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**Nintendo**

Type	Public
Founded	November 6, 1889
Location	HQ in Kyoto, Japan United States: HQ: Redmond, Washington, Offices: Atlanta, Georgia and San Diego, California Canada: HQ: Richmond, Vancouver, British Columbia, Offices: Toronto, Ontario Europe: Großostheim, Germany Australia: HQ: Scoresby, Melbourne, Victoria, Offices: Sydney, New South Wales China: Suzhou (as iQue Ltd.) This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... A public company is a company owned by the public. ... November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 55 days remaining. ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... This page is about the city Kyoto. ... Location Location of Redmond within King County, Washington, and King County within Washington. ... State nickname: The Evergreen State Official languages None Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Governor Christine Gregoire (D) Senators Patty Murray (D) Maria Cantwell (D) Area - Total - % water Ranked 18th 184,824 kmÂ² 6. ... Atlanta is the capital and largest city of Georgia, a state of the United States of America. ... City nickname: Americas Finest City Official website: http://www. ... State nickname: The Golden State Official languages English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Senators Dianne Feinstein (D) Barbara Boxer (D) Area - Total - % water Ranked 3rd 410,000 kmÂ² 4. ... Richmond refers to various place names, schools and universities, people, and other uses around the world. ... Members of Parliament Libby Davies, Ujjal Dosanjh, David Emerson, Hedy Fry, Stephen Owen Members of the Legislative Assembly Gordon Campbell, David Chudnovsky, Adrian Dix, Colin Hansen, Jenny Kwan, Lorne Mayencourt, Wally Oppal, Gregor Robertson, Shane Simpson, Carole Taylor Mayor Sam Sullivan City Manager Judy Rogers Governing Body Vancouver City Council... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Official languages English Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Parliamentary representation - House seat - Senate seats 36 6 Area - Total - % water Ranked 5th 944,735 kmÂ² 2. ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength City of Toronto, Ontario, Canadas Location. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 kmÂ² (4th) â€¢ Land 917,741 kmÂ² â€¢ Water 158,654 kmÂ² (14. ... GroÃŸostheim, (spelled Grossostheim in English) is a municipality in the Aschaffenburg district of Bavaria, Germany. ... Scoresby is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. ... Melbourne is the state capital and largest city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of approximately 3. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Sydney is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian state of New South Wales, as well as Australias largest and oldest city (founded in 1788). ... Motto: Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Nickname: First State, Premier State Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Government Governor Premier Const. ... Suzhou (Simplified Chinese: è‹å·ž; Traditional Chinese: è˜‡å·ž; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Su-chou; sometimes seen transliterated as Su-chow, Suchow, or Soochow) is one of the most famous cities in China. ...
Key people	Satoru Iwata: president; Hiroshi Yamauchi: former president and chairman; Minoru Arakawa and Howard Lincoln: former heads of American division; Shigeru Miyamoto: noted game designer
Industry	Video games, card games
Products	Hanafuda, Color TV Game, Game & Watch, NES, SNES, Game Boy (Pocket, Light, Color, Advance, Advance SP, Micro), Virtual Boy, Nintendo 64, GameCube, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Revolution, numerous video games
Revenue	$4.643 billion USD (2004)
Operating income	{{{operating_income}}}
Net income	{{{net_income}}}
Employees	approx. 2,977
Website	www.nintendo.com
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Nintendo (Japanese: 任天堂; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 ) is a Japanese company originally founded on November 6, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards, for use in a Japanese playing card game of the same name. In the mid-twentieth century, the company tried several small niche businesses, such as a love hotel and a taxi company. Over the years, it became a video game company, growing into one of the most powerful in the industry. Aside from video games, Nintendo is also the majority owner of the Seattle Mariners, a Major League Baseball team. Nintendo has also purchased majority ownership of Gyration, a company specializing in gyros and motion sensors, for assistance in designing the controller of the Nintendo Revolution. Nintendo President, Satoru Iwata Satoru Iwata (å²©ç”° è¡ Iwata Satoru, born December 6, 1959) is the fourth president of Nintendo Company Limited beginning in 2002, succeeding to the long-standing previous president of the company, Hiroshi Yamauchi. ... Hiroshi Yamauchi (山内溥 Yamauchi Hiroshi, born November 7, 1927) was the president of Nintendo until 2002. ... Minoru Arakawa was the former president of Nintendo of America (NOA), from 1980 to 2002. ... Howard Lincoln is the chief executive and part owner of the Seattle Mariners baseball team, which is majority owned by Hiroshi Yamauchi. ... Shigeru Miyamoto with his creations- Mario, Luigi, Wario, Yoshi, and Donkey Kong stuffed toys Shigeru Miyamoto (Japanese: å®®æœ¬èŒ‚, Miyamoto Shigeru, born November 16, 1952) is a Japanese electronic game designer. ... The computer and video game industry is the economic sector involved with the development, marketing and sale of video and computer games. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Hanafuda cards Hanafuda (èŠ±æœ) is a Japanese gambling card game which evolved from Western playing cards. ... Color TV Game 6 Nintendos Color TV Game Series was started in 1977 with the Color TV Game 6. ... Fire, 1981 Some games such as had two screens and a clam-shell case (see closed) The Game & Watch series was a line of approximately 59 handheld electronic games made by Nintendo and created by Gunpei Yokoi from 1980 to 1991. ... The Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES, is an 8-bit video game console released by Nintendo in North America, Brazil, Europe, Asia, and Australia. ... The Super Nintendo Entertainment System, also known as Super NES or SNES, is a 16-bit video game console released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, and Australia. ... The original Game Boys design set the standard for handheld gaming consoles. ... The Nintendo Virtual Boy, released in 1995, was a video game console that used a twin eyeglass style projector to display the games in true 3-D (though monochromatic). ... The Nintendo 64, commonly called the N64, is Nintendos third home video game console. ... The Nintendo GameCube (Japanese: ã‚²ãƒ¼ãƒ ã‚ãƒ¥ãƒ¼ãƒ–; originally code-named Dolphin during development; abbreviated as GCN) is Nintendos fourth home video game console, belonging to the 128-bit era; the same generation as Segas Dreamcast, Sonys PlayStation 2, and Microsofts Xbox. ... The Nintendo DS, (abbreviated DS or NDS), is a dual-screen portable handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. ... The Nintendo Revolution is the current codename for Nintendos fifth home video game console and the successor to the Nintendo GameCube. ... In business, revenue is the amount of money that a company actually receives from its activities, mostly from sales of products and/or services to customers. ... 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A card game is any game using playing cards, either traditional or game-specific. ... // History Main article: History of computer and video games The first primitive computer and video games were developed in the 1950s and 1960s and ran on platforms such as oscilloscopes, university mainframes and EDSAC computers. ... Major league affiliations American League (1977-present) West Division (1977-present) Major league titles World Series titles (0) None AL Pennants (0) None West Division titles (3) [1] 2001 â€¢ 1997 â€¢ 1995 Wild card berths (1) 2000 [1] - In 1994, a players strike wiped out the last eight weeks... MLB logo Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in the world. ... A game controller is an input device used to control a video game. ... The Nintendo Revolution is the current codename for Nintendos fifth home video game console and the successor to the Nintendo GameCube. ...

Nintendo has the reputation of historically being the longest running company in the video game console market and the most influential and well-known console manufacturer, as well as being the dominant leader of the handheld console market. They began in the Japanese market in 1983, the North American market in 1985, and the European market in 1986. Over time Nintendo has manufactured five TV consoles — the Famicom/NES, the Super Famicom/Super NES, the Nintendo 64, and the present GameCube and the upcoming Nintendo Revolution — and many different handheld portables, including seven versions of their popular Game Boy, the Game & Watch, the Virtual Boy, the Pokémon Mini, the Nintendo DS. They have also published over 250 games, developing at least 180 of them, and have sold over 2,000,000,000 games worldwide. The Nintendo GameCube is an example of a current generation video game console. ... A console manufacturer is a company that manufactures and distributes video game consoles. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is a continent in the northern hemisphere bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the... The Nintendo Entertainment System (U.S., Europe, and Australia) NES redirects here. ... The Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES, is an 8-bit video game console released by Nintendo in North America, Brazil, Europe, Asia, and Australia. ... This article should be merged with Super Nintendo Entertainment System The Super Famicom design differed from that of the American SNES, though the controllers are almost the same. ... The European SNES design is identical to the Super Famicom. ... The Nintendo 64, commonly called the N64, is Nintendos third home video game console. ... The Nintendo GameCube (Japanese: ã‚²ãƒ¼ãƒ ã‚ãƒ¥ãƒ¼ãƒ–; originally code-named Dolphin during development; abbreviated as GCN) is Nintendos fourth home video game console, belonging to the 128-bit era; the same generation as Segas Dreamcast, Sonys PlayStation 2, and Microsofts Xbox. ... The Nintendo Revolution is the current codename for Nintendos fifth home video game console and the successor to the Nintendo GameCube. ... A handheld game console is a lightweight, portable, electronic device for playing video games. ... Portable communications devices refer to hand-held or wearable devices. ... The original Game Boys design set the standard for handheld gaming consoles. ... Fire, 1981 Some games such as had two screens and a clam-shell case (see closed) The Game & Watch series was a line of approximately 59 handheld electronic games made by Nintendo and created by Gunpei Yokoi from 1980 to 1991. ... The Nintendo Virtual Boy, released in 1995, was a video game console that used a twin eyeglass style projector to display the games in true 3-D (though monochromatic). ... POKEMON PARTY MINI IS NOT A CONSOLE PokÃ©mon Party Mini (collection of several mini-games, included with PokÃ©mon Mini) PokÃ©mon Pinball Mini (pinball game with several levels) PokÃ©mon Puzzle Collection (collection of different puzzle-games) PokÃ©mon Zany Cards (collection of different card-games) PokÃ©mon... The Nintendo DS, (abbreviated DS or NDS), is a dual-screen portable handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. ...

History

Main article: History of computer and video games

Although the history of computer and video games spans almost five decades, computer and video games themselves did not become part of the popular culture until the late 1970s. ...

1889–1968

Nintendo started as a small Japanese business by Fusajiro Yamauchi near the end of 1889 as Nintendo Koppai. The name, "Nintendo" roughly translates as "leave luck to heaven" or "in heaven's hands". Based in Kyoto, Japan, the business produced and marketed a playing card game called Hanafuda. The cards, which were all handmade, soon began to gain popularity and Yamauchi had to hire assistants to mass produce cards to keep up with the high demand. Fusajiro Yamauchi is the founder of the company that is now known as Nintendo Company Limited. ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Location of Kyoto, on the main island of Japan Kyoto (Japanese: 京都市; Kyōto-shi) is a city in Japan that has a population of 1. ... Hanafuda cards Hanafuda (èŠ±æœ) is a Japanese gambling card game which evolved from Western playing cards. ...

In 1929, Yamauchi retired from the company and allowed his son-in-law, Sekiryo Yamauchi, to take over the company as president. In 1933 Sekiryo Yamauchi established a joint venture with another company and thus renamed the company Yamauchi Nintendo & Co. In 1947 Sekiryo established the company Marufuku Co. Ltd to distribute the Hanafuda cards, as well as several other brands of cards that had been introduced by Nintendo. 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sekiryo Kaneda (also known as Sekiryo Yamauchi) was the second president of what is now Nintendo Company Limited. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Hiroshi Yamauchi, the grandson of Sekiryo Yamauchi, took office as the president of Nintendo during the year of 1949. He renamed Yamauchi Nintendo & Co. Nintendo Playing Card Company, Ltd., and, in 1951 he renamed their distribution company, Marufuku Co. Ltd., to Nintendo Karuta Co. Ltd. Hiroshi Yamauchi (山内溥 Yamauchi Hiroshi, born November 7, 1927) was the president of Nintendo until 2002. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ...

