# Every Nintendo console, from the Color TV-Game to the Switch 2

Almost half a century of home consoles and handhelds: from the first Japanese Color TV-Game of 1977 to the 2025 Switch 2. What was Nintendo's best console?

- 46 votes · 17 items
- Feb 17, 2026 · Duarte Martins
- https://even.best/en/l/2657/every-nintendo-console-from-the-color-tv-game-to-the-switch-2

## Top 17

1. **Color TV-Game (1977)** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Nintendo's first consoles, Japan only.
2. **Nintendo 64 (1996)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Mario 64, Ocarina of Time and GoldenEye.
3. **NES / Famicom (1983)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — The console that saved video games after the 1983 crash.
4. **Super Nintendo (SNES)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Super Mario World, Zelda and Donkey Kong Country.
5. **Game Boy Color (1998)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — The Game Boy, finally in colour.
6. **Nintendo DS (2004)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Two screens and a stylus.
7. **Nintendo Switch 2 (2025)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — The successor, released on 5 June 2025.
8. **Game & Watch (1980)** (2 · ▲4 ▼2) — The pocket machines with one game each.
9. **Game Boy (1989)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — The handheld of Tetris and Pokémon.
10. **GameCube (2001)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — The little cube with a handle.
11. **Nintendo 3DS (2011)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Glasses-free 3D.
12. **Nintendo Switch (2017)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — A home-handheld hybrid, Nintendo's best-selling console.
13. **Virtual Boy (1995)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — The red 3D that nobody bought.
14. **Game Boy Advance (2001)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A pocket Super Nintendo.
15. **Wii (2006)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The motion controller that won over families.
16. **Wii U (2012)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The controller with a screen, a commercial stumble.
17. **Nintendo Switch Lite (2019)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The handheld-only version.

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