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“ The Joy-Con controllers will be included alongside the Switch.

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"If a Nintendo Switch game supports amiibo then the Nintendo Switch home gaming system will as well," a Nintendo representative told IGN.Nintendo also clarified a couple more features of its newly unveiled Nintendo Switch console, including the function of the Nintendo Switch Dock seen in its announcement trailer, which you can watch below."The Nintendo Switch Dock has been created so that it is extremely easy to seamlessly switch from playing games on a TV to transition into a portable mode," a Nintendo representative told IGN.According to Nintendo, the Joy-Con controllers — named Joy-Con L and Joy-Con R — will be included alongside the Nintendo Switch system.When asked if the Nintendo Switch will have touchscreen support, Nintendo declined to comment."We will make additional announcements about the Nintendo Switch hardware later, before the launch of the product," Nintendo told IGN.

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