Nintendo Switch 2 Design Appears to Have Leaked by Accessory Maker Dbrand - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 13 December 2024 / 5,679 Views
Accessory maker Dbrand has reportedly leaked the design for the Nintendo Switch 2 on its website.
The website features the text "Switch 2 Killswitch" and a semitransparent case that appears to have the successor to the Switch inside.
Dbrand CEO Adam Ijaz has told InsiderGaming that they have the actual design of the Switch 2 and that is what is visible on its website.
"That is correct: it is the Switch 2 with our Killswitch case on it (similar in principle to our Killswitch for the Steam Deck, ROG Ally, and ROG Ally X)," he said.
Ijaz has told The Verge Dbrand has the "actual dimensions" of the Switch 2. He claims the Switch 2 will be 270mm wide, 116mm tall, and 14mm thick. This compares to the original Switch at 242mm wide, 102mm tall and 13.9mm thick.
The joysticks on the Switch 2 will stand 6.27mm tall, while the D-pad and ABXY buttons will stand out by 1.57mm. he kickstand will be 180mm wide and the back triggers will extand by 14.1mm. The diagonal measurement of the cover glass has the screen at about 8 inches.
Ijaz says he understands the new Joy-Cons will be "magnetically attached" and have "an ejection button" on the back of the Joy-Cons near the top. There is also a new button below the Home button, which has a "C" printed on it. It isn't known what this button will be used for.
Ijaz did add that he is "genuinely unsure" on when the Switch 2 will launch, however, Dbrand is working to release the case in late March or early April. He also doesn't know the design for the dock, but does expect "the form factor will be similar to the previous gen."
Dbrand is known for being controversy has it released unofficial The Legend of Zelda-themed Nintendo Switch decals last year and the website for the decals had a section titled "The Power of Plagiarism" that criticized Nintendo.
A few other images of the case with the Switch 2 inside have also been posted online, which can be viewed below:
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I don't even understand the point of this lol. It's not like this will increase sales. I don't think there exists a single person on this earth who will be like "I rlly need a NSW2 case, and...oh! That's the company that leaked the NSW2 system prior to reveal! I gotta purchase that one." (The ppl keeping track of these leaks likely aren't going to these third-party devs for cases anyways. They'll usually search for the highest quality brand if they're that invested into Nintendo.) Plus, if the leaks do end up true, then they literally just hurt business: Nintendo's never gonna trust them again. Lol.
I cannot imagine it uses the same neon red/blue color scheme as Switch1. Nintendo would want to have it look different at first glance. So a fake to me
Yeah honestly I think that is just a Switch lol. They are just trolling gamers
I hope C stands for Cast. It's the thing I think Nintendo could do the best. Basically Wii U functionality while holding the Switch 2 portably, allowing for asymmetrical gameplay if desired and, best of all, an easy way to offer DS games via Nintendo Online.
I'm glad I'm not the only that thinks this... Just makes too much sense.
The tech is already there from the WiiU albeit in reverse. I'm sure they've improved it over the last 10+ years internally.
I'm skeptical about this "leak". It just screams that it's just an obscure accessory company desperately looking for publicity and attention around their brand by stating he knows the Switch 2 design and is openly showing it off.
Why would a company that likely would have an NDA to not talk or show anything about the Switch 2 be so open to show off the design and even the dimensions without trying to hide it. If he is under an NDA this is just a lawsuit waiting to happen and is completely stupid to risk doing just for attention, but I have my doubts he actually has any inside info on Switch 2 cause what he's doing seems too stupid to believe.
I think the company just saw the recent leaks coming out, decided to make a mock accessory with a mock Switch 2 design based on those leaks and act like they have inside info for publicity when they don't.
As stated in the article, this company has also been controversial in the past which further supports the idea that they may be bullshiting this for publicity.
I wouldn't say Dbrand is an "obscure" company. You'll often see them as sponsors, and they have 2,3 Million followers on Twitter.
As for breaking NDA, they obviously wouldn't do that. This would likely be based on schematics leaked from manufacturers in China.
For reference, Dbrand have leaked correct designs, more than once before.
On Reddit, a thread for an iPhone leak has this title:
"As always, our faithful dbrand leaks the design of the new iPhone just a little bit early. Action button confirmed."
That said, I don't know if they've also been incorrect before.
The only controversies I'm aware of is them doing things that major platform holders like Sony and Nintendo were not fond of.
I'm skeptical as well... but Dbrand is NOT obscure lmao
It's more likely that they made renders under the assumption the schematics leaks earlier this year were real... or its for publicity
Its perfect :) just a slightly bigger and thicker Switch. So it can be more powerful.
I'm expecting it will look similar to current Switch. If it isn't broken, don't fix it.
Switch is broken thou?
Joycons are terrible at best
Speaking on a conceptual level.
Nintendo should be embarrassed by the joy-cons. But, the gaming market did not hold them accountable.
The opinion that the joy-cons are terrible at best (that you appear to agree with), and your opinion that Nintendo should be embarrassed, isn’t widely held. It’s not that people didn’t hold Nintendo accountable, it’s that most people didn’t have anything close to the negative opinion that you have.
The Internet has a way of amplifying minority opinions - such as (for example) all the hatred for James Cameron’s Avatar, and claims that the second film would bomb, when the reality is most people were looking forward to the sequel, and made it one of the highest grossing films in history.
Still seems fake to me. I'm waiting to hear from Nintendo themselves.
So would it have three trigger button now or still the two?
Switch 2 got grip
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