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Nintendo Co., Ltd.
任天堂株式会社

Nintendo logo

Founded

September 23, 1889

Headquarters

11-1 Kamitoba Hokodatecho, Minami-ku, Kyoto

Type

Public

Subsidiaries

Nintendo of America
Nintendo of Europe
Nintendo Australia
Mario Club

Industry

Video games

Website

United States: Nintendo.com
Japan: Nintendo.co.jp

Nintendo (Japanese: 任天堂 Nintendō) is a video game and video game console company based in Kyoto, Japan, with other divisions in the United States, Canada, Australia, and Europe. It is known for several popular video game franchises such as Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and Pokémon. It was founded in 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi producing playing cards. Its current president is Shuntaro Furukawa. The longest running and historically most influential video game console company, it is also recognized as one of (if not the) largest producer of video games and has sold more than two billion video games worldwide. Over time, Nintendo has manufactured seven home video game consoles: the Nintendo Entertainment System, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, the Nintendo 64, the Nintendo GameCube, the Wii, Wii U, and the Nintendo Switch. They have also manufactured many handheld game systems, including six versions of the Game Boy, the Nintendo DS, and the Nintendo 3DS.

History

Nintendo Koppai was a small Japanese business founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi, producing handmade cards for Hanafuda, a playing card game. They became popular, and soon the company was mass producing them with additional hired workers. Through the years after that, Yamauchi retired and placed his son-in-law Sekiryo Yamauchi in charge in 1929, who in turn retired in 1949, placing his grandson Hiroshi Yamauchi as president. In a highly successful move, Nintendo made a deal with Disney allowing them to use Disney characters on their cards. The company was merged and renamed several times, emerging in 1963 as Nintendo Co., Ltd.

In 1969, Nintendo established a games division, selling multiple successful toys. In 1975 Yamauchi began research into video games, back then a new American trend. Seeing the success that Atari was receiving, he decided that it was a good venture, and made a deal with Mitsubishi to create and sell video game consoles (designed to play only one game). Until 1982, they sold many consoles, including the first handheld, the highly successful Game & Watch system, as well as arcade games, such as Donkey Kong. It was also at this time that Shigeru Miyamoto, then an art designer for arcade games, joined the company.

Inspired by Atari and several other companies, Nintendo released their own multi-cartridge console, the Famicom, in Japan. It became very successful, and soon Nintendo was selling games faster than they could make them. To ease this problem, Yamauchi divided his workers into Research & Development 1, 2, and 3 in 1984 in the hopes that Nintendo would still be able to create high-quality games while working faster. In 1985, the Famicom was released worldwide under a different name, the Nintendo Entertainment System, or "NES". In this same year, the highly successful Super Mario Bros. was released as well. In 1989 Nintendo released the first Game Boy.

In 1990, the Super Famicom was released in Japan and was extremely successful, and in the next two years was released in the rest of the world as the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, also known as the "Super NES" or "SNES". In the mid-1990s, Nintendo contracted with Sony to develop an add-on CD-ROM drive to the Super NES, but terminated the contract. Sony used the research and development of the canceled deal and would eventually release it as the PlayStation. In 1995, Nintendo released the Virtual Boy console, however, this provided to be a disaster for the company, their first ever. Also, competitors Sega and Sony released their new 32-bit consoles, the Saturn and the PlayStation, cutting into Nintendo's market share.

Between 1996 and 1997, Nintendo released the instantly popular Nintendo 64 console worldwide, as well as the Game Boy Pocket. In 1996, the first Pokémon games were released (as Pocket Monsters in Japan), the Red and Green Versions, which became hugely popular and spawned the mega-franchise that is known today.

The GameCube home console and Game Boy Advance were released worldwide in 2001 and 2002. In 2002, the long-time President of Nintendo, Hiroshi Yamauchi, stepped down from his position, handing it off to Satoru Iwata.

In 2004, the Nintendo DS was released, followed shortly after, in 2005, by the opening of Nintendo's first retail store, Nintendo World in Rockefeller Plaza in New York City. In addition, at that year's E3, Wii, then going by its codename of Revolution, was officially announced.

In 2006, the Nintendo DS Lite was introduced, redesigning the original DS much like the Game Boy Advance SP did to the original GBA. Also in 2006, at E3, Nintendo revealed the official name for their Project Revolution, Wii, and released it worldwide at the end of the year.

In 2009, the Nintendo DSi was introduced, redesigning the DS Lite. This new iteration introduced a new OS for the system and included new downloadable software, called DSiWare.

