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Nintendo Has Made A ‘Switch’ From The NX

Nintendo Unveils Its Next Video Game Console ‘Switch’.

It’s been almost a year and a half since Nintendo announced the NX, and now the gaming giant has finally dropped the codename and secrecy in favor of something more official: Switch. As the rumors previously asserted, it is indeed a hybrid mobile and home console with a tablet element and detachable controllers. Check it out in action.

The device is a handheld screen with two controllers on either side that can be slotted in and out to create the handheld or a controller for use when the screen portion is put into a docking station connected to a TV.

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Switch is the successor to both Nintendo’s 3DS portable and Wii U home console. The Wii U was a commercial failure by anyone’s reckoning, so the pressure is on for Nintendo to deliver a system that can find success in a market dominated by mobile gaming and the more powerful PS4 and Xbox One.

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We look forward to hearing more about it. Four games have been officially announced for the Nintendo Switch: