Is the Nintendo Switch Lite A Miss? Several Key Features Left out! We Discuss What We know So Far!

In this video, we discuss the newly announced Nintendo Switch Lite, the follow-up and more portable version of the Nintendo Switch

Rumored for many months, Nintendo finally unveiled the Nintendo Switch Lite on July 10th, 2019. To very little surprise, the system draws inspiration from its larger counterpart, however, the emphasis on a portable gaming device can definitely be seen.

The Nintendo Switch Lite will be available in three different colors, yellow, gray, and an aquamarine blue. The face of all three units feature white buttons and control inputs, including the d-pad and the analog sticks. I'm somewhat concerned that these buttons may become dirt magnets due to their color, but time will tell.

Gone are the removable Joy Cons, replaced with a pair of permanently mounted units. Additionally, what you would think of it as the left Joy Conhas a more traditional d-pad in lieu of the original’s up-down-left-right buttons. Overall the controls look fairly well thought out and optimized for the new portable emphasis

Perhaps one of the biggest shockers is the fact that the Switch Lite cannot be docked & connected to a TV. Since it cannot go from handheld to TV mode can it really be classified as a Switch? We’ll have to have that philosophical argument at a later point.

Other features have been removed from the system, most notably and the Joy Cons themselves. The IR camera is no longer integrated into the right Joy Con, no big deal to me. However, two features I feel very significant in their absence are the elimination of HD Rumble and gyro controls. Both of these features have been stripped from the system, again in an effort to reduce the size and costs.

I don't know if I'm going to order a Switch Lite at this point. I feel obligated to do a review on it, and I'm really interested to see if there is a way that I can use some of the third-party smaller docs with it. I'm also willing to admit that I could be wrong on the Switch Lite. For me, however, if I was in the market for Switch there is not enough of a difference in value, or savings for that matter, to make me want to purchase a Switch Lite over an original Switch. We will see however in September 2019.

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The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of fair use if such finding is made upon consideration of all the above factors.
(Pub. L. 94–553, title I, § 101, Oct. 19, 1976, 90 Stat. 2546; Pub. L. 101–650, title VI, § 607, Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5132; Pub. L. 102–492, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3145.)

The footage used in this review are used under the Fair Use laws, referenced below:

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/107

Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include—

(1) the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;
(2) the nature of the copyrighted work;
(3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
(4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.

The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of fair use if such finding is made upon consideration of all the above factors.
(Pub. L. 94–553, title I, § 101, Oct. 19, 1976, 90 Stat. 2546; Pub. L. 101–650, title VI, § 607, Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5132; Pub. L. 102–492, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3145.)