Nintendo has said it will release its long-awaited new console, the Nintendo Switch, on 3 March.
It will cost $299.99 in the US and 29,980 yen ($260) in Japan, more than most analysts had been expecting. European prices were not announced.
The stakes are high for the Japanese firm after its most recent console, the Wii U, failed to replicate the success of the original Wii.
Nintendo shares dipped as details of the launch began to trickle out.
Mario's back
Nintendo revealed in October last year that the games machine would be a handheld device that doubles as a home console.
Previously code-named NX, the Switch looks like a tablet computer with controllers that attach to its sides.
Games will be delivered on small cartridges, a nod to older Nintendo consoles.
The firm says that about 80 games were in development, including a new Mario game called Super Mario Odyssey, out late in 2017.
Other details announced on Friday included:
- Console comes with 32GB of storage - extendable with a MicroSD card slot
- Plans to end regional locking - meaning games could be played on all consoles - no mater where in the world they were bought
- Multiplayer online gaming - initially free but later paid-for
- A smartphone app for social aspects of games including chat function