I think that's basically the gimmick ... it's a "home console" that can be taken outside of the house and played on the road, moved around the house, etc. But it can't run for long on portable power, so Nintendo is not terming it as a traditional portable.
A Tegra X2 likely will rip through a battery in 2-3 hours.
It's basically from the sounds of it what they wanted to make with the Wii U but couldn't at the time (couldn't fit the Wii U chip inside the control unit).