In early 2010 Nintendo released the Nintendo DSi XL.

In 2010, Nintendo announced the Nintendo 3DS, the true successor to the original Nintendo DS, for release in 2011. It is able to produce 3D effects without the need for glasses using a parallax barrier screen.

In 2011, Nintendo announced the Wii U, an HD successor to the Wii, for release in 2012. The system's controller works as a touchscreen, similarly to the DS and 3DS. Also, the Nintendo 3DS was released near the beginning of the year.

In Summer 2012, Nintendo released a bigger version of the 3DS known as the 3DS XL.

In late 2012, Nintendo released the Wii U, successor to the Wii.

In early 2015, Nintendo released the new 3DS and new 3DS XL, upgraded versions of the 3DS.

In March 2017, Nintendo released the Nintendo Switch worldwide.

In September 2019, Nintendo released a handheld-only Switch, dubbed the Nintendo Switch Lite, worldwide.

In October 2021, Nintendo released a hardware revision of the Switch, the OLED Model worldwide.

External links

Nintendo on Wikipedia

NIWA

Official websites

Nintendo of America (English)
Nintendo of Japan (Japanese)
Nintendo of Canada (English)
Nintendo Australia (English)
Nintendo of Europe (English/Multi-Language)

Official social-media website accounts

Nintendo of America on Facebook (English)
Nintendo of Canada on Facebook (English)
Nintendo of America on Instagram (English)
Nintendo of America on Tumblr (English)
Nintendo of America on Twitter (English)
Nintendo of America on YouTube (English)

This article is part of Project Mass Media, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on official Pokémon publishing, broadcasting, communications, and other media.

