Nintendo
American-
a system for playing video games.
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any game designed for this system.
Example Sentences
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There are 17 stations with Nintendo Switch, Xbox, PlayStation and custom-built gaming PCs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Nintendo was a playing card company that switched to video games.
From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026
The British agent had not appeared in a game title for more than a decade before "First Light" -- with follow-ups to 1997 Nintendo 64 mega-hit "Goldeneye" leaving most players neither shaken nor stirred.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
Further gaming purchases included a £50 Turtle Beach gaming headset, an Xbox One console, bought for £297.14 in 2015, and a Nintendo Switch, which cost £279.99 in 2017.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
They got their first console, a Nintendo Entertainment System, for Christmas in the early 1990s.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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