Nintendo Switch: Difference between revisions

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The '''{{wp|Nintendo Switch}}''', or simply the '''Switch''', is a hybrid video game console released by [[Nintendo]] and its seventh major home game console as the successor to the [[Wii U]]. The system is both a home console and a handheld console.<ref name="Switch">"[https://www.nintendo.com/switch/system/ Nintendo Switch]" ''Nintendo''. Retrieved July 21, 2022.<br>''"Nintendo Switch is designed to fit your life, transforming from home console to portable system in a snap."''</ref> During development, the console was codenamed "NX."<ref name="Capital Alliance Announcement">Iwata, Satoru (March 17, 2015). [https://www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate/release/en/2015/150317/03.html Business and Capital Alliance Announcement]. ''Nintendo''. Retrieved January 31, 2016.<br>''"[...] let me confirm that Nintendo is currently developing a dedicated game platform with a brand-new concept under the development codename 'NX'."''</ref> It was officially announced on October 20, 2016,<ref name="FirstLook">Nintendo (October 20, 2016). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5uik5fgIaI First Look at Nintendo Switch]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved October 20, 2016.</ref> and was released simultaneously on March 3, 2017, in Japan, America, Europe, Hong Kong, and other territories.<ref name="Switch 1.12.2017">Nintendo (January 12, 2017). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuC4YLLkqME Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017]. ''YouTube.'' Retrieved February 11, 2017.</ref> It costs US $299.99 in America and JP ¥29,980 in Japan.<ref name="Switch 1.12.2017"/> A Nintendo Switch presentation containing more information about the system was live-streamed from January 12, 2017, at 11:00 PM to January 13, 2017, at 12:05 AM EST.<ref name="Nintendo Tweet">NintendoAmerica (October 26, 2016) "''[https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/791455799302246400 Learn more about Nintendo’s new home gaming system at the Nintendo Switch Presentation, streamed LIVE on Jan. 12]''". ''Twitter.'' Retrieved November 11, 2016.</ref><ref name="Switch 1.12.2017"/> The Nintendo Switch had a hands-on event on six separate Sundays in six different cities across America prior to its release date,<ref name="Switch 1.12.2017"/> along with Tokyo Big Sight, Japan.<ref name="Switch 1.12.2017"/> Preorder retail reservations started on January 21, 2017, in Japan.<ref name="Switch 1.12.2017"/>