Editing Nintendo (section)

==== 2017–Present: Nintendo Switch and expansion to other media ====
{{Further|Nintendo Switch#History|label 1=History of Nintendo Switch}}

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The Wii U's successor in the [[eighth generation of video game consoles]], the [[Nintendo Switch]], was released in March 2017. The Switch features a hybrid design as a home and handheld console, [[Joy-Con]] controllers that each contain an accelerometer and gyroscope, and the simultaneous wireless networking of up to eight consoles.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/12/nintendo-switch-to-launch-globally-on-march-3-at-300-dollars.html |title=Nintendo Switch to launch globally on March 3, to cost $300 in the US |first=Saheli Roy |last=Choudhury |website=[[CNBC]] |date= 13 January 2017 |access-date= 13 January 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170114201154/http://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/12/nintendo-switch-to-launch-globally-on-march-3-at-300-dollars.html |archive-date=14 January 2017 }}</ref> To expand its library, Nintendo entered alliances with several third-party and independent developers;<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://time.com/4661055/nintendo-switch-interview/ |title=The 8 Most Interesting Things Nintendo Told Us About Switch |first=Matt |last=Peckham |date=6 February 2017 |access-date=6 February 2017 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206223053/http://time.com/4661055/nintendo-switch-interview/ |archive-date=6 February 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2017/12/28/how-nintendo-is-changing-its-approach-to-indie-developers.aspx |title=How Nintendo Is Changing Its Approach To Indie Developers |first=Brian |last=Shae |date=29 December 2017 |access-date=29 December 2017 |magazine=[[Game Informer]] |archive-date=30 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230060246/http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2017/12/28/how-nintendo-is-changing-its-approach-to-indie-developers.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> by February 2019, more than 1,800 Switch games had been released.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/02/more_than_1800_games_have_now_been_released_on_the_nintendo_switch |title=More Than 1,800 Games Have Now Been Released On The Nintendo Switch |website=Nintendo Life |last=Doolan |first=Liam |date=11 February 2019 |access-date=19 June 2020 |archive-date=4 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191004093859/http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/02/more_than_1800_games_have_now_been_released_on_the_nintendo_switch |url-status=live }}</ref> Worldwide sales of the Switch exceeded 55&nbsp;million units by March 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2020/200507e.pdf |title=Consolidated Financial Highlights – Q4 FY2020 |publisher=Nintendo |date=7 May 2020 |access-date=7 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507085457/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2020/200507e.pdf |archive-date=7 May 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2018, the [[Nintendo Labo]] line was released, consisting of cardboard accessories that interact with the Switch and the Joy-Con controllers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.polygon.com/2018/1/17/16902886/nintendo-switch-labo-cardboard-toy-con-price-release-date-trailer |access-date=17 January 2018 |title=Nintendo reveals Labo, a DIY 'build-and-play experience' for Switch |last=McWhertor |first=Michael |date=17 January 2018 |website=Polygon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118034148/https://www.polygon.com/2018/1/17/16902886/nintendo-switch-labo-cardboard-toy-con-price-release-date-trailer|archive-date=18 January 2018}}</ref> More than one million units of the Nintendo Labo Variety Kit were sold in its first year on the market.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/04/nintendo_labo_variety_kit_surpasses_one_million_sales |title=Nintendo Labo Variety Kit Surpasses One Million Sales |website=Nintendo Life |last=Craddock |first=Ryan |date=25 April 2019 |access-date=19 June 2020 |archive-date=9 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809170904/https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/04/nintendo_labo_variety_kit_surpasses_one_million_sales |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Super Nintendo World Theme Park at USJ Osaka Evening Sky.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1|[[Super Nintendo World]] at [[Universal Studios Japan]], opened in 2021]]

