Nintendo Switch: hands-on with the world's strangest games console

Some are calling this Nintendo's last chance. The veteran console manufacturer, creator of smash-hit games machines since the original Nintendo Entertainment System in 1983, suffered an ignoble commercial failure with its Wii U console. Announced last year, but revealed in full on Friday, the new Nintendo Switch machine has a lot to prove. Described as a hybrid system, it works as a traditional home console – plugging into your TV – but it can also be slid out of its dock and played on the go, via a built in screen. The concept is fascinating – merging the portable and home experiences into one product – but what about the practice?