Difference between revisions of "Nintendo"
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+ | '''Nintendo Co., Ltd.''' (任天堂株式会社 Nintendō Kabushiki gaisha?) is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. Nintendo is the world's largest video game company by revenue. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it originally produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as cab services and love hotels. | ||
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+ | Abandoning previous ventures, Nintendo developed into a video game company, becoming one of the most influential in the industry and Japan's third most valuable listed company with a market value of over US$85 billion. Nintendo of America is also the majority owner of the Seattle Mariners Major League Baseball team. | ||
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+ | The name Nintendo can be roughly translated from Japanese to English as "leave luck to heaven". As of March 31, 2013, Nintendo has sold over 654.1 million hardware units and 4.10 billion software units. | ||
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==Consoles== | ==Consoles== | ||
− | *[ | + | *[[Color TV Game]] |
− | *[ | + | *[[Nintendo Entertainment System]] |
− | *[ | + | *[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] |
− | *[ | + | *[[Nintendo 64]] |
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==Portable== | ==Portable== | ||
− | *[ | + | *[[Yakuman]] |
− | *[ | + | *[[Game & Watch]] |
− | *[ | + | *[[Game Boy]] |
− | *[ | + | *[[Virtual Boy]] |
− | + | *[[Game Boy Color]] | |
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− | == | + | ==Add-ons== |
− | *[ | + | *[[Game Boy Camera]] <!--Move to Gameboy page--> |
− | *[ | + | *[[Satellaview]] <!--Move to SNES page--> |
− | *[ | + | *[[Game Boy Player]] <!--Move to Gameboy page--> |
− | + | *[[Game Boy Printer]] <!--Move to Gameboy page--> | |
− | *[ | + | *[[iQue Player]] <!--Chinese N64, move to N64 page--> |
− | *[ | + | *[[Nintendo 64DD]] <!--Move to N64 page--> |
− | *[ | + | *[[Super Game Boy]] <!--Move to SNES page--> |
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− | *[ | + | ==Non-Retro== |
− | * | + | *[[Nintendo GameCube]] |
− | *[ | + | *[[Wii]] |
− | *[ | + | *[[Wii U]] |
− | *[ | + | *[[Mobile System GB]] <!--Move to GameBoy page--> |
− | *[ | + | *[[Game Boy Advance]] |
− | * | + | *[[GameCube Microphone]] |
− | + | *[[Panasonic Q]] <!--Move to GameCube page--> | |
− | *[ | + | *[[Triforce]] <!--Move to GameCube page--> |
− | *[ | + | *[[Pokéwalker]] <!--Something for NDS Pokemon games, move it to NDS page when it's made--> |
+ | *[[Pokémon Mini]] | ||
+ | *[[Pokémon Pikachu]] | ||
+ | *[[Nintendo DS]] | ||
+ | *[[iQue DS]] <!--NDS for Chinese market, move to NDS page--> | ||
+ | *[[Nintendo 3DS]] |
Revision as of 21:06, 20 May 2013
Nintendo Co., Ltd. (任天堂株式会社 Nintendō Kabushiki gaisha?) is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. Nintendo is the world's largest video game company by revenue. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it originally produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as cab services and love hotels.
Abandoning previous ventures, Nintendo developed into a video game company, becoming one of the most influential in the industry and Japan's third most valuable listed company with a market value of over US$85 billion. Nintendo of America is also the majority owner of the Seattle Mariners Major League Baseball team.
The name Nintendo can be roughly translated from Japanese to English as "leave luck to heaven". As of March 31, 2013, Nintendo has sold over 654.1 million hardware units and 4.10 billion software units.
Contents
Consoles
Portable
Add-ons
- Game Boy Camera
- Satellaview
- Game Boy Player
- Game Boy Printer
- iQue Player
- Nintendo 64DD
- Super Game Boy