A big day for Nintendo releases, as the new OLED model of the Nintendo Switch is out now, with Metroid Dread launching alongside it.

Check below for the press release...

NINTENDO SWITCH – OLED MODEL AND METROID DREAD ARE LAUNCHING ON 8th OCTOBER

New Nintendo Switch console with a vibrant 7-Inch OLED Screen launches tomorrow, alongside the next instalment in the legendary sci-fi Metroid series

7^th October, 2021 – On 8^th October the newest member of the Nintendo Switch family of consoles becomes available via select retailers across the UK and from Nintendo through My Nintendo Store. Nintendo Switch – OLED Model has a similar overall size to the Nintendo Switch console, but with a larger, vibrant 7-inch OLED screen with vivid colours and high contrast. This new console gives players another option to play the vast and growing library of Nintendo Switch games how they want and where they want.

Nintendo Switch – OLED Model console not only sports a 7-inch OLED screen, but also features a wide adjustable stand for tabletop mode, a new dock with a wired LAN port (LAN cable sold separately), 64GB of internal storage*, and enhanced audio for handheld and tabletop play. Just like Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch – OLED Model allows players to play on the TV and share the detachable Joy-Con controllers for right-out-of-the-box multiplayer fun. And just like both Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch Lite, with Nintendo Switch – OLED Model, the system can be taken on the go to enjoy its play-anywhere versatility.

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But that’s not the only new Nintendo experience launching this week. Also available is the next game in the storied Metroid franchise, Metroid Dread. Metroid Dread follows intergalactic bounty hunter Samus Aran as she descends to a new planet to investigate a mysterious transmission. Metroid Dread concludes the thrilling story arc focusing on the strange, interconnected fates of Samus and the Metroids and can be equally enjoyed by both long-time fans and newcomers to the series.

Metroid Dread is available via select retailers across the UK and from Nintendo through My Nintendo Store as a physical version and digitally in Nintendo eShop.

A new Samus amiibo figure featuring her suit from Metroid Dread and an E.M.M.I. amiibo figure are also available in a two-pack from 5th November. Scanning the Samus amiibo will give players an extra energy tank to increase their health by 100. Additionally, the Samus amiibo can be scanned again to receive health once per day. The E.M.M.I. amiibo grants Samus a Missile Plus tank, increasing her missile capacity by 10. The E.M.M.I. amiibo can also be scanned again to replenish some missiles once per day.

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On 8^th October the newest member of the Nintendo Switch family of consoles is available via select retailers across the UK and from Nintendo through My Nintendo Store. Nintendo Switch – OLED Model has a similar overall size to the Nintendo Switch console, but with a larger, vibrant 7-inch OLED screen with vivid colours and high contrast. Launching on the same day is the next game in the storied Metroid franchise, Metroid Dread, which concludes the thrilling story arc focusing on the strange, interconnected fates of Samus and the Metroids and can be equally enjoyed by both long-time fans and newcomers to the series.

Check out the trailers below... (Potential spoiler Warning for Metroid Dread and the Metroid series)

From everyone here at N-Europe, we'd like to wish you a 'Dreadful Friday' (in celebration of Metroid Dread) and welcome to any potential new Nintendo Switch owners who are experiencing Nintendo's console for the first time, in its fourth year.

Have you purchased a Nintendo Switch OLED? Do you already have a Nintendo Switch? Will you be playing the latest entry in the Metroid series?

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