Sales of the racing game Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for Nintendo Switch on the day of release on April 28 reached 459 thousand copies, according to Nintendo.

The release of the Nintendo Switch in March of this year was the best console launch in the history of Nintendo.

Nintendo revealed details of new releases for the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS platforms during the Nintendo Direct video presentation.

Nintendo has sold over 500,000 Nintendo Switches in its home country.

Additional costs for the production of a game cartridge for Switch may be the reason that multiplatform releases on the new Nintendo console will cost more than on Playstation 4 and Xbox One.

The new console of the Japanese developer beat in The United States record Nintendo Wii at the start of sales.

On March 3, sales of the new Nintendo Switch console began in the world.

Nintendo has announced the release of over 60 games from independent developers on the new Switch platform.

Today, January 13, Nintendo held a large–scale presentation of its new console – the Nintendo Switch. She spoke in detail about the possibilities and future games of the platform.