Nintendo Switch – OLED Model and Metroid Dread Launch

Nintendo have given us a one-two punch with a new piece of hardware in the new Switch OLED model and the latest entry to the Metroid series in Metroid Dread.

We have been playing Metroid Dread over this weekend preparing for our upcoming review this week and it a title that appears worth the wait.

Check out the full press release below:

“New Nintendo Switch console with a vibrant 7-Inch OLED Screen is out now, alongside the next instalment in the legendary sci-fi Metroid series.

The newest member of the Nintendo Switch family of consoles is available now in stores. 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.

But that’s not the only new Nintendo experience launching today. 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 in stores 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 today. 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.

The newest member of the Nintendo Switch family of consoles is available now in stores. 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. Also launching today 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.”

*  This information has been sourced from information provided by Nintendo Australia.

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