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'''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, {{pmin|Canada}}, Australia, and Europe. It is well known for such giant franchises as ''{{smw|Mario (series)|Mario}}'', ''{{zw|The Legend of Zelda (Series)|The Legend of Zelda}}'' and of course, [[Pokémon]]. It was founded in 1889 by {{wp|Fusajiro Yamauchi}} producing playing cards. Its current president is [[Satoru Iwata]]. 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 six home video game consoles: the {{wp|Nintendo Entertainment System}}, the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]], the [[Nintendo 64]], the [[Nintendo GameCube]], the [[Wii]] and the recently released [[Wii U]]. They have also manufactured many handheld game systems, including six versions of the [[Game Boy]], the [[Nintendo DS]] and the recently-released [[Nintendo 3DS]].