Rumour: A Red 'Super Mario' Switch OLED May Be Launching Soon

I still prefer WHITE color of Joy Cons.

Gonna be a bit of a dull version by the sounds of it. Hope its more than just a basic recolour, but I wouldn't bet on it. I imagine it will just be almost one for one the Mario edition regular switch from a while ago, but its an OLED model instead.

My body is ready

Plain red sounds good to me. I’m not in the market for a new Switch, but if I were, I would rather buy something like this than a console decorated for one specific game.

A red, Mario themed Switch?
Daring today, aren't we?

Red Edition?! I was expecting turquoise damn it!

I'm pretty sure the other limited edition Mario switch had a predominantly red theme.
Just googled it and there was one with a red console and joy-cons!
I was kinda hoping for a two-tone colour console + controllers to be more 'Wonder' themed but I won't jump to any harsh conclusions just yet

Each to their own and all that but I still think the white OLED Model is the one to beat. Just oozes class, but this is nice too. Simple is better imo

It falls into the category of if I didn't already have a Switch would I buy one?

Answer - Probably Yes

Is it worth upgrading to one?

Answer - Naa

It's really either for extremely late Switch adopters or special edition collectors with more money than sense

Flogging a dead horse much? If they bring out this new switch and then by the holiday season announce the successor, its just greed

Sounds quite nice, but I’ll stick with my OLED with purple and orange joycons attached (the white ones that came with it get dirty around certain buttons so easily!).

Yup, the original OLED white joy-cons were quite the disappointment. They stained black around the joysticks and buttons. Cleaning it up didn't change it.
I've now got the pink/yellow set, and the yellow one just keep disconnecting, it's really annoying. This is my 7th pair. Really hope they fix their joy-cons, at least that would give a really good reason to switch to the next console.

I just got my Splatoon 3 Switch OLED not that long ago, and I'm pretty happy with that lol

I have my original red joycons from the Mario release but acourse the joycons have drift but im worried that if I send them in I’ll get back generics in it’s place

I hope it doesn't look too nice. I got the Tears of the Kingdom OLED when that came out. Switched out the joy cons it came with though, I just prefer the red/blue original ones.

@Member_the_game yeah I'm wondering about who buy now switch consoles too.. if you're such a late adapter you're probably more in the market for a low cost model, wouldn't you.. Another possible target group might be me buying this and giving the old one to my kids......

I get it, but hasn't this been done many times before? They should have done a blue to purple/pink fade like the "Wonder" logo.

I like to get one but TOTK still around and Switch 2 is coming gotta save up for this next Gen.

@Savage_Joe
Exactly I need to stop being lazy it’s an easy fix lol

Nintendo needs to announce their next console soon because I bet everyone is tired of these different Switch OLEDs.

It would be a clever way to sell a lot of consoles, even to those who already have one: bundle it with a game that's not out yet. Sure those games would show up on the resale market, but still. That could help get the Switch over the vaunted 158 million of the PS2.

Lol I know someone who is gonna cry if he hears about this. He just got an OLED and his wife the animal crossing version. But he is a huge Mario fan. I will let him know if this turns out to be true

Oh great, just when i thought i was done buying current gen hardware

Slap "limited" in front of something and some schmuck will certainly line up for it.

Maybe Nintendo will do a proper special edition someday... as in, having the console front decorated in some meaningful way. So far all we've gotten are special colored joycons and maybe some design work on the back. Nothing on the front of the console to remind us that there is something special in our hands.

there are dozens of 3rd party joycons available that are probably much more interesting than standard red joycons LOL

laaaaame.. Reminds me of apple releasing the (Project) Red iPhone variant like 6 months later for full price. pfft, no thanks!

Pretty darn cool if true, though I think I will just ride out my OG Nintendo Switch until the next Nintendo system arrives. It is still working perfectly fine due to my maintenance.

I know new colours and such are just fancy marketing to sell more consoles late into a console's life when new games are sparse, but it always annoys me how we can never have them near launch so we can actually enjoy these designs for the life of the system and not have to stare at black or white consoles/controllers for years. Just once I'd like a decent variety of colours available at launch!

As for mid lifecycle upgrades, well I never bothered upgrading to Switch OLED as I don't use handheld mode at all and I'd already swapped over to the Mario red standard model not long before and sure wasn't going back to white again lol. But if there was a choice of a red OLED model at launch I totally would've gone for it.

I really can't be bothered to really buy a new switch at this point? Especially with the new console being so soon. I mean I waited this long, I might as well wait a bit longer.

The launch Switch I have has been kicking it since 2017

@Taro you’ll get the same back, fixed, that’s how it has always been. Even if they completely replace them you can still ask for yours back too.

Dang, they couldn't have made the Switch itself red, like they did with the standard Mario edition Switch. Just red joy-cons and dock is kinda lazy. The only unique thing would be the red dock.

(Going by the rumors) Splatoon OLED > Zelda OLED > Pokemon OLED > Mario OLED

So lets get this right, Mario, Nintendos Main Man, is only rumored to get a OLED. I'd be shocked if he doesnt land that today at 9am est

@JohnnyMind The screen bevel can be decorated with a unique design. It would also be possible to install different colored buttons for further effect. All this would of course be more effort and more money... and that's the problem with a lot of Nintendo's special edition consoles--especially now but also in the past--they don't want to spend a little extra to make something truly special. Heck a lot of the later New 3DS XL SE consoles were just lazy faceplate swaps, and now the trend continues with most of the SE Switches just being a set of different colored joy-cons (which are often available separately anyway), maybe a custom dock... and a unique back, if we're lucky. But I do also get it, there is little business incentive, why put in so much effort when Switches are practically flying off shelves.

Sigh. Remember the Hylian Shield special edition of the New 2DS XL? Now that was an exquisite piece of gaming sculpture. Some of the other New 2DS XL SE consoles were pretty sweet as well, like the Japan-only Metal Slime edition. Maybe these consoles kinda spoiled my expectations.

@JohnnyMind Just throwing out the Hylian Shield edition to demonstrate the effort Nintendo put into some of their special edition consoles... but yes, clearly those were extremely special pieces of work. I would still argue they have actually become lazier though, and not simply continuing standard practice. Consider DS era, if a console was made a certain color they would often take the effort to color most everything else as well: inside, buttons, stylus, etc. Even the early 3DS models had more effort put into their variations.

But over time they likely realized it's cheaper to just swap out the face plates, put it in a newly printed box and call it a special edition. People would buy it anyway.