In 1959, Nintendo struck a deal with Disney to have them allow Nintendo to use Disney's characters on Nintendo's playing cards. The deal was a success and sold at least 600,000 cards in a single year. 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Walt Disney Company (most commonly known as Disney) (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ...

Following this, in 1963, Nintendo Playing Card Company Ltd. was renamed Nintendo Co. Ltd. by Hiroshi and Nintendo began to experiment in other areas of business. During the period of time between 1963 and 1968, Nintendo founded a taxi company and a "love hotel", as well as producing toys, games and several other things (including a vacuum cleaner). Both the taxi company and love hotel ended in failure and were eventually closed. 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Taxis as seen in New York City A Taxi generally is a form of transport where one pays for conveyance. ... A display of Roman toys, including several that would be familiar to children today: a doll, dice, rattles, and toy dishes for playing house. ... A game is a (often, but not always recreational) activity involving one or more players. ... Canister vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner is a device that uses an air pump to create a partial vacuum to suck up dust and dirt, usually from carpeted floors. ...

1969–1980

In 1969 Nintendo established a games division within their company. In the following years, Nintendo produced several successful toys and games, the most notable being their beam guns and Ultra Hand, an arm expansion toy. Most of these inventions were the ideas of a new Nintendo employee, Gunpei Yokoi. 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... In anime, energy weapons which fire a colored beam of light are generally called beam guns. ... Gunpei Yokoi, also seen as Gumpei Yokoi (æ¨ªäº• è»å¹³ Yokoi Gunpei, September 10, 1940 - October 4, 1997) was one of the most important figures in the history of the video game company Nintendo. ...

In 1973 Nintendo expanded on their light gun idea with the introduction of The Laser Clay Shooting System, which used solar cells to simulate clay pigeon shooting. The Laser Clay Shooting System was another huge success. In 1974 the same idea was reused with the introduction of Wild Gunman, which was a laser gun game where a player would attempt to draw a light gun and shoot at an image of a gunman before the gunman "shot back". Wild Gunman was exported to the USA and Europe. 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... A solar cell, or photovoltaic cell, is a semiconductor device that converts photons (light) into electricity. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Wild Gunman on the NES, Nintendo 1985 Wild Gunman is a light gun game created by Nintendo. ... A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is the worlds second-smallest continent in terms of area, covering around 10,790,000 kmÂ² (4,170,000 sq mi) or 2. ...

During 1975 Yamauchi began doing research into a new American trend in which one could connect a device to a television in order to play simple games, called video games. Other companies, such as Atari, had had some success in this field and Hiroshi decided it would be a good business venture for Nintendo to delve into. In the same year, he negotiated a deal with Magnavox to allow Nintendo to produce and sell the Magnavox Odyssey, a simple video game console. Since Nintendo didn't have the necessary equipment to manufacture these machines, they created a pact with Mitsubishi, who would manufacture them. 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Halo on the Xbox console. ... For the concept Atari (å½“ãŸã‚Š) in the board game of Go, see Atari (go term). ... Magnavox (Latin for loud voice) is a consumer electronics company that is now part of Philips Consumer Electronics. ... The Magnavox Odyssey is the first home video game console, predating the Atari Pong home consoles by three years. ... The Nintendo GameCube is an example of a current generation video game console. ... The Mitsubishi companies, or the Mitsubishi Group of Companies or the Mitsubishi Group is a large group (keiretsu) of independently operated Japanese companies which share the Mitsubishi brand name. ...

With Nintendo's new relationship with Mitsubishi, in 1977 the two companies released their joint effort video game machine, the Color TV Game 6, which allowed players to play six different very simple versions of tennis, which sold millions of units. 1977 is also the year Shigeru Miyamoto joined Nintendo, working as an art designer for arcade games. For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Tennis balls This article is about the sport, tennis. ... Shigeru Miyamoto with his creations- Mario, Luigi, Wario, Yoshi, and Donkey Kong stuffed toys Shigeru Miyamoto (Japanese: å®®æœ¬èŒ‚, Miyamoto Shigeru, born November 16, 1952) is a Japanese electronic game designer. ... Centipede by Atari is a typical example of a 1980s era arcade game. ...

Soon, Nintendo released several other successful home video game consoles, including an advanced version of the Color TV Game 6, called the Color TV Game 15, a racing game, and another game called Kusure, or Blockbuster. Color TV Game 6 Nintendos Color TV Game Series was started in 1977 with the Color TV Game 6. ...

In 1979 Nintendo began design work for what was to be their first handheld game console, the Game & Watch, which was another idea of Gunpei Yokoi. It was released in 1980, which is also the year that Nintendo announced the addition of a new wholly owned subsidiary, located in New York, named Nintendo of America. The Game & Watch proved a popular innovation and was successful far beyond any of Nintendo's previous ventures. This page refers to the year 1979. ... A handheld game console is a lightweight, portable, electronic device for playing video games. ... Fire, 1981 Some games such as had two screens and a clam-shell case (see closed) The Game & Watch series was a line of approximately 59 handheld electronic games made by Nintendo and created by Gunpei Yokoi from 1980 to 1991. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... State nickname: The Empire State Official languages None. ...

1980–1982

Donkey Kong starred a carpenter named Jumpman, who eventually went on to star in widely popular games of his own, although he is now known as Mario.

Also in 1980, Nintendo began the production of arcade games. These arcade games were mostly shoot-'em-ups sometimes using Nintendo's light gun, going under names such as Hellfire or Sheriff. However, this direction changed when Shigeru Miyamoto was given the task of repurposing hardware left over after the commercial failure of the arcade alien shoot-'em-up Radar Scope. Mr. Miyamoto went in a completely different direction and began work on Donkey Kong, with the help of Yokoi, which was an arcade game starring the attempts of a carpenter trying to rescue his girlfriend from an ape. Although originally frowned upon by fellow Nintendo workers, the release of Donkey Kong was a huge success and the game sold over 65,000 units, making it the most popular arcade game of the year. Image File history File links MAME screenshot of Donkey Kong This is a screenshot of a copyrighted computer game or video game. ... A carpenter is a skilled craftsman who performs carpentry -- a wide range of woodworking that includes constructing buildings, furniture, and other objects out of wood. ... For over 20 years, Mario has been the official video game mascot for Nintendo. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Centipede by Atari is a typical example of a 1980s era arcade game. ... Radar Scope is an early arcade game made by Nintendo, and released in 1980. ... Donkey Kong (J: ãƒ‰ãƒ³ã‚ãƒ¼ã‚³ãƒ³ã‚°) is an arcade game created by Nintendo, released in 1981. ... A carpenter is a skilled craftsman who performs carpentry -- a wide range of woodworking that includes constructing buildings, furniture, and other objects out of wood. ... Families Hylobatidae Hominidae Apes are the members of the Hominoidea superfamily of primates, including humans. ...

During the same year, Nintendo, probably inspired by the success of Atari and several other companies, set to work on a new, more advanced multicartridge video game console. They knew that in order for the system to be successful, since other companies had already released multicartridge systems, that their console would have to be better than the rest, and still carry a feasible price. In a variety of electronic equipments, a cartridge (in video game terms, cart, game pack, or Game Pak) can be one method of programming different functionality, providing variable content, or a method by which consumables may be replenished. ...

In 1982 Nintendo released their sequel to Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr. as an arcade game. Although not selling as many units as the original Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr. still sold well, selling around 35,000 units. This was also the year they established Nintendo of America Inc. in Redmond, Washington and merged the New York subsidiary into it. 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Donkey Kong, Jr. ...

1983–1989

In July 1983, Nintendo released their Famicom (Family Computer) system in Japan, which was their first attempt at a cartridge-based video game console. The system was very successful, selling over 500,000 units within two months. The console was also technically superior and inexpensive when compared to its competitors, priced at about $100 USD. However, after a few months of the consoles selling well, Nintendo received complaints that some Famicom consoles would freeze when the player attempted to play certain games. The fault was found in a malfunctioning chip and Nintendo decided to recall all Famicon units currently on store shelves, which cost them almost half a million dollars USD. 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Nintendo Entertainment System (U.S., Europe, and Australia) NES redirects here. ... USD redirects here. ...

It was also in 1983 that Nintendo planned to release the Famicom in the USA. In the USA, however, the video game market had almost completely died out due to the large amount of low quality games. Nintendo decided that to avoid this, they would only allow games that received their "Seal of Quality" to be sold for the Famicom, using a 10NES lockout system to prevent unlicensed games. 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nintendos Official Seal of Quality in NTSC regions Nintendos Official Seal of Quality in PAL regions, and also on early US NES games HES seal to mimic the official Nintendo Seal of Quality. ... The RAMBO-1, a version of Tengens Rabbit lockout chip 10NES was the authentication code for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) video game console. ...

The Nintendo Famicom, released in 1983, received a warm welcome from the Japanese economy.

By 1984 the Famicom had proven to be a huge continued success in Japan. However, Nintendo also encountered a problem with the sudden popularity of the Famicom — they did not have the resources to manufacture games at the same pace they were selling them. To combat this, Yamauchi decided to divide his employees into three groups, the groups being Research & Development 1 (R&D 1), Research & Development 2 (R&D 2) and Research & Development 3 (R&D 3). R&D 1 was headed by Gunpei Yokoi, R&D 2 was headed by Masayuki Uemura, and R&D 3 was headed by Takeda Genyo. Using these groups, Yamauchi hoped Nintendo would produce a low amount of high quality games rather than a high amount of average quality games. Nintendo Family Computer (sold in Japan). ... Nintendo Family Computer (sold in Japan). ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gunpei Yokoi, also seen as Gumpei Yokoi (æ¨ªäº• è»å¹³ Yokoi Gunpei, September 10, 1940 - October 4, 1997) was one of the most important figures in the history of the video game company Nintendo. ... Masayuki Uemura designed the Nintendo Entertainment System and the Super Nintendo Entertainment System videogame consoles. ...

In 1985 Nintendo announced they were going to release the Famicom worldwide – except under a different name – the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) – and with a different design. In order to ensure the localization of the highest quality games by third-party developers, Nintendo of America limited the number of game titles third-party developers could release in a single year to five. Konami, the first third-party company that was allowed to make cartridges for the Famicom, later challenged this rule by creating a spinoff company, Ultra Games, to release additional games in a single year, although other manufactures followed the same tactic as Konami. In this year, Super Mario Bros. was also released for the Famicom in Japan and became a large success. This article is about the year. ... The Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES, is an 8-bit video game console released by Nintendo in North America, Brazil, Europe, Asia, and Australia. ... Konami Corporation (ã‚³ãƒŠãƒŸ) TYO: 9766 (NYSE: KNM) (SGX: K20) is a leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling computer and video games. ... Founded in 1987 as a subsidiary of Konami, Ultra was a video game company created in an effort to get around Nintendos draconian licensing rules. ... Super Mario Bros. ...

