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[[Image:Nintendo.png|right|200px]]
  
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|name = Nintendo Co., Ltd.
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'''Nintendo''' (Japanese: 任天堂, ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 ) is an international company originally founded in Japan on November 6, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards, for use in a Japanese playing card game of the same name. In the mid-twentieth century, the company tried several small niche businesses, such as a love hotel and a taxi company. Over the years, it became a video game company, growing into one of the most powerful in the industry. Aside from video games, Nintendo is also the majority owner of the [[Wikia:c:baseball|Seattle Mariners]], a Major League Baseball team in Seattle, Washington. Nintendo has also purchased a sizeable portion of Gyration Inc, a company specializing in gyros and motion sensors, in 2001. Nintendo's main competitors on the gaming front are [[Sony]] and [[Microsoft]].
  
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|logo = Nintendo - 01.png
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|image = Nintendo - 02.jpg
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|caption = Nintendo's headquarters in Kyoto
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|native_name = 任天堂株式会社
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|romanized_name = ''Nintendō Kabushikigaisha''
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|formerly_called =
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Yamauchi Nintendo & Co.<br />(1933–1951)<br />
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Nintendo Playing Card Co. Ltd.<br />(1951–1963)
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|industry =
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Video game industry<br />
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Consumer electronics
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|founded = September 23, 1889
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|founders = Fusajiro Yamauchi
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|headquarters = Kyoto, Japan
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|area_served = Worldwide
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|key_people =
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'''Representative directors'''<br />
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Shuntaro Furukawa (president)<br />
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Shigeru Miyamoto (fellow)
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|products = Video game consoles and games
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|revenue = ¥1.201 trillion (2019)
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|owner =
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|employees = 5,944 (2019)
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|divisions =
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Entertainment Planning & Development<br />
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Platform Technology Development
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|subsidiaries =
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1-Up Studio<br />
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iQue<br />
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Monolith Soft<br />
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NDcube<br />
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Nintendo European Research & Development<br />
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Nintendo Network Service Database<br />
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Nintendo Software Technology<br />
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The Pokemon Company<br />
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Retro Studios
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|website = [https://www.nintendo.com/ nintendo.com]
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{{nihongo|'''Nintendo Co., Ltd.'''|任天堂株式会社|Nintendō Kabushikigaisha}} is an international [[:category:Companies|company]] originally founded in Japan on November 6, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards, for use in a Japanese playing card game of the same name. In the mid-twentieth century, the company tried several small niche businesses, such as a love hotel and a taxi company. Over the years, it became a video game company, growing into one of the most powerful in the industry. Aside from video games, Nintendo is also the majority owner of the [[Wikia:c:baseball|Seattle Mariners]], a Major League Baseball team in Seattle, Washington. Nintendo has also purchased a sizable portion of Gyration Inc, a company specializing in gyros and motion sensors, in 2001. Nintendo's main competitors on the gaming front are [[Sony]] and [[Microsoft]].
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==Systems==
  
==Systems==
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===Home Consoles===
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===Home consoles===
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* [[Nintendo Entertainment System]](NES)
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*[[Nintendo Entertainment System]] (NES)
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* [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] (SNES)
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*[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] (SNES)
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* [[Nintendo 64]] (N64)
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*[[Nintendo 64]] (N64)
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* [[Wikipedia:Nintendo GameCube|Nintendo GameCube]]
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*[[wikipedia:Nintendo GameCube|Nintendo GameCube]]
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* [[Nintendo Wii]] (Wii)
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*[[Wii|Nintendo Wii]] (Wii)
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*[[wikipedia:Wii U|Nintendo Wii U]] (Wii U)
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*[[Nintendo Switch]] (Switch)
   
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===Handheld Consoles===
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===Handheld consoles===
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* [[Game Boy]]
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*[[Game Boy]]
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* [[Game Boy Advance]]
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*[[Game Boy Advance]]
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* [[Nintendo DS]]
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*[[Nintendo DS]]
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*[[Nintendo 3DS]]
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{{EnWP|Nintendo}}
   
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Revision as of 17:33, 23 February 2020

Nintendo Co., Ltd. (任天堂株式会社 Nintendō Kabushikigaisha?) is an international company originally founded in Japan on November 6, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards, for use in a Japanese playing card game of the same name. In the mid-twentieth century, the company tried several small niche businesses, such as a love hotel and a taxi company. Over the years, it became a video game company, growing into one of the most powerful in the industry. Aside from video games, Nintendo is also the majority owner of the Seattle Mariners, a Major League Baseball team in Seattle, Washington. Nintendo has also purchased a sizable portion of Gyration Inc, a company specializing in gyros and motion sensors, in 2001. Nintendo's main competitors on the gaming front are Sony and Microsoft.

Systems

Home consoles

Handheld consoles

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