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- Nintendo just announced a brand new version of its wildly popular Nintendo Switch console.
- It’s called Nintendo Switch Lite, and it’s $100 less expensive than the current model.
- Here’s how the new Nintendo Switch Lite compares to the flagship Nintendo Switch console.
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Nintendo’s new version of the Nintendo Switch costs just $200, and it’s scheduled to arrive on September 20.
The Nintendo Switch Lite, which was revealed on Wednesday morning after months of rumors, is similar to the flagship $300 Nintendo Switch in many ways — and crucially different in a few ways.
Outside of price, here’s how the two Nintendo Switch versions stack up:
1. The Nintendo Switch Lite costs $100 less because it’s a portable-only console.
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The Nintendo Switch is named as such for its ability to switch between form factors.
You can take it on-the-go, as a handheld console! You can dock it at home and play games on your TV, as a home console! You can even prop it up on its built-in kickstand, detach the two gamepads, and play multiplayer games with a friend, as a standalone screen/console! Madness!
The Nintendo Switch Lite, however, isn’t quite so verstatile. It’s intended for one thing: Handheld gaming.
Like the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, and Nintendo 3DS before it, the Nintendo Switch Lite is a portable game console. It runs the same games as the Nintendo Switch, but it can only be used as a portable game console.
2. The Nintendo Switch Lite is smaller than the flagship Nintendo Switch, in both its body and screen sizes.
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On the standard, $300 Nintendo Switch console, the touch screen is 6.2 inches. On the new Nintendo Switch Lite, the touch screen comes in at 5.5 inches.
Similarly, as seen above, the overall size of the Switch Lite’s body is shorter and skinnier than the standard Switch console.
3. The Joy-Con gamepads don’t detach from the Switch Lite.
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Another major selling point of the original Nintendo Switch console was its removable gamepads — the so-called "Joy-Con" controllers. A single Nintendo Switch console, with Joy-Cons, is a two-player standalone gaming system! Pretty incredible!
But the Nintendo Switch Lite is a handheld console, intended for a single person to use it as a handheld console. Thus, the Joy-Cons are built directly into the hardware.
Notably, you can pair various other Switch controllers to the Switch Lite — the Joy-Cons, for instance, or the Switch Pro Controller — which is handy if you still want to play multiplayer games like "Mario Kart 8 Deluxe" on the itty-bitty screen.
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Source: Business Insider – feedback@businessinsider.com (Ben Gilbert)