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'''[[File:Nintendo_logo.png|180px|right]]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==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_video_game_consoles#Color_TV_Game Color TV Game]
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*[[Color TV Game]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_video_game_consoles#Nintendo_Entertainment_System Nintendo Entertainment System]
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*[[Nintendo Entertainment System]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_video_game_consoles#Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System Super Nintendo Entertainment System]
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*[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_video_game_consoles#Nintendo_64 Nintendo 64]
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*[[Nintendo 64]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_video_game_consoles#Nintendo_GameCube Nintendo GameCube]
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_video_game_consoles#Wii Wii]
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===Portable===
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_video_game_consoles#Wii_U Wii U]
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*[[Yakuman]]
==Portable==
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*[[Game & Watch]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_video_game_consoles#Game_.26_Watch Game & Watch]
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*[[Game Boy]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_video_game_consoles#Game_Boy Game Boy]
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*[[Virtual Boy]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_video_game_consoles#Virtual_Boy Virtual Boy]
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*[[Game Boy Color]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_video_game_consoles#Game_Boy_Advance Game Boy Advance]
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_video_game_consoles#Nintendo_DS Nintendo DS]
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===Non-retro===
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_video_game_consoles#Nintendo_3DS Nintendo 3DS]
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*[[Pokémon Pikachu]]
==Other==
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*[[Game Boy Advance]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy_Camera Game Boy Camera]
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*[[Nintendo GameCube]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellaview Satellaview]
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*[[Pokémon Mini]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_%26_Watch Game & Watch]
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*[[iQue Player]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy_Player Game Boy Player]
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*[[Nintendo DS]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy_Printer Game Boy Printer]
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*[[Wii]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_iQue iQue Player]
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*[[Nintendo 3DS]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_DS iQue DS]
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*[[Wii U]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_64DD Nintendo 64DD]
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*[[Switch]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Mini Pokémon Mini]
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*''Mobile System GB''
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===Unlicensed===
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy_Color Game Boy Color]
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*[[Retro Duo]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Pikachu Pokémon Pikachu]
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Game_Boy Super Game Boy]
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[[Category:Company]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triforce_%28arcade_system_board%29 Triforce]
 
*Yakuman
 
*GameCube Microphone<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13"></sup>
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panasonic_Q Panasonic Q]
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9walker Pokéwalker]
 

Latest revision as of 16:47, 4 December 2020

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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.

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.

Consoles[edit]

Portable[edit]

Non-retro[edit]

Unlicensed[edit]