Feature: Everything You Need to Know About the Nintendo Switch, So Far

I think I'm going to try to stay away from this site until Friday. The anticipation is too much to handle.

Glad to see a Nintendo Switch article that focuses on known facts and not rumors!

Jimmy Fallon is awesome

You forgot the toaster functionality.

I am so ready for this. If theyou can hit $250.00 with a game then this thing will be an instant hit. $199.99 without a game? EVEN BETTER!!!

The confirmed is a bit small. I know we will find out on Friday. The only confirmed I'm looking at is BOTW, DQ11 and maybe Yooka Lalee. That Skyrim looks incredible though. I want to start that series on the Switch. The games on the footage are not confirmed? I don't know about you, but why have a commercial with all those games on it? MK8 or 9, Mario, Splatoon ext...

Day one with Skyrim and BOTW.

@Clownshoes

Close your account.

@Clownshoes What is a matter with you?

Now it's a matter of time before we know if...

In loving memory of Satoru Iwata.

And I mean it, it's not a dark joke or something. His legacy needs to get Nintendo back on track, because the guy deserved just as much.

Seen another rumour for the Joy-Cons that's not listed here... a black panel has been spotted on the bottom edge of one of them that resembles the IR sensor of the Wiimote, leading people to believe that this may give it a similar pointer functionality to the Wiimote.
Continuing from this, I personally suspect that the equivalent of the sensor bar is built into the top edge of the screen, which is why the top edge protrudes while docked, and we see three separate occasions in the reveal trailer where the docked console is positioned directly below the TV screen, like a sensor bar would be.

@Clownshoes
Accurate depiction of the appropriate response prompted by your inquiry:

Have a nice day, fellow.

@DragonEleven I suspect you are right. I was looking at that too.

When did Yooka-Laylee get "confirmed" for Switch? All I read was some beating around the bush nonsense from Playtonic about looking forward to the opportunity to discuss bringing it to the Switch, which sounds less confirmed than the Wii U version they themselves were making, and we know how that turned out.

"We can however confirm the exciting news that we are now working very closely with Nintendo to look to bring Yooka-Laylee to the upcoming Nintendo Switch. We're looking forward to exploring the opportunity and will have more details to share early next year."

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2016/12/yooka-laylee_rattles_away_from_wii_u_release

I think this is a good article to highlight how little we know about a console that goes on sale in between 50-80 days. No date, no price, no bundles, very few games. Here's some other questions I have.

1. External HDD storage?
2. Touch-screen? Even if it has a touchscreen, which I think it will, will it work in all games or just for the menus? I'm not sure all 3rd parties are going to want to add in touch support for a screen you can't Touch when it's docked.
3. Ether net port in the dock? Splatoon is a great game, but even wired it had more than it's share of drops. I can't imagine it working well in an airport over public Wi-Fi.

That USB-C port sure is carrying a lot - power, video, audio, maybe game data from external HDD or Internet info from an USB ether net adapter. I'm more than a little worried. My Wii U HDMI port didn't work right so I had to replace my system. USB-C is new, and new makes me nervous when it is responsible for so much all at once.

Everybody keeps talking about "cloud storage" of save data. I know I like it and want it, but will the save data be on the system or the cart like 3DS? I can't imagine Nintendo letting us "cloud save" data on a cart. Downloads yes, it's all on the system storage anyway, but save data back and forth from a cart sounds very un-Nintendo.

I feel like what we know now we should have known a year ago, or at least at E3. How many more Wii U sales did Nintendo make this holiday by keeping this quietfor so long? Will everything be answered this Thursday and Friday, 2 months before launch? A lot of people still have a lot of questions, and we're the die-hards. They didn't even bother to promote it at CES.

No games + no info = no audience at launch? Diehards will be there, they were there for Wii U too, didn't help much, 4 years later and it's dead.

Looking forward to finally getting some actual info later this week, better late than never I guess.

PS - This is the part that worries me about Zelda U getting canned
"based on the somewhat choppy performance in the live demo of the Wii U version in that show, our suspicion is the official gameplay trailers are based off the Switch version"

It all sounds appealing to me. My expectations are still low and under control. But I like the marketing strategy that Nintendo is displaying. Nintendo at its best (again) so far.

@Clownshoes Oh, you blatant negative Nancy! You needlessly über-cynical and forcefully pessimistic darling, you! daintily taps your nose and gives you a smooch Such a pwecious, edgey wittle thing! 💙

I'm very much looking forward to this direct.

Phew...Sorry if I was upset again.

Anyway, If I heard FREE REGION from Nintendo Switch presentation, my heart can stop beating, died in happiness. XD

@rjejr You always have the coolest avatar. What happened? This one is a bit tamed. 😃

@LegendOfPokemon blame Nintendo!

@River3636
Quick question. How do I change my avatar ? How big is the size of avatar ?

If Switch is $250 or less and BotW is a day one release, I'm in. If either of these two things are not true, I'm out until further notice.

Mother 3 rumor as well! A lot of really cool rumors here...i hope most come true!

Most useful article in two months. Glad to have you back, guys.

I can't wait to hear about the final product on Friday. Everything sounds good so far. I'm looking forward for DQ XI and BOTW, whenever they arrive.

