The leaked images showed the console's retail packaging and actual device.

As per the images, the package comes with a Zelda-themed dock and Joy-cons, "although the console itself is not clearly seen", the report said.

In August last year, Nintendo had suffered a nearly 23 per cent decline in console sales to 3.43 million in the second quarter (Q2).

The sales for the entire Nintendo Switch family of systems declined due to a semiconductor shortage affecting production.