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

 

[dimmidice]

well pretty sure that is the cart slot bottom left. dunno why there is 2 though?

Those look like controller ports to me.

 

[Mikemk]

Show me a 6" tablet with external 4x PCIE 3.0 interface. I am waiting.

Anything that this can plug into

What, you think that's too thick for a gaming oriented tablet?

 

[Pluupy]

I hope they do something like that fake image, the 3DS colours look ugly to me and the home console colour choices they have are "white or black".

I hop we get special edition versions. I always liked the beautiful Playstation console colors, like the PS3 Lightning Edition.

 

[DavidRO99]

• Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.

It is confirmed, GTA on Nintendo *mind = blown*

 

[tarumbo83]

• Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.

It is confirmed, GTA on Nintendo *mind = blown*

I said this before, but as someone who wants to play GTA but doesn't have a non-Nintendo console or a good PC, I would buy the Switch just for this (I'd buy it even if it only had Nintendo first-party games, mind you, but still)

 

[grossaffe]

Yeah sure, they worked like this: "We want to order a Soc with such and such performance and power envelope and near that cost".

That is what their hardware team did regarding Tegra. Nvidia designed it.

Wow, you sure know a lot about how Nintendo works. Tell me more.

In a completely unrelated note, here's an article from the Dolphin team talking about the trouble they had emulating the Gamecube's GPU due to its use of integer calculation rather than floats in a time when all of its contemporaries used floats. It's almost as if the custom GPU was more than tweaking performance and power.

 

[Pluupy]

• Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.

It is confirmed, GTA on Nintendo *mind = blown*

Isn't Grand Theft Auto made by Rockstar?

And we had Chinatown Wars on DS. I loved that game.

 

[Mikemk]

well pretty sure that is the cart slot bottom left. dunno why there is 2 though?

I'm pretty sure the cartridge will be on the tablet.

 

[DavidRO99]

Isn't Grand Theft Auto made by Rockstar?

Take-Two takes care of marketing and releases

 

[Deleted User]

Isn't Grand Theft Auto made by Rockstar?

I believe Take-Two helps publish GTA and some of Rockstar's other games?

 

[Foxi4]

Show me a 6" tablet with external 4x PCIE 3.0 interface. I am waiting.

I'll do you one better than that.

http://www.advantech.com/products/mi{{--o_ultra_single_board_computers/mio-2270/mod_8140ae3f-aafa-4cba-8222-6e801b0a94a8

Here's an embedded board with four lanes of PCIe, one for the mPCIe half-size connector, one for the Ethernet and two external PCIe lanes on a mezzanine connector for expansion, among a billion other interfaces. It's the size of a credit card and it came out in 2013. Get rid of the Ethernet and mPCIe slot which you don't need and presto.

I could also post any NUC with Thunderbolt, all of which are smaller than a tablet, all of which feature four external PCIe lanes.

 

[DavidRO99]

I believe Take-Two helps publish GTA and some of Rockstar's other games?

Yes, you are correct

 

[grossaffe]

I'll do you one better than that.

http://www.advantech.com/products/mi{{--o_ultra_single_board_computers/mio-2270/mod_8140ae3f-aafa-4cba-8222-6e801b0a94a8

Here's an embedded board with four lanes of PCIe, one for the mPCIe half-size connector, one for the Ethernet and two external PCIe lanes on a mezzanine connector for expansion, among a billion other interfaces. It's the size of a credit card and it came out in 2013.

I could also post just about any NUC with Thunderbolt, all of which are smaller than a tablet, all of which feature at least four external PCIe lanes.

Yeah, but that's not a 6" tablet, therefore IMPOSSIBLE!

 

[DanTheMan827]

I'm pretty sure the cartridge will be on the tablet.

It is, right on the top of the tablet.

 

[HaloEliteLegend]

well pretty sure that is the cart slot bottom left. dunno why there is 2 though?

No, those are USB slots. You can see it says "USB" there.
The cartridge slot is on the top of the tablet, as shown in the trailer.

 

[DanTheMan827]

Yeah, but that's not a 6" tablet, therefore IMPOSSIBLE!

The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 supports USB Type C and that's 5.7 inches...

AND...

Gigabyte just showed an eGPU with Thunderbolt/USB-C for easier laptop external graphics

So that shows that an external GPU in the Switch base would be possible...

 

[Mikemk]

The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 supports USB Type C and that's 5.7 inches...

That's not 6 inches.
:troll:

 

[DeadlyFoez]

The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 supports USB Type C and that's 5.7 inches...

I think you mean that it supports type c4, hence it being so explosive.

 

[grossaffe]

That's not 6 inches.
:troll:

 

[DanTheMan827]

I think you mean that it supports c4, hence it being so explosive.

Exploding batteries aside...