@Anti-Matter Go to your name and pick on the top right of your screen. Where there is a number indiction of messages. Go to settings and choose a pick. I some times just get a screen shot and crimp it. But just play with it.

@rjejr I Thought It Has Been Stated By OTHER sites that the Wii U only sold 800,000 units last year. Could be wrong but I thought I read that number for sales.

@Anti-Matter man... you sound upset.

Thanks for this article. With all the craziness people are talking about these days, it's nice to go back to a 30,000 foot view of the system before Nintendo makes the internet explode Thursday night.

Where did @Clownshoes go?

@cfgk24 He might have gone to hell.

@JudgeMethos I believe 800,000 was Nintendo's expectation for Wii U sales by the end of March 2017.

http://imgur.com/8jwngTz

@LegendOfPokemon "Glad to see a Nintendo Switch article that focuses on known facts and not rumors!"

I know, and what really grinds my gears is when they call the rumors "confirmed" info.

I only hope for a reasonable price, nothing more. Because when you expect too much, you almost always get a huge disappointment instead. I know Nintendo does not give a hiss about our incomes and logical answer to "it's too pricey! I got no money!" complaints (in some cases excuses) is "don't buy then", but as far as I can recall Nintendo had always a reasonable price when it came to their products. If it's more than the guessed $250 then I'll wait til the price drop (even if I have to wait a long time or til black friday) and rather invest in a second 3DS than going for a debt just to have the newest product.
Also I'm actually glad it has no backward compability with 3DS and Wii U titles. First it gives hope to Wii U players (me not included, I don't own the console) that their investment in the console was worth it and they got exclusive titles that won't be playable on the Switch (unless ported or completely re-done) and it also supports Nintendo's statement that Switch is not going to be a 3DS replacement.

It's listed for March 30th over here. Regarding the presentation, it better be pretty epic ...The recent rumours and "leaks" have been rather worrying.

3:50 alarm is set.
I'll be honest, I'm not really too bothered by what the cost is, the pre-order is in and as long as there are a couple of games at launch I'll be happy, even if they are ports or Directors Cuts.
I would rather BOTW be delayed a few months than get it broken. I'll happily buy Mario Kart, Smash Bros & Splatoon again to tide me over ... and I'm kinda hoping Bayonetta gets another double-pack release.

@cheonsacz I wouldn't trust Nintendo when they say the Switch won't replace the 3DS. They claimed the DS wouldn't replace the GBA, and we all know how that turned out. Sure, they pumped out a couple more, low-key first party titles for GBA after the DS was released, but ultimately the GBA was usurped by the DS entirely. I'd expect a year of minimal 3DS support before they can the thing altogether. Remember, the 3DS was dated hardware when it launched back in 2011, and it's becoming more of a technological fossil every year.

Man........ Iam so hyped, cant hide it anymore lol.
I want it to explode out of my screen with lots of game reveals.

Even my brother is hyped who was a die hard Sony fanboy. He had never anything positive to say about nintendo but now he switched lol. Nintendo converted him to "SWITCH" from his ps4 to the NSwitch.

@River3636 Maybe he imploded. What did I miss, his usual mirth and merriment?

@thesilverbrick Well I'm not saying there is not coming a day when the 3DS (by the way I'm talking about the New one, not the old one) will be discontinued and developers won't be making any games for it like with the previous handhelds, that's inevitable. But in case of DS, 3DS was a direct successor, while Switch's purpose is a lot more different than the of 3DS and Wii U. I'm not saying they should focus solely on the 3DS, I'm glad they are focusing on the Switch (and mobile market which I'm not so happy about), but I just hope they won't shut the servers like in a year or two and left us in deep since the 3DS IS still highly popular in Japan and tops the sales. And there are still many great games coming and a lot of ones that I hope will get localised. I can only hope though... but please Nintendo, don't throw 3DS away

I just want to be able to save games onto my game card and have an Ethernet port on the dock.

That Joy Con Grip looks god awful. Like a nightmare to hold.

The Pro controller on the other hand looks glorious.

@cheonsacz Don't get me wrong; I don't think they'll dump the 3DS right away, either. But it's already clear that the upcoming titles for 3DS are fewer and further between than they've ever been. And one look at the eShop releases on 3DS every week, and it's easy to see that it's already running out of steam.

That said, the 3DS does have a fairly large user base and Nintendo would be foolish to abandon them the second the Switch hits stores. But Nintendo being able to merge home console and handheld development teams into one is actually one of the smarter things they've done, since it'll mean a stronger, more universal output of games from them.

They at one time called the DS Nintendo's "third pillar", meant to coexist with GBA and GameCube. That philosophy held water for just a few months before the GBA was gone entirely. I'd expect the same to happen to the 3DS, for better or worse. I don't think they'll dump the 3DS's online servers for several more years, though, since they're now internally housed by Nintendo instead of by a third party, like the original DS and Wii's were.

@rjejr I'm not going to go into everything as a "things we don't know so far" topic is the most hate-baity comment section you can find... but you needn't worry about the USB-C connection. While it's new in a gamer's sense it's tried, tested & dataspeed-wise probably carries data/signal faster than the Switch (and likely PS4/XboxOne) itself does.

As for releasing information, the PS4 was revealed 5 months before launch & until that point we only had rumours. The Switch was "teased" well within that time frame and we're getting the full "reveal" around 3 months before launch. This isn't Nintendo "bucking the trend"... it's Nintendo actually making sure people aren't bored of the Switch before launch as has happened previously.