Nintendo test marketed the Nintendo Entertainment System in the New York area on October 18, 1985. Following immediate success, they soon began shipping the NES nationwide in February 1986, along with 15 games, sold separately. In the U.S. and Canada, it outsold its competitors on a ten to one scale. This was also the year that Metroid (Japan) and Super Mario Bros. 2 (the Japanese version) were released. A test market, in the field of business and marketing, is a geographic region or demographic group used to gauge the viability of a product or service in the mass market prior to a wide scale roll-out. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with New York metropolitan area. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the first game in the series. ... SMB 2 title screen (Japanese version) Super Mario Bros. ...

In 1988, Nintendo of America unveiled Nintendo Power, a monthly news and strategy magazine from Nintendo that served to advertise new games. The first issue published was July/August edition, which spotlighted the NES game Super Mario Bros. 2. Nintendo Power is still being published today with its two-hundredth issue coming in Feb. '06. 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the Nintendo of America produced publication. ... This article is about the North American version of Super Mario Bros. ...

In 1989, 100 years after the company was started, Nintendo released the Game Boy, along with the accompanying game Tetris (widely considered one of the greatest games of all time). The Game Boy sold extremely well, eventually becoming the best selling portable game system of all time, a record it holds to this day. Later, Super Mario Land was also released for the Game Boy, which sold 14 million copies worldwide. 1989 was also the year that Nintendo announced a sequel to their popular video game console, the Famicom, to be called the Super Famicom. 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The original Game Boys design set the standard for handheld gaming consoles. ... Tetris is a puzzle game invented by Alexey Pajitnov (last name sometimes transliterated Pazhitnov) in 1985, while he was working for the Academy of Sciences in Moscow, Russia. ... Title screen Screenshot of Mario in Easton Kingdom (world 3-1) Super Mario Land is Marios first video game adventure for Game Boy. ... This article should be merged with Super Nintendo Entertainment System The Super Famicom design differed from that of the American SNES, though the controllers are almost the same. ...

By the end of the 1980s the courts found Nintendo guilty of anti-trust activities because it had abused its relationship with third party developers and created a monopoly in the gaming industry by not allowing developers to make games for any other platforms. They changed this rule during the Super NES era, allowing Sega to start a massive console war against Nintendo with the Sega Genesis and Game Gear. This would occur once more in 1996, when Sony released the Playstation. Media:Example. ... In economics, a monopoly (from the Greek monos, one + polein, to sell) is defined as a persistent market situation where there is only one provider of a kind of product or service. ... The Mega Drive/Genesis was a 16-bit video game console released by Sega in Japan (1988), Europe (1990) and most of the rest of the world as the Mega Drive. ... The Sega Game Gear was Segas first portable gaming system. ... The PlayStation (Japanese: ãƒ—ãƒ¬ã‚¤ã‚¹ãƒ†ãƒ¼ã‚·ãƒ§ãƒ³) is a video game console of the 32-bit era, first produced by Sony Computer Entertainment in the mid 1990s. ...

1990–1995

The Super Famicom was released in Japan on November 21st, 1990. The system's launch was widely successful, and the Super Famicom was sold out across Japan within three days. In August 1991, the Super Famicom was launched in the U.S. under the name "the Super Nintendo Entertainment System" (SNES). The SNES was released in Europe in 1992. November 21 is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Super Nintendo Entertainment System, also known as Super NES or SNES, is a 16-bit video game console released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, and Australia. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System followed in the steps of its predecessor, sporting a relatively low price and somewhat high technical specifications for its era. The controller of the SNES had also improved over that of the NES, as it now had rounded edges and several new buttons.

In Japan, the Super Famicom easily took control of the gaming market. Despite a slow start, the SNES in North America eventually overtook its competition, the Sega Genesis, thanks to franchise titles such as Super Mario World, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Street Fighter 2, and the Final Fantasy series. In the U.S., the Genesis barely outsold the SNES, however total worldwide sales of the SNES were higher than the Genesis. The Mega Drive/Genesis was a 16-bit video game console released by Sega in Japan (1988), Europe (1990) and most of the rest of the world as the Mega Drive. ... Super Mario World (SMW) was the first launch game for the Nintendo Super Famicom/Super Nintendo game consoles, and thereby the 16-bit console debut of Mario. ... The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, released in Japan on November 21, 1991, as ゼルダの伝説神々のトライフォース (Zeruda no Densetsu: Kamigami no Toraifōsu, literally The Legend of Zelda: Triforce of the Gods), and in North America and Europe in 1992, was the only game in the Zelda series... Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (1991) was a highly popular and immensely successful arcade game created by the Japan-based company Capcom. ... Though each Final Fantasy story is independent, many themes and elements of gameplay recur throughout the series. ...

1992 was the year in which Gunpei Yokoi and the rest of R&D 1 began planning on a new virtual reality console to be called the Virtual Boy. Hiroshi Yamauchi also bought shares of the Seattle Mariners in 1992. Virtual Reality (VR) is an environment that is simulated by a computer. ... The Nintendo Virtual Boy, released in 1995, was a video game console that used a twin eyeglass style projector to display the games in true 3-D (though monochromatic). ... Major league affiliations American League (1977-present) West Division (1977-present) Major league titles World Series titles (0) None AL Pennants (0) None West Division titles (3) [1] 2001 â€¢ 1997 â€¢ 1995 Wild card berths (1) 2000 [1] - In 1994, a players strike wiped out the last eight weeks...

In 1993 Nintendo announced plans to develop a new 64-bit console codenamed Project Reality, that would be capable of rendering fully 3D environments and characters. In 1994, Nintendo also claimed that Project Reality would be renamed Ultra 64 in the US. The Ultra 64 moniker was unveiled in arcades on the Nintendo branded fighting game "Killer Instinct" and the racing game "Cruisin' USA". "Killer Instinct" was later released on the SNES. Soon after, Nintendo realised the mistake they had made in choosing a name for their new console that the Konami corporation owned the rights to. Specifically, only Konami would have the rights to release games for the new system called Ultra Football, Ultra Tennis, etc. So, in 1995 Nintendo changed the final name of the system to the Nintendo 64, and announced that it would be released in 1996. They later showed previews of the system and several games, including Super Mario 64, to the media and public. 1993 (MCMXCIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... The rewrite of this article is being devised at Talk:3D computer graphics/Temp. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Konami Corporation (ã‚³ãƒŠãƒŸ) TYO: 9766 (NYSE: KNM) (SGX: K20) is a leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling computer and video games. ... Founded in 1987 as a subsidiary of Konami, Ultra was a video game company created in an effort to get around Nintendos draconian licensing rules. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Nintendo 64, commonly called the N64, is Nintendos third home video game console. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Super Mario 64 is a video game for the Nintendo 64. ...

1995 is also the year that Nintendo purchased part of Rareware, a choice that would prove to be a wise investment. The Golden R Rare logo as of 2005. ...

Nintendo released the Virtual Boy to much hype and fanfare in 1995. It was, however, unsuccessful.

In the mid-90s Nintendo of America eased up on its stringent policies on blood and violence. After Sega created the Mega CD (Sega CD in North America) add on for its 16-bit machine, Nintendo initially contracted with Sony to develop an add-on CD-ROM drive for the SNES, but then they had second thoughts: afraid that Sony will get all the profit from the CD-ROM media, and also surprised at the failure of Sega's Mega CD, Nintendo terminated the contract and went with Philips. Nintendo announced their alliance with Philips at the same conference that Sony announced their CD-ROM drive. Nothing happened about the add-on drive in regard to the SNES, but Sony took the time and research and began to spin it off into a new product, the PlayStation. Image File history File links Virtual_Boy_kit. ... Image File history File links Virtual_Boy_kit. ... The computer and video game industry has seen several commercial failures since its birth in the late 1970s, some of which have drastically changed the video game market. ... The 1990s refers to the years 1990 to 1999; the last decade of the 20th Century, but in an economical sense The Nineties is often considered to span from the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 to the September 11 attacks in 2001. ... Sega (ã‚»ã‚¬) is a video game software and hardware developer, and a former home computer and console manufacturer. ... The Sega Mega (Japanese: メガCD) is an add-on device for the Sega Mega Drive released in Europe, Australia and Japan. ... Three versions of Sega CD: The Mega-CD 1 and 2 and the CDX/Multi-Mega. ... Sony Corporation (Japanese katakana: ã‚½ãƒ‹ãƒ¼) (TYO: 6758 , NYSE: SNE) is a global Japanese consumer electronics corporation based in Tokyo, Japan. ... The CD-ROM (an abbreviation for Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (ROM)) is a non-volatile optical data storage medium using the same physical format as audio compact discs, readable by a computer with a CD-ROM drive. ... Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Royal Philips Electronics N.V.), usually known as Philips, (Euronext: PHIA , NYSE: PHG) is one of the largest electronics companies in the world. ... The PlayStation (Japanese: ãƒ—ãƒ¬ã‚¤ã‚¹ãƒ†ãƒ¼ã‚·ãƒ§ãƒ³) is a video game console of the 32-bit era, first produced by Sony Computer Entertainment in the mid 1990s. ...

In 1995 Nintendo released the Virtual Boy in Japan. The console sold poorly, but Nintendo still said they had hope for it and continued to release several other games and attempted a release in the U.S., which was another disaster.

Also in 1995, Nintendo found themselves in a competitive situation. Competitor Sega introduced their 32-bit Saturn, while newcomer Sony introduced the 32-bit PlayStation. Sony's fierce marketing campaigns ensued, and it started to cut into Nintendo and Sega's market share. 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Sega Saturn (Japanese: ã‚»ã‚¬ã‚µã‚¿ãƒ¼ãƒ³, Sega Saturn), is a video game console of the 32-bit era. ... The PlayStation (Japanese: ãƒ—ãƒ¬ã‚¤ã‚¹ãƒ†ãƒ¼ã‚·ãƒ§ãƒ³) is a video game console of the 32-bit era, first produced by Sony Computer Entertainment in the mid 1990s. ...

1996–2001

On June 23 1996, the Nintendo 64 (N64) was released in Japan and became a huge hit, selling over 500,000 units on the first day of its release. Nintendo released an add-on to the Nintendo 64 in Japan, titled the Nintendo 64DD, on December 1, 1999. On September 29 1996, Nintendo released the Nintendo 64 in the U.S. and Canada, and it too was a success. June 23 is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 191 days remaining. ... The Nintendo 64 Disk Drive The Nintendo 64DD is an expansion system for the Nintendo 64 that was announced at 1995s Nintendo Shoshinkai game show event (now called Spaceworld). ... December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years). ... The Nintendo 64, commonly called the N64, is Nintendos third home video game console. ...

Nintendo followed with the release of the Game Boy Pocket, a smaller version of the original Game Boy. About a week after the release of the Game Boy Pocket, Gunpei Yokoi resigned from his position at Nintendo. Gunpei Yokoi helped in the creation of a competitor system named the Wonderswan, utilizing the skills he gained in the creation of the Game Boy. The original Game Boys design set the standard for handheld gaming consoles. ... A WonderSwan playing Gunpey. ...

