- Hey guys, this is Austin.
This is the humble Nintendo Switch,
and while some might want to use it
in its puny, normal state,
of course, here, we need to build
the ultimate Nintendo Switch.
One of the nice things about the Switch
is that as a handheld console,
there's actually a lot that we can do
as far as the aesthetics,
which is where this comes in.
This is the shell exchange, as well as
a different shell for the Joy-Cons.
Now, if you know anything about the world of Joy-Cons,
you're probably familiar with
this incredibly handsome gentleman, Mr. Kevin Kenson.
You've opened a Joy-Con or two, my friend.
- A couple.
- [Narrator] Two hours later.
- That is a snapped tripping cable.
I've never done that.
- We basically destroyed this Joy-Con.
- We should break the Joy-Cons.
- So, we'll be back tomorrow
once we actually sort out this Joy-Con mess.
(laughing)
So, a day later, we have a magically-completed Joy-Con swap.
- [Kevin] Never mind what happened in between.
- Don't worry about this part.
That's not...
Not that we needed a replacement or anything.
I gotta say, this actually looks really cool.
If you guys want to know how to do
the Joy-Con swap for yourself,
Kevin has actually done a full video showing you
not only the different shells,
but also how to do stuff like the d-pad swap.
- Yeah, so I actually did one specifically
on the Atomic Purple ones,
with the d-pad. - So cool, dude.
- Just kinda just seeing whether it works or not,
which it actually works great, so yeah, check that out.
- Out of the box, something the Switch
doesn't really have a lot of is internal storage,
especially with games like LA Noire,
which require 15-20 gigs of storage
to actually just install it, even if you have the cart.
What you're gonna probably want to pick up
is a micro SD card, and thankfully,
you can even get 128 gig cards for 40 bucks.
Thankfully, this is pretty much the easiest thing
you can do to a Switch.
Just open up the kickstand,
and when you suddenly have 128 gigs of storage--
After the Joy-Con swap, nothing else is exciting.
One of the things that makes the Switch interesting
is the idea that it is a portable console
that can be docked.
However, one of the problems is is that
you can actually scratch the screen if you're not careful,
as the inside of the dock is pretty much just hard plastic.
That's where a good glass screen protector comes in.
I think these notches are actually
gonna make it a little easier for me.
One screen protector, fully enabled!
This is starting to look cool,
but we do not have the ultimate Nintendo Switch yet.
Next, we have the wired LAN adapter
to get this guy up on Ethernet.
Wow, that's actually a pretty big adapter.
So, now that we're in here--
Oh, there we go!
We show that actually we're connected over Ethernet.
Something else you can use is the Power Plate.
The idea here is that only is this a portable charger
that you can drop your Joy-Cons on,
but it'll also charge your Switch.
The Switch has okay battery life, but generally speaking,
the Joy-Cons actually do last quite a while.
However, it's nice to be able to have
a little bit of a bigger battery
if you really want to get some
extra juice out of the Switch.
This comes in a few different pieces.
There's the dock itself, which you will drop the battery on.
What you should do here is if we take off our Joy-Cons,
it should just slide right onto the battery.
By default, they will start charging the Joy-Cons,
and you can just use it like this,
and then drop it into the dock to charge the entire thing.
However, with this tiny USB-C cable that it comes with,
we actually can charge the Switch using our Joy-Con charger.
So, if you plug this end into the Switch,
and this end into the top,
we should, in theory, get a charge.
Hey!
Now charging.
If you want to use your Switch like this,
you can get triple charge action,
even though you might as well just put the Joy-Cons on here
because it will charge it anyway, but, you know...
I don't really have anything to say, it's just...
This is a thing.
Okay, I will be the first to admit
that our stand could use a little bit of work,
which is where the Play Stand comes in.
The way this is supposed to be used
is that it's actually going to be a stand
that you can use to fully adjust
where the Switch is going to be standing
while still being able to charge it.
Hey, it works!
Okay, this is not the most ridiculous set up ever.
But say you want a dock that's going to be
a little more portable than what Nintendo throws in a box.
That's where this comes in.
On one end, we have USB-C, then the other,
we have not only USB-A, but we also have HDMI.
Oh, look, we're even on Ethernet now!
This is fully portable!
Aw, dude, this is so good!
And it looks totally the same.
Like, I can't see any latency or any real issues with this.
Look at this!
This is not the most ridiculous thing we've ever built.
This actually is mildly practical!
We did it!
We actually have something that's not totally stupid!
Well, at least yet.
Alright, Mr. Kevin Kenson, please come in here for a second.
We have our Switch going into a USB-C hub,
which is being powered by a battery bank.
It's going HDMI out to the display.
And we have a USB Ethernet adapter, all in glorious 1080p.
This is super-cool, and that
I'm really proud of what we just accomplished,
even though it doesn't make any sense.
- It makes sense.
It's just 1,000% unnecessary.
But it's awesome.
- Some say unnecessary.
Some say ultimate.
- Ultimately unnecessary.
(Austin laughing)
- But say you want to build the ultimate
actually portable Nintendo Switch.
Well, that is where this monstrosity comes in.
This is a 10,000 milliamp hour battery case for the Switch.
(Austin laughing)
Wait a minute!
This weighs just as much as the Switch!
So, I just need to plug this in,
and then pop the cable in on the bottom,
and then, okay, so now, we are charging
with this giant battery bank.
What's cool here is that not only
do you have an additional USB-A
if you want to run another accessory,
but it also has USB-C power and in,
so if you really want to get crazy,
we can double up our batteries.
Oh, there we go!
So now we have a portable setup
with double batteries, and the kicker is--
See, get it, kicker?
We actually have a decent kickstand
because this has one built in, and it kind of works!
Right?
Right, right.
You know, I think most sane people would see this and go,
"This is a horrible mistake.
"You should stop."
But not us, 'cause we double-down.
This is the Clip Grip.
To be clear, this clip is meant for a smartphone.
Not only do we have our smartphone here
with all the chats and stuff up,
but there's also a small battery built into the grip
which is charging the Joy-Cons.
However...
There is no way this is gonna work.
Oh!
Oh, oh, it does, it does!
Oh, wait, wait, hang on!
I've gotta just bend it a little bit.
It's like literally maxed out on the lip.
Oh, come on, oh, come on.
We got it.
It works.
Don't worry about the duct tape.
I can play really gently.
When you clicked on "The Ultimate Nintendo Switch" video,
I hope this is what you had in mind.
Also, we can't turn the volume down
because we taped over the volume buttons.
We learned a lot today.
Most notably, some of this stuff is pretty good.
This Type-C dock is actually awesome.
But of course, if you guys want to check out
any of this stuff, the links will be in the description.
Let me know what you guys want to see next time
on building the ultimate, terrible idea.
Anyway, guys, thank you so much for watching,
and I will catch you on the next one.