# Nintendo Switch **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 20, 2016, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-switch/769135 "2016-10-20T14:12:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-switch/769135/41 "2016-10-21T20:55:26Z")
oh… and Pokémon. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-switch/769135/42 "2016-10-21T21:07:53Z")
Is it more powerful than a PS4 and Xbox One? Is it the next generation, or just an equally powerful system coming out kind of late? ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-switch/769135/43 "2016-10-21T21:36:57Z")
right now everyones saying its an upgraded ninty specific NVidia shield the thing is Nintendo is trying to have its cake and eat it too in Asia traditional consoles are basically dead and the Americas and Europe are the only markets still buying them and those are even fading fast but they (mainly the US) still have gaming luddites that wont play anything that isn’t hooked up to the TV with traditional controllers So there trying to say to one half of the world "look its portable but you still can sit down and play it old style if you want " and to the other half "look its still a console but you can play it in a car if you want … " the current thought is its going to replace the ds line and theres going to be a ton of upgraded ds ports with it too ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-switch/769135/44 "2016-10-21T21:47:44Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Is it more powerful than a PS4 and Xbox One? Is it the next generation, or just an equally powerful system coming out kind of late? Looks like it’ll be similar (if not a bit less) in processing power as PS4/XB1 - so the later, but with a major portable component. ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-switch/769135/45 "2016-10-21T21:51:57Z")
I don’t know… I’m a huge Ninty fangirl and have been since NES days. I loved the WiiU. It had some fantastic games that went mostly unsung because the console was not a big seller. My disk drive went bad after awhile, and I never felt the burning need to get a new one. Maybe the Switch will be a good alternative? I’m kinda into it. I think it’ll boil down to how much it costs. ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-switch/769135/46 "2016-10-21T23:34:53Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > You can’t use the screen as a second controller Nintendo confirmed that it’s one screen or the other; you can’t use both the portable screen and the TV at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2016, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-switch/769135/47 "2016-10-22T01:39:37Z")
> [@borschevsky](#): > > Nintendo confirmed that it’s one screen or the other; you can’t use both the portable screen and the TV at the same time. I doubted it. That’s a little disappointing. If they can sell it for $300 or under, people might get it. It has the benefit of exposure too. People see you playing games like those on a plane, they’ll contemplate getting one for themselves. There’s got to be some sort of SreetPass component to the software too. There’s so much we don’t know. Will Miis survive? ---
**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2016, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-switch/769135/48 "2016-10-22T02:17:33Z")
Nintendo is surprisingly unwilling to clarify a lot of things about this new console despite being like six months from release. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2016, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-switch/769135/49 "2016-10-23T00:01:15Z")
I’m guessing Amiibos will still be a thing with this console, given that they popped up in the background? It looks to be a bit larger than a 3DS XL, which I can actually fit into the pockets of most of my pants (though it looks terrible!). Will be interesting to see if it incorporates 3DS features like Streetpass and the pedometer. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-switch/769135/50 "2016-10-23T23:22:01Z")
I’m cautiously hopeful. While at first I thought it was pretty silly, I then thought about some possibilities that make more sense and would be pretty cool. Right now, consoles are basically stuck in one place. Sure, I can plop one down,m then yank al the cables and move it when I go somewhere, but that only works if I can get a television where I’m going. And I can’t do anything with them on the go. With a Switch, I can take one with me in the car, on vacation - whatever. And while I wouldn’t care for a “normal” gaming tablet that won’t have anything very interesting to play, and it basically a overpriced and underpowered laptop, a Switch is almost guaranteed to to have fun, unique games. I’m not yet sold, but there’s definite interest. ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-switch/769135/51 "2016-10-24T05:33:33Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > in Asia traditional consoles are basically dead Not really. The PS4 has sold 3 million units in Japan out of 40 million global, and I can tell you from my travels that PS4 and Nintendo Wii U consoles are on sale everywhere with big displays in consumer electronic shops, then there’s the rest of Asia. Console gaming is a niche in Asia but it’s a niche that shows no sign of disappearing and because of the sizes of the populations even a niche is a big market. Also Nintendo has said that the tablet is the processing power and that there isn’t any in the dock, however they could well be switching cores off and running the GPU at lower speed when in portable mode and rev everything up to full power when docked. ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-switch/769135/52 "2016-10-27T06:13:38Z")
Full reveal will be on Jan. 12. > ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-switch/769135/53 "2016-10-27T14:38:32Z")
I figured they’d likely wait until after the holidays to fill more in. They likely didn’t want to completely cannibalize sales of WiiU or 3DS games this year. ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-switch/769135/54 "2016-10-27T17:04:08Z")
The screen is 6.2 inches, 720p, multitouch. > ---
**Author:** ![Flops](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Flops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flops)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-switch/769135/55 "2016-11-24T00:43:13Z")
The controll looks like the head of a dog (? haha :smack: ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-switch/769135/56 "2017-01-12T03:13:20Z")
Nintendo Switch Presentation tomorrow 8 p.m PT/11 p.m. ET. > **[Nintendo Switch™ Family - Nintendo - Official Site](https://www.nintendo.com/switch/)** > > Learn about and purchase the Nintendo Switch – OLED Model, Nintendo Switch, and Nintendo Switch Lite gaming systems There’s a system for everyone! ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-switch/769135/57 "2017-01-13T12:44:51Z")
Well it’s official now. That launch lineup looks extremely anemic, they announced subscriptions are coming for online gameplay (ha!) and the Skyrim port for it appears to be the 360 version. Die hard Nintendo fans will love it I’m sure, but I’m getting WiiU vibes from this. ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-switch/769135/58 "2017-01-13T12:53:35Z")
Some Details: MSRP $300 Online is free until this fall when you’ll have to subscribe (no price announced yet). 6.2-inch 1280x720 resolution 32GB of internal storage t 802.11ac Wi-Fi Lineup - March 2017 Zelda: BotW (+Special/Master editions) $59.99/$99.99/$129.99 1, 2, Switch $49.99 I Am Setsuna Has Been Heroes Just Dance 2017 Snipperclips - Cut it out, together! $19.99 Super Bomberman R April 28, 2017 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe $59.99 Spring 2017 Arms $59.99 Lego City Undercover Sonic Mania Summer 2017 Splatoon 2 Fall 2017 Skyrim NBA 2k18 (September) Holiday 2017 Super Mario Odyssey ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-switch/769135/59 "2017-01-13T13:40:15Z")
That was about the worst that presentation could have gone, and… I still kind of want one? I skipped the Wii U, so stuff like the MK8 Deluxe and any other ‘upgrades’ that come along do have some value to me. $70 for a pro controller (and $80 for a second J-C pair!) is pretty hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-switch/769135/60 "2017-01-13T15:57:53Z")
I’ll be getting Breath of the Wild in March and taking a wait-and-see approach to the Switch itself. Though it does look fairly impressive. I could easily see myself going for the Mario, Skyrim and SMT games. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-switch/769135.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-switch/769135.md?page=4)