Why the Nintendo Switch is the most innovative game console in years
For video game fans, the holidays can involve some compromise. They’re an opportunity to check in with friends, reunite with family, and take a much-needed break from the onslaught of work and the unrelenting news cycle. Yet traveling to a different time zone, or perhaps even a different country, also means putting down whatever games you’re playing and leaving them to collect dust for weeks. But this year is a bit different, because this year we have the Switch.
Nintendo’s new handheld-console hybrid, which the company first unveiled in October of last year and launched back in March, is a dream come true for hardcore fans and lapsed players alike: it’s a full-blown console that you can take with you, wherever you go. It’s the one...