As for my opinions in general, just with a basic understanding of technology I'm pretty happy with what I've seen & heard from the Switch so far. I don't think the Switch will be as powerful as the XboxOne, but I do know that Nintendo has designed it to outperform the "specs on the sheet". Look at it this way, using flashcarts means games can have considerably lower files sizes & take up less system RAM... if even half the rumours are true, the who console is built with this kind of thinking.

@NL: Minor point, but didn't Nintendo also confirm that the additional Switch docks would be available separately...making the console playable on any TV in the house with a dock?

Not sure why Dragon Quest XI needs an updated confirmation. It's already been confirmed 3 times. Also, you forgot Dragon Quest X.

Can't wait for Thursday!

@3MonthBeef best controller ever. EVER

@WiltonRoots He didn't spout much. Just used a charity site that supports cancer patients and call this site cancerous. It was very tactless and had poor taste. Everybody already attacked him so I didn't feel the need to comment on it, but I'm kind of bored so why not.

@Syrek24 He might of just had a bad day. I have been kind of snarky on this sight before but that was just straight up out of line.
Anyway four more days to "Halloween", silver shamrock. I can't wait to see the specs, the games and the games..

@River3636 yeah that's pretty low.

I apologize for the long post, I tend to make long boring comments without thinking even though I already edited and deleted huge parts of it >.>

@thesilverbrick I understad your point and you are right. That's why I'm so excited over the Switch and the whole idea of handheld and console gaming combined. I don't know about others, but it was always my dream to play both at home and on the go mainly because some great and exclusive titles are made console-only or handheld-only so that quite sucks for people who don't own more than one system (yes I know, people would probably say "not my problem, but yours"). I'm not strictly die-hard Nintendo fan. There are games on other systems I love and some I would love to try (thanks sister for moving in with a boyfriend that owns PS4 lol), but the games I actually care about and play are the ones for 3DS. The last not-3DS game I got hooked about was Syberia 3 and that one got delayed again (not surprising after 7 years, it's coming to be close to another FFXV in terms of waiting). That's another reason why I hope they won't abandon 3DS in near future - yes the number of games released for the sytem is less and less each year as evident by reports of game released each month, as for my country (czech) I hardly see or meet any people that play on 3DS, the userbase there is too small so I have no use for local play or streepass other than playing the mini games which are no fun when you have no one to play them with, the library is definitely smaller than that of the predecessor DS, but it's still enough to keep me from moving on to another system. And if they abandon the 3DS completely now when the official Switch price wasn't even revealed yet, when we didn't get to actually play any game on it, I'm not sure if I will have enough income to buy the Switch on day 1 and play solely on it. That's why I need them to keep supporting the 3DS at least til the end of 2017-2018 since that would give me time to think, decide and earn enough money to afford the Switch. The Switch is the reason I didn't go for the Vita nor Wii U even though there are so many great games I would love to play on it. And I can definitely say lot of the systems that are out there almost got me swooned over the years.

As a side note when it comes to eShop games there aren't that many titles that would get me hooked to purchase them. Except Ace Attorney Dual Destinies and the ported trilogy, there weren't one title that I would mark as a must have. I bet in Japan the eShop offers are more interesting, but I don't speak japanese sadly XD

I hope sakurai provides us with a gc controller adaptor

Switch wishlist in no particular order:
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Splatoon Switch (Possible Wii U Update)
Mario Kart Switch (Possible Wii U Update)
Dragon Quest X: The Five Awakening Races Online
Dragon Quest XI
The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim
Yooka-Laylee
Beyond Good and Evil 2
Pokemon Sun

"...based on the somewhat choppy performance in the live demo of the Wii U version in The Game Awards, our suspicion is the official gameplay trailers of BotW are based off the Switch version."

Yep, exactly. The scope of BotW has outgrown the Wii U's britches. Nintendo just didn't have the experience with open world games yet. The scope would have had to be smaller for it to work without a hitch on Wii U.

I cannot see Dark Souls 3 on the Switch, in fact i cannot see any Dark Souls game on the Switch as the Switch is a Nintendo console the market is different. And who would be porting them as From Software is busy working on 3 new unannounced titles, so its safe to say From Software wouldn't be porting them. This time i'll be waiting a bit before getting a Switch this time around, until it has a few games i want.

@rjejr USB-C will be able to handle the connections just fine. Here's an explanation link:

https://www.cnet.com/how-to/usb-type-c-thunderbolt-3-one-cable-to-connect-them-all/

Basically, USB-C 3.1 (which I believe is used in the NS) will provide data transfer on par with Thunderbolt 3, which can handle 40 Gbps for short, active cables, or 20 Gbps for long, passive cables. Way faster than your average USB 3.0 at 5 Gbps. USB-C also uses 24-pin connectors instead of just 4-pin. This gives plenty of room for transferring power, video, and audio signals.

There's nothing to worry about, it's just the next standard in USB, and the NS will have it. In at least one way, that makes it a more advanced piece of tech than even the PS4Pro, and certainly moreso than the original PS4 and XB1... And I suspect there will be more tech details to come.

