Evolution of Nintendo Consoles, Games & Graphics (1977 - 2019)

Let's take a look at how the design, graphics and gameplay of Nintendo's consoles and games evolved from 1977 to 2019. This video includes all main Nintendo home consoles: Color TV-Game, NES, SNES, Nintendo 64, GameCube, Wii, Wii U and Switch. For each console, five games were shown to showcase the console's graphics as well as how the gameplay changed.
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[@yeeyeekaree1107]

7:41 nostalgia + eargasm

[@jamesmontellier6000]

Jamss

[@Darian-mk1bw]

Man this is such a nostalgia trip, so many of these games are some of my all time faves

[@annebonny5348]

My first console was a DS, in 2007 when I was four. I barely knew how to play, but I spent so much years playing Mario 64, Animal Crossing and Mario Kart on it. Then I got a 3DS I don't exactly remember when. I became a Animal Crossing fan. Then I had the Wii, and Mario Galaxy is still in my top 3 of favorite game ever. Sadly I didn't got a Wii U, but I got the Switch, which introduced me the universe of Zelda, and now Zelda is my favorite Nintendo franchise, and I got all the Zelda games I could. Like lots here, my childhood is Nintendo... I'll always love Nintendo :)

[@wolfetteplays8894]

Elsa Andersen welp, you’re only sixteen. Glad to know that some young Nintendo fans exist. My childhood was also shaped by the DS

[@jikolo2]

So you were 4 in 2007 and 6 when the 3ds was created (2011) so, in which parallel universe do you live ?

[@annebonny5348]

@@jikolo2 Thanks for correcting me, I don't know why I was dumb when I wrote this comment xD

[@annebonny5348]

@@wolfetteplays8894 I also got my grandmother into Nintendo by forcing her to play with me. She's almost a bigger fan than I am but sadly don't like Zelda :/

[@cometh4124]

@@annebonny5348 lol

[@simth54]

This video made me realise: "dang, I should not be fighting thundrrblight Ganon this early.

[@mimickk2]

An evolution of consoles made you realize that?

[@simth54]

@@mimickk2 no, when in the switch part of the video he played against thunderblight Ganon I didn't realize

[@silenal2885]

I swear thunderblight ganon early is a nightmare

[@nuclear_seth]

I beat thunderblight Ganon early after 2 hours of dying

[@elfuerterd8633]

After 10 days playing, I'm fighting him, last Divine Beast missing

[@eddycabreja3332]

My FIRST console was an N64 Really miss those 3d classics...

[@bartuww2682]

5:37 my first console:(

[@KalvinPP104]

Nostalgia.

[@yoshiyt9519]

the silver Bonnie yep, I remember playing with the gamecube at home

[@farrisblogstv2024]

Same :(

[@mugiwarnoluffymugiwarnoluf5138]

1977 my first console🤣🤣 wztch zebra 2015

[@marksoto1155]

May be you first but its a good one

[@ExtremeAce]

Ahhh...Metroid Prime, my favorite game to this day - such a masterpiece it was a generation ahead of it's time.

[@InsaneH]

0:01 Pepsi for TV-Game.

[@south9576]

He is the angry video game nerd :v

[@oguz8295]

ANGRY TV GAME NERD

[@RetroArt216204]

Lol I understood that reference, AVGN

[@SuperPPower]

69 !!!

[@tricusgames2602]

Damn the Gamecube still looks very good as today

[@diamonddog2638]

I... Was not aware of Nintendo having a system (or home system at least) before the NES. Wow. I already knew this, but it also sort of baffles me that Nintendo is over a hundred years old. 129 to be exact. Is that crazy or what? Most of us just think of Nintendo as this video game company that started off in the late 70's to mid 80's.

[@stupidestanimations598]

This is a joke right

[@stupidestanimations598]

@@hectorcollazo1963 oh i see, thank you

[@carlosfer2201]

not really home consoles though. more like plug and play toys. NES is considered their first home console.

[@diamonddog2638]

@@carlosfer2201 Is considered their first console... But the Color TV 6 is also a home console, just nobody heard about it because it was only in Japan. It was basically like any other late 70's Atari-type console.

[@Aedren]

@@stupidestanimations598 Nope, nintendo is indeed over 125+ years old. They started as a company making (Japanese) cards.

