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Behold Nintendo Switch (March 2017, Hybrid w/ Dock, Detachable Controllers, Nvidia)

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Enduin

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I Wanna Be The Guy said:
Zelda, showcase new IP as a pack in, Mario Kart 8 and or Splatoon. That has to be Nintendo's launch lineup. The potential third party lineup for launch alongside those should make that more than enough for a killer launch lineup without having to blow their load with Mario as well.
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That's my thinking too. I think the most important aspect is the new IP. They really need that killer app game that gets all the attention online and in the news to get people to want the system like Wii Sports did. It'll be next to impossible to recreate that level of success, but they definitely need an original title that grabs people and utilizes the system's unique features the most. All of these other IPs are great sellers, but they're all less likely to really entice new buyers like an original game can.

That in mind, I'm leaning towards MK8 over Splatoon coming out first at launch only because MK is a massive seller and super popular. It will help to push units big time even if the new IP pack in doesn't light up the charts. Zelda has the potential but not the track record so they need to have a guarantee big seller. And I don't think all 3 will come out then because you don't want to shoot your wad too early and have your own games compete with one another.

Splatoon would be a great 2nd or early 3rd qtr game. The big Nintendo title for the second wave of games. After that Smash Bros as a lead in to the holiday season with Mario NS as the big holiday game.
 
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FZZ

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I'm watching GameXplain's 48 hours later video on the Switch and one of the guys is saying how weird it is for them to bring the console to the basketball court

and then I realized these guys probably never played a pick up game and had to wait in between matches which is what I think was the point of the advertisement lmao
 
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brochiller

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FZZ said:
I'm watching GameXplain's 48 hours later video on the Switch and one of the guys is saying how weird it is for them to bring the console to the basketball court

and then I realized these guys probably never played a pick up game and had to wait in between matches which is what I think was the point of the advertisement lmao
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I actually thought of this too lol. Yoy can see guys playing on the court in the background when the others are playing the Switch.
 
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Speely

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FZZ said:
I'm watching GameXplain's 48 hours later video on the Switch and one of the guys is saying how weird it is for them to bring the console to the basketball court

and then I realized these guys probably never played a pick up game and had to wait in between matches which is what I think was the point of the advertisement lmao
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Yeah I think most videogame enthusiasts are probably not very familiar with the etiquette and social dynamics of street ball, which is understandable.
 
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Tom_Cody

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TheMagician said:
So....

I'm worried about how I'll be able to dock and undock my system when the dock is placed on the shelves of my TV stand

The shelves/levels, like most TV stands, don't have a lot of depth so I'm not sure I'll be able to lift the main body in and out of the dock without it being blocked by the TV stand shelf above.

I suspect a lot of people may potentially have this problem.

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Terrell said:
Lay it face down, dock it horizontally. You're welcome.
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Suddenly the screen cover in the dock makes perfect sense.
 
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psyfi

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anothertech said:
I'm still in utter shock how close this
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Ended up being to this
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I totally called this + the middle connector piece thing. And the joycons being used as mini controllers. I'm glad I was right, because it's a really cool idea, and could really revitalize local multiplayer. In Nintendo We Trust.
 
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18-Volt

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Neoxon said:
You don't think Smash 4's rumored port is gonna make it to launch? In theory, it already serves as the main Amiibo game on the Wii U.
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New content for Smash usually takes time to be developed and I think this version will have more than one new character and stage. Plus Smash needs to be hyped unlike other games, and just two months are not enough for it.
 
