Nintendo Switch
It's from 2017, when you were 11.
- Maker
- Nintendo
- Type
- Hybrid game console
- Debuted
- 2017
- Note
- One of the best-selling consoles ever
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About
As of 2026, it's 9 years old.
The Nintendo Switch arrived in 2017 as Nintendo's gamble to fix the disappointing Wii U, with a clever pitch: a home console that yanks out of the dock and becomes a handheld mid-game. It launched alongside 'The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild,' which is a bit like releasing a new car with a Ferrari already in the trunk.
It went on to become one of the best-selling consoles in history, made 'Animal Crossing' a global coping mechanism in 2020, and proved that fun beats raw horsepower every time.
Portable, dockable, and relentlessly charming, the Switch let you battle a Goomba on the couch and finish him off in the kitchen — console gaming, finally unchained.