In 2018, [[Shuntaro Furukawa]] replaced Kimishima as company president,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Morris |first1=Chris |date=26 April 2018 |title=Nintendo's New President Marks Start of New Dynasty |url=http://fortune.com/2018/04/26/nintendo-shuntaro-furukawa-president-new-dynasty/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426230622/http://fortune.com/2018/04/26/nintendo-shuntaro-furukawa-president-new-dynasty/ |archive-date=26 April 2018 |access-date=26 April 2018 |website=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]}}</ref> and in 2019, [[Doug Bowser]] succeeded Nintendo of America president [[Reggie Fils-Aimé]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Calvert |first=Darren |date=21 February 2019 |title=Reggie Fils-Aime Is Retiring After 15 Notable Years At Nintendo of America |url=http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/02/reggie_fils-aime_is_retiring_after_15_notable_years_at_nintendo_of_america |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221221843/http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/02/reggie_fils-aime_is_retiring_after_15_notable_years_at_nintendo_of_america |archive-date=21 February 2019 |access-date=21 February 2019 |website=[[Nintendo Life]] |publisher=Hookshot Media}}</ref> In April 2019, Nintendo formed an alliance with [[Tencent]] to distribute the Nintendo Switch in China starting in December.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kerr |first=Chris |date=4 December 2019 |title=Nintendo and Tencent have set a launch date for the Switch in China |url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/nintendo-and-tencent-have-set-a-launch-date-for-the-switch-in-china |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204150240/https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/355112/Nintendo_and_Tencent_have_set_a_launch_date_for_the_Switch_in_China.php |archive-date=4 December 2019 |access-date=4 December 2019 |work=[[Gamasutra]] |publisher=[[Informa]]}}</ref>

[[Super Nintendo World]], a theme park area, opened at [[Universal Studios Japan]] in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McWhertor |first1=Michael |date=12 December 2016 |title=Nintendo's first Universal Studios park attraction is called Super Nintendo World |url=http://www.polygon.com/2016/12/12/13917504/super-nintendo-world-nintendo-universal-studios-japan-park-attraction |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161212132335/http://www.polygon.com/2016/12/12/13917504/super-nintendo-world-nintendo-universal-studios-japan-park-attraction |archive-date=12 December 2016 |access-date=18 December 2016 |website=Polygon}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wong |first=Maggie Hiufu |date=1 December 2020 |title=Super Nintendo World is opening at Universal Studios Japan in February. Here's a sneak peek |url=https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/super-nintendo-world-new-opening-date/index.html |access-date=21 September 2023 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=5 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005222007/https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/super-nintendo-world-new-opening-date/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

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[[File:KANDA SQUARE-3.jpg|left|thumb|upright|Nintendo's Tokyo branch office, located in the 8th floor, since 2020]]

In early 2020, Plan See Do, a hotel and restaurant development company, announced that it would refurbish the former Nintendo headquarters from the 1930s as a hotel, with plans to add 20 guest rooms, a restaurant, a bar, and a gym. The building is owned by Yamauchi Co., Ltd., an asset management company of Nintendo's founding family.<ref name="Nintendo's Old Headquarters Will Be Turned Into A Hotel" /> The hotel later opened in April 2022, with 18 guest rooms, and named Marufukuro in a homage to Nintendo's previous name, Marufuku.<ref name="The Old Nintendo Headquarters Hotel Looks Stunning Inside" /><ref name="Take a look inside the former Nintendo HQ – now a luxury hotel" /><ref name="About MARUFUKURO｜ Kyoto Gojo Hotel" /> In April 2020, Reuters reported that [[ValueAct Capital]] had acquired over 2.6 million shares in Nintendo stock worth {{US$|1.1 billion}} over the course of a year, giving them an overall stake of 2% in Nintendo.<ref name="Exclusive: ValueAct eyes Nintendo with stake of over $1.1 billion - letter" /> Although the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] caused delays in the production and distribution of some of Nintendo's products, the situation "had limited impact on business results"; in May 2020, Nintendo reported a 75% increase in income compared to the previous fiscal year, mainly contributed by the [[Nintendo Switch Online]] service.<ref name="Consolidated Results for the Years Ended March 31, 2019 and 2020" /> The year saw some changes to the company's management: outside director Naoki Mizutani retired from the board, and was replaced by Asa Shinkawa; and Yoshiaki Koizumi was promoted to senior executive officer, maintaining his role as deputy general manager of Nintendo EPD.<ref name="Consolidated Results for the Years Ended March 31, 2019 and 2020" /> By August, Nintendo was named the richest company in Japan.<ref name="Nintendo Officially Named The Richest Company In Japan In 2020" /> In June 2021, the company announced plans to convert its former Uji Ogura plant, where it had manufactured playing and ''hanafuda'' cards, into a museum tentatively named "Nintendo Gallery", targeted to open by March 2024.<ref name="Official 'Nintendo Gallery' Museum to Open in Japan by March 2024" /><ref name="News Release : Jun. 2, 2021 Utilization of the land of the Nintendo Uji Ogura Plant" /> In the following year, historic remains of a [[Yayoi period]] village were discovered in the construction site.<ref name="Historic Village Remains Found On Nintendo Museum Construction Site" />

