This includes the fact that the Nintendo Switch isn’t a successor to the Wii U or 3DS, and that it won’t be compatible with Wii U discs or 3DS game cartrdiges.
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Nintendo says it has “reinvented gaming” with a console that also doubles as a tablet, however investors do not seem to be convinced. The “Nintendo Switch” is indeed a hybrid gaming device, where it is packed with a detachable mini-screen with another detachable controller that can be slid in and out.
The video begins with a guy sitting on his couch playing Zelda in a traditional manner, with a wireless controller and console through the TV.
When at home, the Nintendo Switch can be played like a regular console by simply placing it onto the Switch Dock and hooking up the system to a TV.
Multiple consoles can also link together – two can connect when four people want to play two-to-a-screen, or four can connect together with each player using their own.
Already, Nintendo has quite the list of third-party developers that will be providing support and games to the Nintendo Switch.
A collection of everything we know so far about Nintendo’s next console.
Japan’s Nintendo Co Ltd launched Nintendo Switch, its next-generation gaming console, as the company looks to catch up with rivals Sony Corp and Microsoft Corp. That led to the runaway success of its game Pokemon Go. Gamers will have time until March 2017, the official launch date, to decide whether it’s a must-have.
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“Today’s video incorporated short glimpses of representative gameplay to demonstrate the liberating nature of the Nintendo Switch home gaming system”, said Nintendo. The console will also be getting a new Mario platformer, Splatoon, NBA 2K17, Mario Kart and a Bethesda game (most probably Skyrim).
