Nintendo PCS / PHS

The Nintendo PCS, and the Nintendo PHS are upcoming tenth generation hybrid-consoles from Nintendo, which will both come out on March 6, 2021. The Nintendo PCS (short for Portable Console System) was initially announced to be similar to the Nintendo Switch but drastically changed during development. Currently, it has been revealed that the PCS is your average console, and it looks like the Wii's disk drive thing, but more straight. The controller looks more like an NES, but with the X and Y buttons. The PHS is like the Nintendo Switch, but a bit different and it has backwards compatibility, with the DS family, the 3DS family, and the Switch itself. Project Aqua was split into 2, with the console version being the main one, which became the Nintendo PCS and the handheld version being Project Aqua 2, which became the PHS and, its hardware was revealed on February 3, 2021. Shortly after the hardware reveal, it was revealed that it was a Switch, but MUCH MORE. Its final name stands for Portable Handheld System / Portable Handheld Screen. 
== History==
After the release of the Nintendo Switch in 2017, Nintendo wanted something to be compatible with the Nintendo DS and the Joy-Cons from the Nintendo Switch. After 2 years of development, Nintendo announced Project Aqua would be coming to stores in March of 2021. 
In May 2020, the Project Aqua was announced to have the same CPU and GPU as the Nintendo Switch, but it would be more powerful and its console type would be a hybrid console, but a lot different. On February 1, 2021; Project Aqua received its first game announcement, which was for Super Mario ∞. Multiple new details were also announced in January 2021. By this point, the console was already being produced, but was kept a secret until January 24, 2021; when it was announced that Project Aqua would not only be a hybrid for the 3DS and DS, but would support discs. By this point, Project Aqua was split in half, one for the main console/disc version, and the other being Project Aqua 2, for the handheld/cartridge version, of which both started development in 2019. Wii and Wii U compatibility was removed as late as August 2020, and it wasn't announced until January 27, 2021. On January 29, 2021; Project Aqua's release date was announced as March 6, 2021; a little over 4 years after the Switch was released. While Project Aqua's final name and hardware reveal will happen at 5:30 PM EST, PA2's final name, hardware reveal, and the release date have yet to be announced. After the reveal, it was announced that PA2's reveal was to happen on the following day, and the release date for both will be on the same day, March 6, 2021. Project Aqua became the Nintendo PCS after the reveal. Online connectivity and media include the Mii Channel, PCS Shop Channel, The Weather Channel, you name it! On January 30, 2021; it was also annoucned that the Nintendo PCS was compatible with Project Aqua 2.
== Design ==
=== Nintendo PCS ===
It has a similar layout to both the Xbox and both the SNES and the NES combined. It takes the A-B-X-Y layout from the Xbox, along with the PCS button located in the middle, and the joysticks. The L, R, ZL and ZR buttons are based off the Switch, and the all-famous Start button.
=== Nintendo PHS ===
Physically, it looks similar to the Nintendo Switch. It has its own Joy-Cons, but it is slightly redesigned. The Start and Select buttons replace the spot for + and -. These Joy-Cons are compatible with the Nintendo PCS.
This is the Nintendo PHS with the Switch's Joy-Cons. It is compatible with the Switch's Joy-Cons, fun fact. The experience will be mostly the same.
The PHS is shown to be compatible with any type of DS, like the original DS, the one shown here (the DS Lite), the DSi's, and the 3DS's. If you're playing a compatible game, a 3rd screen, which is the top screen will show up, which is normally hidden.
== Menu ==
The menu remains the same as the Wii menu, although with several new channels, and you can have multiple games in a window.
==List of Games to be on PCS / PHS ==
*Super Mario ∞
== Additional Content and Compatible Stuff ==
=== Zapper ===
It acts the same way the Wii Zapper does. For the PHS, those controllers can fit into the PCS Zapper.
=== Pro Controller ===
Just like every console, the PCS has a pro controller. You can use these if the PHS's Joy-Cons are too small.
== Additional Software ==
* Netflix
* YouTube
== Release ==
While it is known that it will release on March 6, 2021; it is unknown if the console will release in all countries at once.
==Trivia==
* The Nintendo PHS will be the second handheld to have a detachable screen that fits the Switch controllers, as well as supporting the DS families.
*The handheld games will be the same quality as the console games.
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