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The Nintendo Switch Lite.
- Nintendo plans to release a new version of its wildly popular $4 console this September.
- The new version of the Switch is called the Nintendo Switch Lite, and it costs just $200 - but that's because it's a slightly more limited version of the current Switch.
- Instead of operating as both a handheld and a home game console, the Switch Lite is a dedicated portable console. It's also missing a few of the bells and whistles in the current Switch console's gamepads.
- $4
Nintendo plans to release a new version of its wildly popular $4 console on September 20, and it's just $200 - a $100 price reduction from the existing Switch.
Nintendo announced the new console on Wednesday morning $4.
The new version of the Switch, which Nintendo calls the Nintendo Switch Lite, is a dedicated portable console. It can't be connected to a TV, like the current Switch, and its controllers cannot be detached.
It comes in three colors: Yellow, grey, and turquoise.
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More than just a less expensive version of the Switch, the Switch Lite is intended to replace Nintendo's 3DS as the go-to portable game console from Nintendo.
It runs all existing Nintendo Switch games - as long as the game functions in "handheld mode," which the vast majority of Switch games support.
There are some more subtle differences between the Switch Lite and the standard Switch: The d-pad is a cross instead of buttons, the Joy-Con controllers are attached, and the screen is a bit smaller.
Check out the full introduction video for the Switch Lite right here: