It is the last major home console to use the cartridge as its primary storage format until Nintendo’s seventh console, the Nintendo Switch, released in 2017. Named for its 64-bit central processing unit, it was released in June 1996 in Japan, September 1996 in North America and Brazil, March 1997 in Europe and Australia, and September 1997 in France. The Nintendo 64, stylized as NINTENDO64 and abbreviated as N64, is Nintendo’s third home video game console for the international market.
