Nintendo airs video of new game crossover product Switch

Nintendo on Thursday released the name and video image of its yet-to-be launched video game product called Switch. The product, to be launched next March, is aimed at breaking the boundary between portable and console games. It had been previously called by its code name NX. Users will be able to play Switch by connecting it to a TV, or using it as a portable gadget, like the Nintendo DS or Game Boy. Although details have yet to be announced, the three-minute video uploaded on Nintendo's corporate website at 11 p.m. Wednesday shows an actor playing the gaming system at home via TV, and converting it into a portable device by using a controller called the Joy-Con. When played without a TV screen, a user needs to attach two small controller pieces -- Joy-Con (R) and Joy-Con (L) -- on both sides of a hand-size monitor.