Rumour: Leaked Images Of A Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Switch OLED Model Appear Online

Yes please! My day one Switch is getting cracked and the battery life is getting worse.
But taking with a pinch of salt as it is from a Chinese forum.

First! And the Switch OLED looks incredible!

The photos do look pretty genuine? I guess that puts an end to the rumour of a Switch 2 launching with this game if that’s the case

Edit: I do sort of hope it’s fake though; I’m not 100% sold on the design…especially the joy cons

I'd wager it's fake. Why would they have this ready and floating around in a finished state before new year's eve for a game they will only launch in May?
Of course they would announce something like this in March/April, but I still think it's too early

The dock looks super clean. Not gonna lie a little disappointed in the joy con design... that is if this is legit.

It's a secret to everybody... 🤫

@Bobb production prototypes in logistics is easy(easier) to leak/obtain. Not saying this is rumour is true though.

I wish they'd do limited edition Joy-Con more often rather than usually just doing full consoles. I like to get new ones occasionally to replace my ones that are drifting or have other wear and tear (because I'm too lazy to get them fixed instead) but I'm not buying a whole new system to get nice ones.

I'm siding with fake but I'm leaving open the idea to it being real, if it is real I have no interest because I'm convinced next generation is in 2024 so I'm waiting for what is next from Nintendo

Real or not, there’ll almost certainly be a special Switch for Tears. If this is real, that’s the final nail in the Switch Pro’s coffin.

Looks really fake to me

Not suprising. My guess has been for a long time that they will release a zelda tok switch oled as the last from this era, and then switch 2 will release summer/winter 2024, with maybe mario odyssey 2 as a launch game.
Will buy the zelda switch oled day 1 😊

Yeah it's definitely fake, I can't imagine Nintendo would leave the back of the tablet blank especially with both the Pokémon and Splatoon editions both having patterns on the back.

They supposedly have the console, but couldn't spare a picture of the dock, the rear of the console/box/Joy-Con?

Certified Fakey-McFake.

I usually don’t care about rumors but I have been sitting on money for a zelda edition OLED for months. Gold joycons already sells me on the design. I just hope preorders aren’t insane. Seriously though Nintendo. This is my last Switch. I guess I could put the backplate of my V2 switch on my V1 Switch and sell it.

Assuming it's real: I couldn't justify buying any OLED Switch as I never play handheld. Let's hope they'll have a special edition of the game, too.

Them pushing out another "limited" console is now a leak and not just an inevitability to get more cash?

Looks a good fake.

Nice fake but also leak news? I guess it's a barren day in terms of news?

Looks as fake as fake can get. Totally excepting something like this to happen as we get closer to the game's release, though.

The dock looks nice but those joycons seem pretty bleh. Also, it’s only an OLED model instead of a hardware revision. Reality is often disappointing, so this leads me to believe it’s real. Sad panda.

It looks real enough to me. I mean, could be fake, but this seems like a rather mundane thing to fake, doesn't it?

I'm not unhappy, though, since it would mean I can continue enjoying my SWOLED for another year or so, most likely.

@Sun_wukong actually you were second.

I want this console very badly, but I already have two Switches and can’t afford any more ;-;

I really don't like the colors (green and white on golden?) but then again I didn't like the Skyward Sword's switch color scheme either... (Two different shades of blue?!) If this is real I hope those look better than in these pictures

The Dock design is the best yet, but joycons look horrible.
The best Joycons design to date is Skyward Sword Joycons

I'm going with convincing fake, myself. And what's the worst that could happen being wrong? Oh no, I'm going to have to buy a Zelda OLED. hahahaha.

@Sisilly_G Check the photos. They're all photos of the box. Not a single photo in that set shows the person actually having the console, just the box for it.

Anyways, I'm going with real, cause this design is too meh for an elaborate mockup to make sense.

I'd love to just get the dock of that ...I want the OLED dock, anyway, because of the Ethernet port.

Honestly i would buy that thought i would have to sell my v1 switch first ofc

The box is definitely a real box.

I don't see them changing the box design though for the oled (they didn't for the pokemon special edition), so I would bet on this being a fake.

Real or not, I think the dock looks cool. I'm not feeling those joycons though. I much prefer the aesthetic of the Skyward Sword set.

Looks really fake, the colours are pretty badly matched.

Was expecting something like this

If this is a fake, it's the best fake I've seen in a long time.

RIP "Switch 2 launching with Tears of the Kingdom" dream

Nothing like a new OLED Model leak/reveal to quell Switch Pro/2 rumors!

I'd be more interested in a single issue comic or something fun leading up the game.

