Nintendo Switch Reveal: 10 Things We Learned

10. Releases March 3rd With Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild

So rumours-be-damned: it's not going to be March 17th, 24th or even 31st. The release date for the Nintendo Switch is Friday 3rd March, 2017.

This is slightly surprising, but at least gives fans worldwide a relatively short wait between the deluge of information from now and the 50 days leading to release.

Two headlining games were given a 3/3/17 release date too: 1-2 Switch, a new party game with mini-games reminiscent of WarioWare, and of course, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

There are plenty of other games coming, but many had release "window" dates like Summer 2017 or Holiday 2017. A bit of a shame but hopefully the eShop might keep some players busy in the meantime.

The price is $299.99 in the US which has been confirmed by UK retailer GAME to be £279.99 for the UK market. Hopefully the price will not exceed €300 as this may put off many gamers who do not see the value in it.