Nintendo
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Nintendo (kanji: 任天堂; kana: ニンテンドウ) was originally founded in 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards, for use in a Japanese playing card game of the same name. Over the years, it became a video game company, one of the most powerful in the industry. They have also published over 250 games, developing at least 180 of them, and have sold over 2 billion games worldwide. Their flagship mascot is Mario, an Italian plumber/carpenter. They were notably Sega's primary rival when they were still in the hardware business.
History
Nintendo is the longest running company in the history of the video game console market and historically the most influential and best known console manufacturer. They launched their first game console, the Family Computer (or Famicom for short), in Japan on July 15, 1983 -- the same day that Sega launched the SG-1000 -- setting forth a rivalry between the two companies. When Nintendo redesigned the Famicom into the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) for the North American market in 1985, Sega followed suit by launching the Master System (a redesigned version of the Sega Mark III) the following year. Nintendo's subsequent systems (the Super Famicom/Super NES and Nintendo 64) also competed with Sega's own home consoles for market share. After Sega left the hardware business following the discontinuation of the Dreamcast, Sega started supporting Nintendo platforms as a third-party publisher, starting with the Nintendo GameCube and Game Boy Advance.
Notable products and technologies
1980s
- Family Computer/Nintendo Entertainment System (1983-1994)
- Game Boy (1989-2003)
1990s
- Super Famicom/Super Nintendo Entertainment System (1990-2000)
- Virtual Boy (1995-1996)
- Nintendo 64 (1996-2002)
- Game Boy Color (1998-2003)
2000s
- Game Boy Advance (2001-2008)
- Nintendo GameCube (2001-2008)
- Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection (2005-2014)
- Nintendo DS (2004-2017)
- Wii (2006-2015)
2010s
- Nintendo 3DS (2011-)
- Nintendo Network (2012-)
- Wii U (2012-2017)
- amiibo (2014-)
- Nintendo Switch (2017-)
Softography
Electro-mechanical arcade
- Shooting Trainer (1976)
- Wild Gunman (1976)
Medal game
- Pokémon Corogarena (2022)
Arcade
- Sheriff (1979)
- Space Firebird (1980)
Pico
- Pocket Monsters: Suuji o Tsukamaeyou! (2002)
- Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation: Hiragana Katakana Kakechatta! (2003)
- Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation Minna de Pico Pokémon Waiwai Battle! (2004)
Sega Titan Video
- Print Club Pokémon B (1999)
- Pocket Monsters Crayon Kids (2001)
NAOMI
- Rhythm Tengoku (2007)
GameCube
- F-Zero GX (2003)
- Nintendo GameCube Preview Disc (2003)
Triforce
- F-Zero AX (2003)
- Mario Kart Arcade GP (2005)
- Star Fox (unreleased)
Advanced Pico Beena
- Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation Pokémon Suuji Battle!! (2005)
- Chiiku Drill Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl: Moji Kazu Chie Asobi (2007)
- Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl Pokémon o Sagase! Meiro de Daibouken! (2009)
- Pocket Monsters Best Wishes! Chinou Ikusei Pokémon Daiundoukai (2010)
Nintendo DS
- Sonic Rush Adventure (2007)
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2008)
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2009)
Wii
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2007)
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008)
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2009)
Wii Virtual Console
- Kirby's Avalanche (2007)
Nintendo 3DS
- Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure (2012)
- Sonic Lost World (2013)
- Shin Megami Tensei IV (2013)
- Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (2014)
- Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl (2014)
- Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth (2014)
- Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight (2014)
- Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker (2015)
- Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX (2015)
- Smash Controller (2015)
- Project X Zone 2 (2015)
- Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (2016)
Wii U
- Sonic Lost World (2013)
- Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games (2013)
- Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric (2014)
- Bayonetta 2 (2014)
- Bayonetta (2014)
- Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (2014)
- Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE (2015)
- Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (2016)
Nu 1.1
Nintendo Switch
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018)
- Bayonetta 2 (2018)
- Bayonetta (2018)
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (2019)
- Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE Encore (2020)
- Sega Mega Drive - Nintendo Switch Online (2021)
- Shin Megami Tensei V (2021)
- Bayonetta 3 (2022)
- Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon (2023)
ALLS UX
LCD
- Pocket Sakura (2000)
External links
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