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Nintendo Switch Mini May Have Been Leaked By Accessories Maker
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The only thing i worry about is the mini becoming the standard and nintendo all but ignoring the dock feature. Treating it more like a gimmick like 3d became to the 3ds. I treat my switch more as a traditional console, i rarely play hand held
It's important to note, this is how just about every phone is leaked. A manufacturer leaks design specifications along with their prototype images. It doesn't matter if they aren't using an actual product as an image. The point is, these manufacturers are making product for this system, and the mock up shown is at least close enough for a placeholder.
That looks terrible.Nintendo Life is talking about this image:
Look at those sticks! That dpad! Awful.
They can't make the screen that much smaller, since touch elements have already been sized for the existing Switch.
I disagree. The current Switch doesn't even have a Dpad. The Analog sticks are still analog sticks and not circle pads, should be fine considering their size.
so its legit a full handheld.
which is sorta worse than having a switch because... with the switch you get a home console.
but then it depends on its price and I guess its road-worthy.
which is sorta worse than having a switch because... with the switch you get a home console.
but then it depends on its price and I guess its road-worthy.
I wouldn't be able to play 1 2 Switch or Labo on this though is I can't detach the Joycons.
Did you think a Switch Mini would have joycons? They start to become pointless if they are too tiny.
Buy or use the joycons you already own. Toss em in the carry case
I still expect it to kickstand and connect multiple controllers
You could probably sync normal joycons to the system still to play the few games that require them.
You can play ARMS with standard controls, and no motion.
Not 1-2 Switch.
I could see Nintendo letting you sync controllers to this for games that need it.
Or Labo ( without out purchasing separate joycons of course).
I feel like the Switch screen is already too small for games like Bayonetta 2 etc. But then I'm used to gaming on a big screen.
That said, there's a lot of wasted potential screen space on Switch with the huge bezel. So we could have a much smaller Switch with the same sized screen, potentially. The image in the OP does look nice though, but hell I wouldn't want to try and play Celeste on that thing with those tiny buttons and my big hands.
My bet is that they got the specs necessary to make the case but not an official render or complete specs. That render looks like hot garbage and I can't see Nintendo going with an awful flat dpad like that.
Or it could be fake like many of the other switch mini leaks thus far
Or it could be fake like many of the other switch mini leaks thus far
Just not seeing the concern here. One is a launch game, one is a cardboard addon product. If you absolutely have to play those and you also have to have a Mini, you can probably just buy two additional joycons to play those specific games.
I legit don't understand the need for a smaller Switch. If the current one is too big, what is the optimal size? It's not going to be "smartphone-small", so why would Nintendo do it and introduce compatibility issues with games that use joycons in the process?
I would love a smaller Switch and these compatibility issues are minimal at best.
The Switch's dpad buttons that it has at the moment is a thousand times better than that horrible thing- at least you'd be able to press them properly!
Thats exactly how the mini will be handled
Any Joycon required game.... buy the joy cons
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They need a smaller Switch to replace the 3DS as an entry level product in their line
They aren't big issues compared to the size of the kids market and so on. Dimensions don't need to be as small as a smartphone to be better for kids. Not to mention make it simpler and cheaper to produce, which is also mainly aimed at kids.
We haven't seen this specific mock up before, but I hope it's fake. Why is the d pad so shallow? The sticks look terrible as well. The joy con look ridiculously wide too. What a disappointment this would be. It doesn't even look very "mini"Nintendo Life is talking about this image:
Not really a concern. Just the essence of the Switch is Anywhere, Anyone, Anytime. I expect a of asterixis (*does not support Switch Lite).
They are aiming at a price sensitive audience, they won't buy the Joy-Cons.
If the Switch Mini worked like iOS and I could just redownload my digital games so I can play them with my wife, I'd totally get a Switch Mini. But Nintendo doesn't work like that, last time I checked.
As for the price, if it's anything above $200, someone messed up.
As for the price, if it's anything above $200, someone messed up.
I find it a little hard to believe that a real official image of a new Switch would have a bit of concept art on the screen; I'd expect to see a recognisable game screenshot, a logo, or just a blank screen.
In fact, looking at older official images of the Switch, when they're showing off the hardware more than what's running on it in that 'white box' location, in a couple of places they use an image that's just a pattern to offset the look of the thing:
That's the sort of thing I expect to be seeing on the official images of new hardware when they appear.
Thats the trade off
And most people wont need to buy them anyways since so few games are Joy con only
I decided to do a google image reverse search on some of the images without the mock-up. This one has previously been sold as a standard Switch case, you can tell from the interior being identical. Surely if it is going to be smaller it'd be a smaller size?
that's the only discrepancy I've noticed, though.
that's the only discrepancy I've noticed, though.