information about how it looks, and how it can play games. There's a lot that Nintendo has left up to imaginations.
For a product
launching in less than six months, there's a lot we still don't know.
Update,
4:30p.m. PT: Updated
to reflect that Switch won't be backwards compatible with Wii U and 3DS titles.
At 10:00am, updated info on TV dock, bundles and Amiibo support.
How
much does it cost?
Nintendo
hasn't said anything yet. The Wii U cost $300 in the US when it debuted in
2012, and the Nintendo 3DS cost $250 when it debuted in 2011.
What
comes bundled with it, and what will be sold separately?
We're not
sure! Nintendo could open up a whole sliding scale of bundles with the Switch:
maybe there's a core tablet, separately-sold controllers and a dock. Or maybe
they come bundled for a slight discount. That could be where the Nintendo
Switch rides a sliding scale from affordable to expensive.
How large is
that display, and what's the resolution?
Nintendo's
official answer so far: "We have nothing to announce on this topic. We
will make additional announcements about the Nintendo Switch hardware later,
before the launch of the product."
In the video,
the Switch looks slightly larger than a PlayStation Vita, which has a 5-inch,
960x544-pixel resolution screen. The Wii U GamePad has a 6.2-inch, 854x480
screen. The Switch could ride somewhere in between -- but we'd expect 1,280x720
(720p) or 1,920x1,080 (1080p) resolution since the Switch also outputs to a TV,
where those resolutions are standard.Cnet
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