Hype around the Nintendo Switch is at an all time high, and this probably peaks it. A few days ago, a user on NeoGAF, hiphoptherobot posted videos of the Nintendo Switch’s UI. He claimed to have gotten the console early from a store he refused to name. As it turns out, Nintendo has put out a statement saying that the Switch was stolen by “employees of a U.S. distributor”.
Here’s Nintendo’s official statement as told to IGN:
Earlier this week, individuals claimed to prematurely purchase a small number of Nintendo Switch systems from an unspecified retailer. Nintendo has determined these units were stolen in an isolated incident by employees of a U.S. distributor, with one system being illegally resold. The individuals involved have been identified, terminated from their place of employment and are under investigation by local law enforcement authorities on criminal charges.
The NeoGAF user, hiphoptherobot had out up videos of the console along with its user interface. He then posted an update saying that he had sent the Switch back to Nintendo upon realizing that the console in his hands was a stolen unit, instead of the store just sending him the unit early.
Kotaku’s Jason Schreier got in touch with hiphoptherobot, and this is what they have to say:
“I understand why they want it back and it sounds like that Switch might have been obtained in not the legalist of ways before I received it so them wanting it back is within their rights,” hiphoptherobot told me in a direct message on GAF. He says he didn’t know the Switch had been stolen until after he made the videos, and that when he found out he’d gotten it through illicit means, he sent it back to Nintendo.
Nintendo has put out a fairly detailed video overview of the hardware in the Switch that you can watch below:
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