The Nintendo Switch Lite is a handheld game console by Nintendo. It was released on September 20, 2019, as a lower-cost, handheld-only version of the Nintendo Switch. It plays most of the same games as the original Switch and comes in several colors.

The Switch Lite is a single, handheld-only unit, integrating buttons and control sticks into the main unit’s hardware instead of Joy-Con controllers, and uses a smaller 5.5" (14 cm) screen. Because of the integrated controls, the Switch Lite is generally limited to games that can be played in handheld mode; while most games in the Nintendo Switch’s library are compatible.

The Switch Lite normally only supports games that can be played in handheld mode, retaining features like the Switch’s gyroscopic sensors, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and NFC compatibility. The system does not support any docking or connectivity to a television and is thus incompatible with games that require television mode.

While the console itself is pretty nice and sturdy and has a great feeling, it’s crippled by Nintendo execs’ greed. The lack of apps (except Netflix) for movie or music streaming or for anything else for the matter, or a web browser make it pretty useless. Moreover, because most games are either pure trash or thought for the big Switch to be played on TV and cost 60-80 euro, this console is either for die-hard Nintendo fans, or for people that already have a big Switch and want it as a backup machine. Otherwise, it’s e-waste.

The only redeeming quality of the switch is that you can pay like 20 euros per year and have access to the official Nintendo library of old games (NES, SNES, N64) to emulate and play on the go. But between this and some youtube watching, it’s not getting a lot of up time.