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Kaan Serin

Nintendo is suing an accessory maker over "infringement, unfair competition, and false advertising" for releasing Switch 2 mock-ups weeks before reveal

Image of a plethora of Switch 2 accessories as seen on the official Nintendo website.

Accessory manufacturer Genki is now in hot water with Nintendo's legal team after the company released mock-ups of the Switch 2 weeks prior to its first official reveal trailer.

Videos of Genki's dummy Switch 2 understandably went viral at the CES 2025 show floor as the mock-ups were allegedly created using the real console as reference. After Nintendo lawyers reportedly visited the company to have a word, Genki backtracked by claiming the dummies were based on online leaks and it did "not own or possess a black market console."

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