In 1997, Pocket Monsters (known as "Pokémon" in the North America and Europe) was released in Japan to a huge following. The Pokémon franchise was proving so popular that for a brief time, Nintendo took back their place as the supreme power in the games industry. October 13, 1998 was the day that Game Boy Color was released in Japan, with releases in North America and Europe a month later. Days before Game Boy Color was released in Japan, Gunpei Yokoi - the original creator of Game Boy - died tragically in a car accident at the age of 57. The Pokémon logo. ... The concept of PokÃ©mon evolved from insect collecting, a simple pastime many Japanese children (including PokÃ©mons creator, Satoshi Tajiri, as a child) had enjoyed in the past. ... October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years). ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The Game Boy Color came in a myriad different colors, as did earlier incarnations of the Game Boy. ...

Nintendo released the Game Boy Advance in Japan on March 21, 2001. This was followed by the North American launch on June 11 and the European launch on June 22. Nintendo released their GameCube home video game console on September 14, 2001 in Japan. It was released in North America on November 18th of 2001, and on May 5, 2002 in Europe. The Game Boy Advance (GBA) is a handheld videogame console developed, manufactured and marketed by Nintendo. ... March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... June 11 is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (163rd in leap years), with 203 days remaining. ... June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 192 days remaining. ... The Nintendo GameCube (Japanese: ゲームキューブ; originally code-named Dolphin during development; abbreviated as GCN) is Nintendos fourth home video game console, belonging to the 128-bit era; the same generation as Segas Dreamcast, Sonys PlayStation 2, and Microsofts Xbox. ... September 14 is the 257th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (258th in leap years). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years), with 43 remaining. ... May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (126th in leap years). ... 2002 (MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

2002–present

Satoru Iwata is the current president of Nintendo

In 2002, Hiroshi Yamauchi stepped down as the president of Nintendo and named Satoru Iwata his successor. Also, Nintendo and Chinese-American scientist Dr. Wei Yen co-founded iQue, a company that manufactures and distributes official Nintendo consoles and games for the mainland Chinese market, under the iQue brand. Satoru Iwata File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Satoru Iwata File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Nintendo President, Satoru Iwata Satoru Iwata (å²©ç”° è¡ Iwata Satoru, born December 6, 1959) is the fourth president of Nintendo Company Limited beginning in 2002, succeeding to the long-standing previous president of the company, Hiroshi Yamauchi. ... 2002 (MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hiroshi Yamauchi (山内溥 Yamauchi Hiroshi, born November 7, 1927) was the president of Nintendo until 2002. ... Nintendo President, Satoru Iwata Satoru Iwata (å²©ç”° è¡ Iwata Satoru, born December 6, 1959) is the fourth president of Nintendo Company Limited beginning in 2002, succeeding to the long-standing previous president of the company, Hiroshi Yamauchi. ...

In May 2004, Nintendo announced plans to release a new brand of handheld, unrelated to the Game Boy — featuring two screens, one of which was touch-sensitive. The Nintendo DS, released on November 21 2004, received over three million pre-orders. In addition to the touch screen, the DS can also create three-dimensional graphics, capable of surpassing those of the Nintendo 64, although it does not include hardware support for texture filtering which results in more pixellated graphics than on the Nintendo 64. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 21 is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

President Satoru Iwata merged all of Nintendo's software designers under the EAD division, this was done to allocate more resources to Shigeru Miyamoto. As of 2005 Nintendo's internal development divisions are comprised of four groups (read Nintendo development divisions for more information). Nintendo President, Satoru Iwata Satoru Iwata (å²©ç”° è¡ Iwata Satoru, born December 6, 1959) is the fourth president of Nintendo Company Limited beginning in 2002, succeeding to the long-standing previous president of the company, Hiroshi Yamauchi. ... Shigeru Miyamoto with his creations- Mario, Luigi, Wario, Yoshi, and Donkey Kong stuffed toys Shigeru Miyamoto (Japanese: å®®æœ¬èŒ‚, Miyamoto Shigeru, born November 16, 1952) is a Japanese electronic game designer. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nintendo is organized into several internal divisions that stand for many of the worlds most highly regarded games. ...

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On May 14, 2005, Nintendo started up its first retail store in Rockefeller Center in New York City, called Nintendo World. It is two stories tall, and contains many kiosks of GameCube, Game Boy Advance, and Nintendo DS games. There are also display cases filled with things from Nintendo's past, including Hanafuda playing cards, Nintendo's first product. They celebrated the grand opening with a block party in Rockefeller Plaza. They plan to open the same store in other major U.S cities, those announced are Los Angeles, Dallas, Boston, and Philadelphia. Potential cities are San Francisco, St. Louis, Washington DC, and Chicago. May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The city is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture, and is one of the worlds major global cities (along with London, Tokyo and Paris) with a virtually unrivaled collection of museums, galleries, performance venues, media outlets, international corporations, and stock exchanges. ... The City of Los Angeles (from Spanish; Los Ãngeles) is the second-largest city in the United States in terms of population, as well as one of the worlds most important economic, cultural, and entertainment centers. ... Aerial view of Dallas Nickname: Big D Motto: {{{motto}}} Official website: www. ... City nickname: City on a Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Solar System), Athens of America Official website: www. ... Independence Hall, as it appears today. ... City nickname: The City by the Bay Official website: http://www. ... The Gateway Arch, shown here behind the Old Courthouse, is the most recognizable part of the St. ... ... ...

Nintendo 64

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In 1995, Nintendo released a third console, the Nintendo 64 (N64), which featured vastly improved three dimensional graphics and a new analog stick. Nintendo chose to remain with the cartridge medium, a surprising move, especially considering their competition's choice of emerging CD-ROM storage mediums. This may have adversely affected the amount of games published on the Nintendo 64; CD-ROMs are cheaper to produce than cartridges, meaning cheaper costs for the third party publishers — since Nintendo did not choose to use CD-ROMs, publishers would be more swayed to publish for Sony's PlayStation, which did use CD-ROMs. However, Nintendo retained the cartridge in light of the fact that compared to CD-ROMs, there are little to no load times and that cartridges are to an extent more expandable and can have data directly saved to them, hence abolishing the absolute need for a device such as a memory card. Despite these advantages, the drawbacks were also rumored to be the impetus for Squaresoft (now Square Enix) stopping development of any further games for Nintendo, including their well-known Final Fantasy series, and moving over to the Sony PlayStation, and later the PlayStation 2. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (800x627, 203 KB) Summary Subject: Nintendo 64 Photographer: User:Nv8200p Date: November 5, 2005 Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Nintendo 64, commonly called the N64, is Nintendos third home video game console. ... The rewrite of this article is being devised at Talk:3D computer graphics/Temp. ... An analog stick from the GameCube game controller An analog stick, often mistakenly referred to as a joystick, is an input device for a controller, often a game controller, that is used for two-dimensional input. ... In a variety of electronic equipments, a cartridge (in video game terms, cart, game pack, or Game Pak) can be one method of programming different functionality, providing variable content, or a method by which consumables may be replenished. ... The CD-ROM (an abbreviation for Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (ROM)) is a non-volatile optical data storage medium using the same physical format as audio compact discs, readable by a computer with a CD-ROM drive. ... In the video game industry, a third-party developer is a developer that is not only a separate entity from a console manufacturer, but also not affiliated or held by any contractual agreement to make exclusive games for any specific console. ... The PlayStation (Japanese: ãƒ—ãƒ¬ã‚¤ã‚¹ãƒ†ãƒ¼ã‚·ãƒ§ãƒ³) is a video game console of the 32-bit era, first produced by Sony Computer Entertainment in the mid 1990s. ... A 32 MB High Speed CompactFlash Type I card A memory card or flash memory card is a solid-state electronic flash memory data storage devices used with digital cameras, handheld and laptop computers, telephones, music players, video game consoles, and other electronics. ... Square Co. ... SQUARE ENIX (Japanese: スクウェア・エニックス) is a Japanese producer of popular video games and manga. ... Though each Final Fantasy story is independent, many themes and elements of gameplay recur throughout the series. ... The original PlayStation was produced in a light grey colour; the more recent PSOne redesign sports a smaller more rounded case. ... The PlayStation 2 (PS2) (Japanese: ãƒ—ãƒ¬ã‚¤ã‚¹ãƒ†ãƒ¼ã‚·ãƒ§ãƒ³2) is Sonys second video game console, the successor to the PlayStation and the predecessor to the PlayStation 3. ...

Nintendo used the code names Project Reality and Ultra 64 prior to the systems actual release, and these names are still used by some people. Nintendo also touted new "innovative" and "groundbreaking" elements of the Nintendo 64 — such as its four controller ports, an analog stick, 64-bit processor, and online capabilites. The online capabilities never came out in the rest of the world, but did well in Japan. The expansion for online would have plugged into the Ext. port on the bottom. In computing, a 64-bit component is one in which data are processed or stored in 64-bit units (words). ...

The first 3D Mario game was introduced on the N64 as Super Mario 64, which has been the archetype for almost all 3D console games to this day. Other popular games were GoldenEye 007, which ushered in a new era for console first-person shooter games, and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time; widely considered one of the best games of all time. This system's games are also significant as it was here that the power of the second-party was first recognised: Rareware produced several of their most lauded games for this console (including the aforementioned GoldenEye, and also Perfect Dark and Banjo-Kazooie.) For over 20 years, Mario has been the official video game mascot for Nintendo. ... Super Mario 64 is a video game for the Nintendo 64. ... GoldenEye 007 is a first-person shooter video game for the Nintendo 64 based on the James Bond film GoldenEye. ... Doom, one of the games that defined the first-person shooter genre. ... The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was a video game released in 1998, and the first Zelda game for the Nintendo 64. ... Rare Ltd. ... Perfect Dark (ãƒ‘ãƒ¼ãƒ•ã‚§ã‚¯ãƒˆãƒ»ãƒ€ãƒ¼ã‚¯ in Japan; at one point the Japanese release was going to be called Red and Black) is a first-person shooter video game for the Nintendo 64 game console; developed and published by Rare. ... Banjo-Kazooie is a 3-D platform/adventure video game for the Nintendo 64. ...

Nintendo GameCube

Main article: Nintendo GameCube

The Nintendo GameCube is Nintendo's fourth generation console and their first disc-based console; it was released in Japan on September 14, 2001, the U.S. on November 18, 2001, in Europe on May 3, 2002, and in Australia on May 17, 2002. The European launch boasted 20 titles at launch, which included Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 2: Rogue Leader, Wave Race: Blue Storm, Luigi's Mansion, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 and International Superstar Soccer 2. Black Nintendo GameCube. ... The Nintendo GameCube (Japanese: ã‚²ãƒ¼ãƒ ã‚ãƒ¥ãƒ¼ãƒ–; originally code-named Dolphin during development; abbreviated as GCN) is Nintendos fourth home video game console, belonging to the 128-bit era; the same generation as Segas Dreamcast, Sonys PlayStation 2, and Microsofts Xbox. ... September 14 is the 257th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (258th in leap years). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years), with 43 remaining. ... May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). ... 2002 (MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). ... 2002 (MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wave Race: Blue Storm is a jet ski racing game released on November 18, 2001 for the Nintendo GameCube. ... Luigis Mansion (ãƒ«ã‚¤ãƒ¼ã‚¸ãƒžãƒ³ã‚·ãƒ§ãƒ³ in Japanese), released in 2001, is not only one of the first video game titles for the Nintendo GameCube system; it is also the first official Mario-series title for the system. ... Tony Hawks Pro Skater 3 is the third video game in the Tony Hawks Pro Skater series. ... International Superstar Soccer is the name of a series of football videogames developed by Japanese company Konami, mostly by their Osaka branch, KCEO. It should not be confused with KCETs Pro Evolution Soccer series, which was originally developed for the Sony PlayStation, while ISS was mostly aimed for Nintendo...