Nintendo co-produced an animated film ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' alongside [[Universal Pictures]] and [[Illumination (company)|Illumination]], with Miyamoto and Illumination CEO [[Chris Meledandri]] acting as producers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/mario-movie-be-produced-by-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-illumination-1080822|title='Mario' Movie to Be Produced by Nintendo and Illumination|website=The Hollywood Reporter|last=Blair|first=Gavin J.|date=31 January 2018|access-date=31 January 2018|archive-date=6 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306110724/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/mario-movie-be-produced-by-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-illumination-1080822|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/01/illuminations_mario_movie_is_moving_along_smoothly_aiming_for_2022_release|title=Illumination's Mario Movie Is "Moving Along Smoothly", Aiming For 2022 Release|website=Nintendo Life|last=Craddock|first=Ryan|date=30 January 2020|access-date=31 January 2020|archive-date=31 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131231331/http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/01/illuminations_mario_movie_is_moving_along_smoothly_aiming_for_2022_release|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2021, Furukawa indicated Nintendo's plan to create more animated projects based on their work outside the ''Mario'' film,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90630113/nintendo-shuntaro-furukawa-doug-bowser-interview-universal-studios-illumination-mario-movie-animal-crossing |title=As Nintendo's entertainment kingdom expands, it's still about the games |work=Fast Company |date=29 April 2021 |access-date=5 July 2021 |archive-date=30 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630064959/https://www.fastcompany.com/90630113/nintendo-shuntaro-furukawa-doug-bowser-interview-universal-studios-illumination-mario-movie-animal-crossing |url-status=live |last1=McCracken |first1=Harry }}</ref> and by 29 June, Meledandri joined the board of directors as a non-executive outside director.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ankers-Range |first=Adele |date=5 July 2021 |title=Nintendo Adds Despicable Me Producer to Its Board of Directors to Help It Make Movies |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-despicable-me-producer-board-of-directors-movies |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=IGN |language=en |archive-date=12 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112090941/https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-despicable-me-producer-board-of-directors-movies |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Consolidated Results for the Years Ended March 31, 2020 and 2021" /> According to Furukawa, the company's expansion toward animated production is to keep "[the] business [of producing video games] thriving and growing", realizing the "need to create opportunities where even people who do not normally play on video game systems can come into contact with Nintendo characters". That day, Miyamoto said that "[Meledandri] really came to understand the Nintendo point of view" and that "asking for [his] input, as an expert with many years of experience in Hollywood, will be of great help to" Nintendo's transition into film production.<ref name="Melendandri">{{cite web |url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2021/qa2106e.pdf |title=Q&A Summary |access-date=5 July 2021 |archive-date=6 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210706003910/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2021/qa2106e.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Later, in July 2022, Nintendo acquired Dynamo Pictures, a Japanese CG company founded by Hiroshi Hirokawa on 18 March 2011. Dynamo had worked with Nintendo on digital shorts in the 2010s, including for the ''[[Pikmin]]'' series, and Nintendo said that Dynamo would continue their goal of expanding into animation. Following the completion of the acquisition in October 2022, Nintendo renamed Dynamo as [[Nintendo Pictures]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gematsu.com/2022/07/nintendo-to-acquire-visual-content-company-dynamo-pictures | title=Nintendo to acquire visual content company Dynamo Pictures | date=14 July 2022 | access-date=14 July 2022 | archive-date=14 July 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714074546/https://www.gematsu.com/2022/07/nintendo-to-acquire-visual-content-company-dynamo-pictures | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Batchelor |first=James |date=4 October 2022 |title=Nintendo completes Dynamo Pictures acquisition, relaunches as Nintendo Pictures |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/nintendo-completes-dynamo-pictures-acquisition-relaunches-as-nintendo-pictures |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014000645/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/nintendo-completes-dynamo-pictures-acquisition-relaunches-as-nintendo-pictures |archive-date=14 October 2022 |accessdate=4 October 2022 |work=[[GamesIndustry.biz]] |publisher=[[Gamer Network]]}}</ref>

