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Nintendo privates both Nintendo Switch Lite and Nintendo Switch OLED trailers from YouTube
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Definitely means Switch Pro reveal today with BOTW2 surprise dropped for this holiday. EVERYONE BRACE.
Both of them shadowdropped this morning. All OG Switches upgrade to Pro when you download BOTW2 for free.
Even if this model is true (it's pretty likely to me), that wouldn't make sense to private the original OLED video and I don't think they ever did that. Such models are usually announced in Directs, I think we're getting a Splatoon 3 Direct sometime soon and it's the perfect place to reveal this.
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Leaker said Splatoon 3 OLED today and Drake before the end of 2022. So, if we will get the announcement, I guess Drake is almost confirmed.
But they don't make private a video for a themed console, because we never got Themed Switch trailer.
They've already pulled this twice with the 2019 revision and Switch OLED.Nintendo atm
They did move up Xenoblade 3 from the September date, so anything is possible!
Nintendo Switch – OLED Model Splatoon 3 Edition
Something fresh is surfacing! The Nintendo Switch – OLED Model Splatoon 3 Edition splashes down on 8/26!Complete the look with the Splatoon 3 Nintendo Switch...
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We now have a dedicated thread discussing this new trailer.
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Surely nobody was holding on to hope for Nintendo to actually announce something here right
Surely nobody was holding on to hope for Nintendo to actually announce something here right
The leak comes directly from the moderator of a Chinese forum, the same forum that leaked the Lite shell 3 years ago. They mentioned that Nintendo would reveal a new themed OLED a while back, and today they confirmed that it would be revealed today at 9AM and it would be Splatoon 3 themed. They also mentioned that 'Drake' (the Pro/Succ/Switch 2/electric boogaloo) would be showcased later in the year
Got it. And they made that Drake comment today as well? Or is that one older?
Turns out it was a Splatoon themed Switch announcement. I think this thread can be closed. Speculation was fun while it lasted!
Much older. It also corroborates statements made by another prolific user in the forum that is apparently a factory worker. The factory worker mentioned all the way back in April that Nintendo was working on a new Switch OLED themed console and a brand new Switch model. Those are the only 2 'leakers' that I'm aware of and the only reason their posts are being entertained is because it's the same forum that leaked the Switch lite backplate before anyone else. Now that the moderator also nailed the date, time and the theme of the revealed OLED model, I guess they have a bit more credibility
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Thank you so much for the write-up. Super helpful and informative. I've linked to your post in the Splatoon OLED announcement thread as many people there were asking for context on the "leak," and your summary is superb.
So yeah, Nintendo is probably gonna copy the same playbook as the original Switch for the Drake. October reveal, March/April release.
Wow, so something did happen, though it was something relatively minor.
That is very interesting. Thank you on elaborating on this subject.
That is very interesting. Thank you on elaborating on this subject.
The same leaker who predicted the Splatoon OLED said Pro will come later in the year. So probably a September reveal sometime after Splatoon releases for a Q1 release.
That would mean they would also be omitting the first party games from their standard September Direct. I dont know if they can go that long without showcasing their next big first party games before making it completely obvious they are holding out for new hardware.
Also, the Switch reveal was a concept reveal more than anything. We didn´t see what it could really do or the games till the January before launch. So it hard to read how they will go about debuting a more powerful version of the same concept when they have relied on gimmicks being the front and center of their new devices for ages now.
It's definitely interesting how they will time this - I don't expect any game to be exclusive to the next Switch, so in theory they could go and announce everything for launch in a September Direct and just have it run as a normal Switch title. Do the Switch Pro reveal around January and have pre-orders ready and have the same games in 4K or whatever.
It's on a chinese forum.
【图片】回复：今晚没有，别盲目期待了【ns吧】_百度贴吧
今晚没有，别盲目期待..回复 D影舞D :实机产线开了还是在准备，目前没有更明确的消息，只是去年就知道有一台非oled型号的工程样机。
Figured I'd give an update here as my post got a lot of exposure. The same mod that leaked the reveal today just mentioned that they'd have to reconsider if what they heard about a new model later this year (I believe they mentioned September) is legit or not. However, they seem adamant that a new model is coming sooner than later
that's not something anyone outside of nintendo top brass would know. I don't think it's important. the specs will tell you all you want to know anyway
Yeah, you are (mostly) right on both points.
I would argue that beyond specs, backwards and forward (?) compatibility with the vanilla Switch is an important consideration for the >100M Switch owners. Switch "Pro" games would probably be the same as Switch games, but would Switch 2 games work on a Switch? Or would there be traditional cross gen games like Twilight Princess or BOTW?
Also, I believe that a thread dedicated to this mystery Switch has been ceaated since I posted my question this morning and we ought to take the conversation over there.
There's no way it's going to just be a Pro unless your definition of Pro is stretched to the breaking point and is basically indistinguishable from a true successor. Every element of the hardware is going to be so much better than the Switch that exclusives will have to happen, even if they're only third-party ones for a while.
Of course a new model is coming sooner or later. You don't have to be an insider to predict that and be right eventually.
I think he meant to write "sooner rather than later" there. In other words, maybe not March but we likely won't be waiting until 2024 like some were thinking.
If Mochizuki knows something. I have to imagine an article is coming soon?
I'd imagine he's waiting until he has something substantial to share in an effort to avoid the embarrassment that happened last year (unless he writes an opinion piece)
View: https://twitter.com/kitosan/status/1544515001456635905
I don't think I saw this posted yesterday. This would be a pretty logical explanation and Kit did formerly work at Nintendo.