Talk:Nintendo

Date

Maybe it's just me, but I don't believe Nintendo was founded in 1889. Phoenix Rider

They first made playing cards, if that makes it any more believable... --YellowYoshi398 20:38, 2 February 2007 (EST)

Hmm... time to research. They were a card company, that part is true. I believe that it was founded in 59, but I'm not completely sure. User:Knife/sig1

They published a hundredth anniversary article in Nintendo Power, and I know I don't have any issues of Nintendo Power from 1959 or 2059. I could dig out the issue if necessary, but it would take some time to find. So take that for what it's worth. --Toadstool Forever 02:45, 24 March 2007 (EDT)

Campus Challenge?

This page talks of a Nintendo Campus Challenge, in which money prizes were given for top scores. Yet, besides on that page, no mention of a Campus Challenge is on the Wiki. I think it should be added here, as well as the link to that page, thus making that page no longer orphaned. ;D ~ Luigi hc

Virtual boy

Virtual Boy is under handheld. Although it is portable, you must have a steady surface, and you're sticking your face into a goggle-like thing. I doubt this is considered hand-held. Super Mario 256 07:35, 22 April 2007 (EDT)

Length

Shouldn't the article be longer because they were the ones to create most Mario Universe.
— The preceding unsigned comment was added by Pal101 (talk).

You shouldn't ask people to expand articles, you should do so yourself. And yeah, I'll get back to this after I finish doing recipes and SML2 articles.Knife (talk) 14:48, 9 June 2007 (EDT)

Already got it covered. I have expanded it, and it inludes a lot more information. I also did Gunpei Yokoi in my spare time. Oh, and Knife, you wrote "You Should ask people to expand articles". Well, I fixed it and spelled Shouldn't. However, if you intended on it being Should, then I'm sorry. Anyhoo, I expanded the article, is it good enough? User:Pokemon DP/sig

Japanese Name

Despite the fact that it may be not needed, one letter of the Japanese name for Nintendo is displayed as ? for me. The other two display correctly. - Cobold (talk · contribs) 10:06, 22 November 2007 (EST)

Terrible logo...

I don't usually post here anymore, though I just have to explain to you what a terrible choice you made for the logo. Why in the world would you choose the N64 logo over the company's? --Bentendo 11:39, 23 August 2008 (EDT)

The N64 logo belongs in the Nintendo 64 page, not the Nintendo page because this is the company's page not the system's. So I say we keep the image we have. Paper Jorge (Talk·Contribs)

... You really didn't read his comment, didn't you? He's complaining that the n64 logo is on THIS page. --Blitzwing 12:41, 23 August 2008 (EDT)

Haha! That's much better! =) Mcoolister T, C, R

Blitz: Wait... wut? I don't see a logo. Marcelagus (T • C • E)

In case you didn't notice the fact that my comment was posted 10 minutes ago, the image on this article was a squat n64 logo before Mcool reverted it to it's original version. --Blitzwing 12:58, 23 August 2008 (EDT)

Logo's color change

I've found recently that Nintendo logo's color scheme was changed to grey now, possibly to just make a match for the current color of the consoles (which are obviously white - or black). I have proofs both Wikipedia and the Official website. Should we change the old red logo for the grey? ¢oincoll€ctor

Since it's the most recent logo, yes. — Stooben Rooben 21:54, 10 October 2008 (EDT)

[1] <- Some thing like this. Grapes

The meaning of Nintendo

Did you know that "Nintendo" means "leave your luck in heaven"? I don't know what this phase means, I just found out from the Guiness Book of Records: the Gamers' Edition. Should we mention it there?

Ms. Koopette^{(Contribs)Do theLuigi!!!}

Definitely. For every real world subject related to Mario that we cover on this website, we want to give a general background, and IMO the meaning of the name falls in that. :D Thanks for catching that! Stumpers! 17:28, 4 March 2009 (EST)

World's Largest Bowl of Pasta

On August 22nd 2002, at Washington Square, San Francisco, Nintendo of America and Buca Di Beppo Resturants made the worlds largest bowl of pasta, weighing at 1480kg. Since it's a world record, should we include this in the 'Trivia' section of the article? SKmaric (talk)

What do you mean by Nintendo of America? Did the company sponsor the event, or were representatives there (i.e. Reggie Fils-Aime)? More importantly, do you have a source? Mario4Ever (talk) 23:14, 8 April 2011 (EDT)

My source is Guiness World Records 2005. I just said all of the information that was there. I don't have any further information. SKmaric (talk)

Does Donkey Kong really count as a Mario game?

