Nintendo files lawsuit against Switch 2 Leaker Genki

While Nintendo tried to contain the leaks of his switch 2 before the start, Rumormongers ruled the scene with a variety of mostly precise descriptions and dummy units. Now Nintendo is suing the accessory maker, which gave everyone some of the best early insights into his new handheld. As much as the lawsuit is an attempt to remove a tasty, it also shows how the desperate efforts of Nintendo to largely control its own story has largely failed.

In a lawsuit submitted on May 2, Nintendo Human Things, Inc. alias Genki for brand injury. It is a shotgun of a lawsuit that claims that the accessory manufacturer is operating unfair competition and incorrect advertising thanks to the use of Nintendo Switch 2 logos and hardware designs. If Nintendo gets in the way, Genki would have to set accessories sold with the Switch 2 in connection with the Switch 2 and pay an unknown amount of compensation.

Genki indicated that it worked on Switch 2 accessories before Nintendo unveiled its second handheld console in January. During the CES 2025, the company was notorious for its status, where it showed the customer a switch 2 model that revealed significantly important details of the console. The 3D-printed switch 2 dummy unit was surprisingly accurate, up to the 8-inch screen size and the Joy-Con 2-controller, which were attached with a magnetic lock system. Genki even posted an animation of a switch 2 render on his website, which you can still find on Reddit. The accessory maker offered inconsistent messages about where his designs for the Switch 2 model came from, although they have proven to be exactly right since then.

Nintendo claims that Genki could have no ability to create early models of his switch 2 without “access to a Nintendo Switch 2 console 2 or to proprietary technical specifications, of which Nintendo is not made available and/or authorized.” Nintendo also noticed that Genki Nintendo's official logos recorded for his presentation of a switch 2 dock on the CES 2025. This led to “confusion among consumers regarding the validity of the statements of Genki and the association with Nintendo”.

Genki held his own “Genki Indirect” on April 2, just two hours after Nintendo's official direct announcement for the announcement of Switch 2, where it showed its upcoming accessories and peripheral. In a statement published on X, Genki wrote: “While we cannot comment in detail”, “we are prepared to meet orders and to present our latest products in Pax East this week.”

A note from the Genki team

Perhaps you have seen that Nintendo recently filed a lawsuit against us. We take it seriously and work with legal advisors to answer thoughtfully.

What we can say is the following: Genki has always been an independent company that is on the structure of innovative …

– Genki (@genkithings) May 4, 2025

It is not a good idea to cross Nintendo. The company is one of the most disputed in the video game industry. Nintendo regularly goes to people who are facing for sale, e.g. Last year Nintendo PocketPair sued the creators of Palworld– Another known as “Pokémon with weapons” – connection of copyright infringement.

Genki should have expected every reason that Nintendo would knock on his door. According to reports, the company received a visit to Nintendo's lawyers during the CES 2025. However, it was not the only accessory manufacturer that used switch 2 details together early. On December 13th, Dbrand unveiled 2 early renders of his upcoming Switch 2 cases in which the “U” stand of the handheld was presented. Dbrand has experience with complaints from large console manufacturers, so that it could have held back insights like Genki.

The lead over the Switch 2 was long, and companies should expect licks to take place. Nintendo began shortly after the publication of the original switch on Switch 2 according to the lawsuit. That is more than eight years in which Nintendo specially tried to keep the news calm until the last minute on January 16 of this year. It is also not as if leaks were completely to blame to spoil the Switch 2. 2. Nintendo's own patents have advertised the mouse controls of the Switch 2 before the function was officially shown. No company enjoys publishing its products, but it was Nintendo's own approach to closed mouth for the start, which created this media relationship as much as he wants to point out his finger elsewhere.