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ArchedThunder

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TheDinoman said:
That'd be implying that Nintendo isn't gonna make us fork over more dough for THIS:

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Add another shoulder button to the left controller and I'd buy this in a heart beat. It's also missing plus, minus and what I assume is the "record" button, but I'm guessing that was just an oversight by the creator of this.
18-Volt said:
Unlike Wii U, there is lots of potential 3rd party ports for Switch to be had.
Launch day should be like this:

Nintendo: Zelda, Splatoon Ultimate, Mario Kart 8.5, Starfox Z Ultimate, DKC Tropical Freeze, XCX, Mario Maker and one surprise brand new game.
Ubisoft: For Honor, South Park Fractured Butthole, Watch Dogs 2, Ghost Recon Wildlands, Just Dance and one surprise family game (Rabbids?)
Namco: Ridge Racer and a probably Japan exclusive Gundam game.
Sega: Nothing. Maybe that retro Sonic sequel, but I don't think so.
Capcom: Nothing.
EA: FIFA 17, Madden 17, Battlefield 1 and Battlefront GOTY Edition
Square-enix: Nier Automata and maybe Rise of Tomb Raider
T2: NBA 2K17, WWE 2K17
Activision: CoD: Infinite Warfare, Skylanders Imaginators
Koei Tecmo: A brand new musou game, similar to the one Wii U got. Maybe Nioh too but I don't think so.
Bethesda: Skyrim Remastered and Fallout 4. I think Nintendo themselves will market these late ports. As the reveal video suggests, those two might be biggest selling points of the system on launch day.
WB Games: Nothing I guess. Injustice 2 should come out for Switch but not on launch day.
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Capcom could have Re7, REmake, REZero, RE4, RE5 and/or RE6 ports on Switch.
 
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Valhalla Rapids

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dampflokfreund said:
I just had a idea last night:

What if the next handheld to replace 3DS Nintendo talked about was a Nintendo Smartphone?

Just think about the possibilities. A Nintendo Phone, with the same tech as NS (just smaller and more elegant) and a custom Android OS on it for around 500-600$ directly compete against Apple and Samsung. Why would people buy a Apple smartphone when they can have a Nintendo Smartphone with all console games on it? I can totally see that in 2018 happening.

A Nintendo Phone which can run every Android game, every Nintendo game and every big AAA game third party developers have on the NS. Like the NS, you can hook it up to your TV and to go you can hook your NS controllers (or smaller versions of them) It would be THE place fo play and replacing regular smartphones as main gaming devices to go.

It would totally make a revolution in mobile gaming. Instead of these half assed mobile games, you get full console experiences on your Nintendo smartphone. It would be exclusive, because it runs only on the custom Android hardware and on the custom Tegra Parker chip.

How does that idea sound to you?
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shit idea
 
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Dark Cloud

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DooMAGE said:
He did on twitch too.
And he said there is so much stuff that he knows and was not showed in the trailer.
There is lots of stuff that Nintendo will show... 2017 :/
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How can you not be excited? There are so many surprises and unknown that makes the Switch so exciting and 2017 it two months and a week or so away....
 
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NinjaCoachZ

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VendettaRed07 said:
I don't because I think other games will come first.

Have a feeling Splatoon, MK and Zelda will all be there at launch. Smash is too much of a hype machine to drop it the same day as Zelda and others. They can wait on that and over the course of a few months reveal new trailers for new characters and stages or whatever they are adding to it.
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I agree. Zelda and Splatoon is already crazy at launch and there's probably plenty of other stuff we don't know about. Throw in 3D Mario (likely holiday) and Mario Kart (whenever) and you've already got a bonkers first year. Save Smash Bros. for later (maybe holidays, early 2018 at the latest), spread out the release schedule and let Sakurai take his time. There's no way Ninty will pass up the opportunity to have a Smash Bros. game at E3.
 
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wsippel

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dampflokfreund said:
I just had a idea last night:

What if the next handheld to replace 3DS Nintendo talked about was a Nintendo Smartphone?

Just think about the possibilities. A Nintendo Phone, with the same tech as NS (just smaller and more elegant) and a custom Android OS on it for around 500-600$ directly compete against Apple and Samsung. Why would people buy a Apple smartphone when they can have a Nintendo Smartphone with all console games on it? I can totally see that in 2018 happening.

A Nintendo Phone which can run every Android game, every Nintendo game and every big AAA game third party developers have on the NS. Like the NS, you can hook it up to your TV and to go you can hook your NS controllers (or smaller versions of them) It would be THE place fo play and replacing regular smartphones as main gaming devices to go.