@PlywoodStick Very true, Nintendo didn't really design the Wii U with open world games at all. Watch Dogs looked better on the Wii U than the PS3 & 360 but had MUCH heavier framedrops (specifically during explosions & physics heavy scenarios) than either of those versions due to the slower, locked CPU.

With nVidia working with them, it's not a mistake that they'll be making with the Switch. It's not just graphical performance when it comes to games, how things run in the background can make a big difference to gameplay experince.

Thanks for the daily rumor update. Now how bout reviewing a game or two from the e-shop.

If all those 3rd party partners just release one game in the next 2 years the Switch is already better off then the Wii U. I can see Nintendo releasing no less then 6 themselves over one year.

@ThomasBW84 Just when and where was Yooka-Laylee confirmed? I know they hinted at it but nowhere have I seen it's confirmed.

@DragonEleven Yep, you're right. The Joy-Con (the right one, I've read, could be both though) will use an IR port to allow simulation of Wii U functionality when connected to the mobile component. That's how we'll be able to play Wii U ports like Splatoon without a hitch on a TV, and used with the Joy-Con Grip to link wirelessly to the mobile component when no TV is available.

@rjejr Thomas is a busy man this week lol. Got to call him out. Didn't see your rant before I commented but when I seen you had commented I figured it was about the same thing I was thinking.

@Spoony_Tech http://www.playtonicgames.com/yooka-laylee-reptile-rolls-towards-release/

This all but confirms the NS version eventually being released. We'll know more later this week. They probably weren't able to get devkits up until now, but we should expect them to get them soon.

@PlywoodStick That's the same news that has been circulating since the original Wii U cancelling. While it leans heavily towards it's happening it doesn't confirm anything and this article does.

@banacheck From Software was listed as a partner so it's not at all unreasonable to expect Dark Souls on the NS.
Or something new?

@Hikingguy I don't know if you're familiar with this, but the last Nintendo system to have a broadband Ethernet adapter, the GameCube, was easier than other systems to reroute connections from, lacking any real form of security. This allowed Mario Kart: Double Dash to be played online or in 8 player LAN using a program called Warp Pipe. This also allowed Phantasy Star Online connections to be routed into private servers.

This wasn't a big deal back then, but you can probably imagine the impact that would have now, connecting directly into a PC... Let's just say Nintendo isn't very good with gaming network security. Of course, wireless routers can still perform this function, but it's harder for the non-technical person to discover and figure out.

Also, an Ethernet adapter may or may not recognize the connection from an NS... Better wait and see on that one.

@Spoony_Tech How does this article confirm it?

@PlywoodStick It's listed in the confirmed titles.

@DanteSolablood Yeah, that's the thing, the GamePad and OS uses too many resources in the background for a game of BotW's scope, without straining the Wii U beyond it's limits. An increasing amount of sacrifices have to be made, as BotW has grown over time. The NS will handle this issue no problem even with just the mobile component, but the Wii U chipset is just too old. I'm not sure BotW will make it for Wii U, sad as that may be...

@Spoony_Tech And whom/where did that confirmation stem from?

"Everything We Know About The Nintendo Switch"

Includes multiple rumors

Really?

That's not important though, because Switchmas is this week! Finally!

By the way, what in the world did @ClownShoes say?

@PlywoodStick Not sure since the game still hasn't been confirmed.

@River3636 My avatar is the new Dalek-like robot announced at CES to take people around the airport. I like Daleks, and Dr. Who skipped last year. I have been wanting a new one but I'm really not feeling anything right now, been sick for 5 or 6 days, makes me uninspired. Hopefully nobody else I like dies soon though, I need to give those a rest for a bit, too depressing. Maybe a nice animated gif sunrise?

@Mega_Yarn_Poochy Take a wild guess.

@JudgeMethos 800k was the projection Nintendo gave back in April for Wii U's projected sales from April 1, 2016 until March 31, 2017, that's their financial year guidance. When they gave such a low ball estimate I knew they were done with Wii U, would be easy to sell twice that with a price cut alone.

Some people have said Nintendo didn't want to talk about Switch too soon and hurt Wii U sales, but there weren't really any Wii U sales to hurt.

@PlywoodStick Obviously something about how the Switch is going to crash and burn because of some poor/false info/rumor and how everyone who wants one is a blind fanboy, but why was it removed?

@rjejr

Platonic said that the day they said it wasn't coming to Wii u

@JudgeMethos
Sorry if I was upset again.

@River3636
Thank you so much for the information of changing avatar.

@DanteSolablood I know the data speed is fast, USB 3.0 fast, so that shouldn't be a problem, but it's also powering it while it's doing everything else, that's the part that worries me. I'm sure you know about the exploding Samsung phones and USB-C cables that go on fire. I'd just be happier if there were 2 connectors, 1 for data, 1 for power. If that 1 port breaks or burns up or short circuits on either the tablet or the dock, either one, we're SOL.

And I didn't expect all of those questions answered, just pointing out how close we are to launch and how little actual facts we know. Both Sony and MS unveiled their consoles this Gen early in the year, February or March, to launch in November, and they spent the whole year at all the game shows talking them up, we'll MS mostly flip-flopping and backtracking. But they had most of a calendar year to show games at all of the game shows, E3, tokyo, Paris, Gamescon. How many game shows are there the next 50-80 days to promote Switch gsmes?