Personally, I don't think so. DuchessSponge5000 (talk) 01:08, September 11, 2021 (EDT)

• I'm pretty sure Donkey Kong counts as an Mario game. Mario is the main character of the game and Donkey Kong and Pauline have reappeared in later titles. The A Traditional Festival quest in Super Mario Odyssey is a huge reference to that game too. There are also tons of other references of the original Donkey Kong in mainline Mario games too. WildWario (talk) (talk) 01:16, September 11, 2021 (EDT)

• • Hmmmm... okay. DuchessSponge5000 (talk) 01:31, September 11, 2021 (EDT)

Wouldn’it be good to have Nintendo Direct pages.?

For example a main Nintendo Direct page, would be split up into smaller pages, for example there would than be an article for Nintendo Direct - September 14, 2023, where you can see which content for the Super Mario franchise was announced/shown.

~~Big Super Mario Fan

supported regions

First-party distribution

As a multinational company, Nintendo has established various regional divisions dedicated to marketing and sales of its products outside Japan, including Super Mario games, merchandise, and licensing, located in different gaming markets around the world, and all of them are wholly owned. Two major subsidiaries, Nintendo of America and Nintendo of Europe, have the authority to publish games autonomously. As of August 2024, these divisions include:

• Nintendo Co., Ltd. (NCL)
  • Japan
• Nintendo of America, Inc. (NOA)
  • Canada
  • United States of America
• Nintendo of Europe SE (NOE)
  • Swiss Confederation
  • Select European Union member states:
    • Republic of Austria
    • Kingdom of Belgium
    • French Republic
    • Federal Republic of Germany
    • Republic of Ireland
    • Italian Republic
    • Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
    • Republic of Malta
    • The Netherlands
    • Portuguese Republic
    • Kingdom of Spain
  • Principality of Andorra
  • Principality of Liechtenstein
  • Principality of Monaco
  • Republic of San Marino
  • Vatican City State
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (including Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies in Europe)
• Nintendo Australia Pty. Limited (NAL)
  • New Zealand
  • Commonwealth of Australia
• Nintendo of Korea Co., Ltd. (NOK)
  • Republic of Korea
• Nintendo (Hong Kong) Ltd. (NHK)
  • Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
  • Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
  • Republic of China

Third-party distribution

In addition to the above subsidiaries, over the years Nintendo has officially assigned various third-party distribution companies to represent Nintendo and its products (including Super Mario products) in certain markets. These partners may have the authority to handle marketing and sales, but they may vary and are overviewed by one of the three major divisions (NCL, NOA, NOE). As of February 2025, the following partners include:

• JVLAT
  • Argentine Republic
  • Republic of Chile
  • Republic of Colombia
  • United Mexican States
  • Republic of Peru
  • Belize
  • Bolivia
  • Costa Rica
  • Ecuador
  • El Salvador
  • Guatemala
  • French Guayana
  • Guyana
  • Honduras
  • Nicaragua
  • Panamá
  • Paraguay
  • Surinam
  • Uruguay
  • Venezuela
  • Antigua y Barbuda
  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • Dominica
  • Granada
  • Haití
  • Jamaica
  • Puerto Rico
  • República Dominicana
  • San Kitts y Nieves
  • Santa Cruz
  • San Juan
  • Santo Tomás
  • Santa Lucía
  • San Vicente y las Granadinas
  • Trinidad y Tobago
• Lojas Americanas, Magazine Luiza
  • Federative Republic of Brazil
• Core Gaming Systems (Pty) Ltd.
  • Republic of South Africa
  • Angola
  • Botswana
  • Lesotho
  • Malawi
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Nigeria
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe
• Active Bokei K.K.
  • Republic of Indonesia
  • Republic of Singapore
  • Kingdom of Thailand
  • Republic of the Philippines
  • Malaysia
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Sultanate of Oman
  • Kingdom of Bahrain
  • State of Kuwait
  • State of Qatar
• Advanced Initiative Company Trading
  • Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• Bergsala AB
  • Republic of Estonia
  • Republic of Finland
  • Republic of Latvia
  • Republic of Lithuania
  • Kingdom of Denmark
  • Kingdom of Norway
  • Kingdom of Sweden
• CD Media S.E.
  • Republic of Türkiye
  • Republic of Bulgaria
  • Republic of Cyprus
  • Hellenic Republic
  • Romania
  • Republic of Albania
  • Republic of Croatia
  • Republic of North Macedonia
  • Republic of Serbia
  • Republic of Slovenia
  • Moldova
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Kosovo
  • Montenegro
• ConQuest Entertainment A.S.
  • Czech Republic
  • Republic of Poland
  • Slovak Republic
• ConQuest Entertainment A.S., Game Park
  • Hungary
• Tencent
  • People's Republic of China
• TorGaming, Ltd.
  • State of Israel
• ERC
  • Ukraine
  • Kazakhstan
  • Uzbekistan

