The Nintendo “Switch” is Set to Release in March

First Look At Nintendo Switch ( 3 Minutes )

The long waited Nintendo NX, now known to be the Nintendo “Switch” has been announced for March 2017. Now everyone can breathe and stop making-up rumors. Nintendo released a 3 minute trailer this morning to show off its functionality. All the rumors leading up that the next Nintendo console will be a hybrid from handheld to home console was correct, everyone was right.

In the announcement trailer they showed how the Switch would be used in an everyday situation. The hybrid console/handheld are two detachable controllers that you can attach to your Switch devices. You can transform it into a handheld by sliding them onto a tablet looking device that is connected to the console docking station. The controllers can be used separate, as shown in the trailer you can see that they are using each controller to play a Mario Kart. Alongside the tablet is a framed controller for home console mode and if you think the removable aspect of the controller is unappealing there also another gamepad you can purchase. It’s a more normal style gamepad that doesn’t need the detectable controls.

The games they presented in the trailer for the Switch was the real surprise for me. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was already a given as Nintendo said at E3 that Breath of the Wild will be released alongside the “Switch”. A lot of new 1st party games was also shown on the Switch in the trailer. It looks like there will be a new 3D Mario game, a new Mario kart, and a new Splatoon game all in the works. I hope that these are launch games. It would give me a reason to purchase a new console if the launch line-up is the listed games.

In the past Nintendo supported 3^rd party games on their platforms. But recently with the Wii U 3^rd party games were non-existent. This time around it seems like they want to provide more 3^rd party games and it shows from the trailer. They showed Skyrim gameplay as a home console and handheld. The other 3^rd party game that was in the trailer was NBA 2K17 to show off the multiplayer aspect. That was what the surprising moment in the trailer for me.

There isn’t any price now, but I’ll keep all you posted. The Nintendo Switch looks like a nice console. The form factor of the controllers is a little weird, gamers with big hands will have a difficult time holding them as single controllers. The controller looks like it can be comfortable as a whole controller. I’m curious how fast and fluid switching from console to handheld is. If the launch line-up is the games that was shown in the trailer, that alone will get me excited to see the Switch in action.

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