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Nintendo Switch

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The Nintendo Switch is a hybrid video game console released by Nintendo in March 2017, playable both docked to a television and undocked as a handheld with detachable Joy-Con controllers. The hybrid design proved highly successful commercially, making the Switch one of the best-selling video game consoles of all time and helping revive Nintendo's hardware business after the underperforming Wii U, with a successor, the Nintendo Switch 2, released in 2025.

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The Nintendo Switch is made and sold by Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Video Game Industry, Industries

The Nintendo Switch is one of the video game industry's best-selling hybrid console platforms, released in 2017.

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1. Wikipedia, Nintendo Switch
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  • Lead paragraph, first sentence (maker clause), Wikipedia 'Nintendo Switch' article
    The Nintendo Switch is a video game console developed by Nintendo and released worldwide in most regions on March 3, 2017.
  • Lead paragraph, first sentence (release-date clause), Wikipedia 'Nintendo Switch' article
    The Nintendo Switch is a video game console developed by Nintendo and released worldwide in most regions on March 3, 2017.
  • Introduction, GICS sector classification
    The Nintendo Switch is a video game console developed by Nintendo and released worldwide in most regions on March 3, 2017.
  • Introduction, offering kind classification
    The Nintendo Switch is a video game console developed by Nintendo and released worldwide in most regions on March 3, 2017.
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