Nintendo Announces Mario Red Edition Switch OLED, Out October

It looks okay but nowhere near the quality of the Tears of the Kingdom OLED.

"It does the job" is a good way to describe this variant imo

Feel like it's kind of eye-bleeding honestly. The red Joycons are nice but the red console and red dock are just garish.

The coins on the inside is a nice touch.

Mmm...it's okay. so-so hand gesture

I mean, it’s ok……but the colors just being red is just, i just feel like it’s kinda a missed opportunity, I think they could have put images of Mario’s various power ups to promote the new game.

I feel like this way you can keep the red and now have some color thrown in.

Green Luigi version, pink Peach version, or yellow Daisy version would be more interesting, imo.

Why are there 19 coins?

This is annoyingly just different enough from the last red one to make me want to add it to the collection...

Personally I find the red tablet of the original anniversary edition looks really cool. This OLED looks slightly less red around the bezel, but I'm guessing it gains a red kickstand, which the original stupidly lacked.

this new mario oled is eww

just red for $360? that is lazy and overpriced

I missed the direct, no amiibo I take it?

No mention of Wonder at all, not a game bundle, just a red OLED Switch.

There’s nothing wrong with a red Switch, but launching it alongside Wonder with not the barest minimum connection to that game is so Nintendo.🤷🏻‍♂️

This is the reason why we got this Wonder Direct as it would have been a bit late to announce it in the middle of September during the proper Direct.
Think it would have made more sense to launch a Wonder-themed Nintendo Switch Lite model but they are probably phasing out the Lite variants.

I am super excited for the game, but that red just wouldn't suit my living room.

The dock should be Blue. To match Mario's overalls and make this look a bit more interesting.

I'm disappointed Nintendo didn't bother to make the tablet red like they did with the one in the Mario 3D World pack.

@Sequel No amiibo. The Direct stopped short like it ran into a brick wall after the Switch was shown. Direct was full of stuff though, worth a watch, don’t think reading about it will do it justice.

@gcunit The average age of American conscripts fighting in Vietnam?

@BLAZINOAH The tablet looks red to me in the pic of the open back with the coins. 🤷🏻‍♂️

I would have preferred a red Switch lite instead.

I guess the main reason why they put this out is because Wonder will be demoed at PAX West and Nintendo Live

The perfect Switch to play Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary on...

https://www.gematsu.com/2023/08/esrb-rates-beyond-good-evil-20th-anniversary-edition-for-ps5-xbox-series-ps4-switch-and-pc

Hope you all at Nintendo Life are ready for a good time!!

@rjejr I've just noticed the back, but why isn't the plastic red on the front like the Mario 3D World tablet. Sheer penny-pinching laziness on Nintendo's part.

I think they are trying to get rid of their final stock of Switches before the new one is released next year and just rebranding with
a Mario themed console.

what an, odd easter egg. just show something in the front of the dock to let people my switch is a special edition i swear

While cool and would match my Doom collection on Switch, I already got the Tears of the Kingdom one so no money for this one. Still getting the game though.

@Nintyname “but they are probably phasing out the Lite variants”

What makes you say that? In my head they phase out the $300 Switch and $350 OLED when they launch the $400 Super Switch but keep $200 Lite around for the kids until a $300 Super Lite is ready a year or2 after launch. Most games the first year or 2 will be probably be dual platform anyway, see Sony and MS.

@BLAZINOAH “Sheer penny-pinching laziness on Nintendo's part”

I think you just answered your own question, no joke.

@KBuckley27 Where did you see $360? It’s the normal $350 OLED price on the Nintendo store (US).

https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/nintendo-switch-oled-model-mario-red-edition-112872/

They could have used more Mario things rather than just a little mario on the corner and some coins plus some use of blue, it's ok though

I like the coins that you can never see D:

Too much red color.
I prefer White color.

I want it but i don't need it since we already have 3 switches at home, oh well...

