Basically, anything that requires you to detach the controllers is out. Some games won’t work with the Lite, such as mad cardboard invention laboratory Nintendo Labo and party grab-bag 1-2-Switch. Nintendo consoles are never the place to look for slick shooters or cutting-edge visuals, but nothing rivals their games for style, fun and creativity, and the Switch’s 2,500-strong game library includes Overwatch, Fortnite and Doom alongside the company’s own and a huge variety of indie games. It is a simple, purpose-built, attractive-looking games machine, and of course it comes with one of the more exciting and varied selections of games around. It is light enough to hold up for an hour or two without getting numb pinkies or tired hands, which makes up for the fact that there’s no kickstand to prop it comfortably on a plane tray-table while you play. The Lite looks like what I imagined a futuristic Game Boy might look like as a kid: understated pastel colours, a large screen (5.5in, a shade smaller than the standard model’s 6.2in) sandwiched between tastefully grey face buttons and sticks, a dinky D-pad that feels nicer to use than the directional buttons of the original Switch model. Luigi’s Mansion 3, one of this year’s titles available for Switch Lite.
