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Nintendo 64 accessories
Nintendo 64 accessories: Rumble Pak (1997, first home-console force feedback, bundled with Star Fox 64), Controller Pak (123-page memory card), Expansion Pak (4 MB RAM, required by Donkey Kong 64 and Majora's Mask), Transfer Pak (Game Boy link), and 64DD disk drive.
Nintendo Comics System
Nintendo Comics System was the umbrella brand for Valiant Comics' licensed Nintendo comic books, published in the United States from 1990 to 1991 and covering Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and Metroid.
Nintendo Direct
Nintendo Direct is a series of pre-recorded online video presentations by Nintendo announcing games, hardware, and company news, begun under president Satoru Iwata in October 2011 and later replacing its E3 press conferences.
Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS (ニンテンドーDS), Nintendo's 2004 dual-screen handheld with touch screen, microphone, and GBA backwards compatibility; 154.02 million sold, second best-selling game system ever, beating Sony's PSP.
Nintendo DSi
Nintendo DSi (ニンテンドーDSi), third Nintendo DS handheld model, launched Japan November 1, 2008 at ¥18,900. Added two 0.3-megapixel cameras, SD slot, DSiWare shop; dropped GBA slot; shop closed 2017.
Nintendo Entertainment System
The Nintendo Entertainment System, launched in Japan in 1983 as the Famicom, is an 8-bit home console that reinvigorated the US video game industry after its 1985 release.
Nintendo eShop
Nintendo eShop is Nintendo's regional digital storefront for Switch and Switch 2, selling games, DLC, demos, and Game Trials via Nintendo Account; earlier 3DS, Wii U, Wii, and DSi shops closed by 2023.
Nintendo franchises
Nintendo franchises are game series whose intellectual property rights Nintendo controls, led by Mario, Pokémon, and The Legend of Zelda, with Mario selling over 820 million games.
Nintendo Music
Nintendo Music is a music streaming application operated by Nintendo, launched in 2024, offering Nintendo game soundtracks exclusively to Nintendo Switch Online members at no extra cost.
Nintendo Network
Nintendo Network, announced in January 2012 as successor to Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, was Nintendo's free online service for the Wii U and 3DS, discontinued on April 8, 2024.
Nintendo Power
Nintendo Power: official Nintendo of America video game news and strategy magazine for North America, July/August 1988 to December 2012, 285 issues, monthly from 1990, Future US from 2007.
Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Switch (2017): Nintendo's hybrid home/handheld video game console with detachable Joy-Con, 6.2-inch 720p LCD, NVIDIA Tegra chip, and 1080p TV output. Sold over 13 million in its first ten months; successor Nintendo Switch 2 launched June 2025. Distinct from Switch Lite (handheld-only) and OLED model.
Nintendo Switch 2
Nintendo Switch 2, successor to the Nintendo Switch, hybrid handheld/home console announced January 16, 2025 and released June 5, 2025 at 49,980 yen/$449.99; 7.9-inch screen, 4K docked output, magnetic Joy-Con 2, GameChat, 19.86 million sold by March 2026.
Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour
Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour is Nintendo's $9.99 interactive hardware exhibition game, a Switch 2 launch title released June 5, 2025 on eShop with 12 areas, 20 minigames, 14 tech demos, and a Metacritic score of 54.
Nintendo Switch Online
Nintendo Switch Online (NSO) is Nintendo's paid subscription for Switch and Switch 2, launched September 18, 2018: online multiplayer, 150+ classic NES through GameCube games, cloud saves, $19.99/year base and $50/year Expansion Pack tiers.
Nintendo Switch Sports Resort
Nintendo Switch Sports Resort is a Nintendo's Switch 2-exclusive motion-controlled sports game releasing October 22, 2026, set on Wuhu Island with 12 sports, Island Crown single-player mode, and online Friend Lobby, Casual, and Pro League play.
Nintendo Switch system software
The Nintendo Switch system software is Horizon, a custom microkernel operating system developed by Nintendo and delivered through numbered system updates since the console's 2017 launch.
Nintendo Today
Nintendo Today (officially Nintendo Today!) is a free Nintendo smartphone app, released March 27, 2025, that combines an animated character calendar with daily news, videos, comics, and a schedule of game releases and Nintendo Directs.
Nintendo video game consoles
Nintendo video game consoles are Nintendo's gaming hardware, beginning with the 1977 TV Game systems and 1983 Famicom and totaling over 870 million units sold.
Nintendo VS. System
The Nintendo VS. System, also known as Nintendo Vs., is a coin-operated arcade platform Nintendo released in 1984, running ports of Famicom and NES games tweaked for head-to-head play.
Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection
Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection (ニンテンドーWi-Fiコネクション) was Nintendo's free online play service for DS and Wii games, launched November 2005 with Mario Kart DS and closed May 20, 2014, using automatic IDs and per-game Friend Codes.
Nintendo World Championships
Nintendo World Championships: Nintendo's competitive gaming event series, first held 1990 across 30 US and Canadian cities on a custom Super Mario Bros., Rad Racer, and Tetris cartridge won by Thor Aackerlund; revived 2015 and 2017, and continued by the 2024 Switch game NES Edition.
Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition
Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition is a Nintendo Switch speedrunning game released July 18, 2024, with over 150 challenges from 13 NES games, weekly World Championships and Survival online modes, and Party Mode for up to 8 players.
Nintendogs (ニンテンドッグス)
Nintendogs (ニンテンドッグス) is Nintendo's 2005 Nintendo DS virtual pet simulation, sold in three Japanese versions (Chihuahua, Dachshund, Lab & Friends) with 15 breeds, Bark Mode wireless play, and about 18 million copies sold by January 2008.
Ninth Air Force
The Ninth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force and the air component of U.S. Central Command, based at Shaw AFB, South Carolina.
Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Ninth Amendment (ratified December 15, 1791) of the U.S. Bill of Rights says enumerated rights must not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people; its meaning and judicial use remain contested.
Ninth Doctor
The Ninth Doctor is Christopher Eccleston's incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who's 2005 revival, a Time Lord and Time War survivor leading Series 1 from "Rose" to "The Parting of the Ways" before regenerating into the Tenth Doctor.
Ninth Dynasty of Egypt
The Ninth Dynasty of Egypt, or 9th Dynasty, was a line of kings who ruled Lower Egypt from Herakleopolis during the First Intermediate Period, until defeated by Mentuhotep II.
Ninth Fort
The Ninth Fort (Kauno IX fortas) is a fortress in Kaunas, Lithuania, built from 1903 to 1913, where about 50,000 people were murdered under Nazi occupation.
Ninth generation of video game consoles
The ninth generation of video game consoles began in November 2020 with Sony's PlayStation 5 and Microsoft's Xbox Series X and Series S, both built on AMD Zen 2 and RDNA 2 technology.