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Recent insider report and speculation seem to have been right , asNintendohas now introduced the hand-held - onlyNintendo Switch Lite . While it sports some improvement over the current Switch design in the surface area of battery living and damage point , the Nintendo Switch Lite will serve as a more approachable introduction to the Switch depository library rather than a replacement for the original when it launch this fall .
A little Switch catered to the handheld crowd has been wide bespeak and predicted ever since the Switch ’s 2017 release , so Nintendo ’s long - look confirmation of the Nintendo Switch Lite ’s existence is likely a vindicating proclamation for many . Most recently , the Switch Lite was leaked in all but name and colour selection by an online Chinese console accessory retailer , whose " Switch Mini " itemisation and 100 percentage accurate mock - upsleaked the Switch Lite ’s design almost a month ago .
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Today , Nintendo formally announced the Nintendo Switch Lite , which does away with detachable Joy - Cons , offers greater stamp battery living , and is being made exclusively for handheld play . In the company’sreveal trailerfor the hand-held Switch revision , Nintendo ’s Yoshiaki Koizumi walk player through the Lite ’s big improvements and caveat . Coming in yellowish , grey , and turqoise , as well as a swankyPokémon Sword and Shieldspecial version , the Nintendo Switch Lite is about three - quarter the weight of the primary Switch cabinet with both Joy - Cons attached . This means it does have a slightly smaller 5.5 " screen as compared to its senior cousin ’s 6.2 " screen and lacks a kickstand , but an unrevealed battery spirit melioration and $ 199 price point will probably be more than enough justification for those who have been invite their prison term for a revision before fail in on a Switch .
Koizumi also confirm that the dedicated handheld " wo n’t connect to a TV " and boast that it has been given a proper D - launching pad , while grant that its built - in controllers lack HD rumble and IR motion control features , meaning that some party games likeSuper Mario Partyand1 - 2 - Switchwill have to be played using extra Joy - Cons . This drawback aside , Koizumi says that play on a Nintendo Switch Lite is otherwise identical to the full - size of it unit and that any biz defend handheld mode , such as the upcomingWitcher 3port , will be playable on the new handheld when it hits shelves on September 20 , 2019 .
WithNintendo ’s console table gross revenue surgingand the Nintendo Switch Lite ’s handheld - only focus , 3DS owners have likely been left to inquire if this in style promulgation is the get-go of the end of livelihood for the DS family of Nintendo handhelds . While the Switch has prove to be an first-class combination of Nintendo ’s long - freestanding home console table and portable play markets , it ’s hard to ignore the console table ’s wanting backwards compatible library , which currently only contains NES game . Considering the complete absence of 3DS title from the Switch catalog , contemporary handheld owner may be proper to interest about the destiny of the DS pipeline .
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