Nintendo Fans: Rejoice! The Nintendo NX official launch trailer has been released, revealing its official name: Nintendo Switch. Seriously? Not NintenGO? At least it’s better than Wii.

Now I admit: I’m a Nintendo fanboy at heart, so this article might be a bit biased. But…holy crap. Rumors about a mobile console were everywhere once Nintendo released a patent on a new handheld device in July, and of course that’s been confirmed. Imagine the power of a console that is portable enough to easily take to friends’ houses and play. Once there, you don’t even have to mess with AV cables to hook it up – the screen is already there. Nintendo really does have a thing for getting the average gamer out of the house.

But look at all the partnerships the Switch already has. One of the biggest flops for the WiiU was its lack of third-party support, but that might not be the case this time – Nintendo Switch will run Unreal Engine 4, which will allow easier development for all consoles in a single environment. This also opens the door for indie developers and hobbyists to develop games compatible for the Switch, especially since Epic launched a subscription program for its engine. After the release of the trailer, Nintendo also provided a ‘sampling’ of partners which include some huge names like Bethesda, CAPCOM, Telltale Games, Square Enix, and EA. The trailer even shows what looks like Skyrim being played, which if a mobile Skyrim doesn’t tickle your fancy then I don’t know what possibly would.

Thrilled to be a publishing partner for #NintendoSwitch! The platform presents exciting opportunities for our studios & fans. — Bethesda Softworks (@bethesda) October 20, 2016

So far, we know a few details of what this console will offer. Adding to the mobility, Nintendo’s Press Release tells us the display is high-definition, so no more limitations like the 3DS and its ridiculous 400 x 240 pixel resolution. The console sits in the Nintendo Switch Dock while at home, and you play with new controllers dubbed “Joy-Con” controllers. At home, they can be attached to the Joy-Con Grip accessory to play as a traditional controller or you can play using the optional Nintendo Switch Pro Controller which is presumably like the optional WiiU Pro Controller. For mobility, the Joy-Con controllers can be detached from the Joy-Con Grip accessory and slid onto the Nintendo Switch console. Once detached from the Nintendo Switch Dock, the system instantly kicks onto portable mode. Each Joy-Con controller is independent, so each one is functionally its own controller for some games (presented in the trailer was Mario Kart). One amazing system aspect mentioned in the Press Release was that you can link multiple Nintendo Switch consoles together and enjoy local multiplayer face-to-face competition. It’s been confirmed that we’re ditching discs and going back to cartridges, which ultimately means faster loading times. Finally, and possibly most excitingly, this is the first console since PS3 to have an Nvidia chip. Even though it has a Tegra chip, a designation for mobile systems such as tablets, Nvidia tells us of all the hard work that went into designing the graphics processor within the console.

The development encompassed 500 man-years of effort across every facet of creating a new gaming platform: algorithms, computer architecture, system design, system software, APIs, game engines and peripherals. They all had to be rethought and redesigned for Nintendo to deliver the best experience for gamers, whether they’re in the living room or on the move. Nintendo Switch is powered by the performance of the custom Tegra processor. The high-efficiency scalable processor includes an NVIDIA GPU based on the same architecture as the world’s top-performing GeForce gaming graphics cards. The Nintendo Switch’s gaming experience is also supported by fully custom software, including a revamped physics engine, new libraries, advanced game tools and libraries. NVIDIA additionally created new gaming APIs to fully harness this performance. The newest API, NVN, was built specifically to bring lightweight, fast gaming to the masses.Nvidia Blog

You can pick up your Nintendo Switch console March 2017.

There’s still a few questions left unanswered. Can the cartridges carry save data or is it stored on the console itself? Does this mean Nintendo is finished with motion controls? Possibly not according to a patent filed for gesture detection and recognition. How heavy will the system be? If it’s mobile, it can’t be a beast like the current consoles (can you imagine lugging around your Xbox One system to play?). How long will the battery last mobile? Bigger batteries mean a heavier system, so there has to be some compromise somewhere. How badly will this be hurting my wallet? The most important question is will this be the console success Nintendo needs? The WiiU had very subpar sales, but you can never count Nintendo out of any race. Their innovation for gaming is what keeps the industry alive, but that might just be my bias talking.

What do you think? Leave some comments below and let us know your opinion on any of the questions above. Until then, I’ll be drooling over this trailer as I watch it for the 800th time.

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