Nintendo isn't likely to reveal the highly-anticipated 'Switch 2' before the end of 2024, but that apparently hasn't stopped Chinese vendors from selling accessories for the console via wholesale platform Alibaba.
As spotted on Famiboards and reported by our friends over at Eurogamer, the accessories can be purchased in bulk and appear to have been produced based on accurate specifications for the upcoming Switch successor.
Naturally, both the case and the screen protector indicate that we're in for a much chunkier console than the current Switch family of systems, backing up previous reports that the console would boast a much larger screen.
The dimensions for the case are 290mm in length, 135mm in height and 50mm in depth, and while it's not possible to determine the exact dimensions of the console itself from this, it's clear that it's likely to be much bigger than either the Switch or Switch OLED. It also contains two spaces in which to fit the console's shoulder buttons/triggers.
If that's not proof enough, an image of a supposed Switch 2 screen protector was also shown, demonstrating a significant increase in size over the same product for the standard Switch. A small cutout for the light sensor on the Switch has also seemingly been removed for the successor.
It's standard practice for accessory manufacturers to be given prior notice of a consoles specifications in order to create products in time for the console's launch. That said, be sure to treat this latest nugget of information with as much scepticism as anything else we've covered regarding supposed Switch 2 leaks. We don't know anything for certain until Nintendo lifts the lid on the new system.
Thankfully, we're not too far off an official announcement now. The company has stated that it will announce the Switch 2 before the end of the current ficsal year ending 31st March 2025.
In a separate leak, blurry footage and images of the supposed new Joy-Con controllers have also been showcased via BiliBili / Reddit. Although the legitimacy of this one is tenuous at best, it appears to reinforce previous reports of the Joy-Con boasting magnetic rails and additional buttons.
What do you make of these supposed Switch 2 accessories? Do you think they're legit? Let us know your thoughts with a comment down below.
[source famiboards.com, via eurogamer.net]
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I don't think these are for Switch 2, I think they were made for the Switch Pro. 😂
Since NL is wasting our time with these are you going to waste our time w/ the new Joycon pics that were making the rounds yesterday? 🤷♂️
https://x.com/ActualAero/status/1863621227669045526
We really gonna trust the Chinese on this one?
Didn't the Switch 2's joycons leak too?
This isn't really much to go by from that image...if I'm being honest...
I will ONLY believe when Nintendo themselves announce their Switch 2 machine OFFICIALLY.
@abbyhitter
"Didn't the Switch 2's joycons leak too?"
Yes.
Hidden away at the end of the article:
"In a separate leak, blurry footage and images of the supposed new Joy-Con controllers have also been showcased via BiliBili / Reddit. Although the legitimacy of this one is tenuous at best, it appears to reinforce previous reports of the Joy-Con boasting magnetic rails and additional buttons."
https://www.reddit.com/link/1h4xs4t/video/zgxqnd7kgg4e1/player
A bit strange it's not the main focus of the article. I would imagine most would find the controllers more interesting than a screen protector.
Seems to fit the leak from september:
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/09/rumour-supposed-switch-2-design-photos-and-specs-surface-online
https://www.nintendolife.com/features/talking-point-so-then-is-this-switch-2-leak-legit
This is the case of if we keep leaking false info on Switch 2 it will eventually come true.
Wouldn't be surprised if these accessories and/or the new Joy-Con "leak" were real, but as always better take it with a grain of salt... and I definitely wouldn't buy the former not only before the official announcement to be sure, but also before preordering the system itself as I would have no use for a screen protector and case without that!
But it's China...
As always fake until proven fake.
It may have been tricky to make an article out of the blurry joycon & console footage from yesterday, since Nintendo was getting videos of it taken down. It's very obviously real. And not surprising, given how deep into production we are.
Nintendo waiting until 2025 to reveal this may as well have been saying "We're OK with you seeing our console from leakers first."
@rjejr I'd be grateful if you can provide some proof alongside your snarky comment.
@Olliemar28 Proof of what? That you didn't have an article yesterday about the Joycon leaks? Have you tried using the NL search feature to look for one? 🤷♂️
Or proof that the pics exist, that were in the link in my post? I mean I included a link, what did you include besides snark?😂
Use inches. Millimeters are meaningless
Random Alibaba vendors? Unironic "Switch2" labels? I can't think of anything more trustworthy.
@Deviant-Dork sir, this is a Wen- I mean, a European website.
It took me a second to realise what those extra buttons on the back of the new Joy-Cons are for. At first they looked like the world's most inaccessible buttons, then I realised they're ZL/ZR buttons for when you're playing with a single Joy-Con held sideways. 😅
shady vendor puts out things to scrape money from fools, big news.
So an Inch or or so more screen size?!
I don’t know why so many people have such a hard time believing in leaks like this when they turn out to be legit time and time again.
We see case designs for phones every year that turn out accurate, why not for the switch 2?
“But it's China” - yes because that’s where the majority of electronics are made. It’s likely the most reliable source of a leak for that reason.
I’m not saying these ar legit but there’s a high chance they are especially as they corroborate with earlier leaks.
At some point a series of coincidences cease to become coincidence.
Eurgh I really hope there's more to the new hardware than simply a bigger screen and more power.
