Nintendo Timeline By 23vidovichd Jan 1, 1933 Nintendo Starts Jan 1, 1963 Nintendo starts making games Jan 1, 1980 Game and Watch releases Jan 1, 1984 NES launches Jan 1, 1989 GameBoy launches Jan 1, 1990 SNES releases Jan 1, 1996 N64 releases Jan 1, 2001 GameBoy Advance and GameCube launch Jan 1, 2004 DS releases Jan 1, 2006 Wii launches Jan 1, 2011 3DS release Jan 1, 2012 Wii U launches Jan 1, 2017 Nintendo Switch releases