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Nintendo Switch: The new console is a mixture of 3DS and Wii U

20.10.2016

Translation: machine translated

Nintendo has finally broken the silence and unveiled the successor to the Wii U. The Nintendo Switch is a mixture of handheld and home console. It is designed to combine the strengths of both systems.

NES, SNES, Nintendo 64, Gamecube, Wii, Wii U and now: Nintendo Switch. The Japanese console makers have finally unveiled the mysterious new games console. It's about time, because the release date in March has been fixed for some time now.

The codename Nintendo NX has been dropped and aptly swapped for Switch. This is the core of the new gaming device. The device is modular, meaning it can be taken apart and customised to suit different needs. If you play at home, you plug the device, which looks like a typical tablet, into a docking station. You then grab the controller and play from the sofa via the TV as usual. The practical thing about the Switch, however, is that you can also simply pack the device for travelling. To do this, you pull the controller apart and plug the two ends, which are called Joy-Con, into the Switch tablet. You have a portable games console that looks like a large PS Vita or a small Wii U gamepad.

Not much is known about the hardware yet, except that it contains an Nvidia chip from the Tegra line. Whether the device will be backwards compatible is also still open. In any case, the trailer shows Wii U titles such as "Splatoon" and "Mario Kart". Another rumour that has been confirmed is the use of game cartridges.

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Philipp Rüegg

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Philipp.Rueegg@digitecgalaxus.ch

As a child, I wasn't allowed to have any consoles. It was only with the arrival of the family's 486 PC that the magical world of gaming opened up to me. Today, I'm overcompensating accordingly. Only a lack of time and money prevents me from trying out every game there is and decorating my shelf with rare retro consoles.

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