[@a88304]

As someone who stopped playing video games in 2006 it’s cool to see how far things have gone. Last console I had was a GameCube but they heyday was kicking ass on GoldenEye 64

[@juanmamonsalve2432]

I have always been a big pokemon fan, it's basically what introduced me to Nintendo and all of its videogames. I have also started playing many videogame series because of smash, currently playing Dragon Quest because of smash too

[@animekawaiichan9399]

Nes 1983 Snes GBA 😍I will ALWAYS love those!! Such good memories. Old time games are THE BEST ONES. I miss those.

[@animekawaiichan9399]

@Dio Kirby 😠😠FUCK YOU YOU RACIST!!!

[@JAPANAX-31]

5:38-5:56 The Gamecube my childhood 😢

[@eLite-Tiss91]

Here my Nintendo history home console N64: First loved it NGC: Had but no memory card or that many games too it Wii: My first official one i owned my personal favorite Wii: Had the standards Mario Kart 8 and Smash Bros Wii hardly anything else. Switch: Loving it. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@zzz43344]

You put Wii twice.

[@aqsaq685]

@@zzz43344 I think it meant Wii u

[@maric7558]

Stefano Di Pinto he did

[@SoulStreak64]

64 bits. 32 bits... 16 bits. 8 bits. 4 bits! 2 bits!! 1 bit!!! Half bit! Quarter bit!!! *THE WRI-*

[@mimickk2]

Hundredth bit

[@trainerred2063]

Just Jory r/whoosh

[@fk038]

r/woooosh for both of you smh

[@3agle280]

*ST GAME*

[@spilledmilk4801]

THE WRIST GAME!!!

[@aidanreggio6356]

First console was wii when I was 6. Those were my good old days

[@JustinDalebout]

same :)

[@liamsmith1371]

I still have a wii

[@ru.ebn_]

I got Xbox 360 when I was 3

[@frupagendrix]

4:04 So beautiful game, song and moments

[@Warper74]

0:15 that's the Wario Ware Minigame! We can hear the timer!

[@NintenUnity]

That's right :) It's impossible to properly record from the Color TV-Game and they are hard to find too. Emulators don't exist for them either, so WarioWare was our only choice.

[@lus-ox3sj]

@@NintenUnity i played this minigame:)

[@benjaminbaguio133]

From 9 volts games

[@lus-ox3sj]

@@benjaminbaguio133 yee

[@KingAges]

1977 to 2019.... Huh, the memories.. They're all coming back.

[@ibraheemtanveer4158]

Those were d good times

[@AyooItsMars]

Wdym memories, on ur about page you said you were a kid

[@KingAges]

@@AyooItsMars I still had memories during the decade y'know.

[@KingAges]

@@AyooItsMars You can do a lot during the decade. Plus I didn't specify my age either. So you never know. I made that description years ago.

[@AyooItsMars]

Ah so you are my age, -1

[@xenobestx8423]

You played Xenoblade 1 as Riki... *You deserve more subs.*

[@smr1518]

Riki is love, Riki is life!

[@TravisTheMaximus]

Role

[@TheWASHINGMACHINEBOY]

riki: he choose me because riki good at fighting

[@julermudd475]

i dont get cuz im not so fan of xenoblade

[@biancapaiva01]

I started playng Nintendo with a Wii , when im 3,4,5 years old , my second Nintendo is Wii U , my third Nintendo is 3Ds , my fourth Nintendo is Nintendo Switch and now im 10 yrs old. I LOVE NINTENDOS

[@pablo_therodent]

Who else got a black wiiu and not the more likely white one

[@biancapaiva01]

@@pablo_therodent me :/

[@forhisneutralspecialhewiel2295]

bruh I'm 3 years older than you and I only have a Switch

[@biancapaiva01]

@@forhisneutralspecialhewiel2295 ;>; ah

[@AechQuinn]

That's awesome Bianca my first was Wii second 3DS and 3rd Nintendo Switch exept he skipped all the Gameboys, DS DSi and 3DS

[@kirbymybae]

Old games: Nintendo switch online: I’m going to ruin this mans whole career

[@GaelVioleta]

Me:This Is So Cheap

[@NotScared]

2hyper YT ツ not really but it isn’t too expensive

[@maric7558]

Bruh your so wrong, switch online didn’t do anything so stop lying

[@kirbymybae]

RamiARoblox10 nintendo switch online has a lot of old games

[@maric7558]

kirbymybae and what’s the problem with that?

