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'''Nintendo''' (Japanese: 任天堂; TSE: NTDOY) was originally founded in 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards, for use in a Japanese playing card game of the same name. Over the years, it became a video game company and 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.


'''Nintendo''' (Japanese: 任天堂; TSE: NTDOY) was originally founded in 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards, for use in a Japanese playing card game of the same name. Over the years, it became a video game company and 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.  
Nintendo is the longest running company in the history of the video game console market and historically the most influential and best known console manufacturer. They began in the Japanese market in 1983, the U.S. market in 1985, and the European market in 1986. Over time Nintendo has manufactured five TV consoles and many different handheld portables. They have also published over 250 games, developing at least 180 of them, and have sold over 2 billion games worldwide.
 
== Home Consoles ==
*[[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]
*[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]]
*[[Nintendo 64]]
*[[Nintendo GameCube|GameCube]]
*[[Wii]]
 
== Handheld Consoles ==
*[[Game Boy]]
*[[Game Boy|Game Boy Pocket]]
*[[Game Boy|Game Boy Lite]]
*[[Game Boy Color]]
*[[Game Boy Advance]]
*[[Game Boy Advance SP]]
*[[Game Boy Micro]]
*[[Game & Watch]]
*[[Virtual Boy]]
*Pokémon Mini
*[[Nintendo DS]]
*[[Ninrtendo DS Lite]]


Nintendo is the longest running company in the history of the video game console market and historically the most influential and best known console manufacturer. They began in the Japanese market in 1983, the U.S. market in 1985, and the European market in 1986. Over time Nintendo has manufactured five TV consoles — [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]], the [[Super Nintendo|SNES]], the [[ Nintendo 64|Nintendo 64]], the present [[GameCube|GameCube]], and the [[Wii]] — and many different handheld portables, including six versions of their popular [[Game Boy]](Classic, Pocket, Color, Advance, Advance SP and Micro), the Game & Watch, the Virtual Boy, the Pokémon Mini, and the [[Nintendo DS]] and [[Nintendo DS Lite]]. They have also published over 250 games, developing at least 180 of them, and have sold over 2 billion games worldwide.
== See Also ==
*[[Shigeru Miyamoto]]
*[[Satoru Iwata]]
*[[Reggie Fils-Aime]]


== External Links ==
== External Links ==
*[http://www.nintendo.com Nintendo of America]
*[[Nintendo of America]]
 
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[[Category:Companies]]

Revision as of 23:01, January 25, 2007

File:Nintendo.png
Nintendo's Logo.

Nintendo (Japanese: 任天堂; TSE: NTDOY) was originally founded in 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards, for use in a Japanese playing card game of the same name. Over the years, it became a video game company and 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.

Nintendo is the longest running company in the history of the video game console market and historically the most influential and best known console manufacturer. They began in the Japanese market in 1983, the U.S. market in 1985, and the European market in 1986. Over time Nintendo has manufactured five TV consoles and many different handheld portables. They have also published over 250 games, developing at least 180 of them, and have sold over 2 billion games worldwide.

Home Consoles

Handheld Consoles

See Also

External Links

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