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Today Nintendo unveiled its much anticipated new platform- the Nintendo Switch.
Nintendo Switch is coming March 2017! Catch the Preview Trailer and visit https://t.co/j4Unm459lg for more details. pic.twitter.com/EV7zPiVf35
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) October 20, 2016
In the preview video above, we’re introduced to the Nintendo Switch via a late 20-something man who is playing Skyrim on his device at home on the tv like a regular console, and in various places around the world as a handheld device.
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It looks like the Switch comes with gaming sticks on either side of the screen that function as a gaming pad when playing alone, or as two controllers for multiplayer gaming. The device can also be used with a traditional full sized controller, or you can put together a controller created with the two gaming sticks.
Nintendo already has a stable of publishers who will be releasing Nintendo versions of their games: stalwarts like Konami, SEGA and CAPCOM, and multiplatform sellers like Activision and Bethesda are on the list.
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The console is schedule for release in March of 2017.
Think the new console may have an effect on any esports scenes?