When the GameCube launched, it was a massive departure from anything Nintendo had released prior. Firstly, the console used a disc drive to accommodate larger game worlds and advanced cinematics. It...
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When the Nintendo Switch was released, gamers and hardware reviewers speculated that it replaced the 3DS. However, the Switch is designed to deliver a hybrid experience that is a compromise between a...
The Nintendo Game Boy was not the cartridge-based handheld, since Smith Engineering did the Microvision in 1979. However, the Game Boy made handheld consoles both accessible and entertaining in a way...
In 1979, Gunpei Yokoi was traveling in a bullet train when he noticed a businessman fiddling around with his calculator. This gave Gunpei the idea to create a handheld gaming system, and that’s how...
The SNES was released to compete against Sega’s Genesis, which beat Nintendo to the 16-bit race. It was significantly more powerful than the NES and could play more advanced games with larger...
Released in 2010, the Nintendo 3DS is technically an 8th-generation console. It improved upon the touch-based portable gaming concept that was spearheaded by the DS in 2004. Just like the DS before...