On 20 October 2016, Nintendo Co., Ltd. released a preview video clip on YouTube about the Nintendo Switch video game console. This video game console was previously referred to as "Nintendo NX".
The name "switch" relates to its hybrid design of a standard home video game console and a handheld video game console. Its game storage media are proprietary Nintendo Switch Game cards (ROM cartridge). [Note: Nintendo Switch is NOT backward-compatible with Nintendo 3DS Game cards and Wii U optical discs.] |
The video game console in itself is both the docking station and the tablet computer device. Two "Joy-Con" controllers (Joy-Con L and Joy-Con R) are the main video game controllers of the Nintendo Switch. There is a kickstand included with the video game console. The Joy-Con video game controllers are detachable from the Nintendo Switch tablet computer device, and can be used while the tablet computer device is docked as either with an external grip peripheral or seperately (akin to Wii Remote and Nunchuck), or the Joy-Con video game controllers can be together as a gamepad (akin to Wii U GamePad), or as individual video game controllers. There is also a Nintendo Switch Pro Controller as an extra video game controller. Amiibo figurines are compatible with Nintendo Switch.
Despite being the "next generation", Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima commented that the new Nintendo "NX" video game console would NOT be a replacement or direct successor to the Wii U.
Full hardware and software specifications are not released as of now, however, it is mentioned by Nvidia Corporation that a Nvidia Tegra series system-on-chip is used and that a custom API known as "NVN" is for gaming peformance.
Despite being the "next generation", Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima commented that the new Nintendo "NX" video game console would NOT be a replacement or direct successor to the Wii U.
Full hardware and software specifications are not released as of now, however, it is mentioned by Nvidia Corporation that a Nvidia Tegra series system-on-chip is used and that a custom API known as "NVN" is for gaming peformance.
Confirmed video game company partners supporting the Nintendo Switch are:
- Activision
- Bandai Namco Entertainment
- Capcom
- Electronic Arts
- Konami
- Sega
- Square Enix
- Take Two Interactive
- Ubisoft
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- 505 Games
- Arc System Works
- Atlus
- Bethesda Softworks
- Codemasters
- FromSoftware
- Frozenbyte
- Koei Tecmo
- Level-5
- PlatinumGames
- SpikeChunsoft
- Telltale Games
- THQ Nordic
- Unity Technologies
- Epic Games
...and more.
- Activision
- Bandai Namco Entertainment
- Capcom
- Electronic Arts
- Konami
- Sega
- Square Enix
- Take Two Interactive
- Ubisoft
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- 505 Games
- Arc System Works
- Atlus
- Bethesda Softworks
- Codemasters
- FromSoftware
- Frozenbyte
- Koei Tecmo
- Level-5
- PlatinumGames
- SpikeChunsoft
- Telltale Games
- THQ Nordic
- Unity Technologies
- Epic Games
...and more.
Expected video game titles for the Nintendo Switch are:
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Project Sonic 2017 (unnanounced name and release date)
- Just Dance 2017
- Riverside
- RISE: Race the Future
- Dragon Quest X (Japan-exclusive)
- Dragon Quest XI (Japan-exclusive)
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (footage only)
- Untitled Mario video game (through footage)
- Untitled Mario Kart video game (through footage)
- Untitled Splatoon video game (through footage)
- Untitled Pokémon video game
...and more.
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Project Sonic 2017 (unnanounced name and release date)
- Just Dance 2017
- Riverside
- RISE: Race the Future
- Dragon Quest X (Japan-exclusive)
- Dragon Quest XI (Japan-exclusive)
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (footage only)
- Untitled Mario video game (through footage)
- Untitled Mario Kart video game (through footage)
- Untitled Splatoon video game (through footage)
- Untitled Pokémon video game
...and more.
Nintendo Switch is an awesome video game console!
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Hyperlinks:
- First Look at Nintendo Switch: http://nintenscience.weebly.com/first-look-at-nintendo-switch.html
- Announced video game partners for Nintendo Switch: https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/789155375526260736
- Nintendo Switch - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Switch
- First Look at Nintendo Switch: http://nintenscience.weebly.com/first-look-at-nintendo-switch.html
- Announced video game partners for Nintendo Switch: https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/789155375526260736
- Nintendo Switch - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Switch