Nintendo Switch Mini: Images show a design without Joy-Con and with D-Pad

Accessory manufacturer Honson has published on its own website images of a new Nintendo Switch. It should be a "Nintendo Switch Mini", in which the Joy-Con-Controller can not be separated from the console. The shoulder buttons are a little bigger.

On the preview page, which offers a total of 14 products for the Mini Switch, the manufacturer repeatedly calls this name and indicates that the bags and screen protectors perfectly match the design of the Nintendo Mini Switch. Products, which are not currently available, should be in stock and delivered from next week.

Rumors that Nintendo is working on one or more reworked variants of the Nintendo switch have been underway for some time. At the end of April, Nintendo commented on these rumors for the first time, stating that E3 2019 would not include new hardware. At the same time, however, Nintendo stated that they would be working on new equipment and would submit it as soon as it would be ready.

Nintendo Switch Mini without vibration and with D-Pad

In March 2019, rumors about a cheaper and more powerful version of the Nintendo Switch had been reported, which would match the now-published images of a supposed Nintendo Switch Mini. The cheaper model is designed to eliminate features such as controller vibration, with no other details known so far, which could allow Nintendo to reduce its price.

Unlike the Nintendo Switch, the Nintendo Switch Mini also features a traditional D-Pad design, with four directional buttons connected in a cross. The Nintendo switch is supported by four individual buttons located on the left joy-con-controller. This is consistent with the fact that there are no more detachable Joy-Con controllers, in which these buttons can be used individually, if only one Joy-Con is used.

Honson is not a newcomer to the market, but is in the console accessories business since 2004. Also on the E3, an accessories manufacturer has released a prototype of Nintendo Switch Mini, similar to the model shown in the Honson images.

Yes, this is it! It was certainly printed in 3D but most of the prototypes are pic.twitter.com/KHc2bIummV

– Ray Strazdas (@raystrazdas) June 18, 2019

The rendering of 2017 feeds the doubt

However, in the spring of 2017, a user-created image based on rumors, which almost exactly shows this design of a Nintendo switch, appeared on the handheld, but with a capture button d & # 39; Additional screen. However, it is unclear why the button is missing in the current images of the manufacturer of accessories when the rendering was used as a basis. Images from this era, however, make current rumors much less believable.