Nintendo's latest video game console is off to a killer start.

Just look how excited these paid actors are to play the Switch! Nintendo

The Nintendo Switch is still hard to find, and it's regularly beating the competition in sales. Its main launch game, "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild," is heralded as one of the best games ever made. And Nintendo had a huge new Mario game, "Super Mario Odyssey," to follow up in October.

Between this year's Switch games and 2018's lineup, it looks as if Nintendo is finally delivering on its long-held promise to release a steady cadence of games from its biggest franchises. Heck, Nintendo is even making a full-on new "Pokémon" game for the Switch. That's a first for "Pokémon," a series forever tied to Nintendo's handheld consoles.

The first Pokémon games debuted on Nintendo's Game Boy handheld console. Nintendo

With 2017 coming to a close, we're looking back at Nintendo's incredible year — and looking forward at what to expect in 2018.