Nintendo Switch has intriguing potential, but questions remain

Nintendo's new game console Switch is pictured after its presentation ceremony in Tokyo, Japan January 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Nintendo's next big thing, its Switch gaming console, is essentially a fancied-up tablet. 

It comes with a dock that allows you to play games on a television and small, paddle-like controllers bristling with buttons and triggers that can slide into either side of the Nintendo Switch tablet.