10 Years After The Switch 1 Reveal, I Still Haven’t Played A Game At A Rooftop Party

It's now been a full decade since Nintendo announced the first Switch, which is almost hard to believe, given how fresh that reveal trailer still feels in our heads. Heaps of hype and a lack of information from Nintendo about its Wii U successor, codenamed "NX," led to the company's fanbase becoming increasingly restless. Reports and rumors pointed to the NX as a console-handheld hybrid , but Nintendo didn't fully unveil the Switch until October 20, 2016 (an announcement preluded by a photo of Mario being a creep ). The three-and-a-half-minute video made it clear how Nintendo wanted players to interact with the Switch, showing several scenarios where people take their games on the go.