In February 2022, Nintendo announced the acquisition of [[Systems Research & Development|SRD Co., Ltd.]] (Systems Research and Development) after 40 years, a major contributor of Nintendo's first-party games such as ''Donkey Kong'' and ''The Legend of Zelda'' until the 1990s, and then support studio since.<ref name="SRD ac">{{cite web |last=Batchelor |first=James |date=24 February 2022 |title=Nintendo acquires long-running partner studio SRD Co Ltd |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-02-24-nintendo-acquires-long-running-partner-studio-srd-co |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227061932/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-02-24-nintendo-acquires-long-running-partner-studio-srd-co |archive-date=27 February 2022 |accessdate=26 February 2022 |work=[[GamesIndustry.biz]] |publisher=[[Gamer Network]]}}</ref> In May 2022, Reuters reported that [[Saudi Arabia]]'s [[Public Investment Fund]] had purchased a 5% stake in Nintendo,<ref name="Saudi Arabia's wealth fund takes 5% Nintendo stake" /> and by January 2023, its stake in the company had increased to 6.07%.<ref name="Saudi Arabia's wealth fund raises Nintendo stake to 6%" /> It was raised to 7.08% by February 2023, and in the same week by 8.26%, making it the biggest external investor.<ref name="Saudi Arabia's wealth fund raises Nintendo stake to 7%" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=17 February 2023 |title=Days after its last increase, Saudi Arabia yet again ups its Nintendo stake |url=https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/saudi-arabia-ups-its-stake-in-nintendo-again-to-become-its-biggest-outside-investor/ |access-date=18 February 2023 |website=VGC |language=en-GB |archive-date=18 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218005322/https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/saudi-arabia-ups-its-stake-in-nintendo-again-to-become-its-biggest-outside-investor/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In November 2024, Saudi Arabia's PIF dropped back to 6.3%.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Burke |first1=Christine |last2=Nishizawa |first2=Kana |date=2024-11-13 |title=Saudi Arabia's Sovereign Wealth Fund Trims Nintendo Stake Again |url=https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/2024/11/13/saudi-arabias-sovereign-wealth-fund-trims-nintendo-stake-again/ |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=BNN Bloomberg |language=en}}</ref>

