Someone Got Their Hands on a Nintendo Switch 2 Early, and the Video's Already Been Taken Down

It looks similar immoderate folks person gotten their hands connected a Nintendo Switch 2 console early, contempt Nintendo's champion efforts. But unluckily for leak-enjoyers, not lone is it unusable without a day-one patch, but besides the video was copyright struck astir immediately.

This comes from an eight-second YouTube video, viewed by IGN but present struck implicit a copyright claim, from idiosyncratic Ali Almarzooqi, which showed what convincingly seemed to beryllium a Nintendo Switch 2 container being opened to uncover the console inside, wrapped successful plastic. That's it. Just the hardware successful a box.

If it's not real, it's a convincing fake, and the speedy copyright assertion from anti-piracy steadfast Web Capio suggests it's apt real. But per the poster, they won't beryllium capable to corroborate its legitimacy until June 5, copyright oregon not, arsenic it allegedly needs a motorboat time update to work:

"Nintendo locked the power 2 it needs update to relation truthful I americium waiting for June 5th to unlock it" https://t.co/vNT0AHHX3F pic.twitter.com/gNwJL8JhPT

Popular deals poster Wario64 followed up connected the supra station by saying a 2nd idiosyncratic had gotten successful interaction to amusement photos of a Nintendo Switch 2 successful their possession, but who besides received a connection erstwhile they tried to footwear a Switch 1 game: "Please link to the net and update your system."

It is of people wholly imaginable that these are elaborate fakes, though their veracity whitethorn soon beryllium confirmed if either Switch 2 proprietor does a afloat unboxing oregon shows the strategy connection telling them to update. In that case, videos similar these volition seemingly beryllium the lone aboriginal look we get astatine Nintendo's caller console.

Until June 5, then, we're reliant connected the dependable trickle of accusation from Nintendo straight to portion unneurotic the full Nintendo Switch 2 experience. So far, we've played Mario Kart World connected the system, and much precocious we've gotten each sorts of caller bits of info similar escaped show upgrades for Switch 1 games, adaptable refresh complaint enactment stipulations, and much details astir GameChat, which volition necessitate your telephone fig for verification successful bid to work. Though pre-orders flew disconnected the integer shelves erstwhile they dropped past month, Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser reassures that Nintendo volition person capable systems to conscionable request done the holidays.

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