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Nintendo Timeline

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  • Game & Watch

    Game & Watch
    The Game & Watch a line of handheld electronic games produced by Nintendo from 1980 to 1991. Each Game & Watch features a single game to be played on an LCD screen in addition to a clock, an alarm, or both.
  • Nintendo Entertainment System

    Nintendo Entertainment System
    The Nintendo Entertainment System was an 8-bit home video game console that was developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It’s initially released in Japan as the Family Computer and as it moved to the U.S it was later known as “the best-selling gaming console of its time”.
  • Game Boy

    Game Boy
    The Game Boy 8-bit handheld video game device developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It is the second handheld console, but it is the first handheld console in the Game Boy line and was created by Gunpei Yokoi and Nintendo Research & Development 1, which was the same staff who had designed the Game & Watch series as well as several popular games for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
  • Super Nintendo Entertainment System

    Super Nintendo Entertainment System
    The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a 16-bit home video game console developed by Nintendo. The SNES is Nintendo's second home console, following the Nintendo Entertainment System. The console introduced advanced graphics and sound capabilities compared with other consoles at the time. The SNES was a global success, becoming the best-selling console of the 16-bit era.
  • Virtual Boy

    Virtual Boy
  • Nintendo 64

    Nintendo 64
    The Nintendo 64 was released. It’s Nintendo's third home video game console for the international market. Named for its 64-bit central processing unit. It is the industry's last major home console to use the cartridge as its primary storage format, although current handheld systems still use them.
  • Game Boy Color

    Game Boy Color
    The Game Boy Color was is a handheld game console manufactured by Nintendo. The Game Boy Color, as suggested by the name, features a color screen. It has an 8-bit processor and the Game Boy Color's primary competitors were the much more advanced, the Game Boy Color outsold these by a huge margin.
  • Nintendo 64DD

    Nintendo 64DD
    Nintendo 64DD is a magnetic disk drive peripheral for the Nintendo 64 game console developed by Nintendo. After numerous delays was finally released only in Japan. Only ten pieces of software were released until the unit was discontinued in February 2001. It was a commercial failure, with at least 15,000 total units sold, with the other 85,000 units scrapped.
  • Game Boy Advance

    Game Boy Advance
    The Game Boy Advanced is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed, manufactured and marketed by Nintendo. Despite the competitors' best efforts, Nintendo maintained a majority market share with the Game Boy Advance
  • GameCube

    GameCube
    The GameCube is a home video game console released by Nintendo in Japan. It is the first Nintendo console to use optical discs as its primary storage medium. The console supports online gaming for a small number of titles via the broadband or modem adapter and connects to the Game Boy Advance via the link cable, allowing players to access exclusive in-game features using the handheld as a second screen and controller
  • Game Boy Advance SP

    Game Boy Advance SP
    The Game Boy Advance SP is an upgraded version of Nintendo's Game Boy Advance. The "SP" in the name stands for "Special". It still use the Game Boy Advance cartridges.
  • Nintendo DS

    Nintendo DS
    The Nintendo DS is a dual-screen handheld game console developed and released by Nintendo. The DS introduced distinctive new features to handheld gaming: two LCD screens working in tandem, the bottom one works as a touchscreen, a built-in microphone, and support for wireless connectivity. Both screens are encompassed within a clamshell design similar to the Game Boy Advance SP. The Nintendo DS also features the ability for multiple DS consoles to directly interact with each other
  • Nintendo Wii

    Nintendo Wii
    The Nintendo Wii is another home video game console developed by Nintendo. The Wii introduced the Wii Remote controller, which can be used as a handheld pointing device and which detects movement in three dimensions. The Wii competed with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. As of the first quarter of 2012, the Wii leads its generation over PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in worldwide sales, with more than 101 million units sold; in December 2009, the console broke the sales
  • Nintendo 3DS

    Nintendo 3DS
    The Nintendo 3DS is a portable game console produced by Nintendo. It is capable of displaying stereoscopic 3D effects without the use of 3D glasses or additional accessories. The console succeeds the Nintendo DS, featuring backward compatibility with older Nintendo DS and Nintendo DS video games.
  • Nintendo Wii U

    Nintendo Wii U
    The Wii U is a home video game console. It is the first Nintendo console to support high-definition graphics. The system's primary controller is the Wii U GamePad, which features an embedded touchscreen. The screen can be used either as a supplement to the main display or in supported games, to play the game directly on the GamePad independently of the television. Games can support any combination of the GamePad, Wii Remote, Nunchuk, Balance Board, or Nintendo's more traditionally