{"id":114629,"date":"2017-01-13T10:00:44","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T08:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=114629"},"modified":"2017-01-13T08:36:07","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T06:36:07","slug":"nintendo-switch-release-date-and-pricing-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/nintendo\/114629-nintendo-switch-release-date-and-pricing-revealed","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Switch release date and pricing revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo has revealed the pricing and release date of its new Switch gaming console.<\/p>\n<p>The Nintendo Switch will launch worldwide on 3 March 2017 and is priced at $299.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0game collection\u00a0called 1-2 Switch will launch alongside the\u00a0console and will include various mini-games which show off the features of the Nintendo Switch\u2019s controllers.<\/p>\n<p>The Switch features two detachable controllers on either side of its portable display, and these controllers can be transferred to a more traditional controller mount when the console is connected to a TV.<\/p>\n<p>The battery life of the Nintendo Switch can range from 2-6 hours in its \u201cportable mode\u201d depending on which games it is running.<\/p>\n<p>Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild will release alongside the console on 3 March 2017.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gaming\/194510-nintendo-switch-release-date-and-pricing.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>MyBroadband<\/strong> <\/a>and is republished with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Now read:\u00a0<a title=\"Permalink to Elon Musk gives his video game recommendations\" href=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/114561-elon-musk-gives-his-video-game-recommendations.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Elon Musk gives his video game recommendations<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo has revealed the pricing and release date of its new Switch gaming console.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":108825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[22983],"class_list":["post-114629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nintendo","tag-nintendo-switch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114629"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114631,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114629\/revisions\/114631"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}