The video game community is not without its dedicated fan base. From the speedrunner who recently beat Paper Mario in under an hour, to those who continue to improve their most beloved games by modding them or taking matters into their own hands by fixing the bugs the developers themselves seem to miss, gaming is not just about playing. Fans are also known to build things dedicated to their passion. Take, for example, this Nintendo fanatic who built a humungous version of the Switch.
Posting to YouTube yesterday, user Michael Pick showed the world his building prowess by creating his own Switch console which is not only huge in scale, and therefore perhaps comically unwieldy, but is surprisingly functional. Pick begins the video by showing the camera a regular Nintendo Switch against the one he built. There's even footage showing him leaning over the console and reaching the buttons to show that it does indeed work like the official thing.
In a somewhat tongue-in-cheek manner, he admits that he loves the original Switch and the games it has to offer, but says it's easy to misplace, so he took it upon himself to build something that would still work in the same way, but would be "just a little bit harder to lose." He then goes on to demonstrate how he set about this mammoth task, which measures 30" by 70" and weighs in at around 65lbs with a 4K display as well. The dimensions arguably make it the largest Nintendo Switch console in the world.
Looking deeper into his creation, Pick then shows the viewers how it works. By placing the Switch Joy-Cons behind the panel of its giant cousin, it's revealed that the official Joy-Con is attached inside and held in-place by a 3D-printed mold. It's then wired up to the back of the huge Joy-Con controller allowing the outside buttons to interact with the ones inside.
Perhaps the most incredible thing about his giant Switch is that it was not something he intended to keep for himself. At the end of the video, he announces that he built it as a donation for St. Jude's Children's Hospital. What Pick has done is show the world that not only is it possible to make a Switch console that's amusingly large, yet still functional, but that gamers on the whole are not always involved in the community for their own selfish benefit.
Source: YouTube