Wednesday 26 October 2016

Nintendo Switch’s next big reveal will be livestreamed on January 12

(credit: Nintendo of America)

As expected, last week's official reveal of the Nintendo Switch game system both answered questions and created new ones. That was followed this week by an announcement of the next announcement: the Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017.

This will take place, as you might expect, next year—as in, on January 12. Both the company's Japanese and American arms made announcements via Twitter on Thursday, so we expect that the livestream will occur simultaneously in multiple languages, much like the company has done for its Nintendo Direct YouTube events in recent years. The Japanese notice mentions a formal Switch event taking place in Tokyo on January 14 and 15, as well.

Curiously, Nintendo described the Switch in this Wednesday night announcement as its "new home gaming system," in spite of its August 20 reveal video revolving very loudly around its portability. In that peppy, millennial-loaded advert, young people were seen satisfying their Switch gaming addiction while attending parties, walking dogs, and taking a halftime break at a pick-up basketball game.

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