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Rumor: French accessory company posts pics of Switch Mini [Update: Some pics are fanmade mock ups]
- Thread starter DonMigs85
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The blue one aligns with the Chinese prototype leak (or whatever it was), the transparent protective shell leak, and the Big Ben leak. I don't think any of them are using official Nintendo imagery (lack of any button markings on this one for example) but they are all getting a specific design from somewhere.
Edit: The blue one could be a recent fan one that was made based on the other leaks, I suppose, but either way I think it'll turn out to be a decent representation of the real thing.
This seems like a cheap device aimed at people that want to buy a second Switch and people that want a good portable solution. I will be buying it as a second Switch for my wife and play some Stardew Valley together. I hope they introduce a program where I can buy a game once and install it on both devices and play local co op.
These are mockups. The colored ones on the left are renders we've seen before. The baby blue one looks new though.
Yeah, that looks pretty identical to the non-fan mockup render in the images on the OP. So I am inclined to believe this is real.For reference, here's a previous render from another accessory maker (that also used fan mockups in different images):
This and the baby blue look extremely similar, down to the micro SD slot below the right speaker. I'm starting to think this really is the final product.For reference, here's a previous render from another accessory maker (that also used fan mockups in different images):
this one appears to have a detailed micro sd slot, you can see the depression where your fingernail goes.
The sticks and d-pad on this image look different, but the rest of the layout does look similar.For reference, here's a previous render from another accessory maker (that also used fan mockups in different images):
The + and - buttons are the Start and Select buttons.
I'm really starting to believe that this is the design but those game screenshots throw a little doubt into the mix.
You know Switch wasn't their first system to use + and - buttons right?
Ah, well they're basically Start and Select.
I starting to think that the Switch mini is a deliberate hoax started by small accessories companies to advertise their brand.
The purple render is fanmade, the new one is the same neon blue color as the current neon joy con. I think the color options will be limited to the joy con colors they have out already, but I'll still hold out hope for a nice purple.
Joy Cons are easily the most fragile Nintendo controller ever, no close second. What happens when they wear out in two months and can't be replaced?
That chasis is identical to the blue switch mini from the pic :OEverything keeps pointing back to to this, whatever it was.
It was the truth hiding in front of us the entire time, that's what it was. Nintendo going back to the d-pad for the mini gives me hope for revised joycons with the proper revision, that's the most exciting thing for me right now.Everything keeps pointing back to to this, whatever it was.
While these renders are definitely fake the ui there definitely wouldn't be the reason since the Hori Joy-Con uses a regular dpad icon for this screen iirc.I really don't see a future official Switch having a D-pad by default; that's always my go-to "this smells funny"
Of course, that prediction could be wrong, but I suspect Nintendo would be very concerned about UI consistency.
It's things like that. It's by no means an insurmountable issue, but it's absolutely the sort of thing Nintendo cares about more than people imagine.
The controllers dont come off? Seems weird since that was a major part of their marketing from the get go.
The Nintendo that has a 2D only 3DS product that can play the same games which have in game indicators for 3D and early 3DS home/star/select buttons certainly does not give a fuck about UI consistency.I really don't see a future official Switch having a D-pad by default; that's always my go-to "this smells funny"
Of course, that prediction could be wrong, but I suspect Nintendo would be very concerned about UI consistency.
It's things like that. It's by no means an insurmountable issue, but it's absolutely the sort of thing Nintendo cares about more than people imagine.
The sky blue one on the right that is as accurate and likely as the final product definitely has minimal bezels if none at all, yeah.
I would put money on the large baby blue one being real at this point, the others are just there as a poor choice to fill out the image
I really don't see a future official Switch having a D-pad by default; that's always my go-to "this smells funny"
Of course, that prediction could be wrong, but I suspect Nintendo would be very concerned about UI consistency.
It's things like that. It's by no means an insurmountable issue, but it's absolutely the sort of thing Nintendo cares about more than people imagine.
Uummmm the buttons are already in the UI for the Pro controller...
It will still have some bezel.
I think that leak is fake because of the details the allegedly leaker released alongside those pics. He or she said this new model wouldn't have dock mode.
It's funny how all these renders contradict all the info we have from media outlets. WSJ said it wouldn't look at all like a Vita and Nikkei said the device would be dockable.
That's awesome tbh, i'd legit buy it just for that.
So where are the speakers then? Sorry if it's obvious, I think I can see but surely it's not those cutouts under the system where your hands would cover them?
That picture has been floating around since April, someone easily could have made a fake mockup based on that.
I guess the blue ones could be real but putting them in the image along with the years old fake renders is a bit of a red flag to me.
The black render which is almost exactly the same as yhis sky blue one has nodes next to the usb-c port for a dock, so its looking like its dockable at the moment. As for the vita, technically it doesn't look like a vita at all. I mean its semantics at this point, but it looks more like a Wii U gamepad then a vita.
Yep, bottom firing speakers, but I doubt your hands could cover them that much.
Thank you! On second thought, there seems to be enough space that your hands probably wouldn't cover them.
I only thought about that because the new 2ds XL has a similar problem where your hands can cover the speaker I think, but this looks way better.
The details are sketchy for sure, but these accessory people seem to be building something around it. Then again, they're also using 2 year old photoshops so idk.
The report said it wouldn't look like a traditional handheld like the Vita for example.
That port could be for charging, the person who released that pic said the device wouldn't be dockable.
yeah i remember this but there was also picture of the back of this and someone said its fake because it included same model number as the og Switch.Everything keeps pointing back to to this, whatever it was.