Nintendo: The Nintendo Switch Dock is Used to Connect to TV and Charge the Main Unit - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 20 October 2016 / 9,112 Views
Nintendo has revealed more information about the Nintendo Switch Dock. It is not the main console unit, however, it is designed to connect to the TV and charge the main unit.
"The Nintendo Switch Dock has been created so that it is extremely easy to seamlessly switch from playing games on a TV to transition into a portable mode," a Nintendo representative told IGN.
"The dock is not the main console unit of Nintendo Switch. The main unit of Nintendo Switch is the unit that has the LCD screen, which the two Joy-Con controllers can be attached to and detached from. The main function of the Nintendo Switch Dock is to provide an output to the TV, as well as charging and providing power to the system."
Nintendo was asked if the Switch would have a touchscreen, however, the company said, "We will make additional announcements about the Nintendo Switch hardware later, before the launch of the product."
The Nintendo Switch will support amiibo if any game released for it has amiibo support.
"If a Nintendo Switch game supports amiibo then the Nintendo Switch home gaming system will as well," Nintendo added.
The Nintendo Switch launches in March 2017.
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This should ensure that the price isn't too high because there's not too expensive hardware in the dock. I predict the Switch is going to cost at most $300, which should be good.
Aha... so its essentially a portable that connects to the TV. Must say i'm amazed they made something that thin, so powerful. Wonder what the price will be...
It better damn well support amiibo with all the money I've spent on them.
Just kidding. Obviously Nintendo will support one of their lucrative cash cows.
I don't know if this is even possible, but just like how MS and Sony are releasing console upgrades mid-gen, could it be possible for Nintendo to release dock upgrades down the road that could indeed actually boost the power/upscale the information being fed to the tv from the console itself? essentially, the switch console would be like a big game cartridge inserting into the upgraded dock. So mid gen upgrades would be relatively inexpensive as well as keep the Switch current for a longer cycle?
Why is the dock so big then?
So... Zelda BOTW will run better on Wii U? If the Switch being portable and all is more powerful than the Wii U i can't imagine this being cheap... like at least 500$