Nintendo continued many of their popular franchises on the system, including Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Star Fox, Metroid, and Super Smash Bros.. The Nintendo GameCube is also responsible for several new franchises, including Pikmin, Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, and P.N.03. The GameCube also revived the Metroid series with the release of Metroid Prime and its direct sequel, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes; although the games are no longer in the same style as the older Metroid games with the introduction of three dimensional graphics and a first-person shooter style. Nintendo had also gained exclusivity rights for the Resident Evil series and Capcom has released several GameCube-only Resident Evil titles, including Resident Evil 4 which is critically acclaimed to be the best in the series. Eventually Capcom backed out and allowed the Resident Evil titles to be released on the PS2 system, including the once GameCube exclusive Resident Evil 4. The GameCube also saw the return of Square Enix, the home of the flagship Final Fantasy series, as they released another Final Fantasy spinoff called Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles for the now DVD-ROM functional GameCube as well as Final Fantasy Tactics Advance for the Game Boy Advance. For over 20 years, Mario has been the official video game mascot for Nintendo. ... The Legend of Zelda series (often shortened to just Zelda) is a series of video games, created for Nintendo by industry legend Shigeru Miyamoto, and first published in February 1986. ... The Star Fox series (Japanese: ã‚¹ã‚¿ãƒ¼ãƒ•ã‚©ãƒƒã‚¯ã‚¹) is one of Nintendos many famous video game franchises. ... Box art of the first Metroid game The Metroid games are a series of video games produced by Nintendo. ... For detailed, thorough information, see SSBM on Wikibooks Super Smash Bros. ... An image of a claymade red Pikmin creature. ... Metroid Prime is a first-person adventure video game developed by Nintendo-owned Retro Studios and released by Nintendo in 2002 for the GameCube. ... Metroid Prime 2: Echoes is the direct sequel to Metroid Prime, and is the latest game in Nintendos Metroid series to appear on the GameCube. ... The rewrite of this article is being devised at Talk:3D computer graphics/Temp. ... Doom, one of the games that defined the first-person shooter genre. ... Resident Evil, known as Biohazard (ãƒã‚¤ã‚ªãƒã‚¶ãƒ¼ãƒ‰) in Japan, is a successful franchise of horror-adventure video games developed by Capcom. ... Capcom (ã‚«ãƒ—ã‚³ãƒ³ in Japanese) (TYO: 9697) is a leading Japanese developer and publisher of computer and video games. ... Resident Evil 4 (Japanese: ãƒã‚¤ã‚ªãƒã‚¶ãƒ¼ãƒ‰ï¼”, Biohazard 4) is a survival horror game by Capcom and the sixth installment of the Resident Evil series. ... SQUARE ENIX (Japanese: スクウェア・エニックス) is a Japanese producer of popular video games and manga. ... Though each Final Fantasy story is independent, many themes and elements of gameplay recur throughout the series. ... Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles is a video game for the Nintendo GameCube. ... DVD is an optical disc storage media format that is used for playback of movies with high video and sound quality and for storing data. ... Final Fantasy Tactics Advance is a strategy video game for Nintendos Game Boy Advance. ... The Game Boy Advance (GBA) is a handheld videogame console developed, manufactured and marketed by Nintendo. ...

In the current console wars, it is in firm second place in Japan, while battling with the Xbox for second place in the American and European markets. In Australia it is in last place [1]. In terms of hardware sales, the GameCube is in a close second place, ahead of Microsoft's machine by a small margin. Commentators have noted that whilst both Sony and Microsoft are losing money from every console they sell, Nintendo makes a profit from every GameCube sold. As of June 2005, Nintendo has shipped 18.76 million GameCubes worldwide. Console wars is a term used to refer to periods of intense competition for market share between video game console manufacturers, with particular emphasis on television advertising. ... The Microsoft Xbox is a sixth generation era video game console first released on November 15, 2001 in North America, then released on February 22, 2002 in Japan, and on March 14, 2002 in Europe. ...

Nintendo "Revolution"

Main article: Nintendo Revolution

As with other console manufacturers in the industry, Nintendo is currently developing a new game console, codenamed "Revolution", that is expected to be released in 2006. With Revolution, Nintendo has made their plans clear that they hope to change the way we watch and play video games by taking gaming into a new direction instead of merely upgrading hardware for the benefit of graphics. Image File history File links Revcon_screen001. ... The Nintendo Revolution is the current codename for Nintendos fifth home video game console and the successor to the Nintendo GameCube. ... The Nintendo Revolution is the current codename for Nintendos fifth home video game console and the successor to the Nintendo GameCube. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The console is Nintendo's sleekest and smallest yet, about the size of three DVD cases stacked on top of each other; however, Nintendo has stated that the unveiled system is a prototype and the final product may be even smaller. The revolutionary aspect of the system comes from its unconventional controller, which in its basic form is shaped like a television remote control and includes a number of features, most notably, the direct pointing device which allows the system to understand six directions of movement (up, down, left, right, in, and out)and it can sense the angle of the controller. The controller additionally features a port located on the bottom which several accessories may use. So far Nintendo has shown an analog stick (called "nunchuck" by NCL president Iwata during the TGS keynote) that can connect to that port and can be used concurrently with the main controller. Nintendo has also confirmed that the Revolution will not support High Definition, unlike Sony and Microsoft, Nintendo is not focusing on graphics for the new generation, but instead will concentrate on the gameplay. DVD-R writing/reading side, based on Photo DVD.jpg. ... Prototypes or prototypical instances combine the most representative attributes of a category. ... A television remote control A remote control is an electronic device used for the remote operation of a machine. ... A nunchaku (Chinese: é›™ç¯€æ£ shuÄng jiÃ© gÃ¹n, å…©ç¯€æ£ liÇŽng jiÃ© gÃ¹n, or ä¸‰ç¯€æ£ sÄn jiÃ© gÃ¹n), also known in English by the plural nunchucks (variously rendered as nunchuks, nun-chucks, nun-chuks, nun chucks, nun chuks, nunchaku, or just chucks for short), is a martial arts weapon...

Thus far, it has been confirmed that the Revolution will be able to play NES, SNES, and N64 games, which will be downloadable for a fee through the Internet via Nintendo's online service, which will also offer downloadable demos for Revolution and the Nintendo DS. As well, it will also be backward compatible with GameCube discs, and will boast a "docking station" for GameCube accessories. The option to play DVDs on the console is also to be included with the purchase of an announced add-on. It has also been confirmed that the console will have the capability to be connected to a standard televsion, as well as a computer display. The Nintendo GameCube (Japanese: ゲームキューブ; originally code-named Dolphin during development; abbreviated as GCN) is Nintendos fourth home video game console, belonging to the 128-bit era; the same generation as Segas Dreamcast, Sonys PlayStation 2, and Microsofts Xbox. ... Nineteen inch (48 cm) CRT computer monitor A computer display, monitor or screen is a computer peripheral device capable of showing characters and/or still or moving images generated by a computer and processed by a graphics card. ...

Handheld consoles

Game Boy

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Introduced in 1989, and continuing strong today, were Nintendo's portable Game Boy systems. With several redesigns and improvements, including Pocket, Light, Color, Advance, Advance SP, and Micro versions, the Game Boy is the single most successful, and oldest portable video game platform still in production. Game Boy Evolution refers to the as-yet-unannounced successor to the Game Boy Advance. The Game Boy has been known for putting over a dozen other portable systems out of business (including Nintendo's other attempts such as the Virtual Boy). Due to low battery consumption, durability, and a library of over a thousand games, the Game Boy has been on the top of the portable console food chain since its inception and made Nintendo the domineer of the handheld console market. The original Game Boys design set the standard for handheld gaming consoles. ... The original Game Boys design set the standard for handheld gaming consoles. ... The original Game Boys design set the standard for handheld gaming consoles. ... The Game Boy Color came in a myriad different colors, as did earlier incarnations of the Game Boy. ... The Game Boy Advance (GBA) is a handheld videogame console developed, manufactured and marketed by Nintendo. ... The SP is hinged in the middle. ... Game Boy Micro (sometimes with a lowercase micro) is a handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (480x800, 26 KB)Nintendo Gameboy, picture by me fdgsf File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Game Boy Advance SP This work is copyrighted. ... Nintendo released the Virtual Boy to much hype and fanfare in 1995. ...

Slowing sales of the Game Boy were remedied by the introduction of the Pokémon game, which started a phenomenon of top selling video games, movies, merchandise, and TV shows. The Pokémon phenomena helped and continue to help rocket Game Boy sales all around the world. The concept of PokÃ©mon evolved from insect collecting, a simple pastime many Japanese children (including PokÃ©mons creator, Satoshi Tajiri, as a child) had enjoyed in the past. ...

Nintendo DS

Main article: Nintendo DS The Nintendo DS, (abbreviated DS or NDS), is a dual-screen portable handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. ...

Nintendo released their Nintendo DS (either Developer's System or Dual Screen) handheld game console first in the United States on November 21, 2004, then in Japan on December 2 2004 and later on March 11, 2005 in Europe. In the U.S., shipments of the DS reached 500,000 within the first week, and in Japan, the figures were even more impressive, reaching the same figure within four days of its launch. It has also proven to be the fastest-selling console in European history, having sold over 1 million units in six months (250,000 of those units in Great Britain alone). A cropped, small version of Image:Nintendo DS final design. ... A handheld game console is a lightweight, portable, electronic device for playing video games. ... November 21 is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 2 is the 336th day (337th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 11 March is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America, the States, or (archaically) Columbia—is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ... This article is about the continent. ...

The Nintendo DS features two backlit LCD screens, the bottom of which is touch sensitive, which can create a unique style of gameplay (see Kirby: Canvas Curse or WarioWare: Touched!). It also features a built in microphone and the ability to connect up to 16 Nintendo DS systems together wirelessly. Included in the system's firmware is a whiteboard-able local WAN instant messaging client without identity called "Pictochat," and all editions of the system have bundled either the demonstration version of Metroid: Prime Hunters or the commercial versions of Super Mario 64 or Nintendogs, each of which have local wireless play. The DS can also play software designed originally for the Game Boy Advance, though since the DS lacks the serial port from earlier systems in favor of the newer wireless connection, no legacy games can be played in a networked form. The Nintendo DS wireless hardware can also operate in 802.3 infrastructure mode in conjunction with (most) 802.11b or 802.11g hardware, at 2mbps (some routers cannot connect at this low a rate, though the company provides a special-purpose computer accessory to provide zero hassle uplinks.) This capability allows for several other connectivity options, realized in the Nintendo Wi-Fi connection and the software under development for the DS WiFi Bounty. Though no commercial software yet implements it, amateur software has demonstrated the machine as able to connect to a traditional 802 wireless network over normal protocols, and there is a functioning implementation of IPv4 with both TCP and UDP stacks under development at Akkit. As of this writing (december 05,) no local area wireless game offers more than 8 simultaneous players, and no internet game more than four; this is, however, a limitation of the software, not the hardware. Furthermore, because the Wi-Fi Connection is actually a connection between the DS and a PC, the theoretical limit of players over WiFi connection is limited solely by bandwidth and QoS issues (though, due to the nature of the addressing scheme used by hardware, the local wireless play is hard-limited at 16 clients.) Inside a condenser microphone. ... The Game Boy Advance (GBA) is a handheld videogame console developed, manufactured and marketed by Nintendo. ...

