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Nintendo’s having a Switch event in January

By Cheryl Wassenaar

The logo of Japanese gaming giant Nintendo and its game character Super Mario are displayed at a show room in Tokyo on September 8, 2016.Tokyo stocks slipped on the morning of September 8, as soft Japanese growth data left investors guessing about the chances of more central bank stimulus, but Nintendo soared on news of a Super Mario game tie-up with Apple. / AFP / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images)
The logo of Japanese gaming giant Nintendo and its game character Super Mario are displayed at a show room in Tokyo on September 8, 2016.Tokyo stocks slipped on the morning of September 8, as soft Japanese growth data left investors guessing about the chances of more central bank stimulus, but Nintendo soared on news of a Super Mario game tie-up with Apple. / AFP / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images) /
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Rather than put out more information now and have it be lost in the holiday shuffle, Nintendo will hold its fire until next January.

In the storm and fury over trying (and probably failing) to obtain an NES Classic Edition, you may very well have forgotten about Nintendo’s upcoming console. That would be the Nintendo Switch. Soon after its reveal trailer hit the Internet last month, news came that a January presentation would clear the air. Now Polygon has reported on some further details. Not only will there be a presentation, a private New York event will feature a physical Nintendo Switch.

The event will last five hours in New York City, according to the report. It will follow a streamed presentation which appears to be coming straight from Tokyo. (That’s the presentation we already knew about.) Polygon’s report emphasizes that the New York event will be private.

However, does anyone really expect there to not be a flood of stories detailing impressions of the Switch console after the event ends? That’s especially true considering its new features. Like its predecessors, the Wii and the Wii U, the Switch has what you may refer to as a gimmick.

In short, the Switch acts as both a home and handheld console. To get a better idea, you can check out the reveal trailer below:

According to both Polygon’s new report and previous reports, the presentation will include more detailed information on a release date and the all-important price point for the new console. Presumably, it’ll hover around the usual $250/$300 that the Wii and Wii U Basic Edition both started out at. Nintendo hasn’t played the raise console prices game too much, and it wouldn’t make much sense to start now. After all, it got burned somewhat on the 3DS, which started out at $250 and then had its price lowered within the year.

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The Nintendo Switch will hit store shelves next year. Now you can get back to trying to obtain an NES Classic and not worry about this until January, after you’ve finished The Legend of Zelda again.