RUMOR: Dev kits for the Switch successor are being sent out

It’s likely going to be a considerable amount of time before we hear any concrete information on what the Switch’s successor will offer in any regard. While we wait for those details to come in, you can probably guess how things will go. Rumors are going to pop up here and there, leaving us to speculate on what’s really going on. Looks like we’re kicking off those rumors today.

Roughly 3 years back, a leaker named Nash Weedle took to Twitter to mention rumors of the Metroid series returning. They had heard that the project was going to be a new 2D Metroid, and suspected that it could be Metroid Dread. As we all now know, Metroid Dread did indeed make its way to the Switch, so this leaker has at least some credibility.

Fast-forward to 2023, and the same leaker has shared some interesting info once again. According to them, at least one dev kit for the Switch successor has made its way out into the wild. Furthermore, the leaker claims that a Spanish studio is the one that received the dev kit.

You might recall that MercurySteam is the team that handled Metroid Dread, and they happen to be located in Spain. There’s no doubt Nintendo wants to work with MercurySteam again, following the critical and sales success of Metroid Dread. It wouldn’t be hard at all to believe that Nintendo would send them an early dev kit for the Switch’s successor, but if that’s true, Nintendo is going to be absolutely livid that word leaked out.

Again, this is all rumors and speculation at this point, so take it with a grain of salt.