It would totally make a revolution in mobile gaming. Instead of these half assed mobile games, you get full console experiences on your Nintendo smartphone. It would be exclusive, because it runs only on the custom Android hardware and on the custom Tegra Parker chip.

How does that idea sound to you?
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I'm pretty sure the next Nintendo handheld, if there will be one, will just be a modified Switch. Same guts, same OS, runs the exact same software, but smaller, more sturdy and cheaper. No TV out, no detachable controllers. A Switch for kids. Fisher Price look, no phone functionality.
 
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runnin_blue

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DooMAGE said:
He did on twitch too.
And he said there is so much stuff that he knows and was not showed in the trailer.
There is lots of stuff that Nintendo will show... 2017 :/
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He said on the Twitch stream that he knows the "specs" of the console but he can't talk about it.

What I can't understand is why a representative of Nintendo at the commercial shoot would feel the need to inform the actors, who are effectively pretending to play dummy consoles, the secret specs of the machine.

I mean, Nintendo are notorious for not publically releasing console specs even AFTER a console has released.

Doesn't make much sense.

Unless the actor has a different definition of "specs" to most of us?
 
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schuelma said:
I think ideally Nintendo wants at least one truly new first party game at launch. With the report that the reveal was held back from September to get Mario running perfectly, I'm going to go with Zelda and new Mario at launch, Smash a month or two after.
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A new Mario and Zelda would be an epic launch. Would create hype and show people they are serious.
 
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Elfforkusu

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wsippel said:
I'm pretty sure the next Nintendo handheld, if there will be one, will just be a modified Switch. Same guts, same OS, runs the exact same software, but smaller, more sturdy and cheaper. No TV out, no detachable controllers. A Switch for kids. Fisher Price look, no phone functionality.
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Agree.

What I am wondering is if they wait for 7nm to come online before doing a handheld SKU, or if they do something else. Obviously a smaller process would be a huge boon for power consumption reasons, but I don't know if they will wait that long. 3DS is going to be pretty ancient in a year. Also don't know who would be fitting the bill (Nintendo or Nvidia), which will obviously factor in as well.
 
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Branduil

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schuelma said:
I think ideally Nintendo wants at least one truly new first party game at launch. With the report that the reveal was held back from September to get Mario running perfectly, I'm going to go with Zelda and new Mario at launch, Smash a month or two after.
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Zelda is new.

I don't expect Mario until the holidays.
 
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wsippel

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Elfforkusu said:
Agree.

What I am wondering is if they wait for 7nm to come online before doing a handheld SKU, or if they do something else. Obviously a smaller process would be a huge boon for power consumption reasons, but I don't know if they will wait that long. 3DS is going to be pretty ancient in a year. Also don't know who would be fitting the bill (Nintendo or Nvidia), which will obviously factor in as well.
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Possible, but a smaller SKU like what I described would draw less power to begin with (smaller screen, less wireless stuff going on), and it would probably be fatter, so it could fit a bigger battery. Tons of assumptions ahead: If the Switch runs at higher clocks or uses more compute units when docked, Nintendo might already start binning the chips. The ones that are not good enough get set aside for a potential pure handheld for, I don't know, late 2018?
 
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ShadowFox08

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I don't think Nintendo will release more than three AAA 1st party games at launch. Hell more than two seem overkill, especially with third party games coming out too. Zelda and splatoon are fine for launch. Smash andmk8 can come in the summer.
 
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Tom Nook Sawyer

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runnin_blue said:
He said on the Twitch stream that he knows the "specs" of the console but he can't talk about it.

What I can't understand is why a representative of Nintendo at the commercial shoot would feel the need to inform the actors, who are effectively pretending to play dummy consoles, the secret specs of the machine.

I mean, Nintendo are notorious for not publically releasing console specs even AFTER a console has released.

Doesn't make much sense.

Unless the actor has a different definition of "specs" to most of us?
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Your last sentence is almost certainly it; I doubt he meant "tech specs"
 
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Jon Carter

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I definitely hope we get more than Wii U ports at launch. It's good for people who don't own a Wii U, but people who do are gonna need new exclusive games.
 
