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|founded=September 23, 1889 | |founded=September 23, 1889 | ||
|first_release=''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'' ([[List of games by date#1981|1981]]) | |first_release=''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'' ([[List of games by date#1981|1981]]) | ||
|latest_release=''[[ | |latest_release=''[[Princess Peach: Showtime!]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]]) | ||
|president=[[Shuntaro Furukawa]] | |president=[[Shuntaro Furukawa]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''{{wp|Nintendo}}''' is a video game company with its origins in Japan. Nintendo is the creator of many popular franchises, including the | '''{{wp|Nintendo}}''' is a video game company with its origins in Japan. Nintendo is the creator of many popular franchises, including the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]], and the company's mascot is [[Mario]] himself. | ||
{{br|left}} | {{br|left}} | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
{{multiple image|align=left|direction=vertical|image1=Nintendo - Obsolete logo.svg|image2=Nintendo Logo.svg|width=180|footer=The company's | {{multiple image|align=left|direction=vertical|image1=Nintendo - Obsolete logo.svg|image2=Nintendo Logo.svg|width=180|footer=The company's signature red logo from 1985 to 2008, used internationally outside of Japan and Southeast Asia (top), and gray logo from 2006 to 2016 (bottom). The gray logo is still used in corporate pages.}} | ||
[[File:Regiones comerciales de Nintendo.svg|thumb|Regions where Nintendo's products are available]] | [[File:Regiones comerciales de Nintendo.svg|thumb|Regions where Nintendo's products are available]] | ||
Originally founded as a {{wp|hanafuda}} playing card manufacturer in Kyoto, Japan, on September 23, 1889, Nintendo began exploring game-making after third president [[Hiroshi Yamauchi]] began diversifying the company's ventures. Nintendo entered the arcade industry in 1973 and the home console industry in 1977, simultaneously hiring [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] as a product designer. In 1978, Nintendo began making arcade video games, licensing titles to other companies for distribution outside Japan. In 1980, Nintendo established a North American division headed by {{wp|Minoru Arakawa}}, and the first game that would be distributed by the American division would be ''[[nwiki:Radar Scope|Radar Scope]]''. The game did not sell well in the United States, and a number of unsold cabinets remained in warehouses. | |||
Arakawa asked | Arakawa asked Yamauchi if a new game could be developed and inserted into the unsold ''Radar Scope'' cabinets.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20191109000531/https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/09/14/ign-presents-the-history-of-super-mario-bros "IGN Presents: The History of Super Mario Bros."]</ref> Yamauchi went through Nintendo's entire talent pool to see who could head the designing of a potential ''Radar Scope'' replacement, and the result was Miyamoto designing ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]''. When ''Donkey Kong'' was released in 1981, it became a bestseller and marked the introduction of Mario. In 1983, Nintendo introduced the [[Family Computer]], distributing it abroad as the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] two years later. Its success in Japan and North America resulted in Nintendo becoming a dominant player in the video game industry and the revival of the industry in North America, which had been negatively affected by a crash in 1983. The most successful game for the NES, ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', further cemented Nintendo's dominance in the industry. The ''Super Mario'' franchise has since become Nintendo's flagship franchise and one of the most well-known brands to originate from video games. | ||
==Appearances in the ''Super Mario'' universe== | ==Appearances in the ''Super Mario'' universe== | ||
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*[[Diddy Kong]]'s red cap has the Nintendo logo on it. | *[[Diddy Kong]]'s red cap has the Nintendo logo on it. | ||
*Nintendo [[Gallery:Sponsors in the Mario Kart series|sponsors]] can be seen in the background of various ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' courses and battle arenas. | *Nintendo [[Gallery:Sponsors in the Mario Kart series|sponsors]] can be seen in the background of various ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' courses and battle arenas. | ||
*In the | *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 ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'', Nintendo, along with [[Rareware]], sponsors the boxing match between the [[Kong]]s and [[King K. Rool]] as mentioned by the [[Microphone]]. | *In ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'', Nintendo, along with [[Rareware]], sponsors the boxing match between the [[Kong]]s and [[King K. Rool]] as mentioned by the [[Microphone]]. | ||
*In ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]'', the Nintendo logo appears on the [[Peach Dome]] court. | *In ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]'', the Nintendo logo appears on the [[Peach Dome]] court. | ||
*In ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]'' and '' | *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 (Mario Hoops 3-on-3)|Mario Stadium]] court. | *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 (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 the ''[[Mario Baseball (series)|Mario Baseball]]'' series, the Nintendo logo appears on some signs in [[Mario Stadium (baseball stadium)|Mario Stadium]]. | ||
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|Jap=任天堂<br>ニンテンドー<br>ニンテンドウ | |Jap=任天堂<br>ニンテンドー<br>ニンテンドウ | ||
|JapR=Nintendō | |JapR=Nintendō | ||
|JapM=任天堂 is the formal name of the company; in {{wp|hiragana}} | |JapM=任天堂 is the formal name of the company; in {{wp|hiragana}} it is written as にんてんどう, two {{wp|Kana|kanas}} or {{wp|Mora (linguistics)#Japanese|moras}} {{wp|furigana|per kanji}}. Each of the {{wp|kanji}} that make up its formal name mean the following: | ||
*任 (''nin'') means "responsibility", "work", or "obligation". | *任 (''nin'') means "responsibility", "work", or "obligation". | ||
*天 (''ten'') means "sky". | *天 (''ten'') means "sky". | ||
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*[https://www.nintendo.com/en_CA/ Official Canadian (English) website] | *[https://www.nintendo.com/en_CA/ Official Canadian (English) website] | ||
*[https://www.nintendo.com/fr_CA/ Official Canadian (French) website] | *[https://www.nintendo.com/fr_CA/ Official Canadian (French) website] | ||
*[https://www.nintendo.co.uk Official website for the UK and Ireland] | |||
*[http://www.nintendo.com/es_LA/ Official Latin American website] | *[http://www.nintendo.com/es_LA/ Official Latin American website] | ||
*[https://www.nintendo.com/pt_BR/ Official Brazilian website] | *[https://www.nintendo.com/pt_BR/ Official Brazilian website] | ||
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*[https://www.nintendo.com/ph/ Official Filipino website] | *[https://www.nintendo.com/ph/ Official Filipino website] | ||
*[https://www.nintendo.com/th/ Official Thai website] | *[https://www.nintendo.com/th/ Official Thai website] | ||
*[https://www.nintendo.co.za Official South African website] | |||
*[https://www.nintendoswitch.com.cn/ Official Mainland Chinese website] | *[https://www.nintendoswitch.com.cn/ Official Mainland Chinese website] | ||
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