Nintendo has announced that it has revised the Nintendo Switch system to incorporate a larger battery for longer playtime. You’ll be able to purchase this edition towards the end of August in North America and early September in Europe. There will also be new Joy-Con colours which you can see in the tweet below.
This new model – still just named Nintendo Switch – will boast anywhere from 4.5 to nine hours of battery depending on the game you play. For Zelda: Breath of the Wild, you’ll get 5.5 hours play. That compares to just 2.5 to 6.5 hours of battery for the current standard Nintendo Switch model (about three hours for Zelda)
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Argh been waiting for a while for new joy con colours but why did they have to stick a neon yellow with that blue one!? I already have two of those. I love the purple and orange though
Sometimes they sell them seperate with the same color I know my stores sell all the joycons mix and matched, picking up the blue tho
You have to order from japan if you want the matching left/right joycons
That looks like a different shade of blue than the other one that’s currently available- it’s much darker.
The neon purple and neon orange look great, but I would like that blue one without the neon yellow.
So this is selling for the same price, correct? I swear if there are and “new” switch only games I will self destruct. Joy cons look sick though.
Its the same the only difference is battery life is longer
and what if there’s a permadeathgame coming that’s 8 hours long and has no pause/sleep/save option???
Well I would like the better battery life but ill hold on to the hopes of a switch pro.
I think your hopes are gonna be diminished because I think this extra battery life is the “switch pro” that was datamined to be the hardware upgrade that people have rumored about.
My current switch is perfectly fine either way, so it won’t make a difference if they don’t release one.
Controllers: want
New switch: no point
I think I’m going to get the switch lite and use it as my portable indie machine and use my current switch for the bigger games.
Bring on the advanced switch pro though, preferably for Metroid prime 4.
I could swear Nintendo promoted the original Switch with 3.5 hours of battery life.
Wonder if you can just swap the battery out ? Also wonder if the joycons are improved as far as the joysticks are concerned? I like those “Halloween” colored ones 😋
Probably not. It’s likely more than just a battery upgrade. I suspect this “new” Switch is using the same guts as the Switch Lite, which is more efficient (newer/smaller parts that use less energy).
the new SOC is probably a die shrink and optimized more. Smaller = less energy used,
I still want gold Joycons with a D-pad.
And getting gold custom made Joycons is too expensive.
They need to start selling these damn Joy-Con colors separately so someone like me can get a green one now & then a purple one later when it releases. Nintendo needs to update their online store to let people mix & match the colors to their liking instead of only selling default paired colors. I’ll even pay a 5 dollar increase if they want to be assholes & charge extra for letting people mix & match them to their liking. Otherwise, the only way to get the colors you want is to either buy them used if they are sold separately or buy the set, sell the color you don’t want back to the store, & then buy the other set, keep the color you want, & sell the other one back to the store. The latter is a waste of money as you end up losing more money than you get if you don’t want the hassle of selling them separately on eBay.
Unless someone here has an alternative that I’m not thinking of…
If you want a green joy con your cheapest alternative would be to get the mario party bundle for $99 and then sell the game for $60 NIB on ebay.
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Dbrand do some pretty good skins if you got a steady hand for application and they are really good.
I’ve been looking at getting a fourth pair of Joys- think I’ll go for that neon orange and neon purple pair.