We should have already had both of those things years ago - we settled for the OLED instead.
If that's genuinely what Nintendo have lined up then it's definitely going to be interesting to see how they avoid a Wii U situation.
I'm not just doing the Nintendoomed - a Switch 2 that looks and sounds like a Switch simply will not appeal to the mass market.
Maybe this is why Nintendo have waited so long? Think about it. The longer you wait, the bigger your mass market audience will be versus the audience that already have a Switch/ multiple Switch consoles and don't see the value in another, significantly more expensive one.
No amount of Mario, Metroid or even Mario Kart is going to tempt that mass audience over. The Wii U had an excellent Mario Kart - no-one came to play...
Surely there's more up their sleeve?
@nocdaes That's a bit of an over exaggeration. MK 8 moved over 8 million units on the Wii U. While that of course pales in comparison to what Deluxe has done on the Switch, that's still a large number. I agree though that the leaks are underwhelming, but I'm not convinced they are legit either. Nintendo has had a very long time to develop this console. Surely they came up with something more than just a more powerful Switch with a larger screen and magnetic Joycons..
@nocdaes
"Nintendoomed"
I don't share your concerns, I think the new console will do just fine.
1. Nintendo has always been the king of the handheld market and I see no reason that would change with the Switch 2.
2. I fail to see the connection to Wii U. There are several reasons the Wii U failed after the Wii. I don't see any similarities in the Switch to Switch 2 transition.
The Wii U was not just a more powerfull Wii, it was something rather different, and still it failed.
3. A Switch 2 that is essentially a more powerful Switch will not sell? Because PlayStation 2, 3, 4 and 5 that was essentially a more powerful PlayStation never succeeded?
(Yeah, I know there have been some other changes to the PlayStations as well along the way, but the same is even more true for all Nintendo consoles.)
4. The "only" thing people complain about the Switch is the lack of power. Games that do not perform well on a technical level - especially 3. party ones. I think a more powerful Switch, a Switch 2, is exactly what a lot of people want.
5. There will probably be a few innovations apart from the more power and bigger screen - this is Nintendo we are talking about, the king of console innovation, but I don't think it will be what truly sells the new console. I think it will be the games, the increased power, the gaming on the go vs. Playstation & Xbox and the backwards compatibility. The bigger screen will not hurt either.
@batmanbud2 to play devil's advocate, the chinese slave markets are probably in charge of assembling them.
Any chance to get accessory that will act like "blue light filter"?
I want to buy Switch 2 so badly, but I can't imagine using any display without that functionality...
I think its worth being cautious with your choice of language in these articles. It often give rise to a lot of casual racism comments.
Now how will the Super Switch Joy-Con Straps look like to accommodate with how bigger the SL/SR buttons will be
Isn't the Switch eShop shutting down in China? Wouldn't that mean they are not releasing the Switch 2 in that country?
Idk this seems very farfetched to me... I don't buy it, it sounds like false advertisement. This vendor just might be trying to pull a scam by labeling it "Switch 2" accessories.
@Chibi_Manny Even if the Super Switch isn’t set to release in China assuming Nintendo pulls out of the country before then, they’re likely still manufacturing it there
@nocdaes Bro are you mental? The Switch is such a runaway success with "the mass market" that even if the Switch 2 was literally just the Switch 1 with a nicer, larger screen it would still sell like crazy. A more powerful Switch with new games that is familiar and can still play all of people's old games is the easiest W in the world. The only beef anyone has with the Switch is that it's old and underpowered.
Nintendo could officially call the Switch successor one of 3 names. Either they go with “Switch 2” like how a majority of us call it since there’s no official name yet, they pull a New 3DS and use “New Nintendo Switch,” or they go the SNES route and call it “Super Nintendo Switch”
I’m going with Super Nintendo Switch as the name, as while it still has the Switch branding, it actually shows that it’s a beefed-up successor that improves the original Switch’s foundation (what it’s being based on). Plus, the “Super” in the name is a cute way of making a callback to the SNES.
@batmanbud2 "The Chinese"? Yikes.
who will buy this ? when the real stuff havent existed
and also would worry when Switch 2 Release in diffrent way. This kind product would lead scam to buyer
I don't believe the joy con leaks are the real deal. I would assume Nintendo learned from the Wii U being seen as just a gadget for the Wii by the majority of casual non gamers.
Having the switch 2 looking nearly identical might have a downward effect as that same majority might just think it's an upgraded switch model with just a larger screen.
Might be prototypes for testing, but I'm not sure I believe they will go for the same design. Nintendo is known to switch things up with new console designs.
The more I hear about "Switch 2", the more I'm wondering who it's really for: If people weren't convinced by Switch already, I've not seen or heard anything that would convince them to get the "Switch 2". And for all the people that bought a Switch, especially recent buyers, what's the incentive to spend multiple hundreds of dollars to upgrade here? Where's the market for a "Switch 2" going to come from? I'm a bit worried the "Switch 2" might be one of Nintendo's relative flops. I really hope there's something genuinely compelling about "Switch 2" that somehow just hasn't been leaked yet or whatever, because it currently doesn't interest me personally at all. It sounds more like a "Switch Pro" or "Switch 1.5". Just not excited so far.
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