Nintendo Switch Lite Officially Announced
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Rusolando-Kun
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But Lite doesn't have joycons. : o So, they can't possibly have any issues if they're not there in the first place! :3
Not that I've seen anyone or had any issues with joy-cons myself... c_c
I want one! Now, should I pay three times the price to have it imported or should I literally travel to the US myself and buy it for 200 dollars? That's the hard part 
Ably.Saucey
Count your Many Blessings
I want one! Now, should I pay three times the price to have it imported or should I literally travel to the US myself and buy it for 200 dollars? That's the hard part
could you buy from the us and have it drop shipped?
Halloqueen
Senior Member
Hope everyone who is interested in this enjoys it. Personally not interested since I only ever play mine docked and usually with either the GameCube controller or the Pro controller. Nice price point at least.
Shellzilla_515
F1 fan who loves onions
For me, I'm not getting it as I already have a switch. It's only playable in portable mode and I play on the tv docked half of the time. However, the price is generous in my opinion by having to sacrifice some features in which I understand. I feel bad for younger kids asking for a switch on their birthday only to get the lite version. They're going to miss out a lot of things from the original hybrid console.
I might get one eventually, maybe the Pokemon Edition (if it becomes available). I don't exactly need this lol. I still have a few units here that are still unopened and I play docked, like 99% of the time. I might consider playing handheld when New Horizon comes out (the NS Lite looks comfortable), so maybe when that time comes.
But the problem is the little flap on the bottom which through time gets dust. That is what causes the joy cons to start drifting. There's a temporary fix but it will never fix them permanently. People even have issues on the pro controller. I purchased one during the fathers day sale and it doesn't even have that little flap thingy. I was like you serious??? But this is so common every day on the nintendo switch reddit there's always posts about drifting its no joke.
Rusolando-Kun
♥Tsuyoku Naritai!!♥
To be honest, I'm clueless on this and I don't even know where the flap is located, but shouldn't it be possible to remove the dust? Switch has screws on joycons and the system, so you can always unscrew the panels and use something like compressed air to get the dust out.
I cover my Switch with a little cloth when it's not doing anything, so it wouldn't get some extra dust... so far I've had it for a year and I wouldn't say I've had any problems, and my place gets dusty very easily. Half a day passes and I already see dust, uh. =/
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Honestly, don't worry about it too much. It's tech and sooner or later it will break. There's nothing that will make it 100% safe. I've talked to some people who had their Wii console break even though they were taking good care of it, and it broke suddenly out of nowhere. It happens with tech - some people might never have any problems, others have them. Even buying a new Switch won't be that difficult since, again, it will go down in price in a year, then a bit more the next year and so on.
DubiousDelphine
Jingle turned me into a carton of milk! Help!
Wait so you can't take out the joy cons on the Nintendo switch lite? Can you still connect other joycons?
Its right under the analog stick. Tbh I never noticed it until someone mentioned it. You can either use a qtip or toothpick to lift it and use compressed air or electric contact cleaner and yeah you can open the joycon and replace the analog stick if you're an expert on that area lol
My place also gets very dusty and sadly even if I have a case for my switch I got bad luck and ended up with drifted joy cons. Maybe usage also plays a part.? I use my switch 99% everyday.
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Nope. You will need joy cons for specific games like 1,2 switch, just dance and super mario party which don't support handheld. I don't think there's still any other type of info regarding extra joy con connections.
I would add to my previous sceptisicm:
The Switch lite is still big enough alongside having the analogue sticks pertruding that you'll still have to put it in a case and/or a bag to take it around with you...Just like the regular Switch.
The Switch lite, to me, is just seeming more and more pointless and a total downgrade from the Switch, the only benifit it has being a potentially better battery life and $100 off the price...Assuming you don't want to have 'loose' Joycons, then you may as well just get the regular Switch since that brings the price up to near $300 anyway.
Budget console? Yea, but if you're saving $200 for a console, I don't see why saving a little bit more would be so much of an issue unless you lack patience. I can't think of who I would recommend the lite to since it's just a worse version of the regular Switch in near every way without bringing anything significant to the table to make up for it.
The Switch lite is still big enough alongside having the analogue sticks pertruding that you'll still have to put it in a case and/or a bag to take it around with you...Just like the regular Switch.
The Switch lite, to me, is just seeming more and more pointless and a total downgrade from the Switch, the only benifit it has being a potentially better battery life and $100 off the price...Assuming you don't want to have 'loose' Joycons, then you may as well just get the regular Switch since that brings the price up to near $300 anyway.
Budget console? Yea, but if you're saving $200 for a console, I don't see why saving a little bit more would be so much of an issue unless you lack patience. I can't think of who I would recommend the lite to since it's just a worse version of the regular Switch in near every way without bringing anything significant to the table to make up for it.
