Nintendo has a surprisingly long and rich history. Founded in 1889, the year U.S. President Benjamin Harrison was inaugurated and just twenty years after Japan's Meiji Restoration, it began as a ...

No other developer has dominated the handheld gaming space like Nintendo. From the days of the original Game Boy through today's handheld/console hybrid of the Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, we've been ...

Nintendo has dominated and largely been the only developer seriously interested in and invested in handheld gaming. Others saw it as a compromise for the industry: smaller screens, weaker hardware, ...

Nintendo Switch 2 on red background. The console's logo is at the center on the screen. - Matthieu Tuffet/Shutterstock We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The Nintendo Switch 2 ...

Yesterday Nintendo announced the imminent arrival of its next handheld gaming system, the successor to the Nintendo DS. The big shocker? The portable will be able to display 3-D graphics without ...

When it comes to handhelds, Nintendo is indisputably the king. They weren't the first in the market—and increasingly good mobile games have carved their own niche too—but there's no doubt that ...

Linda Güster is a natively German, UK-based gaming journalist specialising in video games and esports. Previously, she focused on news, features, reviews and interviews, reporting on gaming culture ...

Nobody before or since has made consoles like Sega did in the 1990s. The company was constantly trying new things, many of ...

TL;DR: Nintendo released system update 22.0.0 for Switch and Switch 2 on March 16, 2026. Switch 2 gains "Handheld Boost Mode" for enhanced graphics in handheld play, GameChat improvements, note-taking ...

Nintendo's Switch 2 is a very capable handheld console, but does its prowess come at the cost of battery life? Here's how ...