We've all heard of Joy-Con drift and Switch docks being 'bricked' by third-party accessories, but this is definitely a new one.
An image supposedly featuring a newly purchased Nintendo Switch Lite has been doing the rounds on Reddit over the last few hours, uploaded by a user named leviatanCL. As you can see, the console appears to have two 'Y' buttons, with the 'B' button being nowhere to be seen.
In the replies to the post, another user by the name longaxx claims that the console is theirs, with leviatanCL apparently posting it on their behalf. An awful lot of Reddit users are finding the image hard to believe, suggesting that it has either been Photoshopped or that the buttons have been replaced from another console, but longaxx is adamant that the console is real.
They've said, "Legit bro, I opened it and it was sealed, I realized yesterday. Why I took the risk of violate the warranty just for modding a single button?". When asked about swapping the buttons with another machine, they replied, "It's impossible to swap the button, every button has its own pattern. The console is mine, but a member of a Facebook page saw my post and decides to post here and sent me the link".
We may never know if the console really did arrive like that or not - longaxx has mentioned the possibility of sharing a video to prove that it's real, although that still wouldn't prove how it came in the box - but it's causing quite the commotion regardless. Some have asked whether or not this might mean another Switch Lite is out there somewhere with two B buttons. Two B, or not two B?
What do you think? If it really did ship from Nintendo like that, it sure is an odd case.
[source reddit.com, via console-deals.com]
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Collectible.
But not for me.
I like my Bs.
but
...wait for it...
y?
This is the video game equivalent of having Jesus appear on some toast.
Why? Whyyyyy?!!!
Sorry. It had to be done.
😁
Pretty hard to believe. The back of the buttons (the bit inside the case) have little notches that prevent the wrong button being fitted to the wrong slot
Edit: As can be seen here: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GP1DHRs6V2Y/maxresdefault.jpg
So how come the letter is off center on the button in question? Simply zoom in to see that.
Possible, but improbable.
@Raylax yes, but the button could simply be printed wrong. Right pattern, wrong letter.
Looks fake to me. Shadow behind button doesn't seem to make any sense and the button itself looks slightly off center. Anyone else seeing the same thing?
So that means other people will get ABXB buttons. 😆
Do you mean «You don’t C this every day»?
I'd love to see a XXXX one
@duhsoares21 The switch lite button labels are molded, not printed. I don't know the Switch's manufacturing process but it seems extremely unlikely that creating the body of the button and putting a letter on it are two separate processes, when the same could be achieved with a single mold.
I've had a similar situation.... mine came with a Y & I buttons - must be a Newcastle edition.
It’s 100% fake. If you zoom in, the two Y’s are completely identical. The photo has been edited.
ROFL, anyone can claim any BS on Reddit. I can buy a PS2, some old games, and say "Ah, busted on the PS2 and played Vice City again for the first time since 2006. Good times."
*Note: I have never owned a PS2. Nor a hard copy of Vice City.
As my friend has told me, reddit is "All about the story behind the post".
If true, okay fine. There was a mixup in production, like the legless Amiibos poeple went apeshit over. If fake, one could easily just swap the buttons.
Wow, what a scoop!
@HobbitGamer good eye. If it's not photoshop'd, maybe its off center because of the fisheye distortion.
Mr Craddock, that poor buyer sees it every day (just messing with ya)
@ALinkttPresent
Maybe it has, maybe it hasn't. But the Y's are not identical
I smell Bs...
Sorry I mean I see Ys.
To be fair I seem some dudes on reddit make more unbelievable than this... saw one dude tell a girl he had a two foot.... erm that’s story for another day...
I'm going with F.A.K.E. Going back to AT LEAST the N64 days, each button has its own unique mold. So I don't see how the B mold could have a Y imprint even for a single button.
@ALinkttPresent Y would someone do that?
@6ch6ris6 You beat me to it!
I won't whine about it. 😉
If it's fake it's pretty good. The Y button that replaced the B button doesn't appear as tall which would make sense if it isn't seated correctly. But either way who cares? Welll I guess someone did pay $25,000 for a misprinted amiibo so some rich Nintendo fan might care. But why does anyone here care whether or not it's fake? I'm not sure y.
