[Since publication it has been confirmed by Nintendo that this unit was stolen and then sold illegally; as a result we will no longer embed the video here. If you decide you want to view it anyway, you're welcome to do so at your own discretion.]
There's a Nintendo Switch out in the wild, and we've already had UI and profile settings videos to prove it. NeoGAF user hiphoptherobot is the person responsible, having apparently taken delivery of their preordered console early from a retailer (although if you believe that story, we have some magic beans we'd like to sell you).
We now have the crowning glory of these video leaks - a full unboxing of the console plus a short tour through its opening menus. There are no games seen in action because hiphoptherobot doesn't have any yet - only the console has found its way into their hands.
Needless to say, we'll be doing our very own in-depth unboxing of the system once it arrives. In the meantime, feast your eyes on the footage above and remember: March 3rd isn't far now.
[source youtube.com]
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Somewhere out there in the cosmos, Mister Iwata is looking down and smiling.
I'm no marketing genius, but Nintendo really need to pay some royalties to use this Will Smith song in future video advertisements.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzUozo1628U
Plus a new tagline in future advertisements something along the lines of - "Make the Switch"
It's catchy and you may find people to all of a sudden want to buy a Switch in the future due to the subliminal effect of the tagline.
The first things you see when you unbox the Switch (the console and the Joy cons) sure looks so neat and tidy. But it would look even better when the console is in the middle and one Joy Con on each side.
It's no Iwata in white gloves, but it'll suffice.
WAIT, the controller dock is a charging dock not the non charging, this is bull
No more games tied to hardware. 100% For sure.
That came from this unboxing vid, around the 2:54 mark I think. I didn't take the screenshot but I thought I'd share it, since it's too hard to read the text in that video
Still on the fence about actually collecting my pre-order on launch day as I still have such a back catalogue of Wii U games to finish and start in most cases; but the beauty of this thing even more up close has just confirmed that I'll be in GAME picking mine up on the 3rd lol
How did this guy get the switch. I don't buy the story of 2weeks early from retailer. Hmm I ain't into all this unwrapping stuff just show me lots of new games instead
@JaxonH FRIEND, MATE, PAL! Glorious news!
@JaxonH finally
@Bunkerneath Why do you think it's a charging grip?
@JaxonH Why is this significant?
@JaxonH Great find!!!
@Bobb @jaxonH absolutely wonderful news. Do we think this will be retroactively applied to any previously purchased software that's tied to your account?
@GuruOfGreatness You have 48 hours to decide from what I was told. But if you don't, you lose your £20 deposit.
@AhabSpampurse god I hope so. Not WiiU games, but indie and hopefully VC games I've at least bought on the WiiU.
@AhabSpampurse
No, I doubt it. Discount program for VC, yes. But that's it. No other non-backward-compatible system let's you carry over your past games, so I can confidently say that won't happen.
But again, I do suspect a VC discount program.
@Jd12345678
Cause in the history of Nintendo gaming devices, games have always been tied to the hardware. People have been begging for games tied to accounts for the last decade or so, like PS AND Xbox do it.
This confirms games are not tied to the hardware on Switch
I'm not going to watch any of these leaked videos. With only 2 weeks to go, I think it's worth the wait. Even if it is just the UI or unboxing, these experiences can be somewhat personal and I hold memories of unboxing systems and booting them for the first time.
It's up to Nintendo to hurry and reveal anything that they wanted to. Because, by the looks of things, most of the system will be spoiled before March 3rd.
@JaxonH great
@FragRed noope, its against the law, they have to give you your money back, no matter what the staff in store say.
So responsive and quick menus. Just look at that moment where he switches from white to black theme. Long gone are the slow clunky wii u (specially first gen) menus
It's looking good! I especially like how they handled the AC, HDMI, and USB plugs inside the dock, that is slick.
My only concern is being able to put the dock on a table where I can easily pull the NS out and it doesnt get in the way of the TV screen. I usually have my consoles in a semi-enclosure under the TV.
@FragRed
Who said that? I was told that I could change my mind on launch day if I wanted and still get my £20 deposit back, but only in store credit, which is fine, because that's how I paid for it.
Looks nice.
Can't wait to do this for myself with my own!
@FragRed
And 48 hours from when? Today?
Was that the joycon wrist straps in there to???
@NintySnesMan The weird thing is that he has the normal 32 GB instead of the 64 given to devs.
@GuruOfGreatness 48 hours from the end of launch day, that said technically the time limit is as long as GAME are still around. I preordered Rise of the Tomb Raider (XB1) in 2015 but decided in the end to put it on my Christmas list. Forgot about the deposit and then months later I found out I still had the money safe so I just used it on something instore (don't remember what). I wouldn't risk it though.
@Grumblevolcano
Oh yeah, they told me about only holding the console for me for 2 days, which is fine, as my decision will be made on launch say. I'll either be leaving the shop with an extra £20 on my gift card after cancelling the order there and then, or I'll be leaving with the console, pro controller, Zelda and Bomberman; it's all depending on what bundles they throw together.
Started to watch for a couple seconds and I found myself (pathetically?) already wishing I hadn't seen what the box looks like. That's part of the fun of the first day for me, I guess! No reason to spoil the fun.
Enjoy everyone and nice catch @JaxonH
@JaxonH
The games will not tied on Switch hardware. What is that means ?
