{"id":4323,"date":"2016-10-20T10:23:09","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T14:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/?p=4323"},"modified":"2016-10-20T11:06:40","modified_gmt":"2016-10-20T15:06:40","slug":"news-introducing-nintendo-switch-nee-nintendo-nx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/2016\/10\/20\/news-introducing-nintendo-switch-nee-nintendo-nx\/","title":{"rendered":"News: Introducing Nintendo Switch, nee Nintendo NX"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since first announcing a “dedicated games platform with a brand new concept,” code-named, NX<\/strong>, back on March 17, 2015, Nintendo has released precious little info about their newest system. Still presumably on track for a worldwide March 2017 release, it was high time for Nintendo to release some actual info beyond the next Zelda<\/strong> game seeing concurrent release on both that and the stillborn Wii U<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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The heart and soul of Nintendo Switch.<\/p><\/div>\n

While I’ve speculated endlessly since the announcement and made my opinions known about how the system might work, etc., which you can refer to here<\/a>, it’s all been just that, speculation. Although there’s not much detail, Nintendo has at least finally let us know basic functionality, and yes, the name, Nintendo Switch<\/strong><\/a>, which plays into the hybrid system’s dual (and beyond) nature many of us have been quite sure was going to come into play (in short, a single platform to replace both the Wii U<\/strong> and 3DS<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

And here’s the video (ignore the painful attempt at being “hip”):<\/p>\n