@rjejr They have stopped making Special Editions of the Switch Lite completely. Last one was for Diamond and Pearl remakes. Even the OG Switch got a new special edition earlier this year with the release of the Mario movie. Also it sells the least according to the weekly Japanese sales figures. OLED variant is also soon to outsell the Lite variant entirely in Japan.

This is no where near as nice as the Splatoon and Zelda OLED models. I was expecting something more colourful.

Also I wager they will bring out a bright pink OLED next year for the Princess Peach game.

Looks nice. Similar to the Mario edition.
I already have a oled switch and super Mario red joy cons.

That's red alright

@UltimateOtaku91 I'm surprise they didn't had a Pikmin one considering how popular Pikmin 4 is right now.

@Serpenterror I would of bought of that, probably could of had each of the Pikmin on the back and had multicolor joy con's.

I'm too afraid that the day I buy a Switch OLED will be the day they announce a Switch 2

I purchased some "mario red" joycons from Japan like 3-4 years ago, and they look just like this.

Couldn't they at least print a white "M" or something to make it look unique?

Not much to it. No design at all on the back of the Switch itself?

il more than likely get it,cos I’m a collector,but it’s so lazy!! Where’s the Mario imagery!?!? 🤯

I like the minimalist design.

If they had made it flashy then the complaints would have been it is too busy or “looks like a kid’s toy”.

@Sakai83 Thats their secret, they like hiding that stuff

@BenAV - Which makes a basic Switch model perfect for those who want to customise.

But if you ask me; If you're going for limited edition style, the whole thing needs to carry that weight. I hated thr Smash Bros one cause all is was, was just a Switch with limited edition dock and controls.

@gcunit The 19 coins are arranged like the secret area in SMB 1-1.

Prefer the white (or latest Zelda which came out well after I got my white).

Got to admit this looks amazing. Also good that there’s no other Mario reference.
Makes me wish we would get crazy console colours on day one

I like it....but I'm not buying it. Maybe if I was just now buying a Switch, this would be the one; but it's not. We have 3 in our house now, and buying this would be purely for cosmetic reasons.

I wish the Mario silhouette were Elephant Mario lol

I think it’s awful!!!
Just think of all the colours of the worlds and the characters in all the Mario games as a whole (a wonder this ain’t)
Mario is still king (always will be)

@Lizuka I agree, and it makes me realize why the other OLED editions have a black console with decals instead of a whole color. Too much monotone ends up going too far, as displayed with this edition.

It would have been fun if the console was designed around the Wonder colors instead of just red. Even a darker shade of red would make this console look much better than it does...

They didn't even try honestly. That's the same as the old Mario edition Switch with the red dock, but it's an OLED instead, no effort put in design at all

It's a shame because the TOTK, Splatoon 3 and Pokémon S/V OLED were amazing, why can't the number one mascott get the same treatement?

Best looking Switch so far.
Less is more.

It probably won't be a limited run as Mario games are more popular and they will keep selling these til the next Switch comes. I do like the color layout and details for it. It doesn't match up to how TOTK, Splatoon, S&V Switch in unique designs those and try looking for S&V and Splatoon OLEDs. I'll wait til Switch 2 comes and this will drop in price as well.

Quite underwhelming.

@Nintyname Good reasons. I wonder how much of the making specials editions for OLED instead of Lite has to due with profits and the timing of Lite's launch compared to OLED. Nintendo wants to sell more new OLED models than older cheaper Lite models, even if the Lite's had special editions.

Keeping OLED and dropping the Switch and Lite would make sense, but I thought the same about Sony, they'd drop the PS4 and keep the far superior Pro model, but they dropped the Pro and have kept selling the cheaper PS4 while they got PS5 stock on shelves.

https://www.ign.com/articles/sony-discontinues-ps4-pro-and-all-but-one-model-of-ps4-in-japan

I guess people with actual knowledge of costs and things will make those decisions, and afterwards they might even make sense, or the usual "Nintendo Logic" that nobody understands but them.🤷‍♂️

So Zelda got the amazing looking tears of the kingdom oled. And Mario gets…..this.
Yeah I’m glad I didn’t wait.
Don’t like this one bit.