[@antonioevans9239]

Ahh, the sweet sound of nostalgia.

[@skymyu]

Damn, wind waker’s graphics in the gamecube looks good enough to be on the wii u.

[@NotReallyFantaOwned]

They made an HD remake for the WII U

[@patoren3gou653]

The wii u was Nintendo's Dreamcast Expect Nintendo kept making consoles after it

[@MajorLinkGaming]

It also played an important role for the Switch.

[@rattfish]

Except, you mean?

[@emiel333]

Lovely 😊 You got yourself a new subscriber.

[@petitthom2886]

My 3 favorite Wii games: Super Mario Galaxy, Zelda Twilight Princess & DKC Returns 😍

[@diamonddog2638]

You know it!

[@VictorCN]

And Wii Sports

[@johnd.8348]

ZELDA ZELDA ZELDA ZELDA!!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!

[@TheBonusBlake]

The thing is 3ds DKC and wii u and gamecube twiglight are better than the wii versions

[@zzz43344]

@@TheBonusBlake You think so? How come?

[@yukinakamura9243]

Like who noticed that at 9:30 Mario Kart for wiiu there was the F-Zero music

[@SpaceCore2053]

That was because that track is from F-Zero.

[@cometh4124]

That is a track from the dlc

[@dragicamirazic3365]

You're right, but your time stamp is incorrect.

[@forhisneutralspecialhewiel2295]

we need captain falcon in Mario kart he has been racing for 30 years but his last game was in the gamecube but Nintendo wanted to add some squids that have only been for 5 years and have no driving experience

[@eskimopython2807]

Officials: The NES was the first Nintendo console This guy: *Color Tv Game*

[@lucaspereirahmj]

Actually, officially the first Nintendo console is the Color Tv Game, but don't count because this was just another Pong clone like hundreds that existed in that time.

[@eskimopython2807]

But what about the car game

[@eskimopython2807]

Hector Collazo That came out in 1980

[@jigglypuff452]

Lucas-Enigma It didn’t only have Pong.

[@Ceelo325ci]

It really is

[@KRATOS7514]

thank you for the upload awesome video

[@patrickjanes7234]

Every 4-7 years, new video game consoles are being made.

[@rafaelc.c.]

Wow, awesome. Thanks.

[@arthurDBR]

5:37 memes?

[@greeno4285]

No. Only nostalgia

[@skyegreen1078]

How old are you, and how dont you know what a Game Cube is?

[@aeioud1434]

You know what a GameCube Is?

[@arthurDBR]

Just kidding

[@vittoman4392]

Approved!

[@TheWASHINGMACHINEBOY]

5:49 omg i love the music of this menu

[@reginangel_official]

I still have a Wii, can't do anything other than play games.

[@georgschwingerchen39]

Then use Riiconect24 and Wimmfi :)

[@reginangel_official]

@@georgschwingerchen39 that works only for emulators sadly

[@georgschwingerchen39]

@@reginangel_official are you sure? I think it works, when you have a normal Wii

[@reginangel_official]

@@georgschwingerchen39 i tried on my normal wii but it keeps crashing on homebrew.

[@georgschwingerchen39]

@@reginangel_official oh, okay

[@mysticzen4825]

My First one was the SNES Good Old Days I got Really Excited when met the SNES Emulators Years Later

[@tord4852]

0:23 my first console that I still have

[@RikuMcduck]

Sans

[@Escanimations]

0:00 Color TV game:IM THE BEST 70s CONSOLE!!!! Atari 2600:Hold my beer

[@robertknight4880]

GameCube was my first Nintendo console and it had some great games even though the console didn’t sale that well

[@katalbinson6562]

Robert Knight Unfortunately the PS2 was the same generation.

[@zzz43344]

@Robert Knight The GameCube was my first console, too! I played the hell out of it when I was a kid, it remains my personal favorite Nintendo console of all time to this day!