Further proof of how reddit and youtube users are faking "issues" and "defects" to get clicks and for the lulz.
Im saying its fake, the y button isnt even the same shape underneath, you couldnt swap them around.
It's a fake image, end of story that is unless the Reddit user actually had a video of him playing the thing with the 2 Y buttons shown.
i have seen a controller with two "Y" buttons in the past. however, it was missing the "X" button and not the "B" button. and how did a controller with two "Y" buttons make front page?
i understand why Pikachu ends up being front page news, but a controller making front page news makes no sense to me.
@The_Mysteron haha i was so afraid i wouldn't be the first one to say it
Newest Nintendo quality releasing special edition like this for hardcore collectors
How so? The switch buttons are keyed, they can't take the place of other buttons without cutting they wings of. Also, those buttons should be injection moulded, no way did they have a completely wrong designed mould and only have one switch with the wrong button out there.
This is as real as the 1.000.000 euro on my bank account.
(so, fake)
@DanTheSausage How? Photoshop ofcourse.
The owner mentions that pressing this particular Y button "feels" wrong (e.g., feels hard to press), so it's entirely possible that the wrong button got inserted during assembly. It'll probably break as a result if not careful.
I can tell just from looking at the image that the Y button in B's place obviously doesn't belong there; it's sinking lower than the others.
The Y buttons do NOT look the same; look at how the light plays on each button from the southeastern corner. Anomalies/mistakes in manufacturing can happen.
ON EDIT: Whups, meant to type Y instead of B... xD
@Raylax Regardless, it could of been a printing mistake and it had the letter "Y" put on it.. But with the same molding of the B button (with the B notches)
Edit: Yeah nevermind, read your reply to that other guy saying the same thing
Forgot that the buttons are quite unquie in that the letters aren't printed on, but part of the molding process
@EVIL-C Sadly that's not just reddit but all over the internet.
A lot of people will read something on the internet and instantly believe it, that's what most people seem to do anyway.. Take for instance this VERY article.
Goes to show it's always worth researching further if unsure about anyone makes certain claims about something
Edit: Likewise, I always see youtube comments on songs for like "Met so and so person once in real life, was a really cool guy and we hung out"..
Which isn't out the realm of the impossible ofc but still, I feel like a lot of those comments I see are BS lol
@duhsoares21 That's next to impossible. As someone who works in manufacturing albeit for a company 100x smaller than Nintendo, I can very confidently say unless somebody molded the button wrong on purpose (perhaps as a custom button for themselves), it can't be that only ONE button is printed this way.
Manufacturing of parts, especially smaller ones such as this, has to be done in massive quantities at once. If this were to be an actual manufacturing mistake, you would have seen hundreds of these "double-Y" consoles by now.
But, as others have pointed out, it's clearly fake anyway. So that's that I guess.
He should hold on to it. Just like coins, errors can be worth a lot of money one day.
If he wants to prove it it's very easy. Just put a dot from a permanent marker on the Y button in the B spot
When I was replacing my joycon case I am pretty sure I couldnt switch buttons around. Nice try
@The_Mysteronback of the net. Yay 👍😂
@GKO900 that will be a grand please 👍😌 😌
Could be real. My first 3DS had it's Y button printed upside down. So furious back then, should've held onto it tho....
The bottom y is not centered properly so I'm gonna guess its a fake pic! Why you'd do it I have no idea.
I once bought a metal Great Mazinger figurine that has two left arms. I expect it to one day be worth about half as much as I paid for it.
Hey guys, I have a bridge to sell you in the Sahara. It's legit, I promise!
@duhsoares21 Except All Nintendo button labels are molded in one of 2 ways.
This here the lables are recessed in.
Meaning this y button is in fact a y button, not a miss labeled b button
Even with buttons with colored labels like with the pro controller for example still case of it being injected plastic.
I don't see any proylem with this.
@westman98
Bes. This is easb to handle. Not impossiyle yb anb means. Aysolutelb.
@Ooyah
Now I want to see a picture of your Switch.
Class-action lawsuit incoming
It is fake. Look at the depth and position of the button.
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