Nintendo taps new team to build Switch, its biggest bet in years

Shinya Takahashi, managing executive officer of Nintendo Co., left, and Yoshiaki Koizumi, Switch general producer, pose for a photograph with Switch controllers at the company's development center in Kyoto, Japan, on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. Nintendo is making its biggest bet in years with Switch, a new console aimed at unifying the worlds of mobile and home gaming that will go on on March 3. Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg

Nintendo Co is making its biggest bet in years with Switch, a new console aimed at unifying the worlds of mobile and home gaming that will go on sale this week. 

To chart new territory with the gadget, the Kyoto-based company handed control of development to a team of three managers more experienced in software rather than hardware. In a departure from previous consoles, Switch was created without the direct involvement of Shigeru Miyamoto, Genyo Takeda and other veterans known for introducing Super Mario and the Wii to the world.