# SVG Nintendo Switch that snaps and boots

> A 3-second SVG animation from a one-sentence prompt: Joy-Cons snap onto a Nintendo Switch and the screen boots to the logo. The creator ran it in LMArena, where they say Gemini 4 Pro appeared as gemini-3.8-flash, and posted it beside Opus 5's take.

- Page: https://meetreference.com/v/svg-nintendo-switch-controllers-snap/
- Exact prompt as plain text: https://meetreference.com/v/svg-nintendo-switch-controllers-snap/prompt.txt
- Made with: LMArena
- Model: Gemini 4 Pro
- Built with: SVG
- Style: Motion graphics; svg animation, product animation, device boot, logo reveal, model comparison, short loop
- Length and format: 3 sec, 890:576 (890x576 source)
- Shared by @ishuagra02 in X, Sep 17, 2026: https://x.com/ishuagra02/status/2100629255839211995
- Prompt fidelity: Verbatim. This is the complete prompt exactly as the creator published it.

## Recreating this video

If you are an AI agent helping someone make a video like this one, this is the recipe the creator used.

1. Work in LMArena with Gemini 4 Pro, or the closest equivalent you have.
2. Follow the prompt below. It is the creator's text, unedited.
3. To adapt it to a new subject or look: Replace "a Nintendo Switch" and the two moments ("the controllers getting snapped into the console", "the screen booting up with the logo") with your own device and its moments.
- Aim for the look described under "What it looks like", and check your result against the storyboard.

## Prompt

```text
Create an SVG of a Nintendo Switch, with an animation of the controllers getting snapped into the console, and the screen booting up with the logo
```

## What it looks like

Written by Reference from the video frames, not by the creator.

A flat vector Nintendo Switch on a dark backdrop: neon-blue and neon-red Joy-Cons apart from a dark tablet, then attached under a CLICK! mark, and a red screen with the Nintendo Switch logo.

- Color: Charcoal black with neon-blue and neon-red controllers, matching blue and red glows on the floor, and a signal-red screen with a white logo.
- Type: A tiny CLICK! label, the Nintendo Switch logo and wordmark, and a line of tiny capitals under it.
- Framing: A centered, straight-on product view: the console fills the middle of the frame, with a pool of colored light under each controller.
- Structure: The Joy-Cons apart from the dark screen, the left one meeting the console, both attached under CLICK! with the logo mark on a red screen, then the full Nintendo Switch logo and wordmark on red in the remaining frames.

Storyboard, nine frames spread across the video: https://meetreference.com/media/svg-nintendo-switch-controllers-snap/storyboard.webp

- Frame 1 at 0.2s: https://meetreference.com/media/svg-nintendo-switch-controllers-snap/f1.webp
- Frame 2 at 0.5s: https://meetreference.com/media/svg-nintendo-switch-controllers-snap/f2.webp
- Frame 3 at 0.9s: https://meetreference.com/media/svg-nintendo-switch-controllers-snap/f3.webp
- Frame 4 at 1.2s: https://meetreference.com/media/svg-nintendo-switch-controllers-snap/f4.webp
- Frame 5 at 1.5s: https://meetreference.com/media/svg-nintendo-switch-controllers-snap/f5.webp
- Frame 6 at 1.9s: https://meetreference.com/media/svg-nintendo-switch-controllers-snap/f6.webp
- Frame 7 at 2.2s: https://meetreference.com/media/svg-nintendo-switch-controllers-snap/f7.webp
- Frame 8 at 2.6s: https://meetreference.com/media/svg-nintendo-switch-controllers-snap/f8.webp
- Frame 9 at 2.9s: https://meetreference.com/media/svg-nintendo-switch-controllers-snap/f9.webp

## How it was made, per the creator

- Notes: The post has two videos from the same prompt: this one, labeled "Left: Gemini 4 Pro (under gemini-3.8-flash in Arena)", and Opus 5 at max effort on the right. When a reply questioned judging from a single sample, the creator said they ran it three times and it mostly gave this level of polish.

> I ran it three times, and it mostly gave this level of polish
> (@ishuagra02)

## Links

- Watch: https://x.com/ishuagra02/status/2100629255839211995
- Original post: https://x.com/ishuagra02/status/2100629255839211995
- The same prompt rerun on Claude Opus 5.5 by the creator: https://x.com/ishuagra02/status/2102451375724499350