With the Nintendo Switch, Take Console Gaming Outside Your Home

The portable gaming console, to be launched in 2017, combines a portable handheld device with a dock to use at home.

Nintendo Switch will be launched in March 2017. (Photo Courtesy: YouTube/Nintendo)

Nintendo has announced a new gaming system that combines a portable handheld device with a dock to use at home.

Nintendo Switch will be launched in March. The gaming giant released a preview video of the console on Thursday.

The company says the Switch features a dock to connect the system to a TV. Users can lift the device from the dock and use it in portable mode as well.

You can use it on a plane too. (Photo Courtesy: YouTube/Nintendo)

The Switch comes with detachable controllers. It also features single and multiplayer capabilities. The company said price and availability of the Switch will be shared closer to the launch date.

You can even take the Nintendo Switch outdoors. (Photo Courtesy: YouTube/Nintendo)

(With inputs from AP )