Nintendo hosted their first presentation for the Nintendo Switch, and they revealed some details and games for the upcoming handheld/console hybrid. March 3rd is when the system launches, and it'll cost you $299 in the US, and come with the system, dock, two Joy-Con controllers, dock, Joy-Con Grip, AC adapter, HDMI cable, and wrist straps. The wrist straps will include larger shoulder buttons for the controllers when using them independently for multiplayer mode. Also, the controller feature NFC, and a variety of motion sensors and advanced vibration motors that can simulate, say, shaking a glass with ice in it. And there's an interesting object detection functionality with the Joy-Con controllers that could come into play.

Nintendo revealed that the Switch will have a capacitive touchscreen (unlike the resistive touchscreen all previous touch-enabled Nintendo devices have had), though they didn't show off many games that will support the touchscreen, so how mobile-related it is remains to be seen. At least it'll have a USB-C port! Battery life will have a wild range, from 2.5 to 6.5 hours ? a game like Zelda is expected to get 3 hours of battery life. The games they showed off included Super Mario Odyssey, taking place in the open world "New Donk City." A wacky fighting game using the Joy-Con called ARMS was demoed. That's expected this hiliday season Splatoon 2 was demoed for summer release, as was a Fire Emblem Warriors game, a new Shin Megami Tensei, Xenoblad...