Nintendo unveils its plan to jump back to the top of the video gaming world. Will it work? Adam looks at the new consoles in this App Wrap report.
Nintendo Switch
Nintendo apparently wants the world to know that rumors of its slow spiral into irrelevance have been greatly exaggerated.
The video game giant is attempting to lure gamers back in two new innovative ways. The first is via the Switch.
Nintendo released a video tease of its next gen console which is actually not just a console but rather a hybrid.
When you’re done, or not done, playing through your TV, just lift it out of the cradle, slide your controllers onto the sides, and it becomes a portable system.
There’s a third configuration too where the screen sits on its own and you use the controllers wirelessly.
As far as the launch date, price, and what games will be available for it, Nintendo says all of that is set to be revealed in March.
NES Classic Edition
Nintendo, hoping to woo back former devotees who may’ve strayed a bit from the side scrolling path as they grew into adulthood, is also getting set to launch the Nintendo Entertainment System: NES Classic Edition.
It is basically an NES system that looks and acts almost exactly like the one you may remember from a few decades ago, only this time it’s about the size of your hand and the games, 30 of the all-time greatest hits, are preloaded in there.
There are some other 21st century tricks like the ability to save games at any single point or have your display resemble an old CRT TV.
The NES Classic Edition, which comes with one classic controller, hits stores November 11th for $60.