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It fared better with the monster-chasing ” Pokemon Go ” sensation on phones, but that wasn’t developed in-house. Its NES Classic retro module was a “hot” holiday gift, but it was difficult to find during the holidays. Since then, the Japanese video game maker has faced other hiccups. People thought it was too expensive at $300, especially when it had few must-have games. But the Wii’s successor in 2012, the Wii U, proved disappointing. Nintendo’s Wii in 2006 introduced motion control to gaming and was a massive success, forcing Microsoft and Sony to respond with their own motion controls.

The new “Zelda” game is the biggest available at launch, though Nintendo is also pushing a collection of casual party games called “1-2-Switch.” Nintendo says more than 80 titles are in development, including “Super Mario Odyssey” and the action-puzzle game “Snipperclips: Cut it Out, Together.” “I can’t sit around at home and play a 70-hour game, but if I’m on airplanes or hotels, it’s perfect for me.”

“Knowing I could get the ‘Zelda’ game both at home and on the road, at this stage in my life that’s essential,” said Hussey, a sales rep from Bloomington, Indiana. With each switch - get it? - you can pick up where you left off. Back home, slide the tablet into a docking station and snap the controllers into a grip accessory and you have a traditional game console attached to a TV. Take the tablet to a gathering with friends, and you can rest it on a table with a kickstand and detach the controllers for use as stand-alone devices. Wireless controllers attach to a game tablet for hand held gaming.

The Switch is like three machines in one.