Our lives here in the U.S. are influenced by an inextricably intertwined with the history,

politics, and cultures of countries like China, South Korea, and Taiwan.

Today, we close out our superpower series in collaboration with our friends that plan

it money to tell the story of how the Taiwanese government lured engineers back from the U.S.

and grew to dominate and industry the modern world can't function without.

This is the Nintendo Switch.

So, I got the Nintendo Switch. I got the big one.

The Animal Crossing came out and like the lockdown started.

This was a game that like if you were not a gamer, this was a game that you can still get into.

And during the coronavirus pandemic of 2020, finding one was harder than finding toilet papers.

Nintendo was hit hard by the global chip shortage during the last quarter.

The gaming giant announced Wednesday. It sold 23% fewer Switch consoles in the April to June quarter

than a year before. More and more companies are weighing in on the impact to their bottom lines.

Nintendo chip shortage, production delays, and higher prices have really made it tough

for people to find a vehicle. Ships are needed for just about all devices, laptops,

home appliances like refrigerators, gaming consoles, and medical equipment.

Folks at home might be wondering why such a big deal for manufacturing something so small,

the size of a postage stamp. Why is that so important? Well, semiconductors are small

computerships that power virtually everything in our lives. Every single electronic product these

days has these chips in them that allow them to do what they do. Everything you're using today

is part of semiconductor world. Taiwan semiconductor manufacturing TSMC accounts for more than half

of all global production of complex chips. The world's massive reliance on TSMC may also leave

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