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.

Images of what looks like the next Nintendo console are leaked online, giving gamers a possible glimpse at the upcoming Switch successor.

According to a new leak, Nintendo has started production on the Switch 2, which might also be the console's official name.