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Throughout the generations,Nintendohas created some ofthe most beloved retro consoles, innovative modern gaming hardware, and fascinating hidden gems. While the NES made the company a household name, Nintendo started publishing systems in 1977 -eight years before the NES reached North America.
Since then, Nintendo has launched numerous home consoles, handhelds, and hybrid systems - more than any other first-party developer. In addition, almost every piece of hardware has come in several variations. This begs the question - considering all home and portable systems, exactly how many video game consoles has Nintendo made over the years?
There Are Eight Nintendo Home Consoles
Nintendo has madeeight home consoles, starting with the Color TV-Game in 1977, which contained six versions of Pong. Since then, Nintendo has published68 console variations, including different colors, limited editions, and redesigns.
Colors and Special Editions
Color TV-Game 6 (1977)
Color TV-Game 15 (1977)
Nintendo Switch OLED (2021)
There Are Eight Nintendo Handhelds
Nintendo has publishedeight handheld consoles with 218 variations, not including Game & Watch systems. These range fromlegendary handhelds like the Game Boyto the largely forgotten Pokemon Mini.
Love and Berry Edition
Nintendo 3DS
Pokemon - Solgaleo and Lunala Edition
Nintendo 3DS XL (2012)
Nintendo 2DS (2013)
New Nintendo 3DS (2015)
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There Are 60 Game & Watch Handhelds
Since 1980, Nintendo has published60 Game & Watch handhelds, each containing one game and a digital clock.
The exceptions are the Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda 35th Anniversary Editions, which included multiple games.
Despite featuring dozens of systems, the Game & Watch series hasonly 11 design variations, ranging from color differences to varying screen sizes.
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The Legend of Zelda 35th Anniversary Edition
There Are 17 Nintendo Consoles In Total
Counting the Game & Watch as one system, Nintendo has published17 consoles with a staggering total of 346 variations- more than Xbox and PlayStation combined. Thanks to the company’s enormous success, that number will only increase from here.
