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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 five home video game consoles: the Famicom/NES, the Super Famicom/Super NES, the [[Nintendo 64]], the [[Nintendo GameCube]], and [[Wii]]. They have also manufactured many handheld games, including six existing versions of the [[Game Boy]] and a seventh, the [[Nintendo DS]].