The new Nintendo Switch Lite has been out for a few weeks now, it being the newest handheld console to hit the market. While it might have the Switch name the Lite is arguably more of a successor to the massively popular DS line-up of handhelds.The biggest and most important is that the Switch Lite can’t be docked, meaning it cannot be hooked up to a TV or monitor in order to play games on a big screen like its big brother can. In fact, it doesn’t have any form of external output capability.The screen is also smaller. On the regular Switch the handheld mode offers a 6.2-inch touch-screen display with a 720p resolution. The Switch Lite drops the display size down to 5.5-inches for a smaller form factor, but you do still get the same 720p resolution which means the Switch Lite actually has a slightly sharper screen. It’s not a huge difference but it helps combat the fact that on the smaller display text can sometimes be tricky to read in-games. Luckily just like the regular Switch the Switch Lite has a zoom function built in. Touch-screen functionality is also presentAs for the controls they can’t be detached from the console itself. On the Lite they are firmly built into the device, which should offer a little more durability and far less chance of a Joy Con getting accidentally lost. You can, however, still buy Joy Cons and connect them wirelessly to the Switch Lite in order to enjoy local multiplayer in certain games, although I’m not sure the 5.5-inch screen is very appealing in that regard..
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AuthorTyrell CategoriesArchives
May 2022
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