With the conclusion of the Nintendo Switch Presentation, we have a whole slew of new information to share about the Nintendo Switch, including its release date, features, as well as some titles launching throughout the year.
Release Date and Price
The Nintendo Switch is set to launch March 3, 2017 for $300. This includes the main console, a pair of Joy-Con controllers, a grip, wrist straps, a Nintendo Switch dock, an HDMI cable, and an AC adapter. Two versions will launch, one with gray Joy-Cons and one with neon blue/red Joy-Cons.
The Joy-Cons
The presentation highlighted some interesting and unique functionalities for the Switch controllers. As we know, they can be popped off the side of the Switch and can be used to play two-player games. Each Joy-Con is characterized by a joystick, four face buttons, an accelerometer, a gyroscope, as well as small L/R shoulder buttons. The right Joy-Con has an AR camera that detects distance, as well as an NFC reader for Amiibo figures. The left Joy-Con has some different features, having the ability to capture screenshots. Both the left and right Joy-Con have a unique vibration feature called “HD Rumble.” A demonstration performed by Nintendo’s Yoshiaki Koizumi claims that the Joy-Con can feel as though you are holding a cup of ice, with the addition of each cube making it heavier and heavier. It will be a neat element to play around with, for sure.
Specs
Nintendo officially confirmed that the Switch has a 6.2-inch 720p screen that can be used for on-the-go play. The Switch has a default 32GB of internal storage, which can be expanded, alongside two speakers, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and a slot on the top right for game cartridges. The Switch is reported to last anywhere between 2.5 to 6 hours, but can also be utilized while it is charging. Additionally, there will be no more region lock.
Accessories
Aside from what comes in the box, you will be able to purchase additional pairs of Joy-Cons for $79.99 and the Pro Controller for $69.99. A set of racing wheels and a Switch Dock Set can also be purchased for $14.99 and $89.99, respectively.
Online Service
Similar to other major consoles, the Switch is introducing a paid service that will start as a free trial at launch. The subscription includes online play, dedicated lobby and voice chat functionality, a monthly game download (NES or SNES), and additional exclusive deals. Price options were not discussed quite yet.
Switch Titles
A whole slew of titles were shown off for the Switch, some of which include:
1-2-Switch (March 3rd)
Arms (March 3rd)
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (April 28th)
Splatoon 2 (Summer 2017)
Super Mario Odyssey (Holiday 2017)
Xenoblade 2 (TBA 2017)
And more that were briefly teased:
Fire Emblem Warriors
Skyrim
Bomberman R
Project Sonic 2017
Lego City Undercover
Dragon Quest Heroes 1 & 2
Minecraft
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2
I am Setsuna
NBA 2K18
FIFA
Farming Simulator
Rayman Legends
And, of course:
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (March 3rd)
Alongside these titles, there are a reported 80+ games currently in development for the Switch. No word on any Pokemon titles just yet, but there’s still plenty of time for that to happen. Nintendo will be hosting a special all-day Treehouse event starting at 6:30am PST/9:30am EST, so be sure to tune in and see what else they have in store!
5th time watching the Zelda trailer. Probably the best trailer that Nintendo has ever made
1000% agreed
BotW has some of the best trailers ever. Even if the game sucks, they sure made it look good.
It clearly was the best part of the stream
Ughhhhhhhhhhh I wanted that Master Sword statuette so badly……I hope they restock Amazon………
Now it’s saying Breath of the Wild switch is out of stock
Ok i cracked and found a non-Masters edition on Best Buy HAPPY NOW BRAIN? There was one on ebay for 400 bucks but i’m not that desperate or stupid
but the thing that truly concerns me is my Pre-order for the Switch is STILL NOT SHOWING UP ON MY BEST BUY ORDER HISTORY
the stupid thing doesn’t even fucking have the stupid “type in your order number to see if its fucking there or not WHY IS EVERYTHING I DO A FUCKING ORDEAL
Seriously tho. When are the 1-2 TB micro SDXC cards launching for consumers? I need that shit. Good thing I’m only getting Zelda at launch. Hopefully that’s smaller than 32 GB
Very happy that MK8D is what it is. It had literally perfect controls. I’ll be more than happy to double dip on that given all the extra content.
I wonder if there will be more DLC too?
I’d buy.
Ooooh speaking of DLC now my colored Shy Guys and Yoshies are going to available for everyone. ):( I liked being cool and exclusive.
Me too 🙁 Do we know for sure they’ll be in this though?
