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| − | '''Nintendo''' is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel. Eventually, Nintendo developed into a video game company, becoming one of the most influential in the industry and Japan's third most valuable listed company, with a market value of over US$85 billion. Besides 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 October 2, 2008, Nintendo has sold over 470 million hardware units and 2.7 billion software units. |
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| + | [[File:Nintendo.png|thumb|300px|The official logo.]] |
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| + | '''Nintendo''' is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. It is the video game company that developed that developed popular games, in respect to this wiki, such as [[Wii Sports|''Wii Sports'']] and [[Wii Sports Resort|''Wii Sports Resort'']]. Nintendo is also Japan's third most valuable listed company. (Citation needed) They also make gaming consoles from the Nintendo Entertainment System to the Nintendo Switch. |
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| + | == Origins == |
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| + | Originally founded it 1889 as a playing-card company, Nintendo was founded as '''''Yamauchi Nintendo''''' (山内任天堂) by Fusajiro Yamauchi on September 23, 1889. Based in Kyoto, Japan, the business produced and marketed ''hanafuda''. In the more modern 1970’s, and with its help from Allan Alcorn, it made its first game console: ''The Color TV Game 6''. |
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| + | == Consoles made == |
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| + | * Color TV-Game (1977-1980) |
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| + | * Nintendo Entertainment System (or NES) (1983) |
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| + | * Gameboy (first portable gaming device) (1989) |
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| + | * Super Nintendo Entertainment System (1990) |
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| + | * Virtual Boy (first virtual console) (1995) |
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| + | * Nintendo 64 (First 3-dimensional console) |
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| + | * Gameboy Color (1998) |
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| + | * GameCube (March 2001) |
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| + | * Gameboy Advance (November 2001) |
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| + | * Nintendo DS (first 3-dimensional portable console) (2004) |
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| + | * Nintendo DS Lite (newly-designed model of the original 3DS) (March 2, 2006) |
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| + | *[[Wii]] (first console to support motion controls and use Wi-Fi) (November 18, 2006) |
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| + | *[[3DS|Nintendo 3DS]] (first portable console with a switch to make games and apps appear 3-dimensional) (2011) |
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| + | * [[Wii U]] (first console with a gamepad) (2012) |
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| + | * [[Nintendo Switch]] (2017) |
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Revision as of 16:27, 17 February 2022
The official logo.
Nintendo is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. It is the video game company that developed that developed popular games, in respect to this wiki, such as Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort. Nintendo is also Japan's third most valuable listed company. (Citation needed) They also make gaming consoles from the Nintendo Entertainment System to the Nintendo Switch.
Origins
Originally founded it 1889 as a playing-card company, Nintendo was founded as Yamauchi Nintendo (山内任天堂) by Fusajiro Yamauchi on September 23, 1889. Based in Kyoto, Japan, the business produced and marketed hanafuda. In the more modern 1970’s, and with its help from Allan Alcorn, it made its first game console: The Color TV Game 6.
Consoles made
- Color TV-Game (1977-1980)
- Nintendo Entertainment System (or NES) (1983)
- Gameboy (first portable gaming device) (1989)
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System (1990)
- Virtual Boy (first virtual console) (1995)
- Nintendo 64 (First 3-dimensional console)
- Gameboy Color (1998)
- GameCube (March 2001)
- Gameboy Advance (November 2001)
- Nintendo DS (first 3-dimensional portable console) (2004)
- Nintendo DS Lite (newly-designed model of the original 3DS) (March 2, 2006)
- Wii (first console to support motion controls and use Wi-Fi) (November 18, 2006)
- Nintendo 3DS (first portable console with a switch to make games and apps appear 3-dimensional) (2011)
- Wii U (first console with a gamepad) (2012)
- Nintendo Switch (2017)