Nintendo Switch Mini possibly leaked by Chinese accessory maker
Could the Nintendo Switch Mini have been outed by this careless Chinese accessory manufacturer, or is this another rumor we should ignore?
If you've been jonesing for news about a new Nintendo Switch model or even a smaller one that you could take with you instead of the one you've got at home on your trusty dock, your ship may finally have come in.
Nintendo fan @Cptn_Alex on Twitter posted an image of an email he received from a Chinese gaming accessory manufacturer called Honson Gaming.
"Was the Switch Mini just unofficially announced to me?" Alex questioned. "A gaming company in China just wrote to me letting me know they’re releasing accessories for the Nintendo Switch Mini. Would a company make products for a console they didn’t KNOW existed, and didn’t have in hand?"
Was the Switch Mini just unofficially announced to me?
— CptnAlex (@Cptn_Alex) June 18, 2019
A gaming company in China just wrote to me letting me know they’re releasing accessories for the Nintendo Switch Mini.
Would a company make products for a console they didn’t KNOW existed, and didn’t have in hand? pic.twitter.com/yQgk7xCbUn
The answer to that is yes, because we've seen it happen time and time again. Typically, the products do end up releasing, and the cases/protectors (or whatever the item in question is) end up making up our first "real" glimpses of unannounced systems, phones, or other electronic items. It's hard to say what's going on in this situation, but best not to write it off as fiction just yet, especially if the company is reaching out to those it wants to communicate with on behalf of the business.
A quick trip to the Honson official website reveals that the products are indeed up for purchase, showing a tempered glass screen protector and a clear protective case as well as several cases for what the company is calling, indeed, the Nintendo Switch Mini. The image of the Switch seen in the product images is obviously a fan mock-up and not a final representation of what the Switch Mini would look like (or so we believe), but it seems like a safe bet that the company either believes this item is going to be releasing soon enough or has it on good authority that it should go ahead and start pumping out these accessories for an impending launch.
The items appear to be all "out of stock" right now, but it certainly looks like this could be the start of one particularly juicy rumor. Is Nintendo planning on making some sort of debut announcement at a later date, now that we're already a week out from the company's E3 showing? Keep it locked here on Shacknews for additional updates, and we'll keep you abreast of the situation.
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replyBrittany Vincent posted a new article, Nintendo Switch Mini possibly leaked by Chinese accessory maker
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If I had to guess it'll launch around $200, so they can drop the current switch to $250 when they start selling the Switch XL at $300/$350.
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Was rumored that two versions were being made: a smaller one for traveling folks who spend most of the time in hand-on mode and a larger slightly more powerful one that is mostly in the dock. All rumor though, but a mini would fit with the first.
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I just used XL as a nomenclature for "same but more better" in following the DS/3DS lineage, not necessarily that it's a bigger devices/screen.
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I'm waiting for the Switch Backpack, its rumored to be a 32 inch portable switch with a shoulder strap.
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I’d love to have another one so I can play while my wife messes around in Zelda
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$289.98
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not sure why they'd sell a model that wouldn't work with mario party, snipper clips, and other titles.
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You would just have to sync other joycons to it.
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^this, it'd work, but require additional peripherals.
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Plus it would be like the News 3DS, more powerful, yet the extra power was never every used.
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Its entirely possible. That said, AMD's roadmap and core technologies have been public knowledge for a while now. Its no surprise that Zen 2 will be in the next consoles. We know absolutely nothing from Nvidia. Like you said, its possible that they're sitting on it, but even then I can see Nintendo waiting another year or two as the parts get cheaper.
Nintendo isn't going to raise the price on the Switch and they're going to preserve profit margins. An eventual Switch Pro would be cool though. The best SoC right now is Apple's A12X in the iPad Pro, that thing compares favorably against an Xbox One. The problem is that it is a proprietary 7nm SoC in a device that starts at $800.
Nvidia first needs to catch up with Apple, a company that is consistently 18 months ahead of everyone else, and then the part needs to get cheap enough to put into a $300 console with joycons and everything. Based on that info I really think that 2021 is the most reasonable time to expect new "pro" hardware. Maybe 2020 but that's pushing it IMHO.-
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Switch Pro or rev 2, same difference. "Upgraded everything" means it needs an upgraded SoC to be worthwhile, and nothing I posted above changes based on that.
Switch home won't happen, not when the vast majority of people use it either both docked and in handheld or handheld entirely. Nintendo's polling from system usage stats last year indicated that only 15% of people use the Switch entirely docked, the majority use it in both modes, and over 20% use it only handheld. I wouldn't be surprised if the latter figure increased with the explosion of indie games.
Speaking for myself, my handheld usage blew up after I finished Odyssey. In the first year I mainly played it on my TV, but even with their more recent first party games I've mainly been playing it handheld these days.
Switch Home ain't happening.
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It’s going to be weird when Super Mario Odyssey nags you to do something with the joycons that’s physically impossible to do with your model.
That said I’m reminded of that time when, back before the iPod touch had a camera some cases for the new model showed up in stores with a notch for the camera. And then the next generation of iPod touch shipped with no camera anyway. Sometimes these accessory makers are so anxious to beat the competition to the punch that they make accessories for products that change or get abandoned. So it’s possible Nintendo has at least tossed around this idea but it’s no guarantee it’ll ever ship.-
I was wondering about that too. I’m guessing that at least Nintendo’s games will update to take that into account.
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i feel like a 5" screen would be too small for some games like smash and other pixel art platformers.
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