Nintendo Switch
Portable home console
A video game console released by Nintendo in 2017, designed to function both as a home console connected to a television and as a portable handheld device.
The name refers to the ability to switch between modes.
Its detachable controllers, called Joy-Cons, enable various play styles including motion control and multiplayer gaming: We played Mario Kart on the Switch.
- Joy-ConDetachable Nintendo Switch controller
- handheldDesigned for palm use
- dockMooring structure at water's edge
- portableAble to be carried
- gamingInteractive electronic entertainment
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Nintendo SwitchPlayStation 5
Sony's current gaming console
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TV-based gaming device
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Nintendo SwitchPlayStation 5
Sony's current gaming console
Xbox Series X · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · PC gaming · Sega Genesis
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