On several occasions, first at E3 2003, Nintendo has unilaterally stated that the moniker "DS" refers to the Developer's Screen, which was explained at length when the touchscreen was first revealed as reference to the touchscreen's potential to "invent" new controllers on demand for theoretically new avenues of gaming. However, because the name was already known and because the system was known to offer two screens, the rumor that the name meant "Dual Screen" surfaced before the proper name was announced, and has persisted since as the most common explanation (though incorrect) for the device's title. This common mistake is roughly parallel to the AGB versus GBA naming argument which had erupted over Nintendo's previous handheld game system.

At the Game Developers Conference, Nintendo announced that they would be launching an online service for the Nintendo DS called Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, allowing multiplayer gaming over the Internet. The online service is very different from that of its competitors' because it is free to consumers who already have an internet connection at home or know of a Wi-Fi hotspot. As of October 18th, 2005, Nintendo has partnered up with Wayport to bring free Wi-Fi access to Nintendo DS owners. As of November 14th in America, November 25th in Great Britain and on December 28th in Dublin, the launch of their Nintendo DS Internet gaming service, over 6,000 McDonald's Restaurants nationwide will become free Wi-Fi hot-spots. Nintendo UK also announced plans for over 7500 British Wi-Fi hotspots, including McDonald's restaurants, football stadiums, hotels, motorway service stations, railway stations, student unions, airports, and libraries. McDonalds Corporation (NYSE: MCD) is the worlds largest chain of fast-food restaurants. ...

Other hardware

Game & Watch
Super Game Boy – Adapter for playing Game Boy games on the Super NES.
Virtual Boy – The Virtual Boy used a red monochrome 3D virtual reality like system. Fewer than two dozen games were released for it in the United States.
Nintendo 64DD – Only released in Japan, this add-on system's games are on re-writeable magnetic disks. Games released include a paint and 3D construction package, F-Zero X Expansion Kit, for creating new F-Zero X tracks and a few others. A complete commercial failure, many speculated that Nintendo released it only to save face after promoting it pre-emptively for years.
Pokémon Mini – Unveiled in London at Christmas 2000, the Pokémon mini was Nintendo's cheapest console ever produced; with games costing £10 ($15) each, and the system costing £30 ($45). This remains the smallest games console ever made. Sales of this system were rather poor, but it is not a flop because Nintendo did make a profit on every game and system sold.
Triforce – An arcade system based on Nintendo GameCube hardware, developed in partnership with Sega and Namco.
Game Boy Player – An adapter for playing Game Boy games on the GameCube.
iQue Player – A version of the Nintendo 64, with double the clock speed and downloadable games, released only in the Chinese market.

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Policies

Emulation

Nintendo is known for a "no tolerance" stance against emulation of its video games and consoles. It claims that mask work copyright protects its games from the exceptions that United States copyright law otherwise provides for backup copies. Nintendo uses the claim that emulators running on personal computers have no use other than to play pirated video games, contested by some who say these emulators have been used to develop and test independently produced "homebrew" software on Nintendo's platforms, and that Nintendo's efforts fudge the truth about copyright laws, mainly that ROM copiers are illegal [they really are legal if used to dump un-DRM'd roms on to your computer for personal use], and that emulators are illegal [If they do not use copyrighted BIOS, or use other methods to run the game, they are legal]. This stance is largely apocryphal, however; Nintendo remains the only modern console manufacturer which has not sued an emulator manufacturer (the most public example being Sony vs. Bleem.) An emulator reproducing an arcade games playable atmosphere on a Windows computer. ... The United States Code defines a mask work as a series of related images, however fixed or encoded, having or representing the predetermined, three-dimensional pattern of metallic, insulating, or semiconductor material present or removed from the layers of a semiconductor chip product, and in which the relation of the... Copyright symbol. ... Backup in computer engineering refers to the copying of data for the purpose of having an additional copy of an original source. ... The copyright infringement of software is often called software piracy by those seeking to reduce its incidence. ... Homebrew video games are video games written by hobby programmers. ...

Nintendo also continues to produce the consoles with the least heavy injection protection hardware; whereas it is difficult to illegally copy a Nintendo game, it is surprisinly easy to generate novel software, which is not true of the major competing consoles. Sony, however, can also be seen as taking an amenable stance to developers, by way of its Net Yaroze console or the PS2 Linux kit; Microsoft's stance with the XBox was very stand-offish, but the XNA development site on MSDN gives the distinct impression that XNA will join its sister technologies in DirectX and MSVS as being freely available or available at low cost to the general public. That all said, the homebrew community for Nintendo consoles has traditionally been far stronger than that for competing consoles; whether that's due to the difficulty of startup cost on a new console chain compared to the strong and established Nintendo community, more elegant hardware, or even due to fanboyism remains unclear.

The revival of the NES and SNES through emulation has gradually settled down, and NES and SNES ROMs are actually getting easier to find. A common justification pirates try to make is that they believe [the pirated games] will never see the light of day again and because the titles are no longer on sale, no damage is done to the company. However, Nintendo's opposition remains, due largely to its tendency to re-release old games within new ones, as with Animal Crossing, Metroid Prime, and The Legend of Zelda Collector's Edition, as well as with the re-release of many older games for the Game Boy Advance Classic NES Series. The enhanced remake idea sometimes, but not always, curbs the need for emulation of NES quality games on the Nintendo GameCube. Recently Nintendo has announced that their upcoming Nintendo Revolution console will be backwards compatible, allowing users to play GameCube games by inserting the game discs. The system will also allow for the downloading of NES, SNES and N64 games onto the console over the Internet, with them being playable on the console which may actually be achieved through emulation. With this new feature, coined the "virtual console" by the company's president, Nintendo may be able to reduce the illegal ROM downloading and open up a new revenue stream, although success is still unknown. Another possibility is that while Nintendo's official policy is to oppose emulation, they actually encourage third party developers, emulation and distribution of old roms through lax enforecement. This may actually benefit Nintendo in the long term as revenue from older, less sophisticated games tends to be low but sales of newer products or remakes are increased by having a larger mindshare. It should be noted that there is a considerable amount of emulation software available for nearly every Nintendo system produced to date while Sony and Microsoft spend considerable amounts of effort trying to prevent such uses of their hardware and software. It should also be noted that sales figures and profitibility of Nintendo is considerably higher for Nintendo. Animal Crossing, known as Animal Forest or DÅbutsu no Mori (ã©ã†ã¶ã¤ã®æ£®) in Japan, is a video game franchise developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development. ... Metroid Prime is a first-person adventure video game developed by Nintendo-owned Retro Studios and released by Nintendo in 2002 for the GameCube. ... The Legend of Zelda: Collectors Edition is a compilation of many of Nintendos Zelda video games from previous consoles for the Nintendo GameCube, along with a demo of its then newest Zelda game. ... The Game Boy Advance (GBA) is a handheld videogame console developed, manufactured and marketed by Nintendo. ... The Classic NES Series in North America, Famicom Mini Series in Japan, or NES Classics in Europe are a series of Game Boy Advance games that were originally released on the Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom emulated on the Game Boy Advance. ... In the video game subculture, an enhanced remake (also called updated classics) is an updated version of a video or computer game that was originally developed for a less advanced system. ... The Nintendo GameCube (Japanese: ã‚²ãƒ¼ãƒ ã‚ãƒ¥ãƒ¼ãƒ–; originally code-named Dolphin during development; abbreviated as GCN) is Nintendos fourth home video game console, belonging to the 128-bit era; the same generation as Segas Dreamcast, Sonys PlayStation 2, and Microsofts Xbox. ... The Nintendo Revolution is the current codename for Nintendos fifth home video game console and the successor to the Nintendo GameCube. ...

It is notably quite easy to find sales figures for titles believed to be defunct, and in fact those retail streams can continue to generate money, though the release of old titles as pirated software generally kills those revenue streams immediately. Used software is a common counterpoint argument, claiming that the reflux of titles through retailers generates no new revenue for publishers, but studies show that these titles actually perform a role similar to franchise loss leaders, and that in fact used prequel software in circulation can dramatically boost sales rates.

Censorship

For many years, Nintendo of America had a policy of strict censorship for video games published on its systems. In 1994, when the ESRB video game ratings system was introduced, Nintendo chose to abolish most of these policies in favor of gamers making their own choices about the content of the games they played. When this policy was still in effect, religious symbols, appearance of excessive blood or gore, nudity, sexuality, or smoking was all removed from licensed games. This zero tolerance policy was praised and championed by U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman, but others criticized the policy, claiming that gamers should be allowed to choose the content they want to see. Today, changes to the content of games are done primarily by the game's developer. Nintendo has since allowed several mature-content games to be published on its systems, including (but not limited to): Perfect Dark, Duke Nukem 3D (as Duke Nukem 64) Conker's Bad Fur Day, BMX XXX, Resident Evil 4, True Crime: Streets of L.A., and Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, and Geist, all prime examples of Nintendo lessening their practices. These games are all rated "M" (for mature), as are their counterparts for Sony's and Microsoft's systems. Interestingly enough, the Playstation 2 version of BMX XXX had censored breasts in it, while Nintendo left it alone. Censorship is the control of speech and other forms of human expression, often by government intervention. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is a self-regulatory organization that applies and enforces ratings, advertising guidelines, and online privacy principles for computer and video games in the United States and Canada (officially adopted by individual provinces 2004-2005). ... Religious symbolism is the term used to describe the use of symbols (archetypes, acts, artwork, events, or natural phenomenae) by a religion for various purposes. ... Red blood cells (erythrocytes) are present in the blood and help carry oxygen to the rest of the cells in the body Blood is a circulating tissue composed of fluid plasma and cells (red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets). ... Gore may refer to: Spilt blood, other bodily fluids, or small pieces of flesh. ... Nudity or nakedness is the state of wearing no clothing. ... Look up Sex on Wiktionary, the free dictionary A sex is one of two specimen categories of species that recombine their genetic material in order to reproduce, a process called genetic recombination. ... For information about smoking tobacco, see tobacco smoking. ... Zero tolerance is a strict approach to rule enforcement. ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... Joseph Isadore Lieberman, (born February 24, 1942) is a Democratic U.S. senator from Connecticut, most well-known as Al Gores running mate on the Democratic ticket in 2000. ... Perfect Dark (ãƒ‘ãƒ¼ãƒ•ã‚§ã‚¯ãƒˆãƒ»ãƒ€ãƒ¼ã‚¯ in Japan; at one point the Japanese release was going to be called Red and Black) is a first-person shooter video game for the Nintendo 64 game console; developed and published by Rare. ... Duke Nukem 3D is a first-person shooter developed by 3D Realms and released on January 29, 1996 by Apogee Software, featuring the adventures of Duke Nukem, based on a character that had appeared in earlier platform games by the company: Duke Nukem and Duke Nukem II. // Synopsis Murderous aliens... Duke Nukem 64 is a port of the first-person shooter PC game Duke Nukem 3D to the Nintendo 64. ... Conkers Bad Fur Day is a Nintendo 64 video game made by Rareware that was marketed as an adult platform game. ... BMX XXX is a controversial 2002 video game published by Acclaim Entertainment for the Xbox, GameCube, and PlayStation 2. ... Resident Evil 4 (Japanese: ãƒã‚¤ã‚ªãƒã‚¶ãƒ¼ãƒ‰ï¼”, Biohazard 4) is a survival horror game by Capcom and the sixth installment of the Resident Evil series. ... True Crime: Streets of LA Categories: Computer and video game stubs | 2003 computer and video games | PlayStation 2 games | Xbox games | GameCube games | Activision games | Windows games ... The word Geist has many meanings, which include: Geist (philosophy) Geist (magazine) Geist (video game) Geist Seig (Artist) http://www. ...

