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'''Nintendo''' (Japanese: 任天堂 ''nintendō''; TSE: NTDOY) is a company in Japan which develops and manufactures its own line of video games and consoles. The name Nintendo means "leave luck to heaven."
==History==
The company was originally founded on September 23rd, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade [[wikipedia:Hanafuda|Hanafuda]] cards for use in a Japanese playing card game of the same name. Eventually, in 1929, the company was passed on to Yamauchi's son-in-law, Sekiryo Kaneda. He took up the Yamauchi name when he married Fusajiro's daughter, Tei Yamauchi. The company continued on to make Hanafuda cards. However, Kaneda decided to retire in 1949 and passed Nintendo down to his grandson, [[Hiroshi Yamauchi]]. Little did he know that Hiroshi would change the focus of Nintendo for the best. In the late 70's, Yamauchi decided to expand Nintendo into the United States, as arcade machines were becoming very popular. However, his plan did not go over as well as he had hoped. Many children in the U.S. did not show much interest in Nintendo's products, like ''Sheriff'' or ''Radar Scope''. Nintendo started to lose money, so in desperation, Yamauchi turned to one of his employees, [[Shigeru Miyamoto]], for help.
He only called Miyamoto in because he was the only employee who had any time on his hands. Yamauchi asked Miyamoto to make a product for the arcade machine that would become a best-seller. Shigeru Miyamoto worked on the project he was thinking of for a while: ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]''. When it entered the North American market, it did really become a best-seller. Nintendo started moving into video games and assigned Gunpei Yokoi to make a handheld console for enjoyment while traveling. Thus, Yokoi made the [[Game & Watch]], which became unusually popular in both Japan and the United States. Nintendo then made the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]], which grew very popular among children, the most popular game being ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' The release of the system forever changed the focus of video game development from quantity to quality and cemented the company's place in history. Aside from video games, Nintendo is also the majority owner of the Seattle Mariners, a Major League Baseball team, which is now handled by Howard Lincoln. In 2002, Hiroshi Yamauchi stepped down from office, giving the position to [[Satoru Iwata]]. In April 2013, Satoru Iwata became CEO of Nintendo of America and ran both branches until mid-2015, after Satoru passed in July 2015, [[Tatsumi Kimishima]] was appointed Iwata's successor in September 2015, until he stepped down on June 28, 2018 and was succeeded by [[Shuntaro Furukawa]], the current President of Nintendo.
All current official Nintendo merchandise is marked with the [[Official Nintendo Seal]].
▲[[File:NintendoOld.png|thumb|The company's red logo from 1983-2010.]]
▲[[Image:Nintendo Gray.svg|thumb|right|Nintendo's gray logo from 2010-2017.]]
==''Mario''-related appearances==
===Recurring===
▲All current official Nintendo merchandise is marked with the [[Official Nintendo Seal]]. Originally, the seal was only applied to video games.
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Most of Nintendo's appearances within the [[Mario (franchise)|''Mario'' franchise]] are in the spinoff titles, in which their logo can be seen in various locations, such as on banners, alleging them as an in-universe sponsor. In ''Mario'' games that were either developed or co-developed by a different studio, their logo is often similarly featured alongside Nintendo's.
*The ''[[WarioWare]]'' character [[9-Volt]] calls himself "Nintendo's biggest fanboy," and, in fact, his [[Microgame]]s are based on or around various Nintendo games and systems.▼
*[[Diddy Kong]]'s
*Nintendo [[List of Mario Kart
*In the ''[[Mario Party (series)|Mario Party]]'' series, the Nintendo logo, along with the [[Hudson Soft]] logo, appears on banners in various [[minigame]]s.
*In the [[Mario Baseball (series)|''Mario Baseball'' series]], the Nintendo logo appears on some signs in [[Mario Stadium (baseball stadium)|Mario Stadium]].▼
*In ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'', Nintendo, along with [[Rareware]], sponsors the boxing match between the [[Kongs]] and [[King K. Rool]] as mentioned by the [[Microbuffer]]. In addition, the Nintendo logo appears on Diddy Kong's hat.▼
▲*The ''[[WarioWare]]'' character [[9-Volt]] calls himself "Nintendo's biggest fanboy
▲*Nintendo [[List of Mario Kart Advertisement Signs|advertisements]] can be seen in the background of various ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' race tracks and battle arenas.
===Game-specific===
▲*In ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'', Nintendo, along with [[
*In ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]'', the Nintendo logo appears on the [[Peach Dome]] court.
*In ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]'' and ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]'', [[Wario]] holds up the Nintendo sign when the game boots up while stating the company's name, laughing.
*In ''[[Mario Hoops 3-on-3]]'', the Nintendo logo, along with the [[Square Enix]] logo, appears on the arch next to the basket at [[Peach Field]] and on the banner and a large screen on the [[Mario Stadium (court)#Mario Hoops 3-on-3|Mario Stadium]] court.
▲*In the [[Mario Baseball (series)|''Mario Baseball'' series]], the Nintendo logo appears on some signs in [[Mario Stadium (baseball stadium)|Mario Stadium]].
*In ''[[Mario Sports Mix]]'', the Nintendo logo appears next to the sports equipment on the banners in [[Mario Stadium (court)#Mario Sports Mix|Mario Stadium]].
*In ''[[Mario Tennis Open]]'', the Nintendo logo can be seen on the scoreboards in various courts.
==Home
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*[[mh:nintendo:Color TV-Game|Color TV-Game]] series (1977-1982)
*[[Nintendo Entertainment System]] (1983-1994) (titled [[Family Computer]] in Japan)
*[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] (1991-2003) (titled Super Famicom in Japan)
*[[Nintendo 64]] (1996-2002) (released in China as the [[iQue Player]])
*[[Nintendo GameCube]] (2001-2007)
*[[Wii]] (2006-2013)
*[[Wii U]] (2012-2017)
*[[Nintendo Switch]] (2017-present)
==Handheld
*[[Game & Watch]] (1980-1991)
*[[Game Boy]] (1989-1999)
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*[[New Nintendo 2DS XL]] (2017-2020)
*[[Nintendo Switch Lite]] (2019-present)
Releases of these consoles in China usually replace "Nintendo" in the name with "iQue". Examples are the iQue Game Boy Advance and the iQue DS.
==See
*[[Shigeru Miyamoto]]
*[[Satoru Iwata]]
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*[[Reggie Fils-Aime]]
==External
*[http://www.nintendo.com/ Official American website]
*[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ Official Japanese website]
*[http://www.nintendo.com.au/ Official Australian website]
*[http://www.nintendo.co.uk/ Official European website]
*Nintendo's page on [[wikipedia:Nintendo|Wikipedia]]
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