Talk:Nintendo video game consoles

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Video games, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of video games on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Video gamesWikipedia:WikiProject Video gamesTemplate:WikiProject Video gamesvideo game articles

Low

This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

This article is supported by the Nintendo task force.

Summary of Video games WikiProject open tasks:

Summary of Video games WikiProject open tasks

AfDs

Purple Francis (6 participants)
Gilman Louie (2 participants)
Yoshimitsu (2 participants)
Dr. Wily (8 participants)
First Internet Backgammon Server (3 participants)
Emote (2 participants)
Stardew Valley Guidebook (2 participants)
Preston Arsement (6 participants; relisted)
Jackpot World (3 participants; relisted)
Melee (game terminology) (7 participants; relisted)

Merge discussions

Other discussions

No major discussions

Contradiction

The lede states there are seven consoles, but it calls the NES the first one, not the Color TV Game. It also calls the handhelds consoles, but doesn't count them in the total. This article needs a direction. ArtistScientist (talk) 05:24, 26 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

EarthBound series didn't debut on the SNES

EarthBound Beginnings (Mother) was released on the NES — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.134.202.2 (talk) 10:53, 14 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 6 external links on Nintendo video game consoles. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

Corrected formatting/usage for http://www.arcade-renaissance.com/2007/10/nintendo-of-japan-dropping-hardware.html
Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20071105193128/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jAJfrC1k8lDKLOCGJu4VonjOYxBg to http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jAJfrC1k8lDKLOCGJu4VonjOYxBg
Corrected formatting/usage for http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=2729252
Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20070509094404/http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/10/game_consoles/source/7.htm to http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/10/game_consoles/source/7.htm
Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20071213230402/http://www.the-magicbox.com/topten2.htm to http://www.the-magicbox.com/topten2.htm
Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20070421003854/http://www.the-magicbox.com/Chart-USPlatinum.shtml to http://www.the-magicbox.com/Chart-USPlatinum.shtml

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 15:45, 29 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Original models sold

@Sergecross73: Why do the original 3DS sales not need to be portrayed on the infobox? Same goes for the DS and the GBA. For the PS4 it's different because the PS4 Slim and Pro do not have their own articles. The GBA SP, DSi, 2DS, etc. however do have their own pages. -- EzekielT ^Talk 22:44, 22 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@EzekielT: This is not the talk page for the 3DS (or any of those articles), and this discussion shouldn't happen here. This talk page is specifically about this article, not others. -- ferret (talk) 23:54, 22 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Why would you start a discussionhere? It has nothing to do with this article. Sergecross73 msg me 23:56, 22 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't want to divide the discussion onto the GBA, DS and 3DS talk pages, that would make things confusing, harder to respond to, and harder to maintain. — EzekielT ^Talk 23:59, 22 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@EzekielT: Then bring the discussion up at WT:VG. This article is not some sort of centralized place to discuss Nintendo console articles. -- ferret (talk) 00:01, 23 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done. — EzekielT ^Talk 00:04, 23 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

System names

How come some systems have Nintendo before it and others do not? I frequently see Nintendo 64 and Nintendo DS, 3DS, but also frequently see "Gamecube" and "Wii". Is it official that some platforms include the company name and some do not? It seems inconsistently applied.

Virtual Boy = Handheld console?

The Virtual Boy, entirely by design, is not held in the hand. It is self-standing on a table. Why is it considered a handheld system? It's the least portable of any Nintendo system.

Nintendo Switch as home console?

Why is the Nintendo Switch put in as a home console here and the Switch Lite is separate as handheld? None of the other consoles have their minor revisions as an entirely separate console. Because the switch works as a handheld console and a home console (and actually leans more towards handheld considering the Switch Lite), I'd say it would be a good idea to add a "hybrid" section or something.