s the Nintendo Switch Worth It? #Helpful Post

hey guys this is Austin is the Nintendo

switch worth it so Nintendo hooked us up

with one of the very first switches so

I'm curious to see what we actually get

in the box so inside we immediately get

the actual switch console itself now as

you can see without the joy cons this

looks exactly like a tiny tablets

machine not even much bigger than like a

phone so for size comparison this is the

switch next to an iPhone 7 plus you know

this actually might even fit in a pocket

oh yeah but of course we do need to add

the controller's which are right here so

these are the joy con controllers so the

way they work is they just slide onto a

rail and that's it

so once we add both of them the switch

definitely gets a little bit bigger but

it's a lot smaller than the Wii U

gamepad so inside we actually get quite

a few accessories starting with a full

size HDMI cable so it's actually got a

standard USB C cable so the cool things

about the switch is that if we just plug

it in here we should be able to charge

it but you can also use that USB C to

drop it on the dock or in fact you could

probably even use something like a

battery bank to charge the switch while

you're on the go we also have the joy

con grip so if you want to use the joy

con by itself you can just slide this

guy on and it gives you better access to

the top button and of course a very very

secure and safe strap this is what

safety looks like by the way there also

is the joy card grip so in addition to

be able to use them individually or with

a switch you can also snap them in here

so if we slide the second joy con on

this is pretty similar to what you would

find with a standard console controller

but the cool part is not only can you

use it like this but we can just pop the

kickstand out on the switch you can

imagine that you have yourself a nice

little portable gaming setup so we've

got ourselves a tiny little bit of

paperwork so good job on not including

an enormous user manual and what I

assume is the actual dock for the switch

so what this guy will do is not only

power the switch but it also will give

you HDMI out to a TV so if we pop open

this door here you'll see this port for

the AC adapter there's USB 3 port as

well as HDMI out and on the side there's

also a pair of USB ports here so what's

cool about this is that it all runs off

of the single USBC port on the bottom of

the switch so when you dock the switch

it pretty much just rests in place so it

doesn't take a whole lot of force to

pick it up and when you're ready to

actually gain

in portable mode you can just slide your

joy cons on and finish like that you

have the full switch experience so even

with the joy cons attach the switch is

still pretty small there's actually a

lot going on here on top there's the

power button and the volume rocker you

have the exhaust as well as a headphone

jack and the slot for the game cards

speaking of games we have The Legend of

Zelda breath of the wild so if you pop

it open you'll see that the switch carts

themselves are pretty tiny

so not only are switch games smaller

than the 3ds cards but they're even

smaller than an SD card on bottom of the

switch there's not much you have that

USB C port for charging as well as

connecting to the dock and around back

you have the kickstand as well as hiding

behind that is the micro SD card slot

that's slots going to be important as

the switch itself only ships with 32

gigabytes of storage so in theory you

can put up to a 2 terabyte micro SD in

here but realistically right now you're

maxing out at around 256 gigabytes which

should still be a fair bit of storage

for the switch even though they look the

same the Droid : controllers are

actually different so the right one has

the X Y a B buttons up top and it has

the stick on bottom and on the very

bottom of the controller there's an IR

sensor take a look at the second joy con

and you'll see the analog stick is on

the top so when you're using them

separately or together in the actual

grip you'll find that the sticks are

actually offset which feels much more

like an Xbox controller than something

like the ps4 the first thing that jumps

out to me is that the interface on the

switch looks so much better than the Wii

U so not only do we have a capacitive

touch screen which makes things feel a

lot better but everything just looks

clean it looks a lot less cartoony than

previous Nintendo consoles so all the

switch has 32 gigs of storage at the box

you only have 25 point 9 gigs of free

space now with the console like this I

do feel like I would probably be buying

more physical games than digital if

you're planning on that you really

should look into a microSD card since we

got the switch early we're missing some

major features such as the eShop but

that will be coming in a day one update

when the console launches on Friday so

what we can't test everything right now

what we can do is play some games one of

my favorite parts of the switch is just

how seamless it is so right now I can be

playing on the normal handheld mode but

if I drop it on to the dock you'll see

it almost immediately will come right

over to the TV so you can imagine that

you play on the TV for a few minutes

whatever the case is and when you're

done you pick the switch right up is

back on the display out of all the moods

for the switch my favorite might just be

handheld so this is the switch by itself

with the joy Kahn's attached and it

feels good so one of the biggest

differences here is when you actually

compare it to the Wii U gamepad so from

the front they look about the same but

when you compare the thickness

especially it is a huge difference and

of course keep in mind that the Wii U

gamepad had to be tethered to a full Wii

U console whereas with the switch sure

there's a dock but you don't need that

at all you can absolutely take this on

the go no problem you can also use the

kickstand so if I pop off the joy cons

all I need to do is kick the kickstand

out and I can set it down so the cool

part about this is that you're really

not losing any controls and honestly I

kind of liked the idea of having full

freedom and I have to kind of keep my

hands nice and tight boy problem is the

kickstand isn't hot the greatest it

works fine on a table like this if you

try to set it down on something uneven

like a couch it's gonna immediately fall

over so some reviewers have had issues

with the left joy condi syncing from

their switch however I haven't had any

issues Nelly has been really reliable

but being able to drop them on and take

them off it's all been super seamless so

far the joy cards really are one my

favorite parts of the switch it's so

nice to be able just drop it on the dock

slide the controller's off not only can

I use these guys separately if I want

more of a console experience I can slide

them onto the grip accessory and play it

like this the grip controller is decent

but I feel like my hands are slightly

too close together honestly my favorite

way of playing on the TV is really just

using the joi cons by themselves it's

nice and comfortable and especially when

you look at this as a full package

Nintendo has done a really good job

there are a lot of moving pieces here

with the removable controllers and the

dock and everything but it does

completely work seamlessly together

interestingly the switch has two

different performance modes so you're

playing handheld on battery it runs at a

lower clock speed but when you drop it

on the dock it over doubles the

performance now the main reason for that

is that while this has a 720p screen

when you connect it to a TV you can run

it up to 1080p now while some people

have complained that 720p seems like

it's kind of low

honestly this screen looks fine and I

would much rather have better battery

life and better performance with the

slightly lower res screen then something

that's more high-end but completely

kills the battery life speaking of the

switch is rocking a 4310 milliamp hour

battery now that's decent but it's not

that much bigger than most smartphones

Nintendo says that you should expect

about three hours on a charge when

you're playing an

game like Zelda and am i testing that

sounds about right it's decent but

nothing spectacular so there are a

couple of ways of charging the switch by

far the easiest is to just drop it on

the dock not only will that give you the

TV out there also will charge not only

the console but also the joique on

controllers however since it's got a USB

C port you have other options such as

using something like the MacBook Pro

charger now you can also use battery

banks but you do need to be careful as

they will supply enough power

however because of that USB C port you

have a lot of options for topping this

guy off the Nintendo switch is hands

down the most powerful portable console

ever now yes some might call it a little

bit gimmicky but honestly it works and

it works really well sure there might

not be a ton of games at launch however

when you consider just how cool and

unique this thing is it is absolutely

worth it so what do you guys think about

the switch let me know in the comments

below and I will catch you on the next

one