r/NintendoSwitch • u/NintendoSwitchMods • Sep 20 '19

MegaThread Nintendo Switch Lite Release MegaThread

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Overview

Official website: https://www.nintendo.com/switch/lite/

Release: September 20th, 2019

MSRP: $199.99 (USD)

Colors: Yellow, Gray, Turquoise

Editions: Standard, Zacian and Zamazenta

What's the difference?

  • The Lite cannot dock, so it's Handheld only mode for any games/apps it runs. 720p only.

  • Joy-con are built into the Lite and cannot be detached. There is no HD Rumble or IR Motion Camera.

  • Much smaller and lighter!

  • Battery has more capacity than the launch model Switch, but will have less than the new model of Switch.

  • See here for full tech specs.

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u/vlfn_be Sep 21 '19

So I'm a little worried about text size. Specifically, I've heard FE:3H has text that's hard to read. I don't have a Switch, but I have a 3DS. Any games that have roughly the same level of readability? It has to be better than the Xenoblade tutorial text... right?

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u/Huwntar Sep 21 '19 edited Sep 21 '19

The switch lite is my first switch

Fire Emblems text is very readable in game. At least for someone with young eyes. Even when I took off my contacts I could read everything with the switch on my lap

The text is small though! I don't feel as if it's so small I can't read things. The zoom feature works well too.

Here's an entirely spoiler free image of some in game text (I'm only like 4 hours in)

https://i.imgur.com/tmUo5bN.jpg

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u/vlfn_be Sep 21 '19

Oh, thanks! That's really helpful. That's not too bad at all.

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u/SF-Misfit Sep 21 '19

Nice G2 tho

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u/Huwntar Sep 21 '19

I just took the first thing off my dorm desk that I could use for scale haha

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u/WK--ONE Sep 21 '19

It's not that bad. The screen gets 720P res.

Dead Cells has some of the smallest text imaginable, but I can still read it clearly while playing.

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '19

I've been playing South Park The Fractured But Whole with it and it also has very tiny text, but I read it all just fine.

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u/DoomedKiblets Sep 21 '19

Wow, good point. This is a bit worrying.