I still baffled...
Ugh, hope they update the UI in the future. This reminds me of playstation's cross media bar, which I hate. Complain about Apple, but iphone's UI was revolutionary for touch devices, and Wii and Wii-U followed that functional core design. A single long string of all games is a step backwards.
@Anti-Matter Basically, on the Wii-U the game is tied to the hardware, so if the system breaks, getting your games again is a problem. On Switch it's tied to your account, so if it breaks or you buy a new one, you just log in to your account and download them all again. Of course, if you use physical media, this probably doesn't matter as much to you, but for eshoppers it's a huge boon.
@Anti-Matter
On Wii U or 3DS, if your system broke, or if you sold your system, you lost all your games. Unlike PlayStation and Xbox where you can simply log into your account on any system and instantly have access to all your purchases.
For the first time in Nintendo's history, we can access our purchases on any Switch by initializing the system and logging into our Nintendo account.
Before
System breaks, get lost or stolen, or you sell it... you lose everything.
Now
System breaks, get lost or stolen, or you sell it... you can get all your games back on another Switch by logging into your account
He has the system, but no games to go with it...guess he's staring at it for 2 weeks!
@JaxonH
Ah... I understand now.
Thank you for the explanation.
Does the Switch still not have an automatically set internet clock?? I'm still annoyed at the horrible Pokemon demo clock oversight. Daylight Saving Time exists! Don't punish people for that. And the fact that certain apps use the internet for time but not the main system... Please don't be like this Switch!
Interesting. The menus are a snap. And finally no child's play background music! Cool!
@JaxonH My New 3DS XL wouldn't boot up anymore a while back, so I had it fixed by Nintendo. But they told me if I decided I didn't want it fixed (since I still have my regular 3DS XL), they could uncouple my eShop account from that piece of hardware and couple it to my other 3DS and download all my purchases anew. So you don't necessarily lose everything, you just have to contact Nintendo to transfer your eShop account. I expect you need to be able to give them a serial number of the original device, which could be a problem if you've lost your 3DS...
How come the guy gets a charging grip in the box (there are the charging lights which are not supposed to be on the bulk grip for what I understood)... Did Nintendo decide not to be cheap finally ?
@Snader
Ya that's been confirmed, but if your system breaks and your data can't be accessed, you're screwed. Same if you sell your system and buy one at a later time.
It's still the difference between being tied to hardware and being tied to accounts, which is huge
@ElGrego
Those are sync lights, for which player it is
@Damo I will take 50 of those beans off your hands if they grow into magical flying plants that lead me to out of the way locations with shiny heart-shaped jewels.
@JaxonH I think on the UI article a bunch of Playstation owners were talking about how purchases were tied to hardware as well, just it was less annoying to transfer between consoles.
@JaxonH I agree wholeheartedly it's better to have it tied to your account, but when my system broke I expected to have lost more than I eventually did. Most of it was saved on my micro-SD card. Street Pass data in Mii Plaza was my biggest loss, besides the fact that Pokémon Picross and The Legend of Zelda Picross won't start up anymore. When I delete those, download and install them again they will probably work again, but then I have lost my progress in those games too.
So I'm also very happy with the Switch getting cloud saving
No longer available?
Copyright claim by "Flosports"???? Whaaaa?
The video has been taken down by Flosports! Who the sex is Flosports?!
well there goes th emagic.... o was looking forward to unboxing my own too.
@Snader I think you can do a save data backup before deleting a game and restore the save once you've redownloaded it.
It's nice to see Nintendo has fully jumped on board the account system train now. About time.
Still being stubborn about having some sort of trophy or achievement system, though.
@JaxonH Nintendo ha seen the light! thanks God!
I'm so jealous of this guy, HAHA. I wonder if someone at the retailer is going to lose their job over this. Anyway, can't wait to pickup my Switch in just a couple weeks now!!
@Switch81tch Not really...at least they'll own one unlike probably most of the people that did preorders or want to actually pick one up on day one. Other than that, it's just going to sit there teasing him until the services come alive and the games come out. It's at least better to get one 2 weeks before rather than getting one months before!!!!
I like the system and glad that account is no longer tie to the system but I am kinda disappointed that Nintendo went back to using a power brick again. Why Nintendo, why go back to being complicated again? You got it right with N64, GameCube, Wii and Wii U, why go back to the black box like the NES and Super NES?
Love it!
@JaxonH that doesn't confirm the account isn't tied to one console
@RaphaBoss
It is tied to one console. But it's not locked to that console- you can switch that account to any console you want, at any time you want, simply by signing in to your account after initializing the console. That's the difference
Watching this video doesn't really spoil anything for me. I'm planning on getting a Switch around the holidays because of Wii U games I have to beat and more games will be out by that time.
Welcome back huge, annoying plug -_- eck...
The packaging looks pretty good, the switch system and joycons look decent, and not toyish looking like everything else Nintendo. That joycon grip looks kind of cheap, but do-able, but that dock looks very, very cheap. I can't understand why the dock would cost so much by itself.
Well, it didn't last long. Nintendo has just seized the console from the guy since it came from a batch of stolen Switches.
Here is the link:
http://nintendoeverything.com/nintendo-takes-back-switch-system-from-person-who-obtained-it-early/
I think its time for you guys to take down this story. The item was stolen. We'll all get to see what it looks like in 2 weeks.
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