Nintendo sues Genki for showing Switch 2 mockups before official reveal

What just happened? There's a rule in life: never do anything that might incur the wrath of Nintendo. The litigious gaming giant's latest lawsuit has been filed against an accessory maker for revealing mockups of the then-unannounced Switch 2 at CES 2025. Accessory and peripheral maker Genki made a lot of headlines in January when it showed off an "exact replica" of the Nintendo Switch 2 to the press at CES. The company also published a video showing a 3D render of the handheld. Genki told IGN that the mockup was based on a real Switch 2 system it had seen and used, but Nintendo said it had never provided such a thing. Genki quickly backtracked on that claim, stating on X that it does "not own or possess a black market console." It also told a Japanese publication that the mockup was based on leaked information, and that it had never seen a Switch 2. It was later discovered that one of Nintendo's lawyers had visited Genki's CES booth after its Switch 2 mockups started spreading onli ... Read full article.