Nintendo Switch 2: Long-awaited game may finally be on the way

Genshin Impact remains one of the most popular free-to-play action RPGs on mobile platforms. When the game was announced in 2020, it was planned not only for PlayStation, PC, iOS and Android, but also for Nintendo Switch. An official Nintendo Switch trailer was even released. While HoYoverse’s role-playing game launched on all other platforms as planned, Nintendo Switch users have been left empty-handed to this day. However, there is now reason to believe that this could change.

This is based on a Kotaku report, according to which well-known leaker Lunar Kuroo claimed on Telegram that a Nintendo Switch account login manager was added in version 6.5.50 of Genshin Impact. Players currently cannot link their Nintendo account to the game, but the feature at least suggests that HoYoverse is working on Nintendo integration – or could be preparing a Switch 2 version.

Likely only for Nintendo Switch 2

On Reddit, it is considered rather unlikely that Genshin Impact will still come to the original Nintendo Switch. The hardware of Nintendo’s 2017 console is now clearly outmatched by modern smartphones and would likely reach its limits quickly in such a large open-world game – which may also be one reason why the first Switch version never materialized.

At the moment, the assumption is that any potential Nintendo version would launch exclusively for the Switch 2 (currently around $500 on Amazon). However, there have been no recent official announcements on this. At the same time, HoYoverse has also never officially confirmed that work on a Switch version has been canceled. Whether and when Genshin Impact will actually arrive on a Nintendo console therefore remains to be seen.