One known side effect of this policy was the Sega Genesis version of Mortal Kombat selling over double the number of the Nintendo's Super NES version, mainly due to the fact that Nintendo had forced Acclaim to recolor the red blood to look like white sweat and replace some of the more gory attacks in their release of the game, unlike Sega, which allowed the selling points of blood and gore to remain in the Genesis version. (Nintendo allowed the Super NES version Mortal Kombat II to ship uncensored the following year.) Also, Square executives have suggested that the price of publishing games on the Nintendo 64 along with the degree of censorship and control Nintendo enforced over their games -- most notably Final Fantasy VI -- were factors in moving their games to Sony's PlayStation console. The Mega Drive/Genesis was a 16-bit video game console released by Sega in Japan (1988), Europe (1990) and most of the rest of the world as the Mega Drive. ... Mortal Kombat is a 1992 fighting game by Midway. ... Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. ... Mortal Kombat II is the second title in the Mortal Kombat fighting game series. ... Square Co. ... The Nintendo 64, commonly called the N64, is Nintendos third home video game console. ... Final Fantasy VI (ãƒ•ã‚¡ã‚¤ãƒŠãƒ«ãƒ•ã‚¡ãƒ³ã‚¿ã‚¸ãƒ¼VI Fainaru FantajÄ« VI) is a computer role-playing game developed and published by Square Co. ... Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. ... The original PlayStation was produced in a light grey color. ...

Although Nintendo had begun lessening their censorship of console games with the 1994 introduction of the ESRB, portable games continued to be censored for some time. For example, Konami was forced to remove all references to cigarettes in the 2000 Game Boy Color game Metal Gear Solid. Another example is the Game Boy version of Mortal Kombat II, which contains no blood whatsoever and has extremely toned down fatalities (though it is unknown if this was at Nintendo's demand). However, Mature-rated Game Boy Advance games such as 2003's Max Payne and 2004's Grand Theft Auto Advance suggest that Nintendo is no longer interested in censoring the games that appear on its systems, console or portable. Konami Corporation (ã‚³ãƒŠãƒŸ) TYO: 9766 (NYSE: KNM) (SGX: K20) is a leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling computer and video games. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Metal Gear: Ghost Babel *boxart needed* Developer: Konami Computer Entertainment Japan (West) Publisher: Konami Computer Entertainment Designer: Shinta Nojiri Release date: April 2000 (Japan), May 2000 (US/Europe) Genre: Stealth action Game modes: Single player, Two-player competitive ESRB rating: Everyone ELSPA rating: +11 Platform: Game Boy Color Media: ROM... Mortal Kombat II is the second title in the Mortal Kombat fighting game series. ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Max Payne is a third-person shooter computer game developed by Finnish company Remedy Entertainment, produced by 3D Realms and published by Gathering of Developers in July, 2001. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Grand Theft Auto Advance is a video game by Rockstar Games, released on October 26, 2004 for the Game Boy Advance. ...

Nintendo's censorship policies have created a view of Nintendo as a "kiddy company", which was taken advantage of by their competitors. In recent years, Nintendo has done much to shed this reputation and has begun to create more mature games such as Geist. The original Super Smash Brothers on the Nintendo 64 was rated E by the ESRB, while its GameCube sequel, Super Smash Bros. Melee was rated T. The Metroid Prime games and the new Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess have been notably more adult oriented. Geist is a video game the Nintendo GameCube video game console, released on August 15th, 2005. ... Super Smash Bros. ... The Nintendo 64, commonly called the N64, is Nintendos third home video game console. ... For detailed, thorough information, see SSBM on Wikibooks Super Smash Bros. ... Metroid Prime is a first-person adventure video game developed by Nintendo-owned Retro Studios and released by Nintendo in 2002 for the GameCube. ...

Public relations

For years and to today, Nintendo has been regarded as a secretive company by the press. Rarely does Nintendo confirm or deny rumors. Nintendo is known as one of the top companies for customer service, however.

In this vein, Nintendo is known as the rulers of unveiling things at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles every year. The Nintendo DS was first revealed here, and many online sources rely on E3 to come around for Nintendo to launch news about new systems. However, at this year's Expo, Nintendo released very few technical details about their upcoming console, the Nintendo Revolution. The Nintendo Revolution controller, which had been shrouded in secrecy, was revealed on September 16, 2005 at the Tokyo Game Show (TGS). EÂ³ logo The Electronic Entertainment Expo (or Exposition), commonly known as EÂ³ or E3 , is the worlds largest annual trade show and the third largest gaming convention for the computer and video games industry. ... The Nintendo DS, (abbreviated DS or NDS), is a dual-screen portable handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. ... The Nintendo Revolution is the current codename for Nintendos fifth home video game console and the successor to the Nintendo GameCube. ... The Nintendo Revolution is the current codename for Nintendos fifth home video game console and the successor to the Nintendo GameCube. ... September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Booths at the Tokyo Game Show in 2004 The Tokyo Game Show (TGS) is a video game expo / convention, similar to EÂ³, held in Tokyo, Japan. ...

Nintendo of America uses an outside firm, Golin Harris, to handle much of its public relations. Beth Llewelyn is the in-house senior director of public relations at Nintendo of America. Tom Harlin is Nintendo of America's manager of public relations. Nintendo of Europe also uses an outside firm, Cake Media, to handle much of its public relations. GolinHarris (GH) is an international PR firm built on nearly 50 years of commitment to its clients, values and employees. ...

Community

From 1995 to 1997, Nintendo's American community was hosted by AOL and called the Loudhouse. In 1997, the company paid for a very small BBS and Message Center hosted on their own servers. Starting in 2001, the online community was effectively shut down until around 2002, at which point NSider chat was reopened to subscribers of Nintendo Power. In April of 2003, Nintendo bought a Lithium Technologies license and moved the community to the Hyrule Town Square on Lithium servers. In November 2003, the full Nintendo NSider Forums opened. Still hosted by Lithium, this update came with a new look, new ranks, and integration with My Nintendo. Loudhouse was the official name of Nintendo of Americas online community, until it was later changed to NSider. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Top of the NSider front page, November 26, 2005, Appr. ...

People

See also Nintendo people

Fusajiro Yamauchi — Founder of Nintendo in 1889.
Minoru Arakawa — Founder and former president of Nintendo of America.
Hiroshi Yamauchi — Former president of Nintendo (1949-2002).
Satoru Iwata — Current president of Nintendo.
Shigeru Miyamoto — Nintendo's chief designer and video game producer. Largely known for creating many of Nintendo's most popular games including Mario, Donkey Kong, Pikmin, and the Legend of Zelda. In 1998 Miyamoto became the first person to be inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame.
Gunpei Yokoi — Best-known as the creator of the Game Boy and the Metroid series. Now deceased.
Satoshi Tajiri — Creator of the Pokémon series.
Koji Kondo — Composer of music tracks in many Nintendo games.
Yuka Tsujiyoko — Composer of music tracks in many Intelligent Systems games, most notably Paper Mario and the Fire Emblem series.
Howard Philips — Creator of Nintendo Power magazine.
Tatsumi Kimishima — Current president of Nintendo of America.
Perrin Kaplan — Nintendo of America's Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Affairs
Reggie Fils-Aime — Nintendo of America's current Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Howard Lincoln — Now retired, a former Nintendo of America Senior Vice President.
George Harrison — Senior Vice President of marketing and corporate communications.

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Notable software and franchises

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1080 Snowboarding - First appeared on the Nintendo 64
Animal Crossing
Balloon Fight
Battalion Wars
Battle Clash - A Super Nintendo Super Scope game
Clu Clu Land
Cubivore - Originally for the Nintendo 64 in Japan, it was ported to the Gamecube by Atlus and had a cameo appearance in Super Smash Bros. Melee
Custom Robo (Confined to Japan until 2004)
Dr. Mario - Puzzle game featuring red, blue, and yellow viruses and vitamins
Donkey Kong (Nintendo EAD Tokyo) - Dates back to its original line of arcade games. Introduced Mario, then known as "Jumpman".
Doshin the Giant - Has yet to be released in America
EarthBound (called "Mother" in Japan)
Excitebike
Fire Emblem (Intelligent Systems) (Confined to Japan until 2003)
F-1 Race - Has nothing to do with F-Zero; has appeared on the NES and Game Boy
F-Zero (Nintendo EAD) - Has appeared on the SNES, N64, GBA, and GCN
Game & Watch - Nintendo's oldest franchise
Geist - Recent franchise bought by Nintendo from n-Space, Inc.; will possibly have sequels in the future
Golden Sun (Camelot) - RPG developed by a second party
Ice Climbers - An old franchise featuring Popo and Nana
Ken Griffey Jr. series of games - When he was still with the Mariners, Nintendo and Rare made games of him from the SNES up until the end of the N64
Kid Icarus (Intelligent Systems) - Only 2 games of Kid Icarus have been produced (NES, GB), though Miyamoto hinted that there will be a sequal on the Nintendo Revolution
Kirby (HAL Laboratory, Inc.)
The Legend of Zelda (Nintendo EAD) - One of the company's most popular franchises and widely considered to be among the best franchises ever. It has won numerous awards including several "Greatest Game of all Time" awards.
Mach Rider
Mario (Nintendo EAD) - Nintendo's flagship franchise and main influence in the platform genre. Mario has branched out to multiple spin-offs including Mario Party and Mario Tennis
Mario Kart - Ongoing series that has been on SNES, N64, GBA, GCN, and NDS
Metroid (Intelligent Systems / Retro Studios) - One of the company's most popular franchises
Mischief Makers - Made by Nintendo, Enix, and Treasure Co. Ltd for the Nintendo 64
Nintendogs - Puppy simulator franchise with several cameos of other Nintendo Franchises
Nintendo Wars (Intelligent Systems) (Confined to Japan until 2001; Advance Wars was not released in Japan due to 9/11 until Game Boy Wars Advance 1+2 was released there on November 25th, 2004)
Pikmin
Pilotwings - Has been on the Super Nintendo and Nintendo 64 and will be returning on the Revolution
Pokémon (Game Freak) - Arguably the most influential (certainly the most lucrative) of Nintendo's recent franchises
Punch-Out!!
Sim City - The SNES version is partially owned by Nintendo along with the character, Dr. Wright, who is based on Maxis' co-founder (Dr. Wright has appeared in the Game Boy Zelda games and was a trophy in SSBM)
Star Fox (Nintendo EAD)
Super Smash Bros. (HAL Laboratory, Inc.) - A fighting game that pins Nintendo's franchises up against each other
Tetris Attack (Intelligent Systems) - The rights for Tetris has often been debated, as due to some complications multiple companies all own the rights to Tetris
Wario - Spin-off character started from Super Mario Land 2. Includes the Wario Land series of games, Wario's Woods, WarioWare, Inc. series, Wario Blast and Wario World
Wave Race - Has appeared on the original Game Boy, Nintendo 64, and Nintendo Gamecube

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Divisions

First-party

Main article: Nintendo development divisions

Nintendo EAD Tokyo — Youngest group inside Nintendo; responsible for Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat.
Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development (Originally "Nintendo Research & Development 4") — Largest division at Nintendo. Managed by Shigeru Miyamoto. Responsible for Mario, Zelda, and F-Zero franchises.
Nintendo Integrated Research & Development (Originally "Nintendo Research & Development 3") — Produced arcade games in the 1980s.
Nintendo Licensing Division — Produces (and licenses) first-party games by independent developers.
Nintendo Research & Development 1 — Oldest team inside Nintendo.
Nintendo Research & Development 2 — "Experimental" group, responsible Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble.
Nintendo Research & Engineering — Hardware oriented.
Nintendo Software Planning Division — Specializing in communicating with overseas developers.
Nintendo Software Technology Corporation — First inhouse development studio of Nintendo of America.
Nintendo Special Planning & Development — Recently formed development group focusing on Pokémon Mini, the e-Reader, and the Game Boy Advance.
HAL Laboratory — Responsible for the Kirby franchise, Super Smash Bros. Melee, and the development of the e-Reader.
Intelligent Systems (Formerly Nintendo Research & Development 1) — Established in 1986 by members of Nintendo Research & Development 1 to develop games. Responsible for Metroid, Fire Emblem, and Nintendo Wars franchises.
Retro Studios — Former second-party, now wholly-owned by Nintendo; responsible for the Metroid Prime series.
Game Freak — developer of the Pokémon video game series.

