Enlarge / The Switch’s HD screen is reportedly a little smaller than that on an iPad Mini.

Nearly 22 months after it was offhandedly announced as Project NX (the “dedicated game platform with a brand-new concept”) and nearly three months after it was first unveiled in a short trailer, Nintendo will publicly finalize the details of its upcoming Switch console in worldwide events tonight and tomorrow.

The news starts Thursday, with a livestreamed event out of Japan (with an English language option) at 11pm Eastern time (8pm Pacific). That will be followed by a short presentation from New York City at 9am Eastern time Friday morning and hands-on events in New York, Japan, and England where members of the press and invited guests will get a chance to play the system. Members of the public will then be able to try out the Switch through a promotional tour running over the next few weeks and at conventions like PAX.

Ars will be on hand to bring you the news as it happens, and we’ll provide hands-on impressions, photos, and video of the hardware itself. But before it all goes down, here’s what we know and what we’re expecting from Nintendo’s new console.