Nintendo Switch Announcement Trailer

Greetings Space Cadets, It’s a day of trailers today, Will Nintendo beat Red Dead Redemption 2. Nintendo has officially revealed the Nintendo NX, and it has a new name, Nintendo Switch. It will be released in March 2017.

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Announced in a teaser trailer, the Switch confirms the rumors we’ve heard previously – this is a powerful handheld console featuring two detachable pieces that can act as individual controllers (called Joy-Cons), and a TV-connected dock for playing on the big screen. Its physical games will come in the form of cartridges similar to those used for the Nintendo 3DS.
Switch transitions from TV to handheld mode by simply lifting the screen portion of the console out of the dock. Multiple Switch consoles can be used in tandem for local multiplayer play.

“With this first look at Nintendo Switch, I hope fans are already imagining the possibilities of having the freedom to play when, where, and how they want to,” said Satoru Shibata, president of Nintendo of Europe. “Our teams at Nintendo, and many other developers, are all working hard to create new and unique experiences, and we look forward to showing you more.”

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We also saw a controller shell into which two Joy-Cons can be slotted. Nintendo has announced that it will also release a more traditional Switch Pro Controller, mirroring the Wii U’s Pro Controller.

The Switch is powered by Nvidia’s custom Tegra processor and, according to Nvidia itself, is “also supported by fully custom software, including a revamped physics engine, new libraries, advanced game tools and libraries. Nvidia additionally created new gaming APIs to fully harness this performance.”
It’s currently unclear whether the console has a touchscreen, although no one using it in the teaser trailer appears to interact with the screen in that fashion, pointing to an abandonment of one of the Wii U’s core concepts. While no Amiibo are used in the video, they do appear in the background, seemingly confirming their compatibility.

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The trailer shows a new 3D Mario game, Skyrim: Definitive Edition, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, NBA 2K17, and what appear to be updated versions of Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon running on the console.

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No price has been announced at time of writing – Nintendo is expected to announce a more fully-fledged Nintendo Direct to introduce that detail, as well as a more complete launch game line-up.
Nintendo has also released a selection of the publishers, developers and middleware manufacturers supporting the new console:

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Source: IGN

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