Monday, January 16, 2017

News:: Hands-on: Nintendo Switch won't blow you away but will satisfy core gamers

Boy, what a doozy! If there was an award for most complicated game system, Nintendo's Switch would win in a landslide. The simple name really betrays the true complexity of the system given its seemly uncountable number of ways to play games. The newest console truly is a combination of Wii, Wii U, and 3DS yet still adds enough new features to make it stand on its own.

The Nintendo Switch has three advertised modes of play but since "handheld mode" and "tabletop mode" are technically the same thing I'll refer to them together as "portable mode." For controls, you can use both Joy-Con (doesn't make a difference if you hold them freely or attach them to either the screen or Grip), a single Joy-Con held horizontally, or of course the Pro Controller (sold separately). The Joy-Con are a natural evolution of the Wii Remote & Nunchuk, no longer requiring a sensor bar but now featuring "HD rumble" along with the amiibo NFC reader and an IR sensor in the right Joy-Con for added gimmick.

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