5 MUST BUY Nintendo Switch Accessories! #NintendoSwitch

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- You plan on picking
up a Nintendo Switch,

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you've pre-ordered a console
or you're waiting in line

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to get one at midnight,
but you don't know what

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else you need to buy.

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Of course you need some games,

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of course you need some accessories,

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but what specific accessories
should you pick up?

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What's up tech squad, Andru
Edwards here, editor-in-chief

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at GearLive.com, and today
I wanna tell you about my

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top five picks for the
accessories you need to pick up

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to go with your Nintendo Switch.

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Now remember, the Nintendo
Switch is both a home console,

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as you can see there,

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behind me I've got it on
a 75-inch, 4K display.

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But it's also an on-the-go console.

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So you can lift it out of the dock

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and take it with you on the go.

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And because of that fact,
there are a few things

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that you probably need

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to make owning a Switch even
better and more convenient.

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And by the way, if you're
interested in anything

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I mention in this video, I'm
gonna leave links to it all

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down in the description below
so you can find it easily,

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so you can pick one up for yourself.

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And before I jump into my recommendations

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I just want to remind you
guys we do have the big

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Nintendo Switch giveaway
happening right now.

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We're giving away a Nintendo Switch

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with a copy of the Legend of
Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

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Here's the best part.

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We're not just giving
you the Nintendo Switch.

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I mean, this thing's
amazing, it's awesome,

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retails for 300 bucks, 299,

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but it doesn't come with any games

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and we want to make sure
that if you get the Switch,

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you have something to play,

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so in addition to the Switch,

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Bam!

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Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

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This is gonna be probably
the best launch game

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for the Switch.

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I don't know even know
why I'm saying probably.

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It's a Legend of Zelda game,
it's been in development

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for five years.

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The Legend of Zelda is my
favorite game franchise

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of all time and we're gonna
throw that it into the

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prize package, so the winner
walks away with a brand new

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Nintendo Switch and a
copy of Legend of Zelda:

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Breath of the Wild.

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I will leave a link to the
giveaway in the description below

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and I'll also put a card
up here in the video

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to make it easy for you to find.

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Now let's kick off the list,
starting with my first pick,

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it's the Nintendo Switch pro controller.

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Now if you're trying to
pre-order one of these,

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I think they're sold out.

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They're pretty hard to
find, but that doesn't mean

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they won't be in stores on day one.

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So if you have a Walmart,
if you have a Target,

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a Best Buy, etc., by
you, go ahead and check

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and pick up the pro controller.

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The pro controller is
similar to the controllers

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that to you see on other
consoles, whether it's a

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Playstation Four, an Xbox One,

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or even the Wii U pro
controller from last generation.

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It's a more traditional
controller than the new Joy-Cons,

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so it's more comfortable to use
with more traditional games.

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It is a little pricey at 70
bucks, but there is a lot

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of technology packed into it.

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On the inside it does have
motion controls built in,

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it has HD Rumble, which
is that very, very precise

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rumble that the right Joy-Con
has, and it even has an

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NRC reader built in for
amiibo compatibility.

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With the perks of the pro
controller you also get

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a USB C to USB A charging
cable, and as a side note,

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I must say I'm loving how
Nintendo's adopted USB C

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to the fullest,

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with the Nintendo Switch,
both on the console

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and on the console accessories.

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Great job Nintendo.

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Alright, next up on the list, and this one

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is actually something you
might want to pay attention to,

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micro SD cards,

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or at least one large micro SD card.

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The Nintendo Switch ships
with 32 gigabytes of on-board

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storage and of that you only have access

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to about 26 gigabytes
of that out of the box.

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So the Switch itself takes
up six gigabytes of storage

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right off the bat.

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That's not a lot of storage

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to download games and in fact,

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there's even some launch
games that won't even fit

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on the storage of the Nintendo Switch.

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Now, of course you
could just by cartridges

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for everything, but if you ever do want

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to start downloading, you're
gonna want a micro SD card

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and luckily the Switch is
expandable through micro SD.

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So here I have micro SD cards
that I picked up from SanDisk.

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I prefer SanDisk, they're my
flash-memory storage of choice,

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whether it's in my camera or in my Switch,

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but you want to make sure
you get the right one.

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Now, again, you can see these
all have different speeds.

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This is 128 gigabytes, 80
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The next one is 128 gigabytes,

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95 megabytes-per-second speed.

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What I recommend you go for,
if you want fast load times,

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is go with these SanDisk
Extreme Plus UHS-1 card.

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That's the 128 gigabytes, 95
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If you're on a budget
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something cheaper, you can
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That's also 128 gigabytes,
so you get the same storage

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either way, it's just a little
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But again, remember the Switch
only has about 26 gigabytes

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of usable storage space.

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That's not a lot of space.

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So if you want to download
digital titles or digital

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goods, or apps, you're
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micro SD card in the Switch,
and by the way, you insert

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that micro SD card right
under the kickstand.