"Special" edition consoles are boring.

This is fairly obvious, they'll probably have a collectors edition too. Also -puke- at that joystick thumb cover. Each to their own but just no.

Just now left is the hardware specs. The Dock I wished had more then just the white color to it for designs. Those not liking the Special console then don't buy it. Petty squabble if they just nitpick at such console-because they always have the R/B and White versions but you know they just whin typical. I already expected they would do something like this since March 2017 didn't have a Zelda edition Switch at Launch.

I cannot imagine this won't happen but might not be the same as the image. Defo upgrade to OLED if true and give my niece my old one as a present 😊

@link3710 The 4th picture clearly shows the person in in posesion of the console and the Joy-Con, so the dock is also supposed to be inside the box.

What's with the silver joycons in those pics. That's confusing.

Still not cooler than plain white oled model.

@Wolfleaf I think a Switch 2 is around the corner (At least announced in 2023 and released in 2024), but it would not make sense to delay TotK unlike BotW. As BotW helped propel early Switch sales as the Wii U was dead in the water. The Switch is still a monster on the sales charts and will be probably be the 2nd best selling home console of all time by the time TotK comes out. That would allow TotK to push Switch sales even further and reap the maximum sales totals of a console at peak attachment.

The Switch 2 will probably launch with a similar heavy hitter (I'm thinking Prime 4 at this point), but it does not really need TotK unlike how the Switch needed BotW.

@GrailUK I always love that attitude. Hard to be disappointed by rumors and "leaks" if you always go in with the assumption they're fake. Then you can be pleasantly surprised if you're wrong or not be disappointed if they are fake.

" the game showed a Nintendo Switch Online label, leading to speculation that the game might include some sort of online functionality or multiplayer"

LOL really??? How ever did people come to that conclusion Lol. And people are only "speculating " that online means online??? Jesus Christ lol

I hope it's fake because it looks kinda lame and the color choices are extremely basic.

It's obviously fake. Already packed? Yeah, sure. And the plastic of the Joy-Cons looks very cheap.

@WoomyNNYes The box is just the box and the Switch is an already existing Switch with custom Joy-Cons, not a Switch that comes with the box.

With all of these leaks 5 months ahead of release for TOTK, I now understand why Nintendo has delayed the game so many times. I'm surprised they even added a Zelda themed Switch OLED. Honestly, Nintendo should just release the Switch Pro because I want to play Zelda at 60 fps

It looks nice at least. Though regardless of whether or not it's real, I'm still just going to stick with my original Switch until we get a more significant upgrade.

It's fake but even if it were real that wouldn't rule out the launch of new hardware.

If anything Nintendo would be doing double dipping on pushing hardware just for Zelda. Nintendo is going to try to make the most money possible off of this game's release

Not as cool as the Splatoon one that I wish I would have gotten or Nintendo should refresh but these are still insanely sweet. Skyward Sword Joycons will always be the sweetest though by a factor of ten. It is impossible to make something that looks better than them I am glad I got them.

Looks really cool but I already have a Switch OLED. My next upgrade will be the Switch's success (whatever they decide to name it). It's gotta be better hardware - not just cosmetic.

And the timing couldn't be more odd you think as TOTK is listed for March 2023 it would only conclude a Switch would have that as something and if this is the powered up Switch that would be great. I might still preorder if I can for it and I hope this make it PreOrder not only have so much inventory and you missed you missed. I got right now two OLED: Splatoon3 and Pokémon OLED and hope this OLED TOTK is not only OLED but 4k/dlss version cause that will be a big disappointment for those waiting to run their BOTW on the new TOTK OLED Switch. And I have the Zelda Joy-Cons as well so I am ready to put those to action as well.

All the people confidently saying this is fake crack me up. I’m going full real here. A console edition launching in May has likely been in production on the manufacturing floor and an employee smuggling it off the floor for a quick pic is totally believable.

The design is also completely Nintendo in that it’s good but flawed and I’m fine without it. 😛

It's fake. The Switch 2 is coming out in 2023 with Star Fox Grand Prix, Pokémon Stars, Metroid Prime Trilogy, and the Retro Studios mystery project as its launch titles. Wild card!

with joycon drift my tears could fill a kingdom

I'm going with 'FAKE'.

If the box art were anything we hadn't seen before then it might be believable, but as it's an image that's already out there it just makes it too easy to mock-up a fake box.

Plus, the joy-cons look pretty rough, and the pattern on the backplate of the tablet is lame.

