It ‍ ‌‍ ‍‌ ‍ ‌‍ ‍‌ basically is a roller coaster ride to follow both Nintendo’s history and gaming consoles; the first 13 years of Nintendo’s history were a combination of both successes and failures.

I have spent most of the last decade eagerly anticipating the Nintendo Switch’s successor. I was rewarded for my patience in January this year with the announcement of the Switch 2. I approached the ...

James Ratcliff joined GameRant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is a ...

The success of the Switch was down to the innovative nature of the hardware, combined with strong games based on Nintendo's most popular characters.

However, with Metroid Prime 4: Beyond well and truly in our rearview mirrors (and that’s perhaps for the best), it now rests on the shoulders of whatever Nintendo’s first-party studios have cooking to ...

Bottom line: Nintendo's Switch 2 closed out 2025 with 4.4 million units sold in the US, setting a new record for the fastest home console launch in history, according to market data from Circana ...

Upgrading to the Switch 2 is a big step forward, thanks to the larger screen, new features and improved performance. But shifting to a new console naturally raises the question of what happens to all ...

Nearly nine years after its release, the Nintendo Switch has become the company's best-selling console of all time, with more than 155 million units sold. From the Nintendo Entertainment System ...