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

Trailer

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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

 

[DanTheMan827]

I loved what I saw but im still getting a PC if the support keeps up in 2 years ill consider picking one up.

A PC isn't really a competitor to this though...

Sure, this can play on a TV but it's also a handheld...

It's closer to an iPad or iPhone with a HDMI cable and Bluetooth controller...

Mind you, just because it is portable doesn't mean it'll automatically be weak in the graphics department... just look at how powerful the iPhone / iPad are as far...

The iPhone Plus models run games at 1080p for crying out loud...

 

[Clydefrosch]

the video kinda seems to overhype the portability of the tablet part, i mean, its still a huge ass thing you carry around there. and you'll probably still want to put something on or around it to protect the screen.

also inb4 the name doesn't imply its a new console enough!

 

[cearp]

that mario level looked really weird... like a cowboy level, strange

anyway the switch looks cool, good luck to nintendo the two little controllers thing is pretty cool for 2 player.

 

[Psionic Roshambo]

I think it looks neat, design wise I guess, but I'm definitely waiting for some specs before I really decide on what I think. As mentioned, the Zelda game on the go looked like it played like trash which is disappointing. It's either going to have great hardware and shit battery life or shit hardware and sort of ok battery life.

Supposedly it switches performance, like 900P in tablet mode and 1080P when connected to the base station ramping up the clocks to pull full res and FPS. So I guess if you wanted max performance you would just play on a TV all the time?

 

[WiiUBricker]

They abandoned the Nintendo typical digistick and used a generic one instead.

 

[DKB]

i just realized something

why is everyone complaining about the framerates when the video is only 30fps

 

[osaka35]

That doesn't really matter...

Just because a system handles 3D doesn't mean it can't do 2D...

That was just them deciding to show off with the latest hardware... just like every system generation...

but you just said..and then you said...wat.

i just realized something

why is everyone complaining about the framerates when the video is only 30fps

And even at 30fps it looked choppy. Here's hoping it'll run smooth as butter by march.

 

[YugamiSekai]

i just realized something

why is everyone complaining about the framerates when the video is only 30fps

THIS

 

[thekarter104]

New Wii U

 

[grossaffe]

Also, Monster Hunter on a home system. About goddamn time.

See: Monster Hunter Tri

 

[xtheman]

New Wii U

Not new wiiu. This is way different. I wish i could dislike this post

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

So, a tiny bit more info I guess:
https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2016/10/20/nintendo-switch/

>Custom Tegra SoC



Oh god, performance is gonna be bad...there's no way a custom Tegra SoC is gonna hit PS4/Xboner levels of performance, no way at all. That's really disappointing.

 

[Paccc]

So, you can remove the controllers, why didn't they attach them to mock plastic fake golfclubs and such already in the trailer, don't they have accelerometers?

Also with the controllers on your powergloves you need to put the tablet in your vr view holder.

Seriously, the social part of splitting up into two cute minicontrollers and playing co-op is the best part, and since it's there from day one it hopefully gets supports from most games.

 

[DanTheMan827]

Is there a possibility to load games via USB yet?

did someone say IOSSwitchHax?

Coming Soon™!

 

[Meteor7]

That breath of the wild framerate concerns me. I can't help but shake the feeling that, if it were put in through post production as someone had suggested, they would've definitely taken the time to make it look pretty. The only reason I can think of as to why they left it looking like that is because they didn't want to give consumers a false impression of how the game runs.

 

[MarzDaindigo]

SPLATOON n**** SPLATOON

Ay dude chill wit that n**** word son forreal, i understand you happy and shit but know your place

Since nobody else is gonna check you I will dont do that

About the game: its.....ok i guess its better to be able to take it whereever but we have 3ds to do all that why not make it compatible with that platform?

 

[Sliter]

first of all:

ok and now XD It's looks a bit complex and nice at the same time ... I wnat to see it really working

looks strange see the movie and thinking they are actors pretending that they are playing something xD

Wiiu SUpport (ans skyrin?) seems confirmed, but what about 3DS? õ3o

 

[Flame]

god a gimmicky gimmick device.

Nintendo has really lost the plot.

This is gonna be worst Nokia n gage

has it come to this.

this is gonna bomb worst than virtual boy.

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but saying all that.



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I NEED MY POKEMANS ON MY TV!


DPP REMAKE CONFIRMED, IN HD!

 

[Keylogger]

did someone say IOSSwitchHax?

Coming Soon™!

Just wait for an A9LH update

 

[thekarter104]

Not new wiiu. This is way different. I wish i could dislike this post

I know lol ^^ I wish I could delete that post ^^

 

[DanTheMan827]

That breath of the wild framerate concerns me. I can't help but shake the feeling that, if it were put in through post production as someone had suggested, they would've definitely taken the time to make it look pretty. The only reason I can think of as to why they left it looking like that is because they didn't want to give consumers a false impression of how the game runs.

Nintendo has ALWAYS been about providing a high framerate for their games... take a look at Mario Kart... they managed to do 720p 60fps...

They could have easily done 1080p at a lower framerate but they chose a higher framerate instead...