The Nintendo Switch 2 is set to be the biggest launch in all of gaming, according experts, but we still aren’t sure about some of the major aspects of the launch and features of the console – release date, price, and specs. However some recent rumors have surfaced suggesting the new console will see a serious upgrade in the display department, just, perhaps, not the one many of us were hoping for.
We will know for sure very soon as the official Nintendo Direct showcase for Switch 2 draws nearer everyday (it goes live at 9 a.m. ET on April 2), but it looks like some of the specs on the world’s most highly anticipated hybrid portable gaming console might have leaked.
There are plenty of questions still up in the air about the console, that’s for sure, and the screen fidelity is likely on the short list when it comes to the actual hardware.
A user known as Secretboy over on the Famiboards forum, which is reportedly the individual who had early details the Switch 2 GPU specs before those details purportedly leaked there after, now claims they have details on the console’s display.
I’ll burst your bubble now…it’s not an OLED.
Many of us have already tempered our expectations on the OLED front – it is likely just too expensive a proposition for the first iteration of Switch 2, or perhaps just something Nintendo is keeping up its sleeve for an upgraded Switch 2 release deeper into the console cycle, just like it did with the current-generation Switch – and, if Secretboy, is indeed correct, rightfully so.
The recent rumor, or leak if you will, suggests the Switch will indeed have a the LCD screen we expected it was going to have.
But where things get interesting with this leaked information is on the specs for the LCD display.
Secretboy says the Switch 2 will boast a 120Hz refresh rate alongside HDR and VRR support. They said they “heard that the screen supports 120Hz and VRR, which should help a lot in handheld. Although I will reiterate that the screen is 120Hz with HDR and VRR support. That’s what I’m personally most excited for.”
This, of course, does not mean games will run at 120FPS or anything, but it is a good sign that Nintendo is likely upgrading the display at least to some measure and delivering something closer to what gamers expect out of a handheld in 2025. The current-gen models are limited to 60Hz at this point – there are some higher-end PC handhelds that’d deliver this, but plenty that don’t as of right now.
Needless to say, none of this official or confirmed.
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