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18-Volt said:
Unlike Wii U, there is lots of potential 3rd party ports for Switch to be had.
Launch day should be like this:

Nintendo: Zelda, Splatoon Ultimate, Mario Kart 8.5, Starfox Z Ultimate, DKC Tropical Freeze, XCX, Mario Maker and one surprise brand new game.
Ubisoft: For Honor, South Park Fractured Butthole, Watch Dogs 2, Ghost Recon Wildlands, Just Dance and one surprise family game (Rabbids?)
Namco: Ridge Racer and a probably Japan exclusive Gundam game.
Sega: Nothing. Maybe that retro Sonic sequel, but I don't think so.
Capcom: Nothing.
EA: FIFA 17, Madden 17, Battlefield 1 and Battlefront GOTY Edition
Square-enix: Nier Automata and maybe Rise of Tomb Raider
T2: NBA 2K17, WWE 2K17
Activision: CoD: Infinite Warfare, Skylanders Imaginators
Koei Tecmo: A brand new musou game, similar to the one Wii U got. Maybe Nioh too but I don't think so.
Bethesda: Skyrim Remastered and Fallout 4. I think Nintendo themselves will market these late ports. As the reveal video suggests, those two might be biggest selling points of the system on launch day.
WB Games: Nothing I guess. Injustice 2 should come out for Switch but not on launch day.
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I doubt we see all those games from anyone at launch. Maybe all those games come, but not at launch. Historically 15 to 25 games at launch for a system. My guess, probably wildly inaccurate as it may be:

Nintendo: Zelda, Splatoon, MK 8 and a new concept game for launch. Smash within two months.
Ubisoft: just dance, For Honor or south park.
Namco: unknown for launch. Star Wars Battlepod port for 2017? Pokken for holiday 2017.
Sega: nothing. Sonic holiday 2017
Capcom: dead rising quick port. $20 test balloon. Monster Hunter coming in summer of 2017. Luigi Mansion arcade port summer 2017
EA: FIFA, a shooter of some sort. If the system can't run game like Battlefield 1, or Battlefront. Maybe its Garden warfare 2.
Take 2: NBA
Square Enix: World of Final Fantasy, or Dragon Quest Builders, FFXIV
From software: souls game port.
Activision: Overwatch, Skylanders, maybe Hearthstone is real. Either Destiny or Modern warfare 1 remake standalone.
Tecmo: nothing at launch Massou game coming though.
Bethesda: Skyrim
WB: Lego game port at launch.

Other games that will probably show up at or around launch Fast racing neo, Minecraft, Darganrompa 1&2 bundle, maybe they are able to get Trail of Cold steel 2 port a well.

Mario runner, Miitomo also show up at launch.

Even if it launched anywhere near this it would be one of the greatest launch lineups in history.
 
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adroit

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TheMagician said:
I'm worried about how I'll be able to dock and undock my system when the dock is placed on the shelves of my TV stand
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I think I've got enough room on my shelf to tilt the dock forward, insert the Switch, and then return the dock to vertical position. I definitely wouldn't be able to do it without tilting the dock, that's for sure.
 
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BY2K

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Anybody else really glad you can use the Pro Controller when using the Handheld mode on the go?

Because I sure am.
 
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LiveFromKyoto

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schuelma said:
I think ideally Nintendo wants at least one truly new first party game at launch. With the report that the reveal was held back from September to get Mario running perfectly, I'm going to go with Zelda and new Mario at launch, Smash a month or two after.
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There's no way they throw Mario & Zelda out at the same time. They'd compete with one another for sales, and they're two games they rely on to boost system sales, so they need to be spread out. But beyond that, one of the traditional failings of Nintendo consoles has been that 3rd party games don't sell well; they abandoned the Wii U quickly because they didn't like what they saw at launch. If both Mario & Zelda are out there day one, nobody's buying 3rd party stuff as their second game. Expect to see Mario hit in September to kick off holiday season sales.

I do agree they'll have something new that shows off the system's capabilities in a unique way, like Nintendo Land & Wii Sports before it.
 
