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The '''Nintendo Entertainment System''' (known as the '''NES''' for short) is a video game console created by [[Nintendo]]. It is the
It was the system that revived the video game industry after the [[wikipedia:Video game crash of 1983|video game crash of 1983]]. It rivaled against the [[
The Nintendo Entertainment System was bundled with ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', resulting in it being the console's most successful game. For decades, ''Super Mario Bros.'' was the highest-selling video game ever, with 40.23 million copies sold, until Nintendo packaged ''Wii Sports'' with the [[Wii]]. Eventually, ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' was released in
The first two games of the related [[The Legend of Zelda (franchise)|''The Legend of Zelda'' franchise]], ''[[The Legend of Zelda (game)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' and ''[[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link]]'', were internationally released for the Nintendo Entertainment System, which they were ported to from their original Japanese release for the Family Computer Disk System.
[[File:NES-controller.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The NES Controller.]]
The NES Controller has the {{button|nes|A}} and {{button|nes|B}} Buttons along with the {{button|nes|start}} and {{button|nes|select}} buttons and the {{button|nes|Pad}}. The scheme of the NES controller is the base for all of the newer controllers: the {{button|nes|pad}} on the left, buttons in the right, and the {{button|nes|start}} and {{button|nes|select}} buttons in the middle.
In America, the NES was sold in three packages:
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*Power Set: The most complete package, it contained the console, two controllers, a ''Super Mario Bros.''/''Duck Hunt''/''World Class Track Meet'' cartridge, the Zapper, the Power Pad, and the connections.
==Game
{{rewrite|section=yes|split Family Computer-specific and Disk System-specific titles into respective articles & add region-specific covers in them as well}}
Please note that this gallery also includes Japan-only [[
''<center><gallery>
File:Nipponbros.jpg|[[All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros.]]
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File:F1Race.PNG|[[Famicom Grand Prix: F-1 Race]]
File:HotRally.PNG|[[Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally]]
File:Golf
File:Mario sweater.jpg|[[I Am a Teacher: Super Mario Sweater]]
File:Kaettekita Mario Bros Title.png|[[Kaette Kita Mario Bros.]]
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File:Standard Cartridge - Nintendo World Championship.jpg|[[Nintendo World Championships 1990]]
File:Pibolim.PNG|[[Pinball (game)|Pinball]]
File:SMB
File:SMB TLL Boxart.PNG|[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]
File:SMB2 Boxart.PNG|[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]
File:SMB3 Boxart.PNG|[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]
File:TLOZ box art.jpg|[[The Legend of Zelda (game)|The Legend of Zelda]]
File:WWoods NESCover.jpg|[[Wario's Woods]]
File:Wrckcover.jpg|[[Wrecking Crew]]
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File:Nes Box - Yoshi's Cookie.png|[[Yoshi's Cookie]]
File:Famicom_disk_system-doki_doki_panic.jpg|[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]
File:Zelda II TAoL box art.jpg|[[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link]]
</gallery></center>
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==Trivia==
*An NES controller appears as one of the tokens in the 2006 version of [[Nintendo Monopoly]].
*A large NES controller appears in ''[[wikipedia:Wreck-It Ralph|Wreck-It Ralph]]'' as a door leading to the coding of the game ''Sugar Rush''.
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