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Re:Nintendo Switch review: pure potential by jwcooper on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @11:06AM (#13764816)
I think you're over-selling the Wii U. I was originally excited by the Wii U portability, but the range that the gamepad can go from the console is incredibly short.

My office is 20 feet away from the console (through two walls), and I can't use the gamepad reliably. That's hardly portable. It doesn't work anywhere in the house other than in the adjacent room.

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Re:Nintendo Switch review: pure potential by Navarr on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @11:13AM (#13764890)
Well, I wasn't trying to over-sell the Wii U - but it was definitely a Prototype for the Switch - that's practically undeniable. Especially when you look at the Wii U prototype [1]

Range on the Wii U is terrible, and the Switch is an "incremental improvement" in that regard :p

Battery life between the two is about the same, with the Switch gaining range

[1]: http://nintendotoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/slide002...

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