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+{{Company Infobox
-'''Nintendo''' is a video game and video game console company based in Kyoto, Japan, with other divisions in the USA, Canada, Australia, and Europe. It is well known for such giant franchises as [[wp:Super Mario|Mario]], [[wp:Legend of Zelda|Zelda]] and of course, [[Pokémon]]. It was founded in 1889 by [[wp:Fusajiro Yamauchi|Fusajiro Yamauchi]] producing playing cards. Its current president is [[wp:Satoru Iwata|Satoru Iwata]]. The longest running and historically most influential [[wp:video game console|video game console]] company, it is also recognised as one of (if not the) largest producer of video games and has sold more than two billion video games worldwide. Over time, Nintendo has manufactured four TV consoles: the Famicom/NES, the Super Famicom/Super NES, the [[Nintendo 64]], and the [[Nintendo GameCube]], as well as an upcoming TV console, codenamed the [[wp:Nintendo Revolution|Nintendo Revolution]]. They have also manufactured many handheld portables, including six existing versions of the [[Game Boy]] and an upcoming seventh, and the [[Nintendo DS]].
+| name = Nintendo Co., Ltd.
+| subtitle = 任天堂株式会社
+| logo = Nintendo logo.png
+| logo_size = 250px
+| caption = Nintendo logo
+| founded = September 23, 1889
+| headquarters = 11-1 Kamitoba Hokodatecho, Minami-ku, Kyoto
+| type = {{wp|Public company|Public}}
+| subsidiaries = [[Nintendo of America]] <br />Nintendo of Europe <br />Nintendo Australia <br />[[Mario Club]]
+| industry = Video games
+| links = United States: [https://www.nintendo.com Nintendo.com] <br />Japan: [https://www.nintendo.co.jp Nintendo.co.jp]
+}}
+'''Nintendo''' (Japanese: '''任天堂''' ''Nintendō'') is a video game and video game console company based in Kyoto, {{pmin|Japan}}, with other divisions in {{pmin|the United States}}, {{pmin|Canada}}, {{pmin|Australia}}, and Europe. It is known for several popular video game franchises such as ''{{smw|Mario (series)|Mario}}'', ''{{zw|The Legend of Zelda (Series)|The Legend of Zelda}}'', and [[Pokémon]]. It was founded in 1889 by {{wp|Fusajiro Yamauchi}} producing playing cards. Its current president is  Shuntaro Furukawa. The longest running and historically most influential {{wp|video game console}} company, it is also recognized as one of (if not the) largest producer of video games and has sold more than two billion video games worldwide. Over time, Nintendo has manufactured seven home video game consoles: the {{wp|Nintendo Entertainment System}}, the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]], the [[Nintendo 64]], the [[Nintendo GameCube]], the [[Wii]], [[Wii U]], and the [[Nintendo Switch]]. They have also manufactured many handheld game systems, including six versions of the [[Game Boy]], the [[Nintendo DS]], and the [[Nintendo 3DS]].
 ==History==
-''Nintendo Koppai'' was a small Japanese business founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi, producing handmade cards for ''[[wp:Hanafuda|Hanafuda]]'', a playing card game. They became popular, and soon the company was mass producing them with additional hired workers. Through the years after that, Yamauchi retired and placed his son-in-law [[wp:Sekiryo Yamauchi|Sekiryo Yamauchi]] in charge in 1929, who in turn retired in retired in 1949, placing his grandson [[wp:Hiroshi Yamauchi|Hiroshi Yamauchi]] as president. In a highly successful move, Nintendo made a deal with Disney allowing them to use Disney characters on their cards. And the company was merged and renamed several times, emerging in 1963 as Nintendo Co., Ltd.
+''Nintendo Koppai'' was a small Japanese business founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi, producing handmade cards for ''{{wp|Hanafuda}}'', a playing card game. They became popular, and soon the company was mass producing them with additional hired workers. Through the years after that, Yamauchi retired and placed his son-in-law {{wp|Sekiryo Yamauchi}} in charge in 1929, who in turn retired in 1949, placing his grandson [[Hiroshi Yamauchi]] as president. In a highly successful move, Nintendo made a deal with Disney allowing them to use Disney characters on their cards. The company was merged and renamed several times, emerging in 1963 as Nintendo Co., Ltd.
-In 1969, Nintendo established a games division, selling multiple successful toys. In 1975 Yamauchi began research into video games, back then a new American trend. Seeing the success that [[wp:Atari|Atari]] was receiving, he decided that it was a good venture, and made a deal with [[wp:Mitsubishi|Mitsubishi]] to create and sell video game consoles (designed to play only one game). Until 1982, they sold many consoles, including the first handheld, the highly successful [[wp:Game & Watch|Game & Watch]] system, as well as arcade games, such as ''[[wp:Donkey Kong (arcade game)|Donkey Kong]]''. It was also at this time that [[wp:Shigeru Miyamoto|Shigeru Miyamoto]], then an art designer for arcade games, joined the company.
