Switch OLED review: Nintendo’s nicest, most nonessential upgrade yet

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  Nintendo Switch OLED, on sale later this week for $349. [credit:
  Sam Machkovech ]

For all the portable game systems Nintendo has launched, including mid-generation revisions, few have included cutting-edge upgrades to a key element: the screen.

Historically, Nintendo has been in the back of the pack when compared to competitors’ screens. The Game Boy’s panels suffered heavy ghosting and lacked backlighting, for instance; they were handily surpassed in their time by the likes of the Game Gear and the Lynx. Only now, with no other dedicated handheld console to beat (for at least two months, anyway), has Nintendo offered a screen that made me say “wow.”