More Nintendo Switch in January

After the release trailer of the Nintendo Switch every gamer looked and dissect the trailer for what the Switch can do. Questions like what’s the battery life on the tablet, what games will release with the console, and if the dock station will have an extra processor for higher resolution on the big screen. The trailer has gone and passed, in which it provided us with a little more information about the Switch. But now we must wait until next year to hear full details of Nintendo’s next console.

Last week a lot of gamers took a close look at the trailer trying to piece together features that weren’t present in the trailer. After all the speculation, there is finally some concrete details about the screen technology. Reported by Eurogamer, the Nintendo Switch will have a 6.2”in display and support 720p resolution. The Switch will also have touchscreen functionality and for the first time ever, a Nintendo console will support multi-touch functionality.

The thing that had me thinking about the touch functionality is how it will be used while docked? Then the Eurogamer report mentions, " The Switch's touchscreen is almost entirely obscured within the console's dock." Players must play it using the joy-cons or the pro controller. There might be a solution for touch screen function while docked and that is the IR sensor (infrared sensors). There is an IR sensor located on the right joy-con, it is not yet known what it will be used for. Could the IR sensor be the answer for touch function while docked? We must wait until next year. Knowing this detail, it’s obvious that Nintendo is killing the two-screen model for their hardware.

Hopefully there will be some leaks before the next Switch event. Speaking of the next Switch event. In January, Nintendo is hosting a streaming on full details of the Switch in Tokyo, Japan. Expect price, release date, and games during the event. Shortly after, Nintendo will have players try out the Switch with a “Nintendo Switch Demo Event” on January 14 and 15 at Tokyo Big Sight.

Nintendo can finally bring back old fans with the Switch. Now that they are moving away from the Wii U and 3DS we can see the Nintendo that we all remembered and loved. We could look forward on the Switch event and all the games that will come with it. But first, let’s see what the Switch is made of. It’s an innovative idea but innovation includes problems that is difficult face, but also it creates a new and fresh appeal to other gamers.

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