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Second-party

These second-party game companies have contracts with Nintendo to only make games for them and not its competitors. Nintendo may also own majority stock in these companies:

Brownie Brown — Software developer consisting of former members of Squaresoft.
Creatures, Inc. (formerly known as Ape, Inc.) - Collaborated with Game Freak and Nintendo to make the Pokemon series.
Genius Sonority — Newly formed developer; responsible for Pokemon Colosseum.
iQue — Responsible for Nintendo products in China, partially owned by Nintendo Responsible for iQuest Dual Screen Tutor.
Camelot Software Planning — Responsible for Golden Sun, Mario Tennis, and Mario Golf series of games.
AlphaDream — Responsible for Tomato Adventure and Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga.

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Devoted Third-party companies

Nintendo has close ties with or owns stock in these companies and has them make games with their franchises:

Hudson Soft — They now belong to Konami; their first collaborated game with Nintendo was Wario Blast, which featured Bomberman.
Konami — Konami has made games based on Nintendo's franchises such as DDR Mario Mix.
Namco — Nintendo and Namco have collaborated on several games such as Pac-Man Vs. (by Miyamoto) and Mario Superstar Baseball; belongs to the Triforce arcade system.
Capcom — Nintendo and Sega partially own a secondary developer to Capcom called Flagship (company); they made the GBC and GBA Zelda games.
Rare — Although Nintendo no longer holds stock in this company, they still make games for their handhelds and help with porting the Donkey Kong Country series.
Sega — Sega made F-Zero GX/AX and also belongs to the Triforce arcade system.
Panasonic — Not a game company, they do however help Nintendo with technology and also made the Q multimedia console.
Square-Enix
Atlus — Ported Cubivore to the Gamecube from the Nintendo 64 and supported the Virtual Boy.
Treasure Co. Ltd — Ex-Konami workers who promised they would never produce sequels of their franchises (but made a sequel to Gunstar Heroes). They helped make Wario World and Japanese-only games; are very close with Nintendo and Sega.
Bandai — Recently merged with Namco, Nintendo owns stock in both companies and rumors have stated that Bandai could have been wholly owned by Nintendo.
Midway — For the arcades, Midway has helped Nintendo with Killer Instinct and the Cruis'n games.

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Arcade games released by Nintendo

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Anime

On November 2004, Hiroshi Yamauchi announced that Nintendo would start making anime. Its first project is an adaption of the Hyakunin Isshu poem. A scene from Cowboy Bebop (1998) Anime (ã‚¢ãƒ‹ãƒ¡) is a style of animation originating in Japan. ... Monument commemorating 700th anniversary of Teikas death The Hyakunin Isshu (ç™¾äººä¸€é¦–) is an anthology of waka poems. ...

Nintendo offices and locations

Nintendo Co., Ltd (NCL), the main branch of the company, is based in Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Nintendo of America (NOA), its American division, is based in Redmond, Washington with distribution centers in Atlanta, Georgia, and North Bend, Washington. Nintendo of Canada, Ltd. (NOCL) is a based in Richmond, British Columbia, with its own distribution centre in Toronto, Ontario. Nintendo of Australia, its Australian division, is based in Scoresby, Melbourne, Victoria, and Nintendo Europe, the European division, is based in Großostheim, Germany. Nintendo has also founded iQue, Ltd. in Suzhou, China, a company that sells Nintendo products only in mainland China. And a store in New York City This page is about the city Kyoto. ... KyÅto Prefecture (äº¬éƒ½åºœ; KyÅto-fu) is part of the Kinki region on Honshu island, Japan. ... Location Location of Redmond within King County, Washington, and King County within Washington. ... State nickname: The Evergreen State Official languages None Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Governor Christine Gregoire (D) Senators Patty Murray (D) Maria Cantwell (D) Area - Total - % water Ranked 18th 184,824 kmÂ² 6. ... Atlanta is the capital and largest city of Georgia, a state of the United States of America. ... Downtown North Bend, WA. Tweeds Cafe from Twin Peaks is on the right Mt. ... State nickname: The Evergreen State Official languages None Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Governor Christine Gregoire (D) Senators Patty Murray (D) Maria Cantwell (D) Area - Total - % water Ranked 18th 184,824 kmÂ² 6. ... Richmond is an incorporated city on the Pacific coast of British Columbia, Canada. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Official languages English Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Parliamentary representation - House seat - Senate seats 36 6 Area - Total - % water Ranked 5th 944,735 kmÂ² 2. ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength Image:Toronto, Ontario Location. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 kmÂ² (4th) â€¢ Land 917,741 kmÂ² â€¢ Water 158,654 kmÂ² (14. ... Scoresby is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. ... Melbourne is the state capital and largest city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of approximately 3. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is the worlds second-smallest continent in terms of area, covering around 10,790,000 kmÂ² (4,170,000 sq mi) or 2. ... GroÃŸostheim, (spelled Grossostheim in English) is a municipality in the Aschaffenburg district of Bavaria, Germany. ... Suzhou (Simplified Chinese: è‹å·ž; Traditional Chinese: è˜‡å·ž; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Su-chou; sometimes seen transliterated as Su-chow, Suchow, or Soochow) is one of the most famous cities in China. ...

Unauthorized Brand Use in the Philippines

In the Philippines, an electronics retailing chain operates under Nintendo's name, apparently illegal in nature since the Nintendo brand is trademarked by the video game giant. In addition, the retailer also uses Nintendo's logo clearly displayed on its stores. The illegal Philippine "Nintendo" sells many kinds of electronics as well as video games, including Sony PlayStation and Microsoft Xbox hardware and software. Most of the games it sells to the public are pirated.

Apparently Nintendo of Japan never took legal action against the Philippine Nintendo retailer, which currently has two branches in Metro Manila. One in the city of Manila and another at the Festival Super Mall in Filinvest, Alabang, Muntinlupa City. Metropolitan Manila (Filipino: Kalakhang Maynila) or National Capital Region (NCR) is the seventh largest metropolitan area in terms of size in Asia, and the sixteenth in terms of population in the world. ... Manilas President Manuel Roxas Boulevard also known as the Baywalk Manila is the capital of the Philippines. ... REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES City of Muntinlupa Region: National Capital Region Province: â€” Dates: Foundedâ€”1601 Cityhoodâ€”March 1, 1995 Population: 2000 censusâ€”379,310 Densityâ€”8,122 per kmÂ² Area: 46. ...

Many illegal/pirated gameboy advance games were also sold through mall giants such as SM.

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External links

Official sites

Articles

**Nintendo Developers**
Hardware and Specialized Developers
Integrated R&D \| R&E \| Software Planning \| Licensing Division
First Party Software Developers
R&D 1 \| R&D 2 \| EAD \| Special P&D \| Intelligent Systems \| EAD Tokyo \| HAL Game Freak \| NST \| Retro Studios
Second Party Developers
Genius Sonority \| Camelot Software Planning \| Brownie Brown \| Creatures, Inc. AlphaDream \| Flagship
Major Third Party Developers
Namco/Bandai \| Capcom \| Sega \| Activision \| THQ \| Electronic Arts \| Ubisoft Majesco

Nintendo (Japanese: ä»»å¤©å ‚; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 ) is a Japanese company originally founded on November 6, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards, for use in a Japanese playing card game of the same name. ... In the video games industry, a first-party developer is a developer who is part of a company that actually manufactures a video game console. ... ... Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development (or EAD; formerly Research & Development Team 4) is the largest division inside Nintendo of Japan, under the management of Shigeru Miyamoto. ... In this article Intelligent Systems refers to a video game developer and internal team of Nintendo Co. ... Nintendo EAD Tokyo (Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development Tokyo) is a recently formed video game development studio at Nintendo. ... HAL Laboratory, Inc. ... GAME FREAK, Inc. ... Nintendo Software Technology Corporation (often just Nintendo Software Technology, or NST) is Seattle-based second-party developer for Nintendo. ... Retro Studios is a video game developer based in Austin, Texas. ... In the video game industry, a second-party developer is a developer who, while being a separate entity from any console manufacturer, is tied to a specific one usually through contract or partial ownership and makes games specifically for that console manufacturer. ... Genius Sonority is a video game developer made up of programmers whove worked on the EarthBound, Dragon Quest and PokÃ©mon series of video games. ... Camelot Software Planning is a Japanese video game developer established in 1990 best known for partnering with Nintendo on many of Nintendos spin-off franchise games such as Mario Tennis and Mario Golf. ... Brownie Brown (ãƒ–ãƒ©ã‚¦ãƒ‹ãƒ¼ãƒ–ãƒ©ã‚¦ãƒ³) is a Nintendo-funded development studio opened June 30, 2000 and based in Tokyo, Japan. ... AlphaDream Corporation, Ltd. ... Flagship is a wholly owned subsidiary of Capcom, that was founded by game designer Yoshiki Okamoto. ... In the video game industry, a third-party developer is a developer that is not only a separate entity from a console manufacturer, but also not affiliated or held by any contractual agreement to make exclusive games for any specific console. ... Namco is a company based in Japan, best known for developing video games. ... This article is about the Japanese toy manufacturer. ... Capcom (ã‚«ãƒ—ã‚³ãƒ³ in Japanese) (TYO: 9697) is a leading Japanese developer and publisher of computer and video games. ... Sega (ã‚»ã‚¬) is a video game software and hardware developer, and a former home computer and console manufacturer. ... Activision, Inc. ... THQ Inc. ... Electronic Arts (EA) (NASDAQ: ERTS) is a developer, marketer, publisher, and distributor of computer and video games. ... Ubisoft Entertainment (formerly Ubi Soft) is a computer and video game publisher and developer headquarters in Montreuil-sous-Bois, France. ... Majesco is a video game developer founded in 1986. ...

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