Nah but I’d assume it’s EVERYTHING + new stuff. So until told otherwise, I’m just assuming they’re there
As much as I liked having them on the WiiU, I do hope that’s true. Would be kind of a bummer if they left them out
I remember reading so… as long as I get dry bones I’m good
Anyone know if the neon Switch and those separate Joy-Cons ever went up on Amazon? They were unavailable last night and they’re unavailable now.
they’re probably fucking gone by now, its just fucking impossible to land these pre-orders safe and solid
Hey doesn’t the treehouse live start in 4 minutes?
Oh….. That caught me off guard
its starting bUT I CAN’T FUCKING RELAX I DON’T KNOW IF MY SWITCH PRE-ORDER IS ACTUALLY REAL OR A FAUX
I wouldn’t sweat it honestly. . . unless mine is also fake.
You are telling the absolute WORST person to not sweat over this stuff
how come it only shows up on my iPad and occasionally say order status not available
YET
When i officially made an account (because prior to buying i used a guest account to place the order)
it doesn’t show order history now when i made an account, YET shows my Zelda Pre-order details?
What can i do to tell me the order is placed and active and actually on track
Maybe call
i can’t do these things over the phone, i need to talk to a physical person
And I CANT DO SO bEcAUSE all the cars at my house are either used or going to be used
now its saying when i go to the site it saying add to cart
WTF
So did i not actually get a pre-order in or was that just a pre-order for a pre-order
and i don’t want to just purchase it again at the risk of actually buying it twice, This is why Amazon should just have infinite pre-orders of everything
Can you check your account and see if you were charged?
ITS NOT FREAKING WORKING
Why does life truly and utterly hate me
What about your bank account? Do they charge right away?
i don’t think they charge until pick-up
Kinda figured.. :/
I just don’t want to find out my pre-order isn’t real and when i go pick it up the day of release they don’t have it, sell out or fucking don’t recognize my order number i was smart to save a snapshot of my order number aqnd confirmation but I need a Best Buy geek to look at it and confirm all this craziness
i am losing what tiny shred of my sanity that still lingers
That would be horrible
Is it because you didn’t have an account until after you ordered?
Why are they in an old library?
Woooo! File size for BotW on Switch is 13.4 GB I can hold out longer for a microSDXC card!
Oh Dear God……………my Opponent’s M. Alakazam traced Pyuky’s Innards out and…..used it
Anyone else hyped for E3? Regardless of launch quantity, there’s still so many Nintendo devs whose projects we don’t know
Better question: when am I not hyped for E3? I really wanna hear more about Xenoblade 2, and the new game announcements are always welcome. Do you think there will be a small direct inbetween? I know they have been light on the info recently, but a January-June gap is kinda big.
It’s pretty easy now to guess what will be there, considering what they showed off today (from a list of many possibilities). At the same time, I bet we will get some craaaaazy stuff relating to their official announcements and complete surprises as well.
No Pokémon stars that presentaion was a waste of time
Gamefreak always does their own thing with reveals. Given that the Switch comes out in March, I think they’ll probably announce it in April or May.
Don’t be one of those people. They can’t show everything…….
Dude we just got Pokemon Sun and Moon LITERALLY less than three months ago, do you HONESTLY think they would just shell out the next installment this freaking early
and Stars may i remind everyone is 110% Speculation without a single ounce of proof whatsoever other than the collective buzzwords circulating and stagnating the feeble and weak minds of gullible greedy fans
So what’s the deal with the pre-orders right now? Sold out everywhere? All I know is the Switch was still available on Amazon before I went to sleep about 5 hours ago, now it’s gone. I’m curious to know what went down.
i don’t know i’m losing my ever loving mind right now
Should have just preordered it from Best Buy when you had the chance. It went up there a few minutes before 1m ET lol
Ok after getting a reasonable nights sleep here are my thoughts.I think the presentation over all was very well done. It not only got vital information out at a decent pace, but was interesting and enjoyable the entire time. It definitely did it’s job as far as hyping people up about te Switch. I have no idea where or who these people are that are complaining about it all, but I will say their expectations were in the wrong place. Nintendo isn’t going to show off everything they have for a pre launch presentation. I got my Switch pre ordered at Best buy the moment I could and I’m glad I did. I’d rather spend $300 now than have the Switch disappear and have to wait for it lol
Underwhelming
If I wanted to go back and play the first Xenoblade Chronicles before 2 comes out, should I do it on Wii or 3DS?
