The Nintendo Switch Lite is a great, compact device for those who aren't a fan of (or simply never use) the original Switch's docked mode. The design is more comfortable for portable gaming than the Switch, while boasting the same performance.

Lighter and smaller; More portable; Nice selection of colors; Comfortable design

Limited to handheld games; Still not as comfortable as 3DS

The Switch Lite is kind of cute. Sat next to its bigger brother, it's more compact, and its unibody design has taken the playfulness of the Joy-Con colouring to heart with some attractive full-body colours. It's like a mini-Switch wearing a yellow, turquoise or grey onesie. It's cute!

Nice; more compact form; Fun console colours; Improved battery life over original Switch; A D-pad; Nice; more compact form; Fun console colours; Improved battery life over original Switch; A D-pad

Mushy D-pad won't satisfy fighting fans; No TV output; Loses some of that modular charm

It's an even-more-portable Switch that is the perfect commute companion. It might not be quite as feature packed as the original but the missing features are rarely missed and that D-pad makes a huge difference.

Let me preface this by saying: I realize that I’m not necessarily the target user for the original Nintendo Switch . First: I don’t own a TV, and haven’t since high school. Second: I travel all the time for this damn job.

I've always been a huge fan of the Nintendo Switch The handheld finally fulfilled my childhood dream of being able to take a video game console on the go and then dock it at home to play that same experience on a television.

Build quality is improved; $260 is a great price; Library of games is impressive

Can't be docked and played on a television; Battery life still isn't great; Screen is 720p

Before I dig into the Nintendo Switch Lite, Nintendo’s lovely portable-only revision of its original hybrid hardware , I’d like to answer the question that seems to follow this release like a buzzy little mosquito: Why does the Switch Lite even exist? The Switch is ... the Switch!

The Switch Lite is something that most of us probably assumed was inevitable. Nintendo loves to iterate on its consoles with new models – handhelds especially – so a hardware revision for the Switch is something that was bound to happen.

At $200; the Switch Lite is priced really well; More portable than the standard Switch; Good battery life despite smaller size

USB-C port placement can be annoying at times; No option to connect to an external display

The Nintendo Switch Lite offers bite-sized gameplay at an affordable price point, removing a lot of the fluff in the process. If you want to game on the go, the Switch Lite is the best way to do it today.

The Switch Lite is the best Nintendo handheld yet from a company with the greatest and most influential history of portable game systems, and that earns it our Editors' Choice. It just isn't a home game console, and you should keep that in mind when making your choice between the Switch Lite and the...

Smaller and lighter than the Switch in handheld mode, with the same gaming experience; Solid build; Direction pad

No TV output or vibration; Nintendo's cloud saves are still limited

Who would have believed it The Switch that cannot actually switch is an absolute triumph - a pared back rendition of the hardware that demonstrates quite spectacularly that beyond the hybrid console functionality that defined the system, this was always a handheld at its core - and a brilliant one...