Formerly supported regions

The following regions are ones where Nintendo previously offered official distribution for its products, including Super Mario material, only to cease activity for various reasons:

• Russian Federation (initially via Steepler and later through Nintendo of Europe SE; suspended in 2023 due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine)
• Czechoslovak Socialist Republic/Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (via Stadlbauer; defunct due to the country's dissolution in 1992; distribution continued in the successor states of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, initially through Stadlbauer and MPM and later through ConQuest Entertainment A.S.)
• Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (via Beosoft; distribution later resumed in Serbia and Montenegro through Stadlbauer)
• Belarus (initially via Steepler, later by three distributors - Belconsole, MyDevice and Gameclub. Shut down in 2022 due to sanctions)
• Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan (initially via Steepler later by Russian Yandex.Money until Nintendo was shut down in Russia)
• India (initially via Samurai, later by Sunder Electronics until 2017)
• Afghanistan, Algeria, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Mauritius, Morocco, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Syria, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda (initially by Nintendo Co., Ltd. later by Nintendo of Europe)
• Bangladesh, Cambodia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam (via Nintendo Co., Ltd.)
• Cook Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Caledonia, Samoa, Vanuatu (via Nintendo Australia Pty. Limited)

--Enteria (talk) 16:06, February 25, 2025 (EST)

This is an edit the user wants to see on the page, FYI. Technetium (talk) 16:08, February 25, 2025 (EST)

[RESOLVED] Placing Mexico and other Latin American countries

Should we even put Mexico and other Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru) in the Nintendo of America section or third party distribution? Kinda seems confusing if most of them are in TPD but Argentina and Brazil are in NOA. --CarlosYoshiBoi (talk) 12:43, August 27, 2025 (PDT)

Overhaul first/third party distribution section

I was thinking overhauling it so instead of first/third party distribution it could be supported regions and other regions.

“Supported regions” includes Nintendo's subsidiaries and the markets they support. how it would be in this scenario:

Supported regions

As a multinational company, Nintendo has established various regional divisions dedicated to marketing and sales of its products outside Japan, including Super Mario games, merchandise, and licensing, located in different gaming markets around the world, and all of them are wholly owned. Two major subsidiaries, Nintendo of America and Nintendo of Europe, have the authority to publish games autonomously. As of September 2025, these divisions include:

• Nintendo Co., Ltd. (NCL)
  • Japan
  • Malaysia
  • Philippines
• Nintendo of America, Inc. (NOA)
  • Argentina
  • Brazil
  • Canada
  • Chile
  • Colombia
  • Mexico
  • Peru
  • United States (including territories)
• Nintendo Australia Pty. Limited (NAL)
  • Australia
  • New Zealand
• Nintendo of Europe SE (NOE)
  • Andorra
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Bulgaria
  • Croatia
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Ireland (Republic of Ireland)
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Latvia
  • Liechtenstein
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Malta
  • Monaco
  • Netherlands
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Romania
  • San Marino
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • South Africa
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • United Kingdom (including Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies in Europe)
  • Vatican City State
• Nintendo (Hong Kong) Ltd. (NHL)
  • Hong Kong
• Nintendo of Korea Co., Ltd. (NOK)
  • South Korea
• Nintendo Singapore Pte. Ltd.
  • Singapore
• Nintendo of Taiwan Co., Ltd.
  • Taiwan (Republic of China)
• Nintendo (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
  • Thailand

The “Other regions” section includes other markets that may get Nintendo products and Super Mario material through third party companies but no online services or website.

--CarlosYoshiBoi (talk) 20:37, November 19, 2025 (PST)

Forgot to reply to this until just now, but thinking it over I'm starting to wonder whether it'd be best to reformat it as a single, all-encompassing table. Something along the lines of this:

Region	Distributor	Support
Canada	Nintendo of America, Inc. (NOA)	Full support.
United States (including territories) † American Samoa †† Guam †† Northern Mariana Islands †† Puerto Rico ††† United States Virgin Islands ††††	Nintendo of America, Inc. (NOA)	† Full support. †† Has no dedicated account region option or Nintendo eShop, is part of the United States account region and Nintendo eShop; My Nintendo Store orders will also ship to this location. ††† Has no dedicated account region option or Nintendo eShop, is part of the United States account region and Nintendo eShop; Nintendo products are also distributed and sold across retailers here, especially My Nintendo Store orders being shipped to this location. †††† Has a dedicated account region option but no Nintendo eShop, its Nintendo eShop is instead part of the United States account region; My Nintendo Store orders will also ship to this location.

