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Nintendo Switch Lite announced at $199, launches September 20th, "dedicated handheld" (smaller, has D-Pad, has gyro, no HD Rumble, no dock/TV output)
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That's potentially annoying... I wonder if that'll change since Bowser was talking about taking into account multi-Switch owners
Love the Pokémon edition but not a fan of the back design... Has the UK pricing been revealed yet?
So despite my complaints about not even a butchered TV out option
I pre-ordered one last night
Hypocrite here!
I pre-ordered one last night
Hypocrite here!
Otto.de and Gamestop.de havent gone live yet. At gamestop it says preorder comming shortly.
Oh, I guess my original assumption might be right in line then.
Just change the dollar sign to a pound sign.
You can play games on either. The secondary console just always checks online first before launching a game, so you have to be connected all the time to launch a game and play without time limits. If you want to take the secondary console somewhere where it can't check online, you get a 3 hour window after you launch the game.
It's not up for pre order anywhere yet, but Nintendo UK Twitter has confirmed its coming.
Sorry if this has been mentioned before, I simply failed to find it in this thread and online, then -
It seems that Lite still has the stabilising rail in the lower back of the device, used in the regular Switch for properly fitting in the Dock. Shouldn't this mean they actually have a "Lite Dock" planned? (Preliminary technical speculation also seems to point towards this, if the guesses on SoC type are correct, of course.)
It seems that Lite still has the stabilising rail in the lower back of the device, used in the regular Switch for properly fitting in the Dock. Shouldn't this mean they actually have a "Lite Dock" planned? (Preliminary technical speculation also seems to point towards this, if the guesses on SoC type are correct, of course.)
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I suspect it's for accessory makers to make a unified line of productsSorry if this has been mentioned before, I simply failed to find it in this thread and online, then -
It seems that Lite still has the stabilising rail in the lower back of the device, used in the regular Switch for properly fitting in the Dock. Shouldn't this mean they actually have a "Lite Dock" planned? (Preliminary technical speculation also seems to point towards this, if the guesses on SoC type are correct, of course.)
It's necessary to keep compatibility with the official charging stand accessory, for example.Sorry if this has been mentioned before, I simply failed to find it in this thread and online, then -
It seems that Lite still has the stabilising rail in the lower back of the device, used in the regular Switch for properly fitting in the Dock. Shouldn't this mean they actually have a "Lite Dock" planned? (Preliminary technical speculation also seems to point towards this, if the guesses on SoC type are correct, of course.)
Other similar accessories that use the same "notch" may also exist or come.
This is the most bizarre comparison I have heard yet. Most DS games were built with two screens in mind so it absolutely would do way more damage than you imply.
How is the Switch Lite anywhere near that either? There's no special gameplay features lost by playing exclusively in handheld mode. You can even connect joycons to the Lite. The only software completely incompatible would be Labo because it was built for the base Switch and joycons separate.
What are you implying here by saying "Switch hasn't pickup the 3DS market"?
Are you talking about customers or games?
If it's the former a lot of 3DS owners picked up the Switch and many of those owners were the ones asking for the Lite so... do math.
If it's the latter... it's already doing that. Fire Embem? Pokemon? Animal Crossing?
Yeah they're being marketed as "console" games but that doesn't mean anything. Really the division between handheld and console has become blurrier and blurrier as tech improve.
The games are more expensive but that's because for some reason handheld games were undervalued despite offering the same quality of experience as console games.
This makes no sense. Virtually every DS game ever releases would lose major features without the second screen. There is like out of thousands 3 games that lose features in handheld mode for Switch. And even then they all gain the full functionally with a synced jogcoj outside of Labo.
So one game vs the entire DS library. This comparison doesn't really work.
It really does since a lot of the DS games second screen was mostly for the map. Only a few games really needed the two screens to work. Most of the gameplay was really in the touch screen.
If you have a NES or SNES Classic, 8BitDo makes an adapter that allows you to use either controller on the Switch.
No sense in spending $60 on something that a $20 adapter will solve, assuming you have said controllers.
You are completely off base here. That's crazy.
You're better off saying it's like removing the GBA slot on the DS since it meant no guitar hero. Or the GameCube controller ports on the Wii since it prevented 8 player. Very few games used those features. (Ignoring the BC obviously)
Again, the DS actually has a lot of games that you really don't need the second screen for since it was usually just used for a map. Far more what you're implying in your post.
Except those did require it, as it used the map and would have no way otherwise to see the map in most cases. Almost no DS games could function if you removed one of the screens. There are virtually no Switch games that wont function if you remove the dock. Labo is really the only single one.
Here's the thing, a lot of those games could have had their map resigned to the menu or to a button, think Splatoon 2. Which is why I said, you could get away without the second screen on the DS in a lot of games.
Also, you have stuff like some of the Moons in Mario that you find using the rumble. Heck, Breath of the Wild had some rumble puzzles, which the Lite outright doesn't have.
Your comparison would require those DS games to all be reprogrammed though.
Also it does have rumble. Just not HD rumble. The rumble functionality still works in those games like when you use a Switch controller that only has regular rumble.
Not as much as you might think
The Switch Lite according to reports have no rumble at all.
"HD Rumble" means rumble for Nintendo Switch. It's not just about the precision — the mechanism is designed the way it is in the first place to fit in the narrow constraints of the JoyCon, a constraint the Lite shares. The Lite won't have rumble.
OoOoOoOooh. I have two of the NES classic controllers, so this is perfect. Thanks!
I have one and it's really good. It works with any controller that has that same connector. I use my Wii Classic Controller Pro for example.
Does my switch account work like XBL + PSn?
If I sign into a switch lite, will my purchases be available for download?
If I sign into a switch lite, will my purchases be available for download?
No prob.
But you will have to remove your original Switch as the primary console and make the Lite the primary for your account if you want to play on the Lite without online checks. You can still have your account on multiple consoles and download your games on all of them, but in the secondary Switch consoles you'll have those routine online checks.
All the color choices suck to be honest. Really hoping more colors are revealed in the future. Grey, yellow, and turquoise look ugly to me. The pokemon one looks better but the design on the back absolutely kills it. If I had to choose one I guess I'd go with grey as it is the least loud.
Just to be clear, those online checks are performed every time you attempt to launch a game if this isn't the primary console of your account, so if you are on the go you will need wifi (I set up a hotspot on my phone).
Game-Holding is weird but cool.