@rjejr I think Nintendo did not really try to sell Wii U last holiday and no price drops , seams Nintendo being Nintendo , trying to not look like Wii U at all, all the retailers will most likely but rushed to get who preorders done in time and I'm willing to say it will be understocked if price info is right, preorders should have been done about 3 months ago with details of there's more than 1 sku and at least 1 party games listed for launch or close to launch date. It's not cool for them to make everyone hurry up when gearing up for launch. Keep getting in mind if there PR works they will do this next time but I think price is the bigger factor this time 250 is great compared to Wii U 350 launch price id like them to do more info around 6 months b4 it comes out .

@Spoony_Tech What's TW doing this week that he's busy, sleeping in preparation for Thursday night? I did notice a lot more articles by Damo today so thought he might be on vacay or out sick. Oh, and I noticed you "liking" that Playtonic article on the Playstation magazine cover, traitor.

Going to play it on Saturday. I can't wait!!

Ugh. Thursday can't come any sooner!

@rjejr I was going to say some negative but I thought I got my point across already. It's coming to the Switch but not sure I believe their story about the U. They could've made it work but chose not to.

@rjejr I've not read about the USB-C cables setting on fire, but if it's like the USB chargers & laptop chargers that burst into flames... it's likely because they were knock-offs. There is no real issue, there have been devices that take signal & power at the same time since the 80s.

Nintendo has probably been bigging up the Switch behind the scenes with studios etc. for quite a while. Their timing stinks, certainly. But it wouldn't be Nintendo if they didn't make a few mistakes. However, revealing too early would have been a bigger mistake than revealing the Switch a few months ahead of launch. Can you honestly say no one has been talking about the Switch?

All I needed to know was that its Nintendo. You could tell me it would only have around three games released for it that I would truly enjoy, and I would still buy in.

No backwards compatibility for the Wii-U, and TV connection's treated like an add-on?! That bugs me more than I know how to describe. Why are people so bent on taking their video games absolutely everywhere? Suddenly, the future seen in "Wall-E" doesn't look very far away... =(

The rumors are so inconsistent and varied that there's no way this thing will only cost 250 at cost if they're all true. Full-on Multi-touch screen and motion controls, nearly if not more powerful than a WiiU, but hoping for the same price as a WiiU right now (with games included)? I can't help but be skeptical up to the point that I flat out don't buy any of the rumors until Nintendo announces them. Everything else is just too... well untrue, but people are taking it as gospel it seems.

Come Thursday we will have a whole lotta answers.

Come Thursday will will have a million more questions.

I love it.

@DanteSolablood The cables don't set fire, but there's some bad USB-C to USB-A cables that can damage your device.

http://www.laptopmag.com/articles/how-to-find-safe-usb-type-c-cables

It'll either print money or vouchers for NINTENDOOM, exhangeable when Nintendo runs out of money which is probably never. Also, void in Tennessee.

@IceClimbers Thanks, I don't like not having the information. A quick scan seems to assign the issue to using the wrong cable for the wrong device (USB-A on a USB-C device). This won't be an issue using the Switch on it's official dock but might be an issue trying to charge it on the go.

@Anti-Matter what happened to your avatar?

@Mega_Yarn_Poochy https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/01/feature_everything_you_need_to_know_about_the_nintendo_switch_so_far#comment3765207

@River3636
Oh, I tried to find good pictures to be fit on Square size. Sorry if I changed so many times.
EDIT: Ah...already found one. My avatar will look so cute. :3

For me this time after getting burned from Wii U bought it close after launch I'll might wait for some games to come out b4 getting the system. Only got like 9 games AAA total, half old vc and 15 eshop games non retail disc , if the wii u gotten even a spin off metroid i would not feel so burned, i don't blame 3rd party's this time, id say price and lack of ads ruined it and like no prices drops every few years, like smash bros enhanced port, xenoblade chonicles x enhanced port, new fire emblem, maybe what's Monolith soft and retro is developing respectfully, real metroid game, depending on the warriors game using Nintendo IP, not sure on Zelda botw system to use, if there's a bundle or limited bundle with Zelda I'd most likely Pre-order it if it's a good deal.it The price matters most i think this time, if its really 250 retail for basic one it has huge chance for wii numbers i take retail price with tons of salt, also wonders how many Confirmed games at launch out of those 17 i hope at-least 1/3 at launch.

@DanteSolablood @rjejr The explosions were happening with the Galaxy Note 7 and S7 Edge in particular. In fact, all airlines in the US have banned carrying them onboard. That wasn't an issue caused by the USB-C connection, it was caused by faulty design in the devices themselves.

@DanteSolablood Everyone has been talking about the Switch, while they spend all their money on PS4 and it's games. I don't think a lot of soccer mom's holiday shopping were deciding between a PS4, Xbox 1 S or a Switch, Switch never entered their minds, just us gamers. Switch will sell out all 2 million at launch, Wii U did 3 million so launch isn't a problem, it's the spring and summer I worry about. Fall should do well if 3DS games go away. So many unknown variables in the year ahead.

@Everyone I officially apologise for using the wrong "there" earlier. This has been corrected & normal service will be resumed.

I also apologise if someone is actually called "Everyone".

@PlywoodStick Well Switch is a tablet, w/ or w/o USB-C. A tablet that slides in and out of a toaster, what could possibly go wrong?

