Nintendo Energy

Nintendo Energy - Origins
After years of the Nintendo Switch, they decided it was time for a new console. A lot of suggestions, came from the Gamecube, A home console that relied on no gimmicks. Nintendo decided it was time for another home console. They started to create the controllers and the console.

Nintendo Energy - Marketing
They first showed it off on E3 2025 where they showed off Super Mario Bros. Energy. It was widely welcomed in its audience for being able to run at 4K Resolution. Its controllers bare resemblance to the PS5 and Xbox controllers. Instead of using Cartridges, it used discs. But it was backwards compatible with Wii games, Switch games(there was a cartridge slot), 3ds games, and finally Gamecube games. It was more powerful than other Nintendo Consoles, and had better battery life, 15-18 hours, and better storage of 100 petabytes.

Nintendo Energy - Risks
The Console has its risks. During production, there was the risk that the console would flop completely. And if it did, Nintendo would lose a lot of money. To try and solve this problem they made short trailers of new games on the Energy. Games like, Luigi's Mansion 4: Spooky Sea, Super Smash Bros. Energy, Super Luigi Energy, Monty Mole Market, Mario Party Energy, MarioKart Spark, Wii Sports Energy and more. This definitely saved them during release.

Nintendo Energy - Problems
The console with its many pros also has cons. Such as the fact that isn't compatible with the Gamecube controller, or how the console itself lags sometimes. Even though it's more powerful than most of the consoles at the time, it was very costly, at 450.00 Dollars at release and later 399.99.

Nintendo Energy - Release
The console was released in late 2026 with a lot of criticism. The area that they criticised was it's price, and the fact that it takes the controller 1 hour to charge fully. They also hated that it was Gamecube game compatible but not with the controller