Nintendo Has Created An Official Charging Stand For The Switch

interested, but i might get the hori one.

I have enjoyed my pocket juice so far for my Switch. It's great for table-top mode and charges the Switch at the least 2 full charges.

I'm annoyed that they're making a peripheral for this and couldn't have made tabletop mode a bit better in the first place, but whatever. Neat little thing. I might pick it up, but unlikely because I BARELY use tabletop mode. Probably like 1%-2% of the time out of my total game time. I'd rather have the Switch in my hands when on the go and for portable multiplayer, there's not much instances where I'd be away from a dock in the first place. The stand allowing for more comfortable angles won't really have an impact on my playstyles.

Yay... !
I want it.

I will definitely get this. At the moment I use a 3rd party stand and have to feed the cable through it to connect. It is a bit messy. This is a far more elegant solution.

I got a 3rd party stand and never used it so my nephew uses it for his phone. I'll have to think about investing in something else. I don't play in tabletop mode that often.

Finally!
Will definitely buy this.

Honestly, this would need the hdmi port for me to buy. Even worth $30 for me if it had that. Instead, I have a third party stand and I feed the cable through and play it like that with my pro controller at work.

That built-in kickstand is such crap. Why is it off-centre? I love the Switch as a console but that is such a strange design choice.

Use tabletop mode quite a bit, so this may be a good buy depending on how adjustable it is.

Does it come with the plug tho

@Ooyah Your remark made me chuckle

The hori playstand is great it’s and half the price

I actually think Nintendo has released more "new accessories" for the switch than actual "new games" in the past 5 months 🤔

I play a lot of tabletop, so probably will grab this. Grabbing one of those flexible arms first though, as I want that for Tate mode.

Certainly overpriced. just like everything else that is officially from nintendo, unfortunately

@Gs69 Is the Hori one safe to use? This is the main concern.
It's a neat accessory, but I use the battery charge as a playtime limit. Once the machine starts crying for energy it's time to plug it, put it down and stop wasting time playing video games ;P

Dose it come with a power cord too?

@Kevember Where I live we get charged $40 for a charging cord for a smartphone so the pricing to me seems reasonable.

I'd honestly rather a total overhaul of the dock to make it portable. An Official portable dock - rather than the risky 3rd party ones that seem to kill Switches. I mean, fans have already opened up official docks and rebuilt them themselves, so it cannot be that hard to do.

@Heavyarms55
Wait ?!
Is that also a Docker ??

Great! The Hori play stand does raise the height of the switch which is good, it also cos very flat for packing in my Waterfield Leather Switchpack.
I hope this official stand is rock solid.

It looks like this could be modded easily to hold the official Switch Dock innards! Wow!

20 € is a bit overpriced for me, but if it allowed to play in TATE mode I would give it a thought.

I don't play that often in tabletop mode, docked either. At home I usually play with Xbox One, and Switch has become my new portable console, but TATE is something I'd like to try and obviously can't be done on the go.

I like it. Seems reasonable

free picture upload

Might pick this up for when I want to charge it after playing in handheld mode. Would go nicely on the side table next to my chair.

I’ve yet to find a use for table top mode

Waaaaaayyyyy too expensive for what is essentially moulded plastic. The placement of the charging port and the flimsyness of the kickstand are boggling oversights by a company which usually designs hardware so well.

Thanks but no thanks Nintendo. I have yet to see one of these that fully considers all facets of the switch design (e.g., what if I want to play Tate style?). I'll just make my own...

Nintendo really did screw up when designing the Switch form to factor tabletop play. Both the kickstand and USB port placement suck big time... just move the port so there is a slot cut out of the back of the unit and integrate the kickstand as a cover for said slot.

I really don't know how the Switch was released with these obvious design flaws... come on Nintendo! - you should be better than this.

A nice small dock. But I question the stability of it with the console attached as the small footprint means the Switch overhangs on the sides meaning it could possible be knocked off easily. Also it doesn't seem to have any USB A ports meaning that you can't attach any accessories like an ethernet adapter or wired controller.

@BensonUii "No it's not an oversight. You don't dock the switch upside down."

It's not an oversight, just a really bad design. With a bit more thought, they could have had the charging port halfway up, but still flush with the back of the device and it would have solved this problem. (I think @BonafideInfidel has a similar idea to me)
It seems more like a design shortcut to me than anything else, and very uncharacteristic of Nintendo. If they're making a peripheral to solve the issue, you know they realise their error now.

I only ever use tabletop mode when travelling so portability is the key. My simple Hori stand does that job. Like many others, if this also acted as a TV Dock then I’d be for it but its not really for me I guess.

Too late already bought the hori stand

@SmaggTheSmug yeah it’s just basically a stand doesn’t connect to the switch in any way I use it a lot for games in Tate mode you can connect the charger as well and the wire runs through a groove so doesn’t get in the way plus it’s only a tenner

@kaffepapu thing is this isn't even a charger. It's a stand with a USB C angle adapter on it. They don't even supply the charger with it (but no doubt if they did the price would be $40/50 or so).

