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'''Mario Club Co., Ltd.''' (Japanese: '''マリオクラブ{{ruby|{{jwp|株式会社}}|かぶしきがいしゃ}}''' ''Mario Club {{wp|kabushiki gaisha}}'') is a subsidiary of [[Nintendo]] responsible for the debugging and quality control of games, including games in the Pokémon series. It was founded in July 2009<ref>[http://www.marioclub.co.jp/company/ 会社概要：マリオクラブ株式会社]</ref> after Nintendo spun off the equivalent department known as '''Super Mario Club''' (Japanese: '''スーパーマリオクラブ''') or simply '''Mario Club''' (Japanese: '''マリオクラブ''')<ref>[http://www.inside-games.jp/article/2009/09/16/37696.html 任天堂、品質管理部門を分社化―マリオクラブ株式会社を設立 | インサイド] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20090923001604/http://www.inside-games.jp/article/2009/09/16/37696.html oldest archived copy])</ref> and led by Kenji Saiki (Japanese: 斎木健次),<ref>[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/nom/0004/04/page01.html マリオクラブのお仕事]</ref> who is also [[Credits|credited]] on the staff list of some [[Pokémon games]].