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A life-sized Nintendo Switch 2 model seems to be present at CES

An accessory manufacturer has a replica on hand

Marco Wutz

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Every day brings us closer to the official reveal of the Nintendo Switch 2 – unless the company pushes back the announcement by a day for every new rumor about the console – and CES in Las Vegas has brought us the latest supposed look at the upcoming handheld.

Genki, an accessory manufacturer, apparently has a life-sized Nintendo Switch 2 replica at the event, which is used behind closed doors to show off its Switch 2 accessory line to potential customers, according to German site Netzwelt. The journalists appear to have talked their way into Genki’s booth, getting to look at and even hold the Switch 2 model. They also managed to take images of the replica as well as its Joy-Cons.

According to Netzwelt, the handheld is noticeably bigger than the Nintendo Switch, comparable to the Lenovo Legion Go. We might expect a larger screen as well as a bit more weight than the original, which isn’t surprising in the least.

In addition to the size, the model on hand at Genki’s booth supposedly replicates some of the Switch 2’s functionality. Netzwelt writes that the Joy-Cons don’t have to be pushed upwards to be decoupled from the console. Instead, they can be decoupled sideways. The lock appears to be mechanical in nature, just like in the original Switch.

The Joy-Cons themselves seem to be almost identical to those of the Switch, though the right one possesses an additional button. Its function is unknown, as is the console’s release date.

This is just the latest of a long, long series of rumors around the Switch 2. Most recently, fans believed that they found the Switch 2’s motherboard.

What’s guaranteed is that the Switch 2 will have backwards-compatibility and an announcement will come before April 1, 2025. Be skeptical about anything else.

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Marco Wutz
MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg

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