So no doubt they will recommend using the official Switch PSU, which I'm guessing for most people is already strapped into an entertainment centre (or just knotted up) attached to the original dock. As 3rd party chargers could damage your console.

But it does make you wonder if they added the 56K Ohm resister to this to safeguard your console from damage by chargers.

It looks nice but is it too narrow? Is it going to fall easily?
I have owned my switch for like half a year now and I have used it on tabletop-mode for like 5 times. If I play docked it's always on tv with a pro controller and if I undock it I just play handheld.
So I don't see myself buying either this or any cheaper one even tho I'd find them cool. Also it's a bummer if there's no usb-ports.

Nintendo should make an official portabe dock life the SFANS one for those times you travel with the console. Like when you stay at a hotel or visit some relatives or something.

I’m all honesty, Hori’s latest looks a little flimsier but more useful:

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/03/horis_new_tabletop_switch_stand_comes_with_usb_ports_for_accessorising_on_the_move

This appears to me to be the least amount of effort they could have possibly made.

Well done.

@Anti-Matter No I don't believe so. It is just a stand so you can charge while playing in table top mode. I was saying I WANT a portable dock like that.

Would laugh my head off if this bricked your switch

Need! Asap. Now bring out something like this with HDMI-out included!

After about 5 months I sussed out that the official Switch case doubles as a stand. Handy for those rare tabletop sessions.

Yeah, doesn’t charge but honestly I’ve seldom worried about the battery time.

If the switch had a built in alarm in the OS, this would be great. Also a decent choice if you are a pleb like me who has 1 TV in the house.

I do still think $80 for the dock is stupid though. Max $50 for that thing, come on. $40 for dock, $20 for stand.

So nice! As someone who primarily plays in either handheld or tabletop mode, this is fantastic.

@kaffepapu I primarily use handheld/tabletop mode because we have one living room TV and several people living in my house, but I don't play in overly extended sessions. I want this because it'd make it easier to charge when I forget to charge it, and because the kickstand is pretty bad (it was fine at first, but now it's wiggly a little bit).

And I have to agree with @electrolite77 that using a product in the way it's meant to be used doesn't make one a fanboy. (Let's ignore the fact that I'm a Ninty "fanboy" for a hot minute. 😂)

Wake me up when Nintendo releases a more portable friendly dock (preferably for less than AU$130).

A better, less expensive slim dock that serves as stand is all we need. Love the title: Another first world problem solved! (Still there are so many out there, looking at you battery, dpad and on...)

@EvilLucario
The Switch really is an amazing product because it is so flexible with how it fits into our lives. You use it for TV mode primarily, I use it 50% tabletop and 30% TV and 20% handheld, while my Sister has yet to plug the switch dock into a TV at all.

Nintendo being reasonable? Go figure! I don't play on the TV, so my dock already does this, but I would far prefer something smaller like this

@HAL9000 Oh yeah, it is great. Though I don't really have a primary way of playing, actually. I play 49/49 on my monitor (not TV, I hate playing on TVs) or handheld, and the remaining 1%-2% is in tabletop if I REALLY feel like it.

Does HORI's stand brick the Switch tho? I am hesitant about ALL 3rd party docks even if they said they are okayed by Nintendo.

HORI is usually a great brand to trust but then so was Nyko in the US. The $10 difference is not worth me losing my thousand hours or so of combined play time across all 30+ of my games.

@EvilLucario my Switch is docked 99% of the time lol I don't like portable gaming and seeing as the switch performance on some games is lame in tabletop or portable i see no point in it... Only time I take it out and about is if I'm bored somewhere or maybe having a go at my mates house on Splatoon lol... Should have just made a GameCube 2

Guys: other chargers don't brick your Switch. Only docks. If it doesnt have an HDMI port you're fine.

I don't own a TV or projector and my pc monitor is displayport only 'caue of gsync. I'm playing like 70% (prolly more) in tabletop with an sn30 pro and when outside I never bing my dock anyway so most of the time I need a stand - but I still prefer the foldable aluminium ones over the dedicated switch solutions.
And this one still seems like a female dog to stow in your favourite switch bag.

will be buying.. I guess i gotta get a bag for my switch now. To hold the charging stuff. and my amiibo cards.

Too little too late for me. I got a stand for mobile phones that works with the switch as well, for less than $20 as well. Late and overpriced

It shall be mine.

Yeah. I’ll get one.

If this comes out in the U.K then I buy this.... I need now, lol.

Link to pre-order
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D12JGBB/ref=as_at?creativeASIN=B07D12JGBB&linkCode=w61&imprToken=bAZ3EkQs3JtqtalL0ehy6w&slotNum=0&tag=b0c55-20