@DanteSolablood Normal service will be presumed to be what? Shall we assume it will resume?

@rjejr I caught that on the second edit.

@IceClimbers Thank you for the cable link, I'm out of practice and I've been sick for a week.

@DanteSolablood ah, I figured you would, my tablet doesn't auto update. Guess I should delete my post now, makes no sense. Not that it made all that much sense before.

@River3636 I'll say for stuff thats not even on this page for my switch wish list
Metroid prime 4 : the real Metroid game with Samus kicking buts and taking names from bad guys. trying to be within rating and finding nice places for power ups.
Xenoblade chonicle x sequal
fire emblem warriors (spin off)
fire emblem (main) is pretty much a giving at this point not speculated how long it will take within 3 years could be nice
knowing Nintendo most likely another multiplayer Zelda game
fire emblem fe# sequel something bayonetta release for wii u
my unrealistic that would not happen would be final fantasy 17 switch exclusive with female party members
now the one that has a bit more of a chance metroid warriors; a space anonymity happened space time continuum that brought all of the characters together at planet (Nintendo xyz) to battle for resources, battle bases, ships, research labs, and a way to stop the anonymity to restore all living beings, places, things, and time as they should be.
Instead of using melee weapons as primary weapons, u simple: shot, dodge, charge up shot for more damage, missile attacks, maybe ship attacks for pin down attacks, events kill the metroids in time, kill omega metroid b4 it gets too strong, stop space pirates from supply run, save the weak fed trooper from space pirates,etc, Playable characters Samus suited, zero suit samus elite space pirate, Mother Brain standing on 2 legs, ridley, metal ridley fed trooper, bounty hunters, Dark samus, SA-X, chrozo ghosts, chrozo statues, hachling metroid full size, other mini boss, or boss that can have move and other strong allies or helpers with dealing with current threat with the various games to advance the plot or goal.

@IceClimbers About the update confirmation, it's looks like they was talking about DQX but they wrote DQXI . . . Maybe they mean the version 4 of DQX ??

@IceClimbers "According to Leung's FAQ, the problem occurs when you connect a USB Type-C-enabled device such as a phone to a USB Type-A port on your laptop or hub..."

"...This isn't a problem with USB-C to USB-C connections, which can handle higher currents without an issue."

See, this is the problem. Manufacturers need to let people know that just because a cable is termed "USB-C", doesn't mean you can use it with any USB port. Of course when you try to use a 24-pin, 3A USB-C connector with a 4-pin 500mA USB-A port, you're going to encounter major problems. That's not a fault of the technology, that's human error. (I want to use a more demeaning term, but I won't...)

I think the easiest solution going forward is to change the shape of the USB-C connector and port, so it won't get confused or connected into a USB-A port. It was done with USB-B to such an extent that it wouldn't be confused, so I'm not sure why the USB-C connector/port resembles USB-A and Thunderbolt 3 to the degree it does... But apparently it needs to change, to save people from themselves.

At least Nintendo's engineers were smart enough to foresee this, by locking the USB-C connector into the dock, and having the port be in the mobile device...

@rjejr It's more like a reverse toaster, cooling the bread instead of baking it. ...Or something.

@rjejr
What does it matter when we know, as long as we know before the thing goes on sale? I know you want to know, as do I, but we don't need to know anything as long as the system isn't actually for sale yet.

Trust me, knowing a year in advance would be a bad idea. Because not only does it give competitors time to react, it dulls the excitement come time to launch. "Oh, wow, new such and such features. Only it doesn't feel new since we've known everything about the system for over a year."

Even finding out this Thursday night, it's going to feel like an eternity for the next 2 months building up to launch. No, this is fine, it's just fine. We don't need to have all the details a year before the system releases. Now if they waited until the very week they were going to launch it, then I would say OK. Sure, they need to disclose info sooner. But we're still going to have a couple months before the thing releases, which is more than enough time.

@JaxonH I dunno, I was pretty hyped for the N64 all the way from E3 1995 up to September 1996, when it released in the US... I even begged my parents to rent me Super Mario 64 and an N64 from Blockbuster, because I could hardly contain my excitement waiting for Christmas... So I wouldn't say announcing things ahead of time is a bad idea.

Also, people were happy to have regular development updates on Zelda 64 from E3 1995 all the way up through November 1998, when it released. No one lost their hype or complained about it "being revealed too early." That's a ridiculous notion, if anything, it allowed people to plan ahead of time.

We shouldn't coddle Nintendo for revealing everything at the last minute. This type of behavior never would have flown 20 years ago.

@PlywoodStick
I think times have changed though. The internet changed everything, and now info is spread worldwide within minutes and debated to death on online forums and sites like this one.

It was a different time back when we were growing up.

@gatorboi352
Ya Idk about that Joycon grip... I'll be using a Pro Controller myself, or just using the 2 Joycons separately- one in each hand. Why bother connecting them? I always liked the feel of Wiimote and Nunchuk but hated the cord connecting them. I always said they should invent a new modern Wiimote, and this looks to be it. Well, it's more normal than a Wiimote. At least, it will be used in a normal fashion. I imagine while motion won't be a focus, it will at least be there for BC with Wii VC and select titles which warrant a motion control scheme (Pikmin 4 comes to mind)

@JaxonH Yeah... I guess that's true. Almost nothing escapes the purview of the mighty interwebs. It's amazing that Nintendo has bottled this thing up for as long as it has.

