Rumor: New Switch SKU For The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom

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We have a new rumor suggesting that there will be a brand new Nintendo Switch SKU made just for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

Based on posts made on reddit, there will be an OLED Switch that’s themed for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Our source shared a screenshot of the different SKUs of consoles that they have arriving. There are recognizable SKUs in this screenshot of the Xbox Series X and the PlayStation 5.

Selected in that screenshot is a Switch SKU, labeled “HW TBD”.  It also has a Street Date of 12/31/2023. The source also clarified that the other SKUs listed in the screenshot were not placeholders. The important takeaway is the new listing for the Switch SKU itself.

For those wondering, yes, we have covered a rumor like this before. Just last month, images leaked of a Joy-Con that had The Legend of Zelda theming illustrated around it. In particular, the Triforce symbol on it implied that this Switch SKU is for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

Of course, the big elephant in the room here is that Nintendo had announced that they are holding a Nintendo Direct later today with ten minutes of gameplay for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. This definitely seems like the start of the company’s big marketing push for what is the Nintendo Switch’s biggest release for the year.

So it would make sense that Nintendo would be revealing if they had a new Switch SKU dedicated just for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. On that note, even without any rumors or Nintendo even suggesting it, many fans likely already anticipate that there will be announcements of new The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom amiibo.

Amiibo have evolved from what was apparently a stopgap sales