Nintendo’s shares jumped over four percent as the Japanese company announced some information about its next-generation video gaming console – the Switch – to be launched worldwide in March 2017 as it posted a short video showing the device.<br /><br /> The console’s success will be crucial to Nintendo as its business is still mostly based on consoles, even as casual gaming shifts from living rooms to smartphones.<br /><br /> The Switch is a tablet-like device that sits in a dock connected to the TV but when removed from the dock can be used in poetable mode. It also has detachable controllers. <br /><br /> Nintendo Switch is coming March 2017! Catch the Preview Trailer and visit https://t.co/j4Unm459lg for more details. pic.twitter.com/EV7zPiVf35— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) October 20, 2016<br /> <br /><br /> The decision to bring some of its popular characters to mobile led to the runaway success of its game Pokemon GO.<br /><br /> The company also plans to debut its game franchise Super Mario Bros on Apple’s iPhone in December.<br /><br /> That follows slowing sales of its current Wii U console. They have reached 13 million units since its 2012 launch. Its predecessor, the Wii, launched in 2006, has sold 101 million units to date.<br />
