{"id":101109,"date":"2019-10-01T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/10\/dont_get_too_excited_that_revised_switch_lite_model_might_be_for_events_only"},"modified":"2019-10-01T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T15:30:00","slug":"dont-get-too-excited-that-revised-switch-lite-model-might-be-for-events-only","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/10\/01\/dont-get-too-excited-that-revised-switch-lite-model-might-be-for-events-only\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t Get Too Excited, That Revised Switch Lite Model Might Be For Events Only"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Update (16:55 BST):<\/strong> Earlier, we reported on a new FCC filing that appeared to show a revised version of the Switch Lite. We’ll leave the original story for you to check out below.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately – or fortunately, depending on how you look at it – further digging into the console’s documentation reveals that the device is “intended to be used for software development or events”, suggesting that it will not be a product designed for sale. By the sounds of it, the model that had been spotted could well be for event purposes only.
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Original Article (16:30 BST):<\/strong> It would appear that Nintendo already has a new, revised version of the Nintendo Switch Lite in the works, despite the console only having released a matter of days ago.<\/p>\n

The news comes from a new FCC filing<\/a> spotted by Digital Trends<\/a> which shows a new model with the identification number BKEHDH002; the original Switch Lite was submitted with an BKEHDH001 number. The filing is supported by manuals, photographs and other documentation which further prove that the listing is for a Switch Lite console. We’ve shared a couple of these below.<\/p>\n

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Nintendo hasn’t revealed any plans to revise the Switch Lite in an official capacity, but it’s worth noting that the original Switch also saw a revised model<\/a> appear in stores this year which improved the console’s battery life. A revised Switch Lite wouldn’t be a surprise given that information, but we definitely wouldn’t have expected to be hearing about it this early.<\/p>\n

The filing has been spotted just days after the Switch Lite was added to a class-action lawsuit<\/a> originally focusing on Joy-Con drift relating to the standard Switch console. Whether or not this revised machine has been designed to fix any reported issues with drift remains a mystery – the FCC documents have a focus on the wireless aspects and radiation output of the console, so hardware changes relating to sticks and the like wouldn’t necessarily be shown.<\/p>\n

Incidentally, a new theory<\/a> suggests that the Switch Lite already found on store shelves does, in fact, work towards fixing the drifting issue found in the original model.<\/p>\n

Would you be surprised to see Nintendo revise the Switch Lite this quickly? Or do you think it could make sense – depending on what has actually<\/em> been changed, of course? Let us know your thoughts below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Update (16:55 BST): Earlier, we reported on a new FCC filing that appeared to show a revised version of the Switch Lite. We’ll leave the original story for you to check out below. Unfortunately – or fortunately, depending on how you look at it – further digging into the console’s documentation reveals that the device […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}