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