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# Nintendo Switch Hardware Overview

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## Video: Nintendo Switch Hardware Overview

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_Published 2017-02-08. Nintendo Switch hardware overview video_


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## Transcript

[ SOUND ] Nintendo Switch is a home video game console. You connect it to your television to play games. But, what sets it apart, is when you want to play away from your T. V. You can remove it from the dock, get up, and go. [ MUSIC ] Attach the Joy- Con controllers and you can play anywhere. [ MUSIC ] Nintendo switch is designed to let you play games when and where you want. [ MUSIC ] TV Mode, TV mode is for playing games the traditional way on your television. [ MUSIC ] Remove the joycon from the joycon grip to play in a more relaxed manner. Some games allow you to hold each joycon horizontally to enjoy multiplayer gaming.

[ MUSIC ] Handheld Mode. Attach the Joy- Con to the console, and you can enjoy Handheld Mode. Take Nintendo Switch with you and play anywhere you like. You can play while charging the system using the included AC adapter. USB charging and other USB- certified portable charging devices will work as well. Tabletop mode. [ MUSIC ] By propping the Nintendo Switch up with its stand and detaching the JoyCon controller you can play in tabletop mode. This allows you to share the screen with other even when you're away from your TV. [ MUSIC ] Nintendo Switch can connect over WiFi for multiplayer gaming.

Up to eight consoles can be connected for local wireless multiplayer. Joy- Con. Each Joy- Con includes gyroscope and accelerometer technology. [ MUSIC ] So intuitive controls using movement or tilt are possible. The new HD Rumble feature allows for high definition vibration. It can reproduce sensations and experiences in entirely new ways. The right Joy- Con has an Infra Red Motion Camera. It's able to approximate the distance to an object and what shape it is. [ MUSIC ] The right Joy- Con also has NFC read and write functionality. That supports a Amiibo. [ MUSIC ] The left Joy con has a capture button that allows you to snap screenshots.

The ZL and ZR buttons are comfortable to reach and easy to press. There are clickable control sticks. [ MUSIC ] And SL and SR buttons for use when the Joy- Con are held horizontally. The Joy- Con controllers fit a lot of features into one small package. [ MUSIC ] Nintendo Switch, switch and play. [ BLANK_AUDIO ]

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