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Nintendo consoles in release order

Twelve systems, home and handheld. Sort them by the date each first went on sale anywhere in the world, earliest first.

Format
Put them in order
Items
12 to sort
Limit
None
Level
Medium
Checked
2026.10.03

See every entry and put the whole list in order.

Entries
12
Sort by
First released
Time limit
None
  • Touch screens start in Tap mode: tap the entries in order, and tap one again to take it back.
  • Drag mode: drag an entry (press and hold on a phone), or use the arrow buttons.
  • Keyboard: space to pick up, arrows to move, space to drop.
  • Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.

About this quiz

Nintendo's dedicated game systems run from the Family Computer, sold in Japan from July 1983, to the Nintendo Switch 2.

  • Seven of the 12 went on sale in Japan first and three in the Americas first.
  • The Game Boy Advance and the GameCube both arrived in 2001, six months apart.
  • The Nintendo Switch and the Switch 2 were released worldwide on the same day.

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