History of Nintendo in Australia By NichM 1994 Nintendo established in Australia 1997 Nintendo 64 launched 1999 The launch of Pokemon cards 2001 Gameboy Advance launched 2002 Nintendo GameCube launched 2003 Gameboy Advance SP launched 2005 Nintendo DS launched 2005 Gameboy Micro launched 2006 Nintendo DS Lite launched 2006 Nintendo Wii is launched 2009 Nintendo DSI launched 2010 Super Mario celebrates 25 years 2010 Nintendo DSI XL launched 2011 The legend of Zelda celebrates 25 years 2011 Nintendo 3DS is launched 2012 Nintendo 3DS XL launched 2012 Wii U is launched 2013 The year of Luigi 2013 Nintendo 2DS launched 2014 First Amiibo is released 2014 New Nintendo 3DS and 3DS XL relaunched 2015 Mario's 30th Anniversary 2016 20 years of Pokemon 2016 The legend of Zelda 30th Anniversary 2016 Miitomo app for smart devices launched 2016 Nintendo Classic Mini NES launched 2017 Nintendo Switch launched