG Switch creation days and honoring Nintendo’s late president, Satoru Iwata. Bit of a feels trip, I’ll admit.

The Switch 2 is slapping a price tag of $449.99 on itself, launching Thursday. Oh, and there’s a deal with Mario Kart World — $499.99. Kind of like they’re saying, “Hey, spend a bit more and we’ll throw in something shiny.”

Pre-orders vanished faster than my motivation on a Monday morning, so if you’re hoping to snag one, maybe try your luck at a store? Good vibes sent your way.

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