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Handheld game consoles

  • Nintendo SwitchPlayers found a hidden golf game inside the Nintendo Switch. It was a tribute to Satoru Iwata, who programmed NES Golf.
  • PlayStation PortableThe PlayStation Portable was the only handheld console to use an optical disc as its main storage.
  • PlayStation VitaThe PlayStation Vita's Japanese sales fell 78% in its second week. It had sold over 300,000 units in week one.
  • Game Boy AdvanceThe Game Boy Advance sold 81,000 units in its first UK week, beating the PlayStation 2's record of 20,000.
  • Nintendo 3DSNintendo cut the 3DS price by nearly a third just months after launch. Early buyers got twenty free classic games.
  • Game Boy ColorThe Game Boy Color began as a shelved color prototype called Project Atlantis.
  • Game BoyNintendo's president canceled the Game Boy on the spot in 1988. One engineer kept working on its screen anyway.
  • Nintendo DSNintendo called its own Nintendo DS an experimental "third pillar" before launch. It went on to sell 154 million units.
  • WonderSwanThe WonderSwan was the last hardware Game Boy inventor Gunpei Yokoi worked on.
  • Nintendo Switch 2Nintendo Switch 2 sold more than 3.5 million units within four days of its debut.

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