+In 1969, Nintendo established a games division, selling multiple successful toys. In 1975 Yamauchi began research into video games, back then a new American trend. Seeing the success that {{wp|Atari}} was receiving, he decided that it was a good venture, and made a deal with {{wp|Mitsubishi}} to create and sell video game consoles (designed to play only one game). Until 1982, they sold many consoles, including the first handheld, the highly successful {{wp|Game & Watch}} system, as well as arcade games, such as ''{{dk|Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong}}''. It was also at this time that [[Shigeru Miyamoto]], then an art designer for arcade games, joined the company.
-Insipred by Altari and several other companies, Nintendo released their own multicartilage console, the ''[[wp:Famicon|Famicon]]'', in Japan. It became very successful, but soon Nintendo was selling games faster than they were making them. To prevent this, Yamauchi divided his workers into Research & Development 1, 2, and 3 in 1984 in the hopes that Nintendo would still create high-quality games. In 1985, the Famicon was released worldwide under a different name, the ''[[wp:Nintendo Entertainment System|Nintendo Entertainment System]]'', or "NES". In this same year, the highly successful [[wp:Super Mario Bros.|Super Mario Bros.]] was released also. In 1989 Nintendo released the ''[[Game Boy]]''.
+Inspired by Atari and several other companies, Nintendo released their own multi-cartridge console, the {{wp|Famicom}}, in Japan. It became very successful, and soon Nintendo was selling games faster than they could make them. To ease this problem, Yamauchi divided his workers into Research & Development 1, 2, and 3 in 1984 in the hopes that Nintendo would still be able to create high-quality games while working faster. In 1985, the Famicom was released worldwide under a different name, the {{wp|Nintendo Entertainment System}}, or "NES". In this same year, the highly successful {{smw|Super Mario Bros.}} was released as well. In 1989 Nintendo released the first [[Game Boy]].
-In 1990, the ''[[wp:Super Famicon|Super Famicon]]'' was released in Japan and was very successful, and in 1991 was released in the USA as the ''[[wp:Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]'', also known as the "Super NES" or "SNES". In the mid-1990s, Nintendo contracted with [[wp:Sony|Sony]] to develop an add-on CD-ROM drive to the Super NES, but terminated the contract. Sony used the research and development of the ended project and began to develop from them a new product, the [[wp:PlayStation|PlayStation]]. In 1995, Nintendo released the [[wp:Virtual Boy|Virtual Boy]] console, which proved to be a disaster. Also, competitors [[wp:Sega|Sega]] and Sony released their new 32-bit consoles, the [[wp:Sega Saturn|Saturn]] and the PlayStation]], cutting into Nintendo's market share.
+In 1990, the Super Famicom was released in Japan and was extremely successful, and in the next two years was released in the rest of the world as the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]], also known as the "Super NES" or "SNES". In the mid-1990s, Nintendo contracted with {{wp|Sony}} to develop an add-on CD-ROM drive to the Super NES, but terminated the contract. Sony used the research and development of the canceled deal and would eventually release it as the {{wp|PlayStation}}. In 1995, Nintendo released the {{wp|Virtual Boy}} console, however, this provided to be a disaster for the company, their first ever. Also, competitors {{wp|Sega}} and Sony released their new 32-bit consoles, the {{wp|Sega Saturn|Saturn}} and the PlayStation, cutting into Nintendo's market share.
-In 1996, Nintendo released the instantly popular [[wp:Nintendo 64|Nintendo 64]] (or N64) console in both Japan and in the USA, as well as the [[wp:Game Boy Pocket|Game Boy Pocket]] portable. In 1997, the first [[Pokémon]] [[Pokémon games|games]] were released (known as [[''Pocket Monsters'']] in Japan), the [[Pokémon Red|Red]] and [[Pokémon Blue|Blue]] versions, which became hugely popular and spawned the megafranchise as known today. The Nintendo 64 was also released in Europe.
+Between 1996 and 1997, Nintendo released the instantly popular [[Nintendo 64]] console worldwide, as well as the {{wp|Game Boy Pocket}}. In 1996, the first [[Pokémon games]] were released (as ''Pocket Monsters'' in Japan), the {{2v|Red|Green}}, which became hugely popular and spawned the mega-franchise that is known today.
-The [[wp:GameCube|GameCube]] home console and [[wp:Game Boy Advance|Game Boy Advance]] portable were released in 2001 in Japan and the USA. The year after that, [[wp:Hiroshi Yamauchi|Hiroshi Yamauchi]] retired as president, placing [[wp:Satoru Iwata|Satoru Iwata]] as the new one.
+The [[Nintendo GameCube|GameCube]] home console and [[Game Boy Advance]] were released worldwide in 2001 and 2002. In 2002, the long-time President of Nintendo, Hiroshi Yamauchi, stepped down from his position, handing it off to Satoru Iwata.