[@predatorarroyo5280]

I've played some games in NES, SNES and N64 when i was a child, also i played in the Wii and now i got my 3DS and Wii-U. I'll get my Nintendo Switch with their games as soon as i can, I promise.

[@di3g0dominguez]

Nice, you got a 3DS?

[@predatorarroyo5280]

@@di3g0dominguez Yeah, that was 6 years ago.

[@di3g0dominguez]

i don't have a switch yet but I'll wait till they put the new switch pn shelves.

[@predatorarroyo5280]

@@di3g0dominguez Neither do i, but i'll get this console soon. I'm super jealous about many games, even in Smash Ultimate and Super Mario Maker 2.

[@di3g0dominguez]

@@predatorarroyo5280 Should definitely wait til' August, the consoles will have more battery life!

[@sachawierda4247]

9:00 the only thing I used to play for like 2 years...

[@darklex5150]

Did you know that the nintendo 64 was ( *i think* ) the most mature videogame console of nintendo? Over 10% of it's catalogue are mature games: Conker, shadow man, the 4 turoks, the 3 south parks, perfect dark (altough this is debatable) and more.

[@featuremarkstudios]

F-Zero please come back! We need you!

[@alexandergarcia6019]

Awesome video Game ❤👍

[@shaneofthemariofans.7524]

The Color TV Games Look Supremely impressive in the 70s

[@SN-ov8kq]

Do the evolution of nintendo handhelds

[@AechQuinn]

I think it is handheld as the Wii u handheld so they technically skipped all Gameboys and the DS DSi and the 3DS

[@theoriginaljuho3055]

this video is awesome

[@grvnge_imani1049]

5:37 was my first game console back when i would just play super smash melee and 5:38 brings back nostalgia

[@JohnnyRamirez86]

Wow even in the pong era the paddles didn't flicker like most pong consoles, comes to show you Nintendo made great products even in those times.

[@guaxini7]

Super Nintendo: pixels but beautiful Game cube: high quality but the models are a bit polygonal Swich: awesome graffics, HD and very toony effects Wii: *360p QUALITY* I watched the vídeo at 1080p60

[@vittoman4392]

Actually Wii is 480p

[@francescaspeciale9627]

@@vittoman4392 and wii u reaches 1080p

[@vittoman4392]

@@francescaspeciale9627 i know

[@calebdonaldson8770]

Wii: higher quality models with far less polygons

[@guaxini7]

@@calebdonaldson8770 actually no, The models still have some big polygons

[@metalleafy397]

this wasnt there but loved playing pikmin 2 growing up

[@bronzer544]

the gamecube and n64 really took big steps for nintendo

[@callmerei]

He showed all of the smash games EXCEPT for 64 Oof-

[@sendylie1774]

He didn't show up smash for wii u too

[@Martindier]

Sendy Lie yea

[@alejandrolopez3768]

@@sendylie1774 smash 4 is just the worst of the smash bros games

[@vuonethesilly]

@@alejandrolopez3768 no u

[@alejandrolopez3768]

@@vuonethesilly UNO'S REVERSE CARD INTENSIFIES

[@jorgem.9690]

My first console is Nintendo DS and I really enjoyed it a lot. I miss the old days 😔

[@taisenscoolstuff732]

Nintendo has come a long way!

[@svobodaforever3964]

3:42 WHO PLAYED UNDERTALE KNOWS WHAT IM MEAN

[@temmie1920]

Yep

[@svobodaforever3964]

K lol

[@davidkroft]

Remeber that : 2006, the Wii was capable of realtime light refraction effects, today, mentalray or GTX 1080s cannot even do that

[@TheBonusBlake]

What do you mean wii graphics dont stand up to a 2004 gaming pc

[@link5605]

@@TheBonusBlake all you had to do was to get the damn joke cj!!

[@forhisneutralspecialhewiel2295]

Sorry I don't get it

[@bronzer544]

bringing a leapster console to school in 2001 was literally like having a portable gamecube

[@ThatOddCone]

Good one

[@Galaxyechofighter777]

I was super excited when I got the Nintendo switch 😆

[@GiancarloThomazSenoni]

my first console was a Game Boy Color that my late grandfather gave me, and with this a become a Nintendo fan buying Nintendo handheld console or home console or both ever since my late grandfather have give me my first video game.