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Alright, onto the next accessory.

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Next thing you should buy is

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amiibo itself.

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This right here is the Link Archer amiibo.

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This is Link from Legend of
Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

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Now, if you're curious why you might want

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something like this,
they're not just toys,

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they're not just collectable
figures, they actually

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work in the games and this
time, Nintendo's actually

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expanded the way amiibo
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On the Wii U there was
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it was on the Wii U game pad
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one of those, so only
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or you had to share.

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With the Switch, every right
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on it, as does every
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which is the item I just
talked about a minute ago.

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Legend of Zelda: Breath
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the biggest launch game for
the Switch and there are

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at least 10 different amiibo
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to help you through the quest.

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The Breath of the Wild
series itself has five

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different amiibo that work with it.

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There's also the Wolf Link
amiibo that was released

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a year ago, that works
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(tech music)

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As do the four 30th anniversary

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Legends of Zelda amiibo themselves.

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So that's Toon Link,
Toon Zelda, 8-Bit Link,

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and Ocarina of Time Link, as well.

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So that's 10 right there
and there may be more,

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I'm not sure, but at least all 10 of those

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can help you through your
quest, get you different

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weapons, different items, etc.

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Up next, a carrying case.

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Again, the Switch is mobile,

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it's made to be brought with you,

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but here's the thing

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that I don't think many people realize.

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When you have a smartphone,
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on to that smartphone
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maybe three, but with
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gonna be something you hang
onto for longer than that.

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Five years, maybe.

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So you want to make sure it's protected

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because you don't want that
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you don't want it to get banged up,

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the console itself is a tablet.

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Tablets have sensitive screens,

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if you drop it, etc.,

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so I recommend you pick
up a hard-shell case.

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There are a bunch of cases out there

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made specifically for the Nintendo Switch.

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Now the one I picked up is from Hyperkin.

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The only reason I picked this one is

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because it's inexpensive and all cases

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are pretty much the same.

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It's a hard-shell case, it
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scratches and drops, and
it also has internal game

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and accessory storage as well.

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So there's a mesh pocket
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there's an accessory flap, and of course

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there's console storage, too.

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So I can put the Switch in here,

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I can put my games in here,

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and I can throw this in
my bag without worrying

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that something's gonna bend the controller

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or something's gonna scratch the display,

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which, obviously, would
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And lastly, again, since the
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to be used on the go as
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an external power bank.

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Again, since the Switch is
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there's a battery inside there.

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Batteries die, especially when
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gaming, which is what the Switch does.

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When you undock it, you're still getting

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720p gaming performance.

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Now what I found out, I
only have one game so far,

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actually I just got another
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played it yet, it's Just Dance 2017,

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when I play Legend of
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what I found is I get about three hours

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and 20 minutes of battery life.

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After that, the battery's gone.

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That does fall right in line
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depending on the game you
should get between three

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and six hours of battery life.

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But if you're on the go,
if you're on an airplane,

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or whatever, you don't want
to be worrying about that

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anxiety of the Switch dying.

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So,

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get an external power bank
and you'll be good to go.

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The one I recommend picking
up is this one from RAVPower.

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I'm gonna leave the link
in the description below,

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just as a reminder.

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If you want to go with
a different power bank

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or you have one already
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do some research and make sure

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that it matches up with
both amperage and voltage,

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so that it can power the
Switch appropriately.

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There have been reports that
some external power banks

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only trickle charge the
Switch, and the Switch actually

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does still die even when

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it's plugged in to these power banks.

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So make sure the amperage
and voltage match up with the

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Switch's power requirements or

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just pick up this one that
I mentioned from RAVPower.

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So there you have it guys.

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You're about to pick up your Switch.

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I just hooked you up
with five things that you

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probably want to pick up with your Switch

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in order to make the
experience of owning it

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even better.

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Now I want to hear from you.

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Have you pre-ordered a Nintendo Switch?

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Have you pre-ordered accessories with it?

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Let me know in the comments below.

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Let me know what you picked
up, what you purchased,

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or, if you don't care about the Switch,

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let me know that as well.

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I'll meet you down in the
comments for further discussion.

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Again, links to everything
I mentioned in this video

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you'll find it in the description below.

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So if there's anything you
saw that you want to pick

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up for yourself, it'll
be easy for you to do so.

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Don't forget the giveaway
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we have a huge Nintendo
Switch giveaway happening

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right now.

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I'll leave a link to that in
the description below as well.

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One winner is gonna win
both a Nintendo Switch

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and The Legend of Zelda:
Breath of the Wild.

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(plastic being crushed)

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(tech music)

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Thanks so much for
watching, as always, guys.

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Be sure to click or tap
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when I drop a new video,
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Nintendo Switch review,
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Breath of the Wild review,

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Thanks so much for
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I appreciate your support.

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I'm Andru Edwards and I'll
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(upbeat tech music)