SensaiGallade
✨ Étoile 2020 ✨
To me, the Lite is very clearly targeted for a more casual audience who prefers handheld play and doesn't care for the TV mode and/or doesn't need it. I think I would say it's a successor to the 3DS line, while retaining its part in the Switch Family, like how the Switch is the successor to the Wii U.
And yeah, while it might seem like a downgrade, this could ve perfect for people who are on the go all the time, or live in a budget, or don't care for the TV mode and prefer handheld, heck there are people who prefer playing handheld on the regular Switch.
Totally agree with this. Well said!
I get the intended target audience, but even with that in mind, I couldn't recommend somebody buy the Switch lite over a regular Switch when realistically you're just losing a lot of options as well as gaining a few potential issues for the sake of $100 and at best an inch of space ($100 obviously being a lot of money for some people, but if you've already managed to save $200 and can afford to spend that much on a gaming device, the extra $100 shouldn't be a deal breaker).
As I mentioned, it's also still going to be almost just as cumbersome to carry around as the regular Switch since it's still a big handheld with protruding parts like the analogue sticks, it's not suddenly small and compact able to fit in your pocket like the 3DS, so I can't see how the lite is going to be any more convenient in that sense for people who are out and about a lot such as myself. It would still require me to bring a carry case and/or backpack for it. I would just be getting a smaller screen in return for basically nothing.
In comparison with the 3DS/2DS: all you really lost was the 3D (a feature which people either loved or hated anyway) and a bit of portability. The main appeal was blatantly obvious: a price drop in return for the loss of a feature you probably knew you would want or not. The trade off was obvious, it wouldn't fit in your pocket...But at least the 3DS existed for if that was an issue.
The 2DS was something I would have legitimately considered if I didn't already have a 3DS/N3DS because it didn't just seem like a pointless downgrade. I don't see the scenario happening where 6 months down the line somebody is like "damn, I really wish I had the 3D now, I should have gotten a 3DS instead, I totally regret that decision"
Switch lite you're getting:
- A smaller console that's not really any more convenient to carry around than the regular Switch
- Losing the 'play anywhere' multiplayer
- Making it less convenient to repair/replace joycons if need be
- If you do want local multiplayer you're going to have to buy more controllers anyway bumping the price up to 'a regular Switch'
- If you do want local multiplayer you're forced to do it on a tiny tiny screen
- Losing the gyro controls by default (IIRC)
- Losing the HDR by default
- Losing the option to play certain games at all by default (apparently. You're at least going to have to shell out on separate joycons for a few games IF you want to play them)
- Losing the option to use a dock at all
- Thanks to Nintendo's god awful way of doing things it'll be friggin' awkward and tedious to transfer data between the lite and a regular Switch if you had the idea of "it would be neat to just have this one to take out with me and leave the other at home".
Whether those features apply to you or not isn't my point (I know I wouldn't care if I lost HD rumble...), but that's a hell of a lot you're losing with some of it definitely being features I can see people thinking "I wish I got a regular Switch because it would have been nice to use xxx feature right now".
Bearing in mind I've not used my Switch in docked mode (other than using it to charge the Switch) since I got it (about 12 months ago) for two of the reasons you stated: I'm barely home and whilst I don't necessarily prefer handheld mode, I don't have a preference for TV either. I don't think my Switch is even connected to my TV. The lite realistically isn't missing any of the features I use or see myself using, but it also totally removes the option for me to do so if I ever wanted to. I can't see a situation where I don't own a Switch and think the lite would be the option for me.
Don't get me wrong, I totally see the appeal of a 'handheld only' version of the Switch, but I just don't understand why instead of selling an almost entirely inferior product they instead don't sell the regular Switch on its own without the dock (like they already do in Japan) and sell docks separately both for if you decide later you want one and so people can more easily get a second/third/etc dock for their house.
Basically, the Switch lite already existed: it's called the Switch, just sell it without a dock.
Rusolando-Kun
♥Tsuyoku Naritai!!♥
Ah, so it's on the joycon?
As an option, you can always sell your joycons on Ebay, just mark it as "for parts or not working" and explain the issue in the description. I managed to get about 20$ for my Dualshock 4 which didn't work at all, but someone purchased it for parts. I'm sure you'll get more for the joycons since they're a bit more expensive.
And then you can use the money to buy the new ones. :3
Considering that you cannot do a hard wire (ethernet) connection for online play (from what we know so far), it definitely will not be the same experience for competitive players (not just in Smash, any game) unless you have a killer router (along with a good internet plan) that can do multiple gigabits per second (gbps). Even in LAN scenarios, the Switch Lite will not stack up since it lacks ethernet capability. This concern can be completely mute though if it is still possible to use an ethernet cable using a USB-A to USB-C adapter or a straight-up USB-C ethernet adapter.
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