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Nintendo Patents Dual Screen Gaming Device that Can Be Split in Half (gamerant.com)

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Hmm… the device has 3 screens. (The third is visible when the device is closed)

I can’t imagine a reason to do this… other than to facilitate brining mobile games over.

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There was a rumor way back that the switch was going to run Android. Obviously that didn’t happen. But it makes you wonder.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I mean, my switch has run Android and Ubuntu at various points (Ask me how!)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I think there are only two, if I'm reading the diagrams correctly.