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Nintendo Switch; The Nintendo Switch is an upcoming hybrid video game console developed by by Nintendo
Topic Started: Aug 26 2015, 04:20 PM (93 Views)
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Originally known in development as the NX, it was officially unveiled in October 2016 and is scheduled for release worldwide on 3 March 2017.
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The Switch's main unit is shaped similarly to a tablet computer, connected to a television display through a docking station, from which it can be removed and used as a portable console. In addition it can also be used in a tapletop form with its kickstand. Despite these characteristics, Nintendo markets the Switch primarily as a home console rather than as a portable.
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Its most distinguishable feature are the "Joy-Con" controllers.
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Nintendo saw 2014 as one of its largest financial losses in its recent history, attributed to weak hardware sales against mobile gaming.[4] Previously, the company had been hesitant about this market, with then-president Satoru Iwata considering that they would "cease to be Nintendo" and lose their identity if they attempted to enter it.[5] About three years prior to the Switch's announcement, Iwata, Tatsumi Kimishima (at the time, managing director), Genyo Takeda (technology fellow) and Shigeru Miyamoto (then, senior executive) crafted a strategy for revitalizing Nintendo's business model, which included approaching the mobile market, creating new hardware, and "maximizing [their] intellectual property".[6]

Prior to his death, Iwata was able to secure a business alliance with Japanese mobile provider DeNA to develop mobile titles based on Nintendo's first-party franchises, believing this approach would not compromise their integrity.[7][8] Following Iwata's death in July 2015, Kimishima was named as president of Nintendo, while Miyamoto was promoted to creative fellow.[6]

Kimishima stated that when Nintendo was evaluating what new hardware they wanted to produce, they "didn't just want a successor" to either the Nintendo 3DS or Wii U, but instead asked "what kind of new experience can we create?"[6] In an interview with the Asahi Shimbun, Kimishima stated that the Switch was designed to provide a "new way to play" that would "have a larger impact than the Wii U".[9][10] Nintendo of America president and COO Reggie Fils-Aimé emphasized the console's appeal as a device that would provide gamers the option to play at home or on the go, and noted that it would enable developers to create new types of games.[11] The "Switch" name was selected not only to refer to the console's ability to switch from handheld to home console modes, but as to present "the idea of being a 'switch' that will flip and change the way people experience entertainment in their daily lives".[12] According to Miyamoto, the Switch's development within Nintendo was headed by younger employees, with him saying "...it's really been them that have put this forward and designed this system".[13] Miyamoto was not as directly involved however, which allowed him to spend more title on Nintendo's software titles around the time, such as Super Mario Run.[13]
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The next installment of Golden Sun will be ready for the console's launch.
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