Images and video footage of the Switch 2 have leaked… except not really, but these fakes are surprisingly detailed.
For as secretive as Nintendo is being with its next console, details of its existence have slipped through the cracks. Activision has probably already received a strongly worded email after giving away that the elusive Switch 2 will be as powerful as the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
Nintendo’s commitment to not launch any new hardware for the rest of the fiscal year means the Switch 2 is widely expected to arrive in 2024, which means an announcement could possibly happen in the coming months.
Fortunately for Nintendo, the Switch 2’s actual name and design remain a mystery, which means people are free to go to great lengths to create fake designs to pass off as leaks, just like today’s example.
Recently, an image of the purported Switch 2, complete with an instruction manual and the box it comes in, was shared on Twitter.
The source appears to be Twitter user, NintendogsBS, who only signed up to Twitter this month and who also posted a concept trailer demonstrating the console’s user interface when putting a new game in.
We have to give some props to the amount of effort put into this, with the UI looking far slicker than the current Switch’s, almost like it belongs on a high-end mobile phone.
The Joy-Cons have also seen a slight redesign and appear to be set inside larger and rounder slots, with gaps that allow them to be moved up and down.
However, the design isn’t fooling anyone and can be easily disproved if you take a proper look at it. Aside from the fact that Nintendo is unlikely to actually call it the Switch 2, as the box says, both the art and video contain several errors.
For starters, the UI on the box only features games already announced for the Switch. While the Switch 2 is theorised to have backwards compatibility, surely Nintendo would want to promote newer titles over older ones.
Not to mention the Splatoon 3 art is the wrong way round, with the Inkling facing left instead of right, and the Joy-Cons are missing their + and – buttons.
The concept video does feature Super Mario Bros. Wonder, which was only announced last month, but the UI displays its name as Super Mario Wonder, which is wrong.
Given it features the Super Mario RPG remake from last month as well, this fake could only have been put together in the last few weeks. That’s honestly impressive on its own, considering how detailed it is, even if most people weren’t fooled for a second.
Plus, if any of this was real, Nintendo would have had them taken down by now and immediately set its lawyers on the perpetrators.
This is hardly the only fake Switch 2 design to be floating around. A few others have crafted their own ideas for what it could look like. In 2021, YouTube channel ZoneTech put together 3D concepts of one with a larger kickstand and matching Joy-Con colours, rather than the mismatched sets available for the current model.
That same year, designers Alessandro Cesa and Nicola Pizzato made one that’s far more like a traditional tablet, with a foldable design that makes it more akin to the Nintendo DS. Their Instagram pages have sadly been deleted since then, but remnants of the design can be found on Yanko Design.
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