@AlexSora89 For Iwata-san!

Wow looking forward to Friday now!

A good lowdown from Nintendo Life as usual.

@Anti-Matter No it is all good.

@mdfezasmbroxeno Xenoblade Chronicles would be the ultimate wishlist. I have given up on a Metriod but maybe we will be pleasantly surprised with a Halo like Metroid game. Atlus is totally going make an Etrian on the Switch. I love most everything they put out. So I'm excited for that. Just give me my Zelda and my Dragon Quests and I am a happy camper. Final Fantasy fore-sakened Nintendo years ago, but we can be hopeful and if you have a PS4 it kind of doesn't matter but I prefer it on a Nintendo system. The specs are going to be OK. I'm not worried It's a portable so as long as it has games I'm happy.

@JaxonH Well, 2 to 3 months could be enough time to get people excited for an entirely new way to play video games with the Switch hybrid and a whole new set of games, but these aren't the right months. People are spent, nobody wants to shop anymore. Nobody, except you, has $400 for a new console and a game or 3, people just want to hibernate. And play their new PS4 and PSVR games.

Reveal in May, show games at E3 in June, sell in July. Sure, that sounds manageable. But the dead of winter? Nows not the time.

And personally, I want the hype, I want the excitement, I want it to last. I was shocked when Fallout 4 was shown only 4 months before release, but that was longer than anything on Switch except Zelda. I can't recall ever buying a big AAA title without months of anticipation. If Pikmin 4 or Super Mario Galaxy 3 is out in only two months I feel robbed of the anticipation and the excitement of reveals of screenshots and trailers. Give me 6 months to get myself worked up.

And don't forget, we're on top of this stuff, but if they are only making a Nintendo console for Nintendo fans, why bother? They need time to promote the games and the console not to us, certainly not you, you're day 1 regardless, but to whoever else they are expecting to buy it, Wii owners, PS4 and Xbox owners, maybe those mad about Scalebounds cancelation, PC gamers. I don't know who, but they need more than just Nintendo fans who have been following Nintendo for years. And that takes time.

Won't get to watch either broadcast live, most likely. I am looking forward to reading all about it, though!

@PlywoodStick I have several concerns about the toaster design - the screen scratching, the tablet not sliding out easily enough taking the toaster to the floor, the USB-C connectors not aligning properly, the jarring of the tablet hammering onto the base screwing up the connection. I don't like the connection in a place I can't see or plug in by hand like a cable.

I'm sure it will all be fine, unless it isn't.

@rjejr
Tax returns. Nobody is spent with tax returns coming.

Not to mention, not everyone bought a console this past Christmas. Most people bought their other consoles years ago, and are probably ready for a little shaking up by now.

@rjejr Hmm, good points. Those will be worth testing out.

Who else read the entire article with the "Ha Ha, Ha Ha, Yeah" song playing in their heads?

Also, what the hell did Clownshoes say that was so terrible? You know it's bad when they delete their comment.

@River3636 Xenoblade Chronicles sequel even would be nice, ff was not the metroid we wanted, other m had some moments, i think ff was just a rushed job just for something so we did not forgot about it, not really time stoper, if they stop trying too many experiments or bad judgement calls on it; it could be okay, zero mission and metroid fusion was okay 2d, primes great, id give them 1 more time with samus as a playable char in a prime game, i think a metroid warrior one would be okay just for rise of for metroid awareness . Prime game has to be 1st party only with help from select 2nd party to change its image. for halo like, recore was decent as far as i saw it.
i used final fantasy as a joke one, but if it does get wii like units sold theres atleast a 1% chance that we might get a title. nintendo has to be more flexible when choosing their target audience, spin off are turn off if its been way to long, how good are the development teams that are trying something similar to that audience and expect it to work, spin off are okay if we have a good idea that theirs really ones coming to that system, if they really can't manage it , they should look to sell the ip, as long as they get all games for their systems too. id even say a 2d metroid maker might be okay ,i know its not that original, it could shake things up in a better way, vr metroid would be nice . Nintendo needs to figure out what happened and how to fix it next time and not break whats not broken.

@Megapokepaul

That is the best news, if it's true. It would seal the deal for me.

@3MonthBeef
Ooh...Gamecube controller.
Mine is Purple on Top, Clear on the back, European box.

@mdfezasmbroxeno A new IP would be nice. Look how well Spatoon did. A sequel to Xenoblade C would complete me. This system has to do good. It's Nintendos New portable only they are calling it a hybrid. It's the N3DS upgrade. It's going to sell well and maybe then we can get the Metroid that we hope for. A Mario Galaxy sequel, KidIcarus would be nice, WE know we are going to get the usual suspects: a Mario, MK, Pikimin, Etc.. Let's hope third parties are in and for vampire's sake Konami give us a decent Castlevania (dream) or reboot Bomberman(killed It). Dreams of a new Lufia (squarenix killed that one) would be great. I'm just optimistic.

@iGen
Clownshoes said if this site has infected by cancer (people who hyped for Switch = Cancer). Gosh....

