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Nintendo

  • Company
  • Founded in Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Nintendo is a Japanese video game hardware and software company founded in 1889. It has produced some of the world's biggest-selling home and portable game consoles including the DS, Wii, and Switch. Nintendo is also the creator of many of the world's most popular video game series including Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and Animal Crossing.

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Company details

Founded
Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Headquarters Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Also known as
  • Nintendo Co., Ltd. (official)
  • 任天堂株式会社 (official, Japanese)
  • Nintendō Kabushiki gaisha (official)
  • Nintendo Playing Card Co. (official)
  • Nintendo Koppai (official)
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Divisions

Company history

Nintendo was founded as a playing card manufacturer and was involved in numerous other business areas before it moved into video games. The company experimented with a taxi company named Daiya, a love hotel chain, a TV network, a food company and several other ventures, all of which failed.

Cultural impact

The first video game console ever played in space was made by Nintendo. Aleksandr Serebrov played Tetris on a Game Boy.

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