Nintendo clarifies that the Nintendo Switch 2 accessory information exposed at CES is “not an official product”

Nintendo will release a Nintendo successor model in the fiscal year of March 2025. However, rumors about “Switch 2” are aroused. Recently, the accessories company Genki even showed off a “real machine replica model” at CES. , Nintendo officially clarified to the media today (10th) that it is “not an official product.”

Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa said in November 2024 that the plan to release a new console “this fiscal year” will not change. So far, no official news about the new console has been released.

Foreign media such as IGN in the United States and Numerama in France recently shared live videos of CES. Genki, an equipment manufacturer, showed off a model that is said to be a successor to the Switch. You can see details such as the screen size and the appearance of the controller.

The person in charge of Genki claimed that the model was “based on a copy of the real original machine.” It didn’t take long for the official to take the initiative to refute the rumor. According to a report from Nikkei, Nintendo said that the “NS2 model machine” was not an official product, and Nikkei did not see the model at the Genki booth on January 8.