And if I'm wrong, I'm consoled by the fact that it doesn't appear very desirable. I picked up a white OLED in a good deal a few weeks ago, and while I was prepared to splash out on a Zelda TOTK edition OLED too, this does not look must-have.

@Wolfleaf Being almost a whole half a year from release, it is probably a prototype and Nintendo are the leakers to elicit feedback. This might be a design they are going to do with Switch 2, but want to see what people think before sending it on to manufacturing.

@Scooterfitz I've thought about it being an in-house fake from Nintendo too, though I was thinking more along the lines of just aiming to add general fuel to the Switch-hype chatter online, or to throw people off the idea of new hardware in 2023...

with advanced 3D printer, anyone can make a Switch OLED to fool everyone like this suposedly themed Switch OLED for Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom(this seens very fake to me).

Another possibility, but I don’t think Nintendo can get away with one more year and no new hardware. 2022 with no announcements was a stretch as it is.

I can't buy a second OLED.

But I'd buy the joycons and a decal, if existent.

Seems familiar....
https://i.imgur.com/lTeZNU2.png

@RobotReptile So Nintendo, THE MOST tight lipped Secretive company under President Furukawa just let slip new model hardware for their FLAGSHIP TITLE....5 MONTHS BEFORE RELEASE to some "random dude" on the internet....REALLY??...😂...Really?...really? 🤨

Zelda needs some detail. The look is just so bland. Not a fan. To each their own.

God I hope it's fake. It looks pretty ugly to me. Nowhere near as nice as the Splatoon and Pokemon versions.

@Bizzyb Sure. This thing’s probably been on the production line for a few months in China already. Some factory worker smuggled one off the line. Doesn’t seem crazy to me. It’s even happened before.

But honestly, no big deal. We’ll likely see what the Zelda edition looks like in Feb or Mar and go from there ✌️

The consistently poor quality of leaked photos (if that's what they really are) suggests leakers are snapping pics while running with the product, with sweaty brows, shaky hands, and armed security with shock batons not far behind.

@Bunkerneath Mine has been cracked as well.

Meeeeeh… looks boring.

Looks fake, like something i can make myself lol.

@Wolfleaf,

I think the Switch Pro rumors in reality died off ages ago, kept alive by core fans wishful thinking and YouTube channels seeking subscribers and clicks.... Then were brought back kicking and screaming into the spotlight once again by Digital foundry, only this time claiming all those debunked rumors were true, but the project was cancelled due to some reason or another.

No wonder with hacks like this to contend with, the Switch Pro rumor has not died.

@calbeau,

Or they are taken that way to make us think that, and therefore add more credibility to all this, of course they could bethinking that we are thinking that, so the reverse could be true...... confused now.

@Wexter,

Only issue with that is Prime is hardly a heavy hitter, the most the franchise has ever sold is around 3 million copies or so, the sequels sold even worse.

This leak was bound to happen - it's a shame we didn't get specs for it. And this is just like in 2017 major leak when someone in USA got hands-on and did a video for the Switch because a warehouse staff stole one to sell and posted a youtub video of the Switch.

I WANT THOSE CONTROLLERS!!

I dunno, those joycons are a little ugly if I'm being honest

A new oled is bad news as it means its even less likely to get the switch 2/pro out.

Nintendo Direct, when!? I am ready to be disappointed again.

I spent a solid second thinking that game screenshot was one of the mini underground caves in Ocarina Of Time, and not the Roaring Moon cave in Scarlet and Violet

Loving all the ill informed changing their view that Switch 2 will release alongside Zelda, to now stating 2024... Keep going, you'll eventually get it right, and no one will care.

@Ironcore A new oled is bad news as it means its even less likely to get the switch 2/pro out.
That could be the case but then again that could be the Switch 2/Pro unit since nothing was powered on to see the specs it has inside of it. And the box doesn't always have to say Switch 2/Pro for it so hopefully I am wrong but that would be a debbie downer if that happened.

I know this is fake because the right Joy-Con has no IR camera. It’s a really good mock-up though!

@SwitchForce Thats a good point and would be amazing if true.

@dcon11 The picture doesn't give a full view of the Joy-Cons and looking at my OLED boxes and Joy-Cons you won't see it from the way the pictures was taken.

Looks like there are more pictures on Nintendo Everything:

https://nintendoeverything.com/rumor-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-getting-a-switch-oled-model/

This looks so good so beautiful. It is awesome. Splatoon got one. Pokemon got one and Zelda? It is like Wii remote + from Skyward sword. This Tears of the kingdom Oled looks awesome. If it is real it is incredible. So beautiful. The yellow or gold colour. I do not know what colour it really is. So beautiful.