Nintendo has revealed its next video games platform, the Switch, which combines both a console and a handheld system for the first time.
In a special preview trailer posted to the Japanese gaming giant's website, Nintendo showed the new system, which will enable players to detach the joystick and buttons from their console controller and attach them to a smaller screen slotted into the home console to create a handheld and mobile gaming device.
The video also showed how the two parts of the detachable controller can be used without being attached to the mobile screen for a single player, and also as individual controllers for two people to play against one another.
Nintendo has not released a major gaming system since the Wii U in 2012 and has struggled to keep pace with the popularity of Sony and Microsoft and their PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles respectively.
The technology giant confirmed the new console would go on sale in March next year, but is yet to reveal the price of the Switch or a full games line-up.
But a new instalment in the Legend Of Zelda series, called Breath Of Wind, has already been announced for the Switch.
