If you listen closely, it feels like you can hear the jingle of plastic and metal for Nintendo’s next console as its manufactured and assembled in faraway factories. You can almost sense its launch lineup coming into focus as the company’s developers prepare to put their finishing touches on whimsical new experiments.

As of now, Nintendo has not shared any official information about the new Switch, so the following information should be taken with a grain of salt. Nintendo Switch 2 is not the official name for the upcoming console, but for the sake of simplicity, that’s the naming convention we’re going with.