Nintendo has finally decided to show off their new "home gaming system", code-name NX. It's time to see what Nintendo has up their sleeves and put all the rumors to rest.
GBAtemp will covering the announcement and the OP will be updated as new information rolls in from the preview. Remember, the video starts at 9AM Central Standard Time, so be sure to watch, and discuss your thoughts here!

Nintendo Official Site

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It's called the Nintendo Switch. Rumors are true, it's a tablet with connectable buttons that you can play at home and on the go. Console Controller looks similar to the Xbox One's. Has small little remotes and supports multiplayer. NBA game being shown. 3D Mario title. When you connect the portable controllers the system goes from console to portable. Skyrim and Splatoon shown. Still coming March next year.

Press Release​

Detachable Controllers Reinvent Gaming

REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- In an introductory video released today, Nintendo provided the first glimpse of its new home gaming system and revealed that it is called Nintendo Switch. In addition to providing single and multiplayer thrills at home, the Nintendo Switch system also enables gamers to play the same title wherever, whenever and with whomever they choose. The mobility of a handheld is now added to the power of a home gaming system to enable unprecedented new video game play styles.

At home, Nintendo Switch rests in the Nintendo Switch Dock that connects the system to the TV and lets you play with family and friends in the comfort of your living room. By simply lifting Nintendo Switch from the dock, the system will instantly transition to portable mode, and the same great gaming experience that was being enjoyed at home now travels with you. The portability of Nintendo Switch is enhanced by its bright high-definition display. It brings the full home gaming system experience with you to the park, on an airplane, in a car, or to a friend’s apartment.

Gaming springs into action by removing detachable Joy-Con controllers from either side of Nintendo Switch. One player can use a Joy-Con controller in each hand; two players can each take one; or multiple Joy-Con can be employed by numerous people for a variety of gameplay options. They can easily click back into place or be slipped into a Joy-Con Grip accessory, mirroring a more traditional controller. Or, if preferred, the gamer can select an optional Nintendo Switch Pro Controller to use instead of the Joy-Con controllers. Furthermore, it is possible for numerous people to bring their Nintendo Switch systems together to enjoy local multiplayer face-to-face competition.

“Nintendo Switch allows gamers the freedom to play however they like,” said Reggie Fils-Aime, President and COO, Nintendo of America. “It gives game developers new abilities to bring their creative visions to life by opening up the concept of gaming without boundaries.”

Developers can design their games supporting a variety of play styles, which gives gamers the freedom to choose an experience that best suits them. Some of the publishers, developers and middleware partners announcing support for Nintendo Switch are as follows:

Companies that will support the Switch
505 Games
• LEVEL-5 Inc.
• Activision Publishing, Inc.
• Marvelous Inc.
• ARC SYSTEM WORKS Co., Ltd.
• Maximum Games, LLC
• ATLUS CO., LTD.
• Nippon Ichi Software, Inc.
• Audiokinetic Inc.
• Parity Bit Inc.
• Autodesk, Inc.
• PlatinumGames Inc.
• BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc.
• RAD Game Tools, Inc.
• Bethesda
• RecoChoku Co., Ltd.
• CAPCOM CO., LTD.
• SEGA Games Co., Ltd.
• Codemasters®
• Silicon Studio Corporation
• CRI Middleware Co., Ltd.
• Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
• DeNA Co., Ltd.
• SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
• Electronic Arts
• Starbreeze Studios
• Epic Games Inc.
• Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.
• Firelight Technologies
• Telltale Games
• FromSoftware, Inc.
• THQ Nordic
• Frozenbyte
• Tokyo RPG Factory Co., Ltd.
• GameTrust
• TT Games
• GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC.


• UBISOFT
• Gungho Online Entertainment, Inc.
• Ubitus Inc.
• HAMSTER Corporation
• Unity Technologies, Inc.
• Havok
• Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
• INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
• Web Technology Corp

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It will be powered by a custom Nvidia Tegra chip.

Nintendo Switch is powered by the performance of the custom Tegra processor. The high-efficiency scalable processor includes an NVIDIA GPU based on the same architecture as the world’s top-performing GeForce gaming graphics cards.