[@carlosmattessich3883]

7:41 Nostalgia 9:38 Nostalgian’t

[@ItzWolfy.]

My dad had a gameboy when he grew Up and it still works with mario kart super circuit and he had a game cube with some more games

[@catyoowoniichan2345]

3:11 I got memed

[@yazmincotto2656]

Everyone: HELLO LINK! Me: HELLO ZELDA U FINALLY TOOK OFF UR HAT

[@squarohedron0664]

u wat

[@casualwoomy]

I watch these vids for more splatoon content Woomy

[@normaeo4319]

Woomynator

[@thehawk8332]

Splatoon is dead

[@itsyako9752]

Nyges

[@temmie1920]

It'sYako! Woomy

[@hectorcollazo8845]

I grew up between NES and Switch. 😁 34 yr old gamer here.

[@59rlmccormack]

My favorite right now is the Wii U

[@AlexanderAgungWirabumi]

Nintendo GameBoy Advance SP is the BEST in My Child (Elementary School). Nostalgic 2000s❤👍👍👍

[@rattfish]

*in my child*

[@uejsilulja2699]

My first console was nintendo 3ds and I love it so much❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@prosto-random]

4:57 do a barrel roll

[@daMeeks]

I had both the GameCube and n64 when I was growing up

[@HistorysLegends]

My First Console Was The Nintendo Ds.

[@theodoreho9200]

4:57 RIP rick may

[@julermudd475]

im pretty new cuz my first console was the nintendo 64...i love those times with Majoras Mask

[@yeeyeekaree1107]

Im suprised you didn't show star fox for the snes. It was revolutionary

[@Guywithnovideoswithsubcribers]

Iam surprised you play fortnite

[@yeeyeekaree1107]

@@Guywithnovideoswithsubcribers be suprised

[@seasong707]

Haha, I had almost forgotten SSB Melee was a casual single player game, too..

[@parrotplays7]

the ultimate combination

[@lonewolfRPR]

Hope we see handleds next. :)

[@therustysfm4550]

I’m Interested to see the graphs in 2089

[@warmac88]

Great video Nintendo bro

[@misterluis7016]

Cool 😎

[@ocarinaofwastingmytime607]

My first Nintendo console I've owned is a Wii, in 2016. It originally belonged to my older brother, but he never used it. So on my 12th birthday, he gave me the Wii. In 2018, my dad bought a Nintendo Switch. Now I'm saving up my money for a Nintendo 3DS.

[@olgaaslamov7298]

3:11 Nice Song😉

[@unitedsocialiststatesofame624]

1:48 my favorite game

[@Steven-hi3pk]

I still play the nes and n64 because it's still fun

[@NewRetroGame]

The First Console I played was the Snes (my Ultimat Favorit Console) The First Console i bought was the DSi✌

[@NewRetroGame]

@@hectorcollazo1963 The nes is a good console. I have some classics on my 3ds. The 4 Mario Bros games. Zelda 1 only on emulator... I'm not a great metroid fan but it's a good game.

[@dobryvaz1744]

Back when every generation jump was completely different until the Wii has it looks similar to the Wii U and Switch

[@ivanlv]

Damn, time flies so fast, every 5-7 years there's a new home console, so that means in 2023-24 probably will be getting a new console:0

[@TheSworder]

@Lootexcu i pretty sure that not true

[@poposkycc1727]

My firts consolle snes but best one in my mind and heart gamecube.. my past my first 14 years old ... delicious memories

[@Poever]

From Pong (a clone of) to the likes of Breath of the Wild. That’s wild!

[@aliengamer3858]

Can you do handhelds next?

[@jiepicklev5053]

my first console is WII and my uncle first console is SNES, PS1, and PS2

[@emlx43]

nice

[@Paradroid1793]

F zeros soundtrack created a legend

[@MecitGames]

As someone who has never played any of these in my life, I would love to get it even if it's old

[@matejamicic3037]

if you have a switch you can get a lot of theese from nes all the way to n64 and has some gameboy games

[@jairog2787]

I've heard of GameCube, new 3ds and Nintendo Wii u

[@vmzhvsoofficial]

I have SNES and Switch The funny thing is that I originally saw this video on KZbin on Nintendo Switch.

[@poke1998]

Nostalgia