Poor Clownshoes. Let's hope something positive will happen to him tomorrow, so he won't be so negative.😇

@River3636
Is Bomberman franchise still exist ?
Last time there is no more Hudson Soft, no more Bomberman. Taken over by which company ?

@Anti-Matter Konami bought it and did nothing with it.

I miss clownshoes, his comments are entertaining.
I am nervous about the reveal. I really really want splatoon day one!

@PlywoodStick I don't follow how you've gone from my talk about a possible IR pointer to simulating Wii U functionality, or how that would relate to games like Splatoon. The only IR functionality that the Wii U has independently from the Wiimote is the IR transmitter that is used for the TV remote functionality... the gamepad does not have a pointer like the Wiimote. And Splatoon doesn't use the pointer anyway... it uses motion controls, so I don't see how that's relevant to what I was talking about.
If you were referring to the Wii U's dual-screen functionality, then that has nothing to do with IR... it's just a standard wireless connection... but chances are the Switch won't have that functionality (unless you can connect a gamepad to the Switch) due to the main hardware being in the handheld component, as it would need to render the images for both screens and transmit the TV image over a wireless connection while being undocked... but it seems that the Switch isn't designed to render a TV-quality image while undocked, and even though it might be capable of it, transmitting that image and rendering the other image would almost certainly be too much for it without a substantial loss of performance.

@wjcarl
For Iwata-san.

@ThomasBW84 Thanks Tom!

Is it sad that I'm really excited to see Lego City Undercover as a confirmed game???

@Mainer82

+10000

Ethernet port, 2tb hardrive inside or able for external with usb, good pad to hold, and bring out a slot for 3ds games... sorted.

@cheonsacz I get it, man, and I definitely sympathize a bit. What makes this particular generational leap especially jarring is that backwards compatibility is gone for the first time ever on Nintendo handhelds, when you consider GBA could play GB games, the DS could play GBA games and the 3DS can play original DS games. This is the first time an entire Nintendo handheld's library disappears from modern playability in a single leap. I recently took the plunge and upgraded to the New 3DS XL, at first hesitant to do so because it's so late in the console's life. I ultimately did so because I realized that it'll be the most modern device capable of playing the entire 3DS and DS library and I definitely want a legacy handheld to continue to play the last twelve or thirteen years of Nintendo handheld games.

@thesilverbrick I'm actually a woman by the way XD I don't really understand how these things like backward compatibility works, but I guess it's something that can't be added later on, right? My only wild guess why they left that feature out is because they want to focus on completely different kind of games than we seen so far and want the Switch to be something new that no one has experienced so far in terms of gaming. That again gives me a small hope they won't abandon 3DS as that would make it the last device to play 3DS and DS games on (unless you own the older handhelds like dsi lite or what it was exactly called), same goes for Wii/Wii U. Sadly the inevitable is that those devices are gettig older and older every second compared to the new ones, but that goes with everything in life, we just can't stop age and we can't sadly not timetravel yet. Maybe the Nintendo high ups have some backup plan or older games no matter how the Switch will sell?

@Anti-Matter

Bah. He needs to shut up his lips and piss off.

Crawl back to Push Square while he's at it.

Me is thinking he is the cancerous one for proudly displaying that for the whole world to read in the first place.

@cheonsacz

So you know, the Switch isn't backwards compatible with Wii U because the two systems are based upon completely different architecture.

The Wii U is using PowerPC technology, which originated in 1994 by the way, while Switch is running on a fairly modern x64 ARM CPU, which most modern phones and tablets of today are integrated with, I believe.

If the Switch remained underpowered and stayed with the PowerPC base, and included a disc drive, it would be likely to include backwards compatibility with Wii U, and if that happened, Nintendo wouldn't need to release individual Wii U game ports just to run on Switch's different architecture. You could probably just insert a disc and play out of the box.

@River3636 Spatoon did great for how wii u sold, but im not in their target age, i tend to buy teenage and up games, hyrule warriors did great too both 3ds and wii u, fe # was not bad,
the worst console for me for total owned game wise was snes, just had like 4 games, secret of mana, link to past, super metroid, i think blastoid with super scope for single player. handheld wise gameboy color pretty much pokemon.
but the thing with new ips its usually a bit riskier unless your target group makes up a great number of units sold. like when smash bros came out it was a nice, but if u look at code steam for 3ds it was very bad that used fire emblem amiibos, i will say everyone has different tastes for games. i buy games i'm into, not to keep who ever made it to the market staying there. Nintendo trys to solve problems with mario mario and more mario, not too much at how to use the ips we own in a timely manner, soloutions hire more developers with use ips that did okay in the past. if software output is more of the problem try to get more exclusive games does not have to use any of your own ips.

@mdfezasmbroxeno A new IP is welcomed but it is dangerous. We know what we are getting when we buy the Switch: Mario, FE, Pikimin, Smash, Zelda, and maybe Metroid. If we have something fresh it would be a cool welcome.

@River3636 a new IP ca be good and bad, if the new ip take off , other IPs get lower priority, IP flunked, lose of money, lose of jobs, company goes under. i would welcome ideas but if its something i don't want i don't get.
what if mario on switch only sold 1 mill software with 5 aaa games using mario in it.
what if splatoon on switch sold 100 mill day 1.
nintendo would be trying new ips and letting old ones left undeveloped .
more risk more money in that case, vs more of the same thing over and over again but a bit different each time.