Another peripheral maker appears prefer it’s going to be in bother with Nintendo, because it seemingly shared an early have a look at the Switch 2.
While there have been frequent Nintendo Switch 2 rumours the previous 12 months or so, they appear to be accelerating the nearer we get to the brand new console’s reveal – which Nintendo has stated will occur earlier than April.
Not lengthy after alleged video footage of the console’s new Joy-Con controllers popped up on-line, a Chinese web site was noticed promoting Switch 2 equipment early, giving freely particulars about its measurement.
Now, only one week later, it appears one other firm that offers in console equipment has unintentionally shared a glimpse on the Switch 2 earlier than any official reveal from Nintendo.
US primarily based firm Satisfye uploaded a YouTube video to announce its new ZenGrip 2 accent, which is actually a shell with handles you’ll be able to plug a handheld console into.
The firm already sells comparable merchandise designed for the Switch, however this video contained a blurry shot of the ZenGrip 2 hooked up to a Switch console.
Given the deliberate obfuscation, it appears Satisfye was teasing its accent for the Switch 2. Something that’s solely strengthened by the actual fact the video was swiftly taken down, as if it confirmed one thing it wasn’t purported to.
This being the web, folks had been fast sufficient to snag screenshots earlier than the trailer’s removing. While they’re not the cleanest photographs, these two screenshots by X users DP19 and WickedRay do present one thing that strongly resembles allegedly leaked photographs of the Switch 2 prototype from October.
What additionally lends some credence is that, whereas it’s a bit laborious to make out, the right-hand Joy-Con has an additional button, identical to what was proven within the leaked footage from per week in the past.
Plus, on Satisfye’s website, a pre-order web page for the ZenGrip 2 contains a brand depicting the Switch together with the textual content ‘made for subsequent gen console.’ So, Satisfye’s undoubtedly selling this accent to be used with the Switch 2.
It’s lengthy been assumed the Switch 2 received’t look too dissimilar to the unique Switch mannequin, however it’s stunning Satisfye would publish a video that includes the console and danger inviting Nintendo’s wrath.
As an adjunct firm, Satisfye could properly know what the Switch 2 appears like, at the very least sufficient to place collectively a mock-up picture for the trailer. Either that or it’s primarily based on all of the rumoured info that’s been shared to this point.
There’s some debate over whether or not that is only a advertising stunt, and Satisfye is as at midnight as everybody else, or if it’s jumped the gun forward of an official announcement.
It’s trying increasingly more probably Nintendo itself received’t reveal the Switch 2 till 2025. In truth, the corporate, with solely a really distant probability of an annoucement at The Game Awards on Friday.
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