Changes: Nintendo

Latest revision as of 22:46, 19 February 2019

Nintendo's current logo.

Nintendo is a video game company that creates, develops, and publishes video games. They created the Star Fox series, along with the Mario series, the Donkey Kong series, The Legend of Zelda series, the Animal Crossing series, the Metroid series, the Kirby series, and the Pokémon series among others.

General Info

Nintendo Company Ltd. is a multinational corporation headquartered in Kyoto, Japan founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. In the mid-twentieth century, the company tried several small niche businesses, such as a love hotel and a taxi company. Over time, it became a video game company, growing into one of the most powerful in the industry and Japan's third most valuable listed company with a market value of more than US$85 billion. In 2007 Nintendo ranked 10th on the list of largest software companies in the world. Aside from video games, Nintendo is also the majority owner of the Seattle Mariners, a Major League Baseball team in Seattle, Washington. According to Nintendo's Touch! Generations website, the name "Nintendo" translated from Japanese to English means "Leave luck to Heaven." As of July 15, 2008, Nintendo has sold over 460 million hardware units and over 2.7 billion video games.

In 2008, Nintendo was honored at the 59th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards for pioneering the development of handheld games with its Nintendo DS system, and for the unique user interface of the Wii.

Consoles

Nintendo has had many consoles, most of which sponsor Star Fox games.

Nintendo Enterainment System (NES): 1983–2008
Virtual Boy: 1995–96
Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES): 1990–2003
Nintendo 64 (N64): 1996–2003
Nintendo GameCube (GCN): 2001–2007
Nintendo Wii: 2006-2013
Nintendo Wii U: 2012-2018
Nintendo Switch: 2017-Present

Handheld

Nintendo Game Boy (GB): 1989-2003
Nintendo Game Boy Color (GBC): 1998-2003
Nintendo Game Boy Advance (GBA): 2001-2010
Nintendo DS (DS): 2004–2014
Nintendo 3DS: 2011–present

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name
Japanese	(任天堂株式会社, Nintendō Kabushiki kaisha)

External Links


Main Games
Spin-offs
Super Smash Bros. Series
Other	• Cameos • Virtual Boy • Arcade • Wii • Star Fox Armada • Dinosaur Planet (game)

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 =='''General Info'''==
-'''Nintendo Company Ltd.''' is a multinational corporation headquartered in Kyoto, Japan founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. In the mid-twentieth century, the company tried several small niche businesses, such as a love hotel and a taxi company. Over time, it became a video game company, growing into one of the most powerful in the industry and Japan’s third most valuable listed company with a market value of more than US$85 billion. In 2007 Nintendo ranked 10th on the list of largest software companies in the world. Aside from video games, Nintendo is also the majority owner of the Seattle Mariners, a Major League Baseball team in Seattle, Washington. According to Nintendo's Touch! Generations website, the name "Nintendo" translated from Japanese to English means "Leave luck to Heaven." As of July 15, 2008, Nintendo has sold over 460 million hardware units and over 2.7 billion video games.
+'''Nintendo Company Ltd.''' is a multinational corporation headquartered in Kyoto, Japan founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. In the mid-twentieth century, the company tried several small niche businesses, such as a love hotel and a taxi company. Over time, it became a video game company, growing into one of the most powerful in the industry and Japan's third most valuable listed company with a market value of more than US$85 billion. In 2007 Nintendo ranked 10th on the list of largest software companies in the world. Aside from video games, Nintendo is also the majority owner of the Seattle Mariners, a Major League Baseball team in Seattle, Washington. According to Nintendo's Touch! Generations website, the name "Nintendo" translated from Japanese to English means "Leave luck to Heaven." As of July 15, 2008, Nintendo has sold over 460 million hardware units and over 2.7 billion video games.
 In 2008, Nintendo was honored at the 59th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards for pioneering the development of handheld games with its Nintendo DS system, and for the unique user interface of the Wii.
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 =='''Consoles'''==
 Nintendo has had many consoles, most of which sponsor Star Fox games.
-*'''Nintendo Enterainment System (''NES''): 1983–2008
+*'''Nintendo Enterainment System (''NES''): 1983–2008'''
-*'''[[Virtual Boy]]''': 1995–96
+*'''Virtual Boy''': 1995–96
 *'''[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] (''SNES'')''': 1990–2003
 *'''[[Nintendo 64]] (''N64'')''': 1996–2003
 *'''[[Nintendo GameCube]] (''GCN'')''': 2001–2007
-*'''[[Nintendo Wii]]''''': 2006-2013
+*'''[[Nintendo Wii]]''''': 2006-2013''
-*'''[[Nintendo Wii U]]''': 2012-present
+*'''Nintendo [[Wii U]]''': 2012-2018
-*'''Nintendo Switch''': 2017-
+*'''[[Nintendo Switch]]''': 2017-Present
 ==='''Handheld'''===
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 *'''Nintendo Game Boy Color (''GBC'')''': 1998-2003
 *'''Nintendo Game Boy Advance (''GBA'')''': 2001-2010
-*'''[[Nintendo DS]] (''DS''): 2004–2014
+*'''[[Nintendo DS]] (''DS''): 2004–2014'''
-*'''[[Nintendo 3DS|''Nintendo 3DS'']]''': 2011–present
+*'''[[Nintendo 3DS]]''': 2011–present
 =='''Names in Other Languages'''==
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 *http://www.nintendo.com
 *https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo
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 [[Category:Companies]]
 [[Category:Real-world categories]]