NINTENDO
SWITCHES
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NINTENDO
SWITCHES
IT
UP
robin wilde
G
aming giant Nintendo have announced the latest in
their console line up,
a hybrid mobile and
home console platform named Nintendo
Switch.
In a three minute
announcement trailer
uploaded to YouTube
and streamed live on
their website, Nintendo
showed off the system,
formerly known as the
NX, which will shortly
replace the Wii U –
and may even pose a
threat to future Nintendo handhelds.
The console features
detachable controllers
which can be affixed to
a screen, Wii U style,
when the system is being played on the go.
A more traditional twinstick controller is also
available, similar to the
Wii U Pro Controller.
Other changes to the
existing format include
the removal of discs
as a storage medium,
with the Switch instead
reverting to small, DSstyle cartridges.
The power of the
console was demon-
strated in the three
minute preview video,
when it was shown running Skyrim: Special
Edition, as well as Zelda: Breath of the Wild
and new versions of
both Mario Kart and a
3D Mario platformer.
The console will
officially launch in
March 2017, but the
announcement trailer
contained no information on pricing. Indeed,
Nintendo have announced no there will
be no further information on the system until
January, so there may
be a long wait until we
have more. Until then,
turn to page 12 of the
full issue of Cubed for
our analysis of the reveal.