Nintendo patent reveals how 4K games could come to Switch 2

After a torrent of Nintendo Switch 2 leaks to close out last year, 2025 kicked off with even more potential details about the upcoming console. On January 1, gaming industry consultant Laura Kate Dale spotted a patent from Nintendo published on New Year's Eve. The patent appears to describe how Nintendo plans to use AI upscaling to improve the output resolution of its games, which might be a hint at how the Switch 2 will reach 4K resolution.

Previous rumors have suggested Nintendo will...