Nintendo pulls back curtain on “Switch”

Japanese video games giant Nintendo has offered a sneak preview of its hugely anticipated new “Switch” video games console

Preview video: Stills from trailer confirm rumours that console is hybrid system – playable on TV and as handheld device

Console works with TV...

or can be removed from base station and taken on road

Controllers snap on and off

Media: Games forego current trend of using Blu-ray disks, instead using tiny cartridges similar to those used in Nintendo’s current 3DS handheld system

Mario

Games: Releases for Switch include:
New Super Mario game (above)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Sources: Nintendo, wire agencies 

Pictures and game characters: © Nintendo