Nintendo announced the first major new iteration of its hit Switch console, the Nintendo Switch Lite , earlier this week. With it came details of the Nintendo Switch Lite's price, color options, specs, and more. But the reveal also left us with plenty of questions about some of its technical capabilities.

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Nintendo Switch Lite Labo, Controller Support Questions

For Nintendo Labo: Robot Kit and Nintendo Labo: Vehicle Kit, consumers can play them by separately pairing Joy-Con controllers.

For Nintendo Labo: Variety Kit, the situation differs by Toy-Con.

For Nintendo Labo: VR Kit, Nintendo Switch Lite is not compatible with the VR Goggles, so it cannot be played.

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So we sent our answers along to Nintendo for clarification on whether the Joy-Con-less Nintendo Switch would still wirelessly support Joy-Con and Nintendo Switch Pro controllers, whether any alterations to the Switch OS would be made, and more.Read on for our questions, Nintendo's answers (provided by a Nintendo of America representative), and more of our analysis for what they might mean for Nintendo's upcoming console.(IGN's questions in bold, and the full text of Nintendo's answers are in italics.)"Purchases can be downloaded and played on multiple Nintendo Switch or Nintendo Switch Lite systems by linking your Nintendo Account. Please note there are some exceptions when playing and starting games based on your Nintendo Account’s designated primary and non-primary systems. More information can be found at [ official Nintendo page ]."You can send your game save data from one system to another using the Transfer Your Save Data feature (please see the following link for steps [ link here ], or you can download your game save data cloud backups (please see this link ) for supported games if you have a Nintendo Switch Online membership.""Users will need a USB Type A – Type C adaptor to use USB accessories. Nintendo recommends using officially licensed accessories."IGN already has a breakdown of the best Nintendo Switch Lite accessories to buy should you want to be prepared for the system's September launch."The Nintendo Switch Lite battery life has been slightly improved from Nintendo Switch, although battery life will continue to vary depending on how the system is used."As of now, it remains unclear whether the Switch Lite is using a different or improved battery, or simply the same battery as the original Switch. But players can seemingly expect better battery life, as Nintendo has previously said, with an expected 3 - 7 hour battery life depending on the game."Nintendo Switch Lite has 32GB of internal storage.""Nintendo Switch Lite has the same SD card storage as Nintendo Switch."While it seems Nintendo is only intending to launch one version of the Nintendo Switch when it comes to internal storage, you will be able to upgrade your storage capacity as you can with the Nintendo Switch."By wirelessly connecting Joy-Con controllers (not included), you can play Variety, Robot, and Vehicle Kits although it may differ from the intended play experience and some Toy-Cons are not fully compatible. The compatibility with Nintendo Labo differs by product:"The flagship Nintendo Switch system is recommended to play Nintendo Labo."Nintendo Labo will still be supported by the Switch Lite, but it's clear not all functionality will be available depending on each specific kit (and the availability of Joy-Cons in your setup). This follows suit with the fact that some Nintendo Switch games may have issues when played on Switch Lite "No.""Yes.""Yes, Joy-Con and Pro controllers can be paired with the system."It's good to see that the current suite of Nintendo Switch controllers will still work with the Switch Lite, even though the new system may not allow for Joy-Cons to be connected physically to the system. This should allow local multiplayer in Tabletop mode to run smoothly for most players who may already own Switch controllers. You just then won't be able to bring those experiences to a larger screen.

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