Switch's portability was a day one concept but the 3DS is safe, says Nintendo

One big feature of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Nintendo Switch is its ability to go from being a home-bound console to a portable one. Heck, that's why it's called the Switch - it switches! But longtime Nintendo executive and prod🌺ucer on the Legend of Zelda series Eiji Aonuma re🦋cently told Edge magazine that while the idea of a hybrid console was there from day one, there was another motivation behind the Switch's design: sharing.

"A handheld system is quite a personal thing," Aonuma said. "Handhelds naturally lend themselves to single-player. We wanted Switch to be about sharing: you can take not just the single-player experience out of the living room, but the multiplayer experience as well. That’s really important for us, and something we’ve wanted to achieve [for a long tim💙e]."

In fact, when asked what Aonuma thinks is the most important feature of the system, he pointed to the kickstand and tabletop mode, explaining that it lets 𒆙you set🍃 up a local multiplayer experience wherever you are.

And those of you worried about the future of your 3DS, don't fret just yet. "The concept of the Switch is that you have a home console that you can take with you 🍌on the go, and in that respect it is both home console and handheld, but it doesn’t mean for us♌ that the concept of a dedicated handheld will just disappear," Aonuma said. "Nintendo 3DS still has plenty of titles in development."

Read more about the Nintendo Switch and all its games in the latest issue of Edge magazine, on sale now. Buy .

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