I’d say ti probably doesn’t matter. What matter is if you have the consoles to play it. If you don’t have a New 3DS then Wii. If you do then maybe 3DS? I haven’t played it on the 3DS so I can’t say for sure. At leas the 3DS gives you mobility.
I do have a New 3DS so I’ll do that at some point. It does have new features after all, so I don’t know why I wouldn’t 😛
Yeah and it’s not like the Wii one would really look any better. Both are SD screens lol
The port actually looks worse than the original.
The N3DS port has no new content either.
Conclusion: Wii (assuming you have both N3DS and Wii/U)
Ugh……..Now I’m gonna have to look at the Best Buy email in my inbox for a month and a half knowing that I can’t pick up the Switch yet…….
least you know yours went through
Sorry pal…..lol
Why does nothing truly just never work out for me
i work hard
i try to get ahead of these things
but in the end it shoves my face to the curb and makes every single moment a fear filled nightmare…..
Keep your head up dude. Even if you can’t get it at launch you will likely be able to get it within the month
Earthen don’t do that, Earthen hasn’t missed a official release
Can I just say how AMAZING that BotW trailer was??? The story seems to be so emotional this time, and I’m in love with it!
Also it’s very interesting how many different races appear. There’s Koroks, Zora, Rito, and more! What’s really peculiar is that the Rito supposedly evolved from the Zora, so why would they both be in the game at the same time?
I wonder what will happen with Pokemon. Paid online? I gotta pay just to trade. (Personally tho, I’ll gladly pay for online if it means the servers are actually good for a change for games like Smash). And like I felt when the Switch was first announced, how is this going to impact families with more than 1 kid? Gotta dish out $300 for everyone’s own system so they can play their Pokemon game? I mean I guess it’s only $50 more than what the 3DS was, but still.
Hmm I can’t see how to solve the cost problem, guess they gotta share and hopefully they don’t drop the unit. Or parents only force them to use it on the TV only. With that setup, they can use one Nintendo Network account with paid online to allow everyone to trade…
I imagine there will be base online feature that are free. It’ll things more like PSN and Xbox live that you’d have to pay for.
I had that concern when the switch was announced, hopefully it won’t effect the sales too much. Also RIP WT.
Ok so am I the only one who thinks the Pro controller is ugly as sin?
No, I think it’s uglee too, but I’m still getting it for Smash in the unlikely event of that..
I’ll prolly get it too………*sigh* lol
I’ll buy the Switch in April alongside Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. That looks like everything I’ve wanted in a Mario Kart game. Huge roster, amazing tracks, and an actual Battle Mode <3
It’s sad that launch is kinda poor, but at least by summer I’ll have MK8D (omg 8D), splatoon 2, and BotW. I’m not personally sad, I guess, because BotW will keep me super busy for a while, but I’m concerned about sales.
Eh, most launches are poor, but Zelda is great! I really can’t wait for that MK, holy crap I’m excited 😀
So…. Why is ARMS the game they want to promote?
Wynaut… if they think it’s good, like Splatoon was in 2014?
I mean, they are prioritizing it over everything else though
They’re past the Arms part though, and this is gonna be a multihour stream… also youtube died… and this stream is like so laggy.
Maybe they’ll get to the other games eventually AND they’re saving Zelda for last.
I want them to play Xenoblade 2 but I know that’ll never happen.
Yeah it’ll never happen today, they don’t even have gameplay footage…
Use twitch m8
It’s no better
I set the quality to the bare minimum and it started going smoother 🙂
It’s their new IP, remember how at E3 2014 splatoon was prioritized?
True, but still… I doubt it is going anywhere…. (Though boxing glove ninja is a yes)
It looks pretty fun, but my main problem with it is that I need to pairs of joycons to play local multiplayer.
Yeah ;~;
They want it to be the next Splatoon, but I doubt they’ll succeed :/
Finally got my pre order
Yay!
went with the grey color
Same, the mix-match would’ve bothered me.
yea! Luckily we got the pre orders smoothly
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Earthen what happened
I AHVE BEEN FREAKING OUT SINCE FUCKING 3AM
It SAYS i pre-ordered the Switch on Best Buy, but i am not seeing it on my Order History
Now i have a confirmation Email with a order number and now when i try going to the email’s order status is shows it (or says currently unavailable)
now when i sign into my Best Buy account is shows no order history other than the recently pre-ordered Botw
So WHICH IS IS, IS IT PRE-ORDERED OR NOT I ALREADY TORE A CHUNK OF HAIR OUT MY SKULL