...and so on and so forth. In this case, "full support" would refer to the following:

• Has a dedicated account region option.
• Has a dedicated Nintendo eShop.
• My Nintendo Store orders will ship here.
• Nintendo products (including Super Mario products) are physically available here.

I think this would also solve issues where different regions have multiple distributors listed by contemporary sources, such as certain MENA and ex-Eastern Bloc states. For instance:

Region	Distributor	Support
Poland	Nintendo of Europe SE (NOE) † ConQuest Entertainment A.S. ††	† Only through the My Nintendo Store from other EU countries. †† All other forms of distribution.
United Arab Emirates	Active Bokei K.K. Jeetek	⸺

Of course, the singular EU entry would need to be broken down into its individual sub-bullets given that not every member state is supported in the same way.

The "formerly supported" section, meanwhile, would probably remain separate with a slightly different format, like so:

Region	Distributor	Additional Details
Russia	Steepler (initially) Yandex.Money (later distribution)	Suspended in 2023 due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)	Beosoft	Distribution later resumed in the successor states of Serbia and Montenegro through CD Media S.E.

(edit: typo fix)

Bowserbros (talk) 17:17, January 19, 2026 (UTC)

And then I was wondering how we should handle it for Latin American regions. In the meantime I would also remove Macuau as there’s no evidence that Nintendo Hong Kong actually handles Macau. --CarlosYoshiBoi (talk) 15:51, January 23, 2025 (PST)

I think Latin America, like the EU, can just be broken into its individual countries, and if a country in the region has multiple documented distributors (e.g. Brazil), it can be handled in the same vein as the Poland and UAE examples given above. Regarding the Macau point, the Switch 2 was officially released there, so Nintendo does support the territory in some capacity, though the only source I can find regarding Nintendo Hong Kong handling it is MobyGames (it's also the only source I can find regarding any Macanese distributors). Bowserbros (talk) 19:08, January 24, 2026 (UTC)

Maybe we can convert it all into "Supported regions" and "Former regions" sections rather than specifically first or third party distribution. Because the original plan was instead of specifically mentioning distributors, we would just put Nintendo’s different subsidiaries as “Supported regions” and place the countries they handle under each subsidiary (also I don’t think the subsidiaries themselves might ah e actually done distribution for their respective markets either way, but we don’t actually know if that is the case), but I was never sure how to handle the other regions that aren’t former regions. --CarlosYoshiBoi (talk) 19:02, January 24, 2025 (PST)

Yeah, that's what I was getting at: combine the first-party and third-party sections into a single "supported regions" list while keeping the "formerly supported regions" section separate. Bowserbros (talk) 17:43, January 25, 2026 (UTC)

Perhaps we could also add various different distributors and the years they did it for depending on if a country changes distributors (like Argentina which was originally handled by JVLat until 2024 and has since been handled by Solutions 2 GO). As for countries that have dependencies like the US and UK, not sure if we should actually list their territories or just group them under smth like “(including territories)” for the US and “(including Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories)” for the UK.

Actually I’m pretty sure even with the openings of Nintendo Singapore and Nintendo Thailand chances are Maxsoft is still the distributor, with Convergent as another for Singapore so this may be more into why I wanted to avoid mentioning specific distributors. --CarlosYoshiBoi (talk) 10:38, January 25, 2025 (PST)

I don't think we need to list every single distributor which handled a currently supported region in the past, though I guess there's not much harm in it if the list for each region isn't an outrageously long one. Regarding US and UK territories, I agree that it's not particularly necessary on principle, though the different levels of support in different US territories complicate it. Regarding whether or not to mention specific distributors, I don't think it's an issue if it can be backed up with sufficient sources. Bowserbros (talk) 00:55, February 2, 2026 (UTC)

Minor year fix

According to the Wikipedia article for the Game Boy, the Play It Loud! revision was actually released in 1995, not 1996. Relatively minor change but since this page is protected I thought I'd mention it here. SuperGamer18 (talk) 20:11, January 4, 2026 (EST)