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here it is the Nintendo switch it's the company's first new console in almost four and a half years and it's a hybrid console which means this thing right here is pretty much the entire thing it can be docks you can use it with your television or you can take it with you wherever you go it works really well the docking and undocking takes just seconds so I've been using the switch on my commute every day and it's awesome to be able to bring a huge game like Zelda breath of the wild with me wherever I go and because it boots up so quick you're never really waiting around for loading times now you're definitely going to need a case if you plan on bringing it around so Nintendo sent me their official one that goes for $20 but there will be plenty more at launch from third-party manufacturers so on a single charge it's going to give you roughly two and a half hours and I've been getting about three with Zelda but different games are probably going to give you different battery life so overall the switch feels great the screen is really nice it's arguably the best build quality that's ever come out of Nintendo leaving the operating system is really clean quick and smartly laid out switch lets you play in a number of different ways you can remove these joy con controllers from the tablet and use them in the included grip or just go commando in either hand they need power too but they last a while and charge when they're docked with the tablet my biggest hang-up with these joy con controllers or that they're really small now I've got big hands they felt a little cramp when they're on the grip sometimes I wound up hitting buttons that didn't really mean - thankfully there is this this is the pro switch controller it's the best way to play Zelda but it's 70 damn dollars you could also use the switch as a tabletop monitor by propping it up with its kickstand now a kickstand is not the best and if you bump into the table that's resting on it might fall over it's really only going to work on a hard flat surface but more importantly it's going to be tough playing a game further than like two feet away maybe other games will fare better but you can't really read anything when you're that far away from the screen it's tough imagining a few people comfortably crowding around this thing the way Nintendo had been pitching it also you can't charge it when it's standing up you're gonna have to hold it in your hands so while we're getting what's likely the best Nintendo launch game ever we're also getting a fairly bare-bones launch now we're recording this a few days before switch comes out and right now there is no online features or virtual console to download legacy titles we also don't know much about how the switches online service is going to work but a preview for it is going to hit later on in March and then there's the fact that well there aren't really any compelling games available at launch but it is great to hear that Nintendo is working with independent developers and that they'll be up to 60 indie games for switch by the end of the year I mean let's be honest zelda is the highlight here right thankfully though it's amazing but is it worth getting a switch just to play it I'm not sure I mean you're talking three hundred and sixty dollars to play the new Zelda game now there's a lot we still don't know about switch I like this console a lot because it delivers on its hybrid pitch there's a lot of potential here - I can't wait to play games like Super Mario Odyssey but because there's still so much that isn't here the games the online the apps the Virtual Console it's entirely reasonable to hold off on a purchase you