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The Nintendo Switch is a video game console developed by Nintendo, and the company's seventh major home console. Originally known in development as the NX, it was officially unveiled in October 2016 and was released worldwide on 3 March 2017. See its official website here.
The Switch is a "hybrid" console, allowing different modes of play. Its main unit is shaped like a tablet computer which can be used portably as-is, or connected to a television display through a detachable docking station. In addition it can also be used in a tabletop form with its kickstand. Despite these characteristics, Nintendo markets the Switch primarily as a home console rather than as a portable.
Its most distinguishable feature are the "Joy-Con" controllers. These are two detachable controllers that can be either attached to a "Grip" to provide a traditional home console gamepad form, attached on either side of the main unit for handheld play, or can be used individually in the hand like Nintendo's Wii Remote. The Joy-Cons are similarly motion-sensitive, and feature NFC for reading Amiibo data. The Switch uses flash ROM cartridges for media (similar to those for the Nintendo DS and 3DS), rather than optical discs.
Inside the Switch is a Tegra X1 System-on-a-chip supplied by Nvidia.[1] Nvidia also have their own gaming console, the Nvidia Shield TV, which runs Google's Android TV.
Prior to launch, Nintendo had announced that over 100 titles were in development by 70 developers, a contrast to the Wii U's weak software library.
The console shipped over 2.74 million units in the first month of its launch, exceeding Nintendo's initial projection of 2 million units, and making it the fastest-selling home console in its history. Switch sales were highly tied to critically acclaimed The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, released alongside the console's launch worldwide.
System Specifications[]
- Operating system: Nintendo Switch system software
- System-on-chip used: Nvidia Tegra X1
- CPU: Octa-core (4×ARM Cortex-A57 & 4×ARM Cortex-A53) @ 1.020 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB LPDDR4
- Storage: Internal flash memory: 32 GB
- Removable storage: microSD/microSDHC/microSDXC up to 2 TB
- Display: 6.2-inch, 1280 × 720 LCD @ 237 ppi, up to 1080p via HDMI while docked
- Graphics: Nvidia GM20B Maxwell-based GPU @ 307.2 - 384 MHz while undocked, 307.2 - 768 MHz while docked
- Sound: Linear PCM 5.1ch (via HDMI), Stereo speakers, Headphone jack
- Controller input: Joy-Con, Pro Controller
- Touchpad: Capacitive
- Connectivity: 2.4/5 GHz 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.1, 1 × USB 3.0 (on dock), 2 × USB 2.0 (on dock), 1 × USB Type-C (on unit)
- Power: 4310 mAh, 3.7 V lithium-ion battery
Games[]
- 1-2-Switch
- 100 Doors - Escape from Prison
- Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
- Alien Isolation
- Among Us
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons
- A Plague Tale: Innocence
- ARK: Survival Evolved
- Assassin's Creed II
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
- Assassin's Creed: Revelations
- Assassin's Creed III
- Assassin's Creed Liberation
- Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
- Assassin's Creed Rogue
- Atelier Ryza
- Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy
- Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key
- Azure Striker Gunvolt
- Batman: Arkham Knight
- Bayonetta
- BioShock Infinite
- Blair Witch
- BloodRayne 2: ReVamped
- Borderlands 2
- Borderlands 3
- Burnout Paradise
- Cities Skylines: Nintendo Switch Edition
- Sid Meier's Civilization VI
- Company of Heroes Collection
- Crash Bandicoot: N-Sane Trilogy
- Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
- Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled
- Crysis Remastered
- Crysis 2 Remastered
- Crysis 3 Remastered
- Dark Souls: Remastered
- Darkwood
- Deltarune
- Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories
- Disco Elysium
- Disgaea 1
- Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten
- DOOM Eternal
- Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
- Dying Light: Platinum Edition
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Empire of Angels IV
- Empire of Sin
- Fire Emblem: Three Houses
- Fortnite
- Grand Theft Auto III
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Green Hell
- GRID Autosport
- The Grisaia Trilogy
- Hitman: Blood Money — Reprisal
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Hotline Miami
- Into the Dead 2
- The King of Fighters XIII
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance - Royal Edition
- L.A. Noire
- Layton's Mystery Journey
- The Last Hope: Dead Zone Survival
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Life is Strange
- The Long Dark
- Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
- Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
- Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
- Mario Golf: Super Rush
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
- Mario Party Superstars
- Mario Strikers: Battle League
- Mario Tennis Aces
- Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3
- Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
- Metro 2033 Redux
- Metro: Last Light Redux
- Metroid Dread
- Miitopia
- Minecraft
- Monster Hunter Rise
- Mortal Kombat 11
- New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
- NieR: Automata
- Nobunaga's Ambition
- No Man's Sky
- Okami HD
- The Outer Wilds
- The Outer Worlds
- Outlast 2
- Outward
- Paper Mario: The Origami King
- PAYDAY 2
- Persona 5
- Plague Inc. Evolved
- Pokémon Sword and Shield
- Portal 2
- POSTAL: Brain Damaged
- Red Dead Redemption
- Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered
- Resident Evil Remastered
- Resident Evil 4
- Resident Evil 5
- Resident Evil Revelations 2
- Sailing Era
- Saints Row: The Third
- Saints Row IV: Re-Elected
- Shovel Knight
- Skylanders: Imaginators
- Sniper Elite V2
- Sniper Elite III
- Sniper Elite 4
- Sonic Colors: Ultimate
- Sonic Forces
- Sonic Frontiers
- Sonic Mania
- Sonic Mania Plus
- Sonic Origins
- Sonic Origins Plus
- Sonic Superstars
- Spyro Reignited Trilogy
- Stardew Valley
- Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
- Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
- Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection
- Stranded Deep
- Subnautica
- Subnautia: Below Zero
- Suika Game
- Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Super Mario Maker 2
- Super Mario Odyssey
- Super Mario Party
- Super Mario RPG
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
- The Survivalists
- Surviving the Aftermath
- Team Sonic Racing
- Thief Simulator
- Thief Simulator II
- This War of Mine
- Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Starring Lara Croft
- Tropico 6
- Undertale
- Valkyria Chronicles 4
- The Walking Dead
- WarioWare: Get It Together!
- WarioWare: Move It!
- Wasteland 2
- White Day: A Labyrinth Named School
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
- World War Z
- Xenoblade Chronicles
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3
- Zombie Army Trilogy
- Zombie Army 4: Dead War