Nintendo has a new Switch OLED coming in the form of a Mario Red Edition. It’s set to lunch later this year and will be commemorating the release of Nintendo’s next Super Mario game. Super Mario Bros. Wonder.
This isn’t the first time Nintendo has released a red Switch console. Back in 2021 it launched the Mario Red & Blue Edition Switch. The main difference of course is this new Mario model is the OLED version of the console. The color scheme is a tad different as well. As there’s no blue incorporated in it. Instead, the entire console is red and black themed. As a special-edition console, the design is pretty basic. You won’t find any Mario-themed design stuff anywhere except for on the back of the dock, where there’s a little Mario silhouette in the corner.
And once you fold down that little backplate where you find the ports, there’s a bunch of little coins. Think of these as a neat hidden detail. They aren’t in full view, but you’ll know they’re there and that makes it special.
The Mario Red Edition Nintendo Switch OLED launches October 6
Similar to the way Nintendo launched the Tears of the Kingdom Switch OLED a few weeks before the launch of Tears of the Kingdom, it’s doing the same thing here. The Mario Red Edition Switch OLED will officially launch on October 6.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder meanwhile will launch on October 20. So if you were looking to pick up the game and wanted the special OLED Switch to play it on, you can get the console itself a few weeks ahead of time. It’ll be $349.99 just like any other Switch OLED and you can actually pre-order it right now if you like. It ships on October 6 (the day of release), though it’s also entirely possible that it could ship early.
It also seems you can only get it from Nintendo directly, or from retailers like Best Buy. Though it may eventually show up on Amazon and at other retailers as well.
Nintendo Switch OLED Mario Red Edition – Best Buy