Nvidia Blog

Nintendo Switch Site

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Nintendo First Look​

The detachable controllers are called Joy-Con controllers.

Gaming springs into action by removing detachable Joy-Con controllers from either side of Nintendo Switch. One player can use a Joy-Con controller in each hand; two players can each take one; or multiple Joy-Con can be employed by numerous people for a variety of gameplay options. They can easily click back into place or be slipped into a Joy-Con Grip accessory, mirroring a more traditional controller. Or, if preferred, the gamer can select an optional Nintendo Switch Pro Controller to use instead of the Joy-Con controllers. Furthermore, it is possible for numerous people to bring their Nintendo Switch systems together to enjoy local multiplayer face-to-face competition.

“Nintendo Switch allows gamers the freedom to play however they like,” said Reggie Fils-Aime, President and COO, Nintendo of America. “It gives game developers new abilities to bring their creative visions to life by opening up the concept of gaming without boundaries.”

Developers can design their games supporting a variety of play styles, which gives gamers the freedom to choose an experience that best suits them. Some of the publishers, developers and middleware partners announcing support for Nintendo Switch are as follows:

Nintendo Site

 

[Yil]

@Foxi4 The game directly start streaming once the tablet is plugged-in which is a bit wierd, that when extra hardware is added at least the software should restart, or maybe Nvidia figured something out, or they only get better when it's restarted in console mode. This will dominate consumer tablet market.

 

[player594]

It's just what I wanted! I new gimmicky system to awkwardly play the same old shitty games on. Sweet. Nintendo, never change.

Don't like it? Move on then. Pay more for pretty pictures.

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk

 

[RemixDeluxe]

So is it called the switch because of how it can go from console to handheld instantly?

Or because of how you can change from attached to detached controllers? Or go from single to multiplayer?

P.S. this is technically going to be a 9th generation console right?

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge using black magic

 

[Foxi4]

@Foxi4 The game directly start streaming once the tablet is plugged-in which is a bit wierd, that when extra hardware is added at least the software should restart, or maybe Nvidia figured something out, or they only get better when it's restarted in console mode. This will dominate consumer tablet market.

The interface could be hotswappable, but remember that this is all just speculation, and it's probably false due to the complexity of such a design. Still feasible, just very unlikely.

 

[grossaffe]

It's just what I wanted! I new gimmicky system to awkwardly play the same old shitty games on. Sweet. Nintendo, never change.

If you don't like Nintendo's games, and you don't care about their innovations in hardware... why are you here?

 

[link6155]

No one's talking about the potential new logotype?

 

[WeedZ]

The system comes with a regular controller... you're not forced to ever even take it out of the dock if you don't want to...

And if you don't like Nintendo games or systems just buy something else...

I love nintendo games. They're some of the most original and inventive, 20 years ago. Don't you guys ever get tired of waiting for the next mariokart, zelda, pokemon, etc. Its like the CoD guys waiting to buy the same game every year. Like, omg the next pokemon is gunna have more pokemon. Its old at this point. Or maybe I'm old at this point.

The gimmick to the systems is the only selling point they have at this point. Because its not original software or more powerful machines able to run games with more features. Its just, played out and annoying now. I want my old nintendo that cared about making fun original games, not profit margins.

 

[Pluupy]

Google outright copied Apple for Android after the iPhone was released...

The first version of Android wasn't even going to support a touch screen... it was going to look and work more like the Blackberries of the time...

Overpriced, sure... the iPhone isn't cheap... Google also charges $650/750 for the Pixel Phone as well as does Samsung...

The S7 isn't as powerful as the iPhone and yet it's same price as the iPhone...

You can get cheaper Android phones but they'll be nowhere near as powerful and won't get many if any software updates...

You're joking, right? The iPhones don't even compare to Androids. iPhone is going the way of Nintendo by only focusing on silly gimmicks rather than powerful hardware. Android is the Playstation to Apple's Nintendo. iPhones aren't even at a proper widescreen resolution, what makes you think their hardware is more powerful than Androids with 4K resolution and 2.8 octa-cores?

