{"id":8901,"date":"2017-03-31T12:29:28","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T10:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/?p=8901"},"modified":"2026-02-26T18:21:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T16:21:12","slug":"nintendo-switch-hybrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/general\/nintendo-switch-hybrid\/","title":{"rendered":"Is The Nintendo Switch The Hybrid Console We All Need?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you take a back-step from technical details and evaluate the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.co.za\/index.html\">Switch<\/a> on its primary objective, <strong>to create a hybrid home and on-the-go console<\/strong>, then Nintendo has most certainly nailed it. The seventh generation console is smart, polished and easy to use, which is a major drawcard, especially with the excessive updates consoles, have to go through these days during setup. And while battery life is far from marathon levels, Nintendo has stated that the battery life will vary depending on the game being played. The Switch, however, sports a USB-C charging standard which is compatible with a wide range of portable charging units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>What\u2019s in the box?<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Switch console and dock<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2 Joy-Cons (including wrist straps)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HDMI cable<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AC adapter<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/whats-in-the-box.jpg\" alt=\"whats in the box\" class=\"wp-image-8903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/whats-in-the-box.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/whats-in-the-box-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/whats-in-the-box-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/whats-in-the-box-613x307.jpg 613w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/whats-in-the-box-840x420.jpg 840w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/whats-in-the-box-400x200.jpg 400w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/whats-in-the-box-60x30.jpg 60w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/whats-in-the-box-680x340.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Switch boasts the \u2018<em>wow<\/em>\u2019 factor that appeals to more players, and although the true potential is yet to be discovered due to the paucity of games available (Nintendo has promised a boatload in the near future), but from what we\u2019ve already seen the Switch is the hybrid console we <strong>ALL<\/strong> need!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f5uik5fgIaI\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you take a back-step from technical details and evaluate the Switch on its primary objective, to create a hybrid home and on-the-go console, then Nintendo has most certainly nailed it. The seventh generation console is smart, polished and easy to use, which is a major drawcard, especially with the excessive updates consoles, have to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":8908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Switch.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdAWxt-2jz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8901"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14204,"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8901\/revisions\/14204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}