After months of rumours and leaks, Nintendo have finally confirmed the existence of the Nintendo Switch Lite. It's a device dedicated to handheld play, rather than the usual hybrid nature of the Nintendo Switch. It releases on the 20th of September It will come in three different colours at launch—yellow, grey, and blue. Nintendo states that it supports all Nintendo Switch software that allows handheld play.[prebreak][/prebreak]

Introducing #NintendoSwitchLite – a compact, lightweight console that's dedicated to handheld play!

This new addition to the #NintendoSwitch family arrives 20/09 in 3 different colours.

👉: https://t.co/NkvzR1GMCm https://t.co/SNctEEGRdy

— Nintendo UK (@NintendoUK) July 10, 2019

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In addition to the three colours of Nintendo Switch Lite available at launch, Nintendo will release a limited Nintendo Switch Lite Zacian & Zamazenta Edition console on 8th November, featuring stylish cyan and magenta buttons and illustrations of the two new Legendary Pokémon from the upcoming Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield games

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[EmulateLife]

This one displays at 1080p from what I have heard elsewhere...

"The Switch Lite features a 5.5-inch screen that displays at a resolution of 720p."

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-switch-lite-announced-price-release-date-/1100-6468325/

 

[Jiehfeng]

"The Switch Lite features a 5.5-inch screen that displays at a resolution of 720p."

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-switch-lite-announced-price-release-date-/1100-6468325/

If it was 1080p it would be more of a Switch Lite Pro.

 

[ganons]

Switch Lite with a gimped size screen. Well this is Nintendo with pathetic specs as usual.

 

[abilaunken]

So the lite is solo handheld, maybe the pro doenst have a screen at all, just a box to connect to a tv

 

[coppertj]

Which means once this is released we should be expecting a new exploit to be released because word in the grape vine is that someone is holding on to a exploit until Nintendo releases new hardware to minimize Nintendo patching it at a hardware level during production.

 

[jeffyTheHomebrewer]

Even then they will most likely be patched against RCM

plus, If you can't shove a jig in the right joy-con rail, then how'd you get it into RCM anyway?

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This is really bad. All the modular Switch games are going to stop coming out, because developers won't want half a market on their game.

Nintendo Switch*!

*doesn't actually switch

What? No! Tehy can just add support for handheld mode, ya goof.

 

[D34DL1N3R]

Switch Lite with a gimped size screen. Well this is Nintendo with pathetic specs as usual.

Uh. Yeah. You must have missed the "Lite" portion of it's name? It also doesn't have a camera, HD rumble, or motion controls. Please explain what the point of a Lite version would be if it had all the same specs as the standard Switch minus the dock.

 

[DANTENDO]

So the lite is solo handheld, maybe the pro doenst have a screen at all, just a box to connect to a tv

Mayb someone dropped a box on Yr head

 

[the_randomizer]

So why is it still called "Switch" when you don't, well, Switch?

 

[Nimrod-002]

doesn't have HD rumble...not that's it ever fucking used anyway.

i had hopes for HD rumble but devs

So why is it still called "Switch" when you don't, well, Switch?

you can still switch it off.

 

[DANTENDO]

So why is it still called "Switch" when you don't, well, Switch?

Because someone at nintendo has been switching medication

 

[the_randomizer]

i had hopes for HD rumble but devs

you can still switch it off.

That's not why it's called the Switch.

 

[nwiifletcher]

I just hope this doesnt confuse the consumers like the Wii U did? We need more sales not less.

 

[simbin]

Would it have killed them to include mini HDMI? Oh well, guess it's for always OTG people anyway. Paid $250 for my Switch Pro and almost exclusively use it docked.

 

[Teletron1]

Now release a Green and Gold Links Awakening please

can't believe they took TV output away I hope its just a software switch where it is disabled

 

[MagnesG]

CONS:
- No detachable joycons, impossible to repair joycons without voiding warranty
- No HDMI to TV output yet it can support it easily
- No tabletop mode and games supporting it need a 2nd pair of joycons
- Its not longer a "Switch" its name means literally nothing now
- No HD rumble or IR
- Smaller Screen
- Cant adjust brightness
- No kickstand
- No ethernet cable support/adapter
- No external usb/hdd support/adapter
- No dock
- Speakers covered by the bottom of your Palm
- No bluetooth

PROS:
- $100 cheaper
- Dpad
- Claims better battery
- Claims it weighs a noticable amount less

I think you can adjust brightness, just no auto brightness option.

 

[duwen]

This, imo, is definitely the lesser of the two versions they could've gone with.
I'll definitely be keeping my fingers crossed for the announcement of a screenless, docked-only, version of the Switch.

 

[piratesephiroth]

I was expecting a proper handheld redesign. This is just a smaller Switch with permanently attached joycons, literally the ugliest it could be,
Not to mention the garbage colors.

 

[sarkwalvein]

This is perfect, I was really waiting for something like this.

 

[Nimrod-002]

I'll definitely be keeping my fingers crossed for the announcement of a screenless, docked-only, version of the Switch.

would be perfect, a PS TV affair with HDD support, with exploits unpatched