Has anyone seen the Dolphin emulator for iOS? No? Oh gee, I wonder why.

 

[linuxares]

No one's talking about the potential new logotype?

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Finally something that looks maybe like it comes from this century?

 

[WeedZ]

their innovations in hardware

Lmao

 

[Yil]

You're joking, right? The iPhones don't even compare to Androids. iPhone is going the way of Nintendo by only focusing on silly gimmicks rather than powerful hardware. Android is the Playstation to Apple's Nintendo.

Apple has always been more powerful than your standard arm designed cores, now also with high core counts. A10 completely destroyed Samsung's and Qualcomm's custom cores.

 

[Pluupy]

Apple has always been more powerful than your standard arm designed cores, now also with high core counts. A10 completely destroyed Samsung's and Qualcomm's custom cores.

Oh I see.

That sure explains why there are so much more graphically intensive games and applications on Android than iOS.

 

[DanTheMan827]

You're joking, right? The iPhones don't even compare to Androids. iPhone is going the way of Nintendo by only focusing on silly gimmicks rather than powerful hardware. Android is the Playstation to Apple's Nintendo.

Numbers don't lie... the iPhone is one of the fastest phones out there...

If they're gimmicks then why are all the android manufacturer copying them?

 

[Mr.ButtButt]

Looks fine to me. Where exactly on the video do you see a terrible framerate that differs from when not on the go? I don't see any such thing.

as soon as he takes it on the god
the frames look like they dip severely.
tho could just be an editing mistake

 

[DanTheMan827]

Oh I see.

That sure explains why there are so much more graphically intensive games and applications on Android than iOS.

What games are you talking about?

Almost everything that isn't for the shield or another android device specific to gaming is available for the iPhone / iPad...

 

[WeedZ]

as soon as he takes it on the god
the frames look like they dip severely.
tho could just be an editing mistake

You guys are argueing framerate in a commercial? You do know they greenscreen tv's in commercials right?

 

[Pluupy]

Numbers don't lie... the iPhone is one of the fastest phones out there...

If they're gimmicks then why are all the android manufacturer copying them?

A little strange how that article simply writes in the score for iPhone and yet shows a screenshot for Android phone performance. I don't trust it. Why didn't they have the devices compete on the same roster?

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What games are you talking about?

Almost everything that isn't for the shield or another android device specific to gaming is available for the iPhone / iPad...

I remember when I played Twilight Princess on my iPad.

Oh wait I didn't. That was my S6.

 

[Mr.ButtButt]

You guys are argueing framerate in a commercial? You do know they greenscreen tv's in commercials right?

I figured that afterwards, but I'm still allowed to be hesitant..

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A little strange how that article simply writes in the score for iPhone and yet shows a screenshot for Android phone performance. I don't trust it. Why didn't they have the devices compete on the same roster?

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I remember when I played Twilight Princess on my iPad.

Oh wait I didn't. That was my S6.

I still have the S6. shouldn't have been made. COMPLETE mistake.

 

[DanTheMan827]

A little strange how that article simply writes in the score for iPhone and yet shows a screenshot for Android phone performance. I don't trust it. Why didn't they have the devices compete on the same roster?

That specific article was written before the iPhone was officially released using factory leaked benchmarks...

If you prefer a graph, here you go...

iOS Benchmarks
Android Benchmarks

 

[grossaffe]

I love nintendo games. They're some of the most original and inventive, 20 years ago. Don't you guys ever get tired of waiting for the next mariokart, zelda, pokemon, etc. Its like the CoD guys waiting to buy the same game every year. Like, omg the next pokemon is gunna have more pokemon. Its old at this point. Or maybe I'm old at this point.

The gimmick to the systems is the only selling point they have at this point. Because its not original software or more powerful machines able to run games with more features. Its just, played out and annoying now. I want my old nintendo that cared about making fun original games, not profit margins.

Except the iterations of Mario and Zelda tend to vary greatly. Plus they make a lot more than a couple franchises.