In early 2023, the Super Nintendo World theme park area in [[Universal Studios Hollywood]] opened.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Whitten |first=Sarah |date=17 February 2023 |title=Look inside Super Nintendo World, which just opened at Universal Studios Hollywood |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/17/super-nintendo-world-universal-studios-hollywood.html |access-date=21 September 2023 |website=CNBC |language=en |archive-date=5 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005222008/https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/17/super-nintendo-world-universal-studios-hollywood.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ''The Super Mario Bros. Movie'' was released on 5 April 2023, and has grossed over $1.3 billion worldwide, setting box-office records for the [[List of highest-grossing openings for animated films|biggest worldwide opening weekend for an animated film]], the [[List of highest-grossing films based on video games|highest-grossing film based on a video game]] and [[List of highest-grossing films|the 15th-highest-grossing film of all-time]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Dellatto |first=Marisa |date=16 April 2023 |title=Weekend Box Office: ''Super Mario Bros. Movie'' Earns Over $180 Million Worldwide In Another Massive Weekend |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/marisadellatto/2023/04/16/weekend-box-office-super-mario-bros-movie-earns-over-180-million-worldwide-in-another-massive-weekend/ |access-date=16 April 2023 |website=[[Forbes]] |archive-date=16 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416164715/https://www.forbes.com/sites/marisadellatto/2023/04/16/weekend-box-office-super-mario-bros-movie-earns-over-180-million-worldwide-in-another-massive-weekend/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Nintendo reached an agreement with [[Embracer Group]] in May 2024 to acquire 100% of the shares in Shiver Entertainment, a company that has specialized in porting triple-A games like ''[[Hogwarts Legacy]]'' and ''[[Mortal Kombat 1]]'' to the Switch, making it a wholly owned subsidiary of Nintendo, subject to closing conditions.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Robinson |first1=Andy |title=Nintendo agrees deal to buy Hogwarts Legacy, Mortal Kombat Switch studio |url=https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-agrees-deal-to-buy-hogwarts-legacy-mortal-kombat-switch-studio/ |website=Video Games Chronicle |date=20 May 2024 |access-date=20 May 2024 |archive-date=20 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520233148/https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-agrees-deal-to-buy-hogwarts-legacy-mortal-kombat-switch-studio/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2024/240521e.pdf|title=Notice of the Acquisition of Shiver Entertainment, Inc.|date=21 May 2024|work=Nintendo Co., Ltd.|access-date=21 May 2024|archive-date=21 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521183810/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2024/240521e.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> In October 2024 Nintendo announced [[Nintendo Music]], a mobile application enabling one to listen to soundtracks from Nintendo games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/10/nintendo-music-is-a-new-mobile-app-exclusive-to-switch-online-members|first=Ollie|last=Reynolds|access-date = 30 October 2024|title='Nintendo Music' Is A New Mobile App Exclusive To Switch Online Members|date=30 October 2024 }}</ref> By November 2024, Nintendo gained full ownership of Monolith Soft, a first-party developer behind ''[[Xenoblade Chronicles]]'' and provided support for ''The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Serin |first1=Kaan |title=After pumping out Xenoblade Chronicles games for a decade and helping out on Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Monolith Soft is now fully owned by Nintendo |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/games/xenoblade-chronicles/after-pumping-out-xenoblade-chronicles-games-for-a-decade-and-helping-out-on-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-monolith-soft-is-now-fully-owned-by-nintendo/ |website=[[GamesRadar+]] |access-date=11 December 2024 |date=11 December 2024}}</ref>

In 2025, Nintendo announced that the successor to the Switch, the [[Nintendo Switch 2]], would be released on June 5 of that year.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nintendo Switch 2 Launches June 5 at $449.99, Bringing New Forms of Game Communication to Life |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250402229347/en/Nintendo-Switch-2-Launches-June-5-at-%24449.99-Bringing-New-Forms-of-Game-Communication-to-Life |website=[[Business Wire]] |access-date=2 April 2025 |archive-date=4 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250404043716/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250402229347/en/Nintendo-Switch-2-Launches-June-5-at-%24449.99-Bringing-New-Forms-of-Game-Communication-to-Life |url-status=live }}</ref>