A new Nintendo leak has revealed a massive Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch Lite feature that was inexplicably cut short before the first debuted in 2017. of the console, including the original design, which is nothing like the final product. In addition to revealing the console’s original design, the documents reveal that the plan was to add 3D video support to ensure that the console is backward compatible with the Nintendo 3DS.
It’s not entirely clear whether Nintendo intended to provide universal backward support, and it’s unclear why this feature was dropped, but the document shows that many of Nintendo’s early plans for the Switch were either cut short before they were released or modified.
For example, while the Nintendo Switch ended up having a 720p screen, the plan in 2014 was for the screen to be only 480p. Again, it’s unclear why Nintendo changed its mind on this, but it’s a good thing it did.
Meanwhile, Nintendo, perhaps hooked on 3DS’s backward compatibility, hadn’t yet decided whether the Switch would have one or two screens. Of course, it’s quite possible that 480p was on the table to facilitate the possibility of two screens.
At the moment none of these details have been validated by Nintendo. In other words, while the documents leave little room for doubt, they and the information they reveal should be taken with a grain of salt. That said, if Nintendo makes a comment regarding the leak, we’ll be sure to update the story accordingly.
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