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NinjaCoachZ

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Let's recap what some other Nintendo launches looked like.

Defining "launch window" as "within 4 months".

Nintendo 64:
- Super Mario 64
- Pilotwings 64

Gamecube:
- Luigi's Mansion
- Wave Race: Blue Storm

- Super Smash Bros. Melee (launch window)
- Pikmin (launch window)
- Animal Crossing (launch window, Japan)

Wii:
- Wii Sports
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
- WarioWare: Smooth Moves (in Japan)
- Wii Play (in Japan)

Wii U:
- Nintendo Land
- New Super Mario Bros. U

So historically Nintendo have had at least 2 games at launch, with a couple more in the launch window.

Given reports that Switch's first year will "blow Wii U out of the water", my guess is 3 launch games and then a few more launch-window games.

My conservative guess:
- Zelda (day 1)
- Splatoon (day 1)
- Quirky new Nintendo IP (depends on what exactly it is but probably close to launch?)
- New Retro game (April)
- Mario Kart Super Deluxe (May)
- Kirby or Pokemon will probably pop up pretty early on

Terrell said:
So with all the talk of ports from Wii U... Bayonetta 1 and 2, anyone?
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I just played Bayo2 from start-to-finish yesterday and I would kill for a Switch version of both.
 
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Speely

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BY2K said:
Anybody else really glad you can use the Pro Controller when using the Handheld mode on the go?

Because I sure am.
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Hell yes. My friend and I are already talking about playing Smash 4 at the bar while getting smashed :p No way I will be playing him on anything less than a Pro (he is better than me.)
Aside from that, I will just have it in my bag for a second controller in case anyone at work wants to do some mp on our lunch break. I live in Seattle and it seems like everyone is a gamer here.
 
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AdanVC

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Blunoise said:
Looks like know one posted this yet :)
https://youtu.be/NQu0hyYcnR4
Interview of the actor from the trailer
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Just finished watching! Pretty hyped that he said the Switch Pro Controller is THE most comfortable controller he has ever held. And yeah just by looking at the controller I feel like I could play 40230498 hours with it without my hands getting sore.

So the guy actually know even more stuff that he can talk about yet! That's pretty exciting. And that's just him now just imagine what he still doesn't know and only Nintendo themselves know. Soooo hyped!

Also, hahaha to think that he and one of the actors were drawing dicks and tits on the chalkboard shown on the Splatoon segment part because they were bored was just priceless hahah.
 
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Solid SOAP

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Can you plug the tablet into a wall while you play with it to charge while you play? Only asking because let's say the battery life sucks, this would alleviate that problem
 
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Ran rp

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Told ya, the space on the side is for the cables. Power and HDMI most likely. Edit: and yeah, it looks like it can lay flat too.

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Instro

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NinjaCoachZ said:
Let's recap what some other Nintendo launches looked like.

Defining "launch window" as "within 4 months".

Nintendo 64:
- Super Mario 64
- Pilotwings 64

Gamecube:
- Luigi's Mansion
- Wave Race: Blue Storm

- Super Smash Bros. Melee (launch window)
- Pikmin (launch window)
- Animal Crossing (launch window, Japan)

Wii:
- Wii Sports
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
- WarioWare: Smooth Moves (in Japan)
- Wii Play (in Japan)

Wii U:
- Nintendo Land
- New Super Mario Bros. U

So historically Nintendo have had at least 2 games at launch, with a couple more in the launch window.

Given reports that Switch's first year will "blow Wii U out of the water", my guess is 3 launch games and then a few more launch-window games.

My conservative guess:
- Zelda (day 1)
- Splatoon (day 1)
- Quirky new Nintendo IP (depends on what exactly it is but probably close to launch?)
- New Retro game (April)
- Mario Kart Super Deluxe (May)
- Kirby or Pokemon will probably pop up pretty early on



I just played Bayo2 from start-to-finish yesterday and I would kill for a Switch version of both.
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Probably would be a good idea to also look at the launch window for the handheld side as well, since that is part of what is being gained here in terms of software output.
 
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