The red colour is amazing but the best Oled Switch is Splatoon 3 Oled then the Tears of the kingdom Oled. What İ want from Nintendo is like the N64 different colours from the console but on the Nintendo Switch 2 it is not possible for the this Nintendo Switch. The controller was the same colour to.

Everyone seems to be missing the point here; you're not supposed to like it. It's not for you, it was made for ME.

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I’m still fine with the white OLED

Well that looks a bit rubbish🤔
It's supposed to be a Mario Edition but looks like a Manchester United Edition!!😂
I think I will wait for a proper Mario one thanks 😂

Tempting, but my Switch (August 2017) still works fine, so I'm gonna hold out longer for the rumored "Switch 2".

Not as tempting as the Zelda OLED for me, but still not bad. I'd kinda like to upgrade, but nothing is wrong with my V2 Switch from late 2019, and I fully expect new hardware to show up before long.

It's a bit boring.

Got those controllers with the Odyssey bundle, they drift like Toyota AE86

I think this one is unbelievably boring compared to TotK, Pokemon and Splatoon recent OLEDs. I hate this one actually because of how uninspired it is.

Make it a GD elephant for chrissakes.

I honestly really like the subtlety of this one. Stuff like the Zelda edition are a bit too flashy/gaudy for me these days. The Animal Crossing edition was ideal to me before this, as it just had a nice subtle look to it.

With this, it's just a nice clean solid red look. I might have to go for it as my late OLED Switch, as I held off on buying an OLED since I already had a rev 1 and 2 Switch along with 2 Lites.

@Tyranexx Yeah I think the rev 2 Switch leaves little to desire, and as someone who has a nice OLED TV, the OLED handheld screen hasn't been a big selling point. That said I usually buy myself a late/last example of a console I liked before they end production or move on to the next one. I just have to ask myself if I really want another Switch, but luckily the price of 1TB micro-SD's has fallen to where it won't be too expensive of a proposition.

The designer of the hardware should be fired. It’s lazy. Should have tried to be a little bit more creative. Little children could come up with better ideas with some crayons

@JayJ Another good point indirectly brought up by your reply: I mostly play my Switch in docked mode (I do travel with it, but not often). The OLED screen would be nice, but somewhat wasted on me. Thing is, I like buying later console iterations as well. Mainly for insurance to keep playing the excellent game library for years to come. I did something similar with the 3DS; I still own my OG red unit and also have a SNES themed N3DS XL.

I would like an OLED Switch, however, I don't play that much in portable mode so it's not worth the money especially since we are upon some new hardware console in the next year or so. I can't wait, it's going to be so wonderful!!!!

Love the idea with the dock, that IS very creative. Turning the inside into a classic ‘secret room’.

Problem is rather that I’m not buying another Switch at this point. But yeah somebody else will.

@KBuckley27 It's $350, not $360.

Some blue parts would have helped. either the back shell of the Switch or the dock. maybe white caps for the thumbsticks. eh.

To me this just means the Switch 2 has been put back by another year

nice touch inside, boring for the rest. pokemon and zelda were better

Boardroom gets call from warehouse: "We just found tons of red plastic in barrels. Do we toss them or what?"

Boardroom dithers then has lightbulb moment: "Red=Mario. Mario Wonder releasing soon. Let's make all red Switch Oleds with just enough details to make them seem legit. Sure, they'll be ugly but our fans will buy anything! It's a go, go, go!"

Wow, people don't care for minimalism huh. I think this is easily the best-looking special edition and has just slightly too much Mario imagery, get rid of the little Mario on the back and it's perfect.

Could it really have killed Nintendo to make the Joy-Cons white and give the dock, Mario's overall design? This just looks bland to me.

I’m already imagining a guy bringing home his date and being like “hey you see my switch? Check THIS out” and opening the back panel, only for her to melt and quiver at how awesome the hidden art is.

Looks dope as heck. Reminds me of the SNES Doom cartridge.

Lazy.
"Hmm.. we have too much red plastic left before the launch of the Switch 2... let's pump out another mediocre console and milk this thing one last time."