Nintendo Switch Release Date, Price, and Battery Life Revealed

<p>Nintendo has finally revealed more details about their highly coveted and mysterious new console&comma; the Nintendo Switch&period; Thankfully&comma; we don&&num;8217&semi;t have to wait too long to get our hands on this exciting new hardware&period; The Nintendo Switch will be released worldwide on March 3&comma; 2017&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The presentation went on to answer several other questions fans have been asking since the original Switch reveal in October&period; The console will be &dollar;299&period;99 USD at launch&comma; which is slightly higher than the rumored &dollar;249&period;99 that was circling around&period; The battery life will range from 2&period;5 to 6 hours depending on the game and settings used while playing on-the-go&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Finally&comma; Nintendo also announced a change to their region-locking business model&period; Typically&comma; Nintendo&&num;8217&semi;s consoles are always region-locked&comma; which stops fans from importing games from other countries&period; Thankfully&comma; Nintendo has abandoned this business model&comma; so fans can import any games they want for their Switch console&period; This is a welcome change that will definitely encourage sales of imported titles and maybe increase games made in other markets&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;116951" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-116951" style&equals;"width&colon; 1920px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-116951" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;01&sol;12235840&sol;C2BoUoUUoAAJAcs&period;jpg" alt&equals;"&lpar;Nintendo Switch&comma; Nintendo&rpar;" width&equals;"1920" height&equals;"1080" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-116951" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;Nintendo Switch&comma; Nintendo&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Two versions of the console will be released&colon; one with black Joy-con controllers&comma; and one with a neon blue and neon red Joy-con controller&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Stay tuned to BagoGames for more information on the Nintendo Switch as information is released&period; We&&num;8217&semi;ll be updating with all sorts of news regarding the Joy-con controllers&comma; Nintendo&&num;8217&semi;s new network plan&comma; and the games planned for the highly anticipated follow up to the Wii U&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; Nintendo Switch Press Conference<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;