Eh. They don't push in the classic ways. I don't think Nintendo has ever put out a console that was on the cutting edge of technology. What they like doing is

Eh. They don't push in the classic ways. I don't think Nintendo has ever put out a console that was on the cutting edge of technology. What they like doing is taking common components and milking them for all they're worth. Or optimizing for what's really important in a system. Like for the Game Boy line, they focused on energy consumption rather than raw horsepower. The NES used a modified 6502, which was used in the Atari 2600, Apple II, Commodore 64, and others.