One of our favorite game consoles, the Nintendo Switch, is five years old now. Despite its longevity in the console market, more and more gamers still choose to play Switch because of its cool game titles and very convenient playing modes.
The Switch has a really good broad display in addition to its highly adaptive play options, and its controls are smartly made.
There is a 3D designer company asserting that the Switch experience can be better. What's next for tabletop and vertical Switch gaming?
Switch from Horizontal Display to Vertical in an Instant with this Kickstarter Switch Stand
We already have lots of Nintendo Switch tabletop stands available in the market. Also, Nintendo has long supported vertical mode in some games. This Kickstarter project by a design and manufacturing company called Retro Frog will provide Nintendo switch users with not only vertical and horizontal displays but also TATE orientation displays.
Fandom describes TATE mode or eTATE mode as a feature mostly used by games of the 'shoot-em-up' genre. Many vertical shoot-em-ups or shmups have a function called TATE mode that rotates the screen to the left or right by 90 degrees. This enables the player to tilt their monitor so that a longer vertical display is shown while they play the game.
According to Nintendo Life, this desktop stand for the Nintendo Switch also allows its users to tilt their device in 18-degree increments. This function will allow Switch users to adjust their screens to an angle suitable for their sitting position.
While securely holding the Switch device, this Kickstarter Switch stand can be rotated to 360 degrees and with notches every 90 degrees to lock it into place. You can now change from playing a horizontal display game to a vertical 'shmup classic' in an instant.
If it is fortunate enough to gain funding and support, this project from Retro Frog can fit both the original and OLED Switch models for its desktop stand without the trouble of blocked charging ports. The USB-C charging cable can still be easily plugged into the console even though it is mounted on the RoTATE stand.
This Kickstarter Project Is Your 'On the Go' Switch Desktop Stand
Although there are buttonless commands for the Switch, many players do not like their Switch buttons to be blocked by their desktop mount. The RoTATE is specifically made in a way that players can still have full access to all the original Switch buttons and controls.
Unlike most desktop mounts for the Switch, this one from Kickstarter is actually portable. The stand comes with a removable base that will make it easy for Switch fans to carry them wherever they go.
As of writing, this Kickstarter project is almost halfway toward its goal of USD$10,000 funding. The project has only been up on Kickstarter today, and it has 29 more days to reach its goal of creating more RoTATE stands for Switch users.