-In 2004, the [[wp:Nintendo DS|Nintendo DS]] portable was released. And in 2005, its first retail store, [[wp:Nintendo World|Nintendo World]] was established in Rockefeller Plaza in [[wp:New York City|New York City]]. In addition at that year's [[E3]], the [[wp:Nintendo Revolution|Nintendo Revolution]] was officially announced.
+In 2004, the [[Nintendo DS]] was released, followed shortly after, in 2005, by the opening of Nintendo's first retail store, {{wp|Nintendo World Store|Nintendo World}} in Rockefeller Plaza in {{wp|New York City}}. In addition, at that year's {{wp|E3}}, [[Wii]], then going by its codename of ''Revolution'', was officially announced.
+In 2006, the Nintendo DS Lite was introduced, redesigning the original DS much like the [[Game Boy Advance SP]] did to the original GBA. Also in 2006, at E3, Nintendo revealed the official name for their ''Project Revolution'', Wii, and released it worldwide at the end of the year.
+In 2009, the Nintendo DSi was introduced, redesigning the DS Lite. This new iteration introduced a new OS for the system and included new downloadable software, called DSiWare.
+In early 2010 Nintendo released the Nintendo DSi XL.
+In 2010, Nintendo announced the Nintendo 3DS, the true successor to the original Nintendo DS, for release in 2011. It is able to produce 3D effects without the need for glasses using a parallax barrier screen.
+In 2011, Nintendo announced the [[Wii U]], an HD successor to the Wii, for release in 2012. The system's controller works as a touchscreen, similarly to the DS and 3DS. Also, the Nintendo 3DS was released near the beginning of the year.
+In Summer 2012, Nintendo released a bigger version of the 3DS known as the 3DS XL.
+In late 2012, Nintendo released the Wii U, successor to the Wii.
+In early 2015, Nintendo released the new 3DS and new 3DS XL, upgraded versions of the 3DS.
+In March 2017, Nintendo released the [[Nintendo Switch]] worldwide.
+In September 2019, Nintendo released a handheld-only Switch, dubbed the [[Nintendo Switch Lite]], worldwide.
+In October 2021, Nintendo released a hardware revision of the Switch, the [[Nintendo Switch – OLED Model|OLED Model]] worldwide.
 ==See also==
 *[[Game Boy]]
+*[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]
+*[[Game Boy Color]]
 *[[Nintendo 64]]
+*[[Game Boy Advance]]
 *[[Nintendo GameCube]]
 *[[Nintendo DS]]
+*[[Wii]]
+*[[Nintendo 3DS]]
+*[[Wii U]]
+*[[Nintendo Switch]]
+{{bulbanews|Category:Nintendo}}
 ==External links==
-===Wikipedia articles===
+*{{wp|Nintendo}} on Wikipedia
-*[[wp:Nintendo|Nintendo]]
-*[[wp:Game Boy|Game Boy]]
+;NIWA
-*[[wp:Nintendo 64|Nintendo 64]]
+{|width=100%|
-*[[wp:Nintendo GameCube|Nintendo GameCube]]
+| style="vertical-align:top" width=33% |
-*[[wp:Nintendo DS|Nintendo DS]]
+*{{smw|Nintendo}} on [[Super Mario Wiki]]
-*[[wp:Nintendo Revolution|Nintendo Revolution]]
+*{{zw|Nintendo}} on [[Zelda Wiki]]
-===Official sites===
+*{{wk|Nintendo}} on [[WiKirby]]
-*[http://www.nintendo.com/ Nintendo of America]
+*{{met|Nintendo}} on [[Metroid Wiki]]
-*[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ Nintendo of Japan]
+*{{ww|Nintendo}} on [[Wars Wiki]]
-*[http://www.nintendo.ca/ Nintendo of Canada]
+*{{lw|Nintendo}} on [[Lylat Wiki]]
-*[http://www.nintendo.com.au/ Nintendo of Australia]
+| style="vertical-align:top" width=33% |
-*[http://www.nintendo-europe.com/ Nintendo of Europe]
+*{{pk|Nintendo}} on [[Pikipedia]]
+*{{strategy|Category:Nintendo|Nintendo}} on [[StrategyWiki]]
+*{{sbw|Nintendo}} on [[SmashWiki]]
+*{{wb|Nintendo}} on [[WikiBound]]
+*{{np|Nintendo}} on [[Nookipedia]]
+*{{nw|Nintendo}} on [[NintendoWiki]]
+*{{gsu|Nintendo}} on [[Golden Sun Universe]]
+| style="vertical-align:top" width=33% |
+*{{few|Nintendo}} on [[Fire Emblem Wiki]]
+*{{lsw|Nintendo}} on [[Starfy Wiki]]
+*{{fzw|Nintendo}} on [[F-Zero Wiki]]
+*{{ip|Nintendo}} on [[Icaruspedia]]
+*{{hdt|Category:Nintendo|Nintendo}} on [[Hard Drop Tetris Wiki]]
+*{{ink|Nintendo}} on [[Inkipedia]]
+|}
+;Official websites
+*[http://www.nintendo.com/ Nintendo of America] <small>(English)</small>
+*[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ Nintendo of Japan] <small>(Japanese)</small>
+*[http://www.nintendo.ca/ Nintendo of Canada] <small>(English)</small>
+*[http://www.nintendo.com.au/ Nintendo Australia] <small>(English)</small>
+*[http://www.nintendo-europe.com/ Nintendo of Europe] <small>(English/Multi-Language)</small>
+;Official social-media website accounts
+*[http://www.facebook.com/Nintendo Nintendo of America] on {{wp|Facebook}} <small>(English)</small>
+*[http://www.facebook.com/nintendoofcanada Nintendo of Canada] on Facebook <small>(English)</small>
+*[http://instagram.com/nintendo Nintendo of America] on {{wp|Instagram}} <small>(English)</small>
+*[http://nintendo.tumblr.com/ Nintendo of America] on {{wp|Tumblr}} <small>(English)</small>
+*[http://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica Nintendo of America] on {{wp|Twitter}} <small>(English)</small>
+*[http://www.youtube.com/user/Nintendo Nintendo of America] on [[YouTube]] <small>(English)</small>
+{{Project Mass Media notice}}
+[[Category:Nintendo|*]]
+[[Category:Companies]]
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+[[ja:任天堂]]
+[[zh:任天堂]]