Anytime, anywhere, with anyone!
Nintendo Switch,
with 3 different play modes
3 Play Modes Nintendo Switch: Play Mode
Nintendo Switch is a console that can transform to suit your situation.
Play the way you want, anytime and anywhere.
TV Mode
Enjoy games on the big screen
Connect the Nintendo Switch dock to a TV, sit your console in it, and enjoy gaming on the big screen.
Tabletop Mode
Share your screen
Flip the stand, detach the controllers, and enjoy some two-player fun when there's no TV in sight! Be it cooperative or versus play, share the joy!
Handheld Mode
With a big and beautiful display you can carry around with you.
Enjoy some solo gaming while you're out and about, or get together to do battle with or against your friends.
Joy-Con
The Nintendo Switch Controller
The Nintendo Switch console comes with a pair of Joy-Con controllers.They can be held vertically or horizontally, or even with one in either hand, for a variety of play styles.
Share the fun
Hand one of the two Joy-Con controllers to a friend and you can play with or against another player anytime, anywhere.
Bring consoles together to connect.
Both Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch Lite can be brought together with local wireless play to connect up to 8 nearby consoles for cooperative or versus play in games such as Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Splatoon 2.
Specs
Nintendo Switch™ Console
Size
102 mm tall x 239 mm wide x 13.9mm thick (with Joy-Con attached*)
* Measuring from the tip of the analogue stick to the top surface of the ZL/ZR Buttons, the thickness is 28.4 mm.
Weight
Approx. 297 g
(Approx. 398 g with Joy-Con controllers attached)
Display
Capacitive touch screen / 6.2 inch LCD / 1280x720 pixels
CPU/GPU
NVIDIA customised Tegra processor
System memory
32GB
* The space available for save data excludes the amount reserved for system files.
Communication features
Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac compatible) / Bluetooth 4.1
(When in TV Mode, commercially available LAN adapters can also be used for wired LAN connections.)
Video output
Up to 1920x1080 pixels, 60 fps
* In TV Mode, output is via the HDMI cable.
When in Tabletop or Handheld Mode, the maximum video output resolution is 1280x720 pixels in line with the screen resolution.
Audio output
5.1 ch linear PCM
In TV Mode, output is via the HDMI cable.
Speakers
Stereo
Buttons
POWER Button / Volume buttons
USB connector
USB Type-C™ connector
Used to charge the console or connect to the Nintendo Switch dock.
Audio jack
3.5 mm 4 pole stereo mini plug (CTIA standard)
* Nintendo cannot guarantee that all products will be compatible.
Game card slot
For Nintendo Switch game cards only
microSD card slot
Supporting microSD, microSDHC and microSDXC memory cards
* In order to use microSDXC memory cards, a console update must be downloaded over the Internet.
Sensors
Accelerometer / Gyroscope / Brightness sensor
Operating environment
Temperature: 5 - 35℃ / Humidity: 20 - 80%