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Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Logo used since 2016
Headquarters in Kyoto, Japan
Trade name	Nintendo
Native name	任天堂株式会社
Romanized name	Nintendō kabushiki gaisha
Formerly	Nintendo Koppai (1889) Other former names Yamauchi Nintendo (1889–1933) Yamauchi Nintendo & Co. (1933–1947) Marufuku Co., Ltd. (1947–1951) Nintendo Playing Card Co. Ltd. (1951–1963)
Type	Public
Traded as	TYO: 7974 TOPIX Core30 component Nikkei 225 component
Industry	Video games Electronics
Founded	23 September 1889; 135 years ago (1889-09-23) in Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan
Founder	Fusajiro Yamauchi
Headquarters	11–1 Kamitoba Hokodatecho, Minami-ku, Kyoto , Japan
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Shuntaro Furukawa (president) Shigeru Miyamoto (executive fellow)
Products	List of products
Brands	Video game series Animal Crossing Art Style Big Brain Academy bit Generations BoxBoy! Brain Age Chibi-Robo! Cruis'n Custom Robo Donkey Kong Dr. Mario Excite F-Zero Famicom Detective Club Fire Emblem Fossil Fighters Golden Sun Kid Icarus Kirby The Legend of Zelda The Legendary Starfy Mario Mario Kart Mario Party Metroid Mother Pikmin Pilotwings Pokémon Punch-Out!! Puzzle League Rhythm Heaven Splatoon Star Fox Super Mario Super Smash Bros. Touch! Generations Wario Wars Wii Xenoblade Chronicles Yoshi
Production output	Hardware 17.97 million Software 213.96 million (2023)
Services	Nintendo eShop My Nintendo Nintendo Switch Online
Revenue	¥1.601 trillion (US$13.923 billion) (2023)
Operating income	¥504.3 billion (US$3.678 billion) (2023)
Net income	¥432.7 billion (US$3.156 billion) (2023)
Total assets	¥2.662 trillion (US$21.866 billion) (2023)
Total equity	¥2.069 trillion (US$16.995 billion) (2023)
Owners	The Master Trust Bank of Japan (17%) JPMorgan Chase (10%) Public Investment Fund (8%) Custody Bank of Japan [ja] (6%)
Number of employees	7,724 (2024)
Divisions	Business Development Entertainment Planning & Development Platform Technology Development
Subsidiaries	List 1-Up Studio iQue Mario Club Monolith Soft Next Level Games Nintendo Cube Nintendo European Research & Development Nintendo Pictures Nintendo Sales Nintendo Software Technology Nintendo Systems (80%) Nintendo Technology Development Retro Studios Shiver Entertainment SRD

Nintendo is a famous Japanese company that makes video games and video game consoles. It started a long time ago by making playing cards and other toys. Their main office is in Kyoto, Japan, but they have offices all over the world.

Nintendo has created many of the most popular and best-selling consoles ever. These include the Game Boy, Nintendo DS, Wii, and Nintendo Switch. By 2018, Nintendo had sold over 700 million consoles. By 2022, they had sold over 5 billion games!

Nintendo's History
- Famous Consoles and Games
Nintendo Video Game Consoles
Nintendo Today
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Nintendo's History

Nintendo's building in 1889, when it first started.

Nintendo was founded on September 23, 1889, by Fusajiro Yamauchi. At first, it was a company that made playing cards. Over time, they started making toys too. In the 1960s, Nintendo tried out other businesses, like owning hotels.

They began making video games in the 1970s. In 1980, they released a small, hand-held game device called Game and Watch. Nintendo's very first home video game console was the Color TV Game.

Famous Consoles and Games

Nintendo's second console was the Famicom, first released only in Japan. Later, it came to North America and Europe, where it was called the "Nintendo Entertainment System" (NES). Nintendo also made popular arcade games like Donkey Kong. For the NES, they released hit games such as Super Mario Bros., Duck Hunt, and The Legend of Zelda.

Later, Nintendo created many more hand-held game consoles like the Game Boy, DS, and 3DS. They also made home consoles such as the Nintendo 64, GameCube, Wii, Wii U, and Switch. The Nintendo 64 (N64) was a big step, as it allowed Nintendo to make its first 3D games. One of its most famous games is Super Mario 64.

Nintendo Video Game Consoles

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The Nintendo Switch is one of Nintendo's most popular consoles today.

Here is a list of Nintendo's main video game consoles:

Nintendo Entertainment System (1985, NES) – known as the Famicom in Japan
Game Boy (1989)
Super Nintendo Entertainment System (1990, SNES) – known as the Super Famicom in Japan
Virtual Boy (1995)
Nintendo 64 (1996, N64)
Game Boy Color (1998, GBC)
Game Boy Advance (2001, GBA)
Nintendo GameCube (2001, GCN)
Game Boy Advance SP (2002)
Nintendo DS (2004, NDS)
Game Boy Micro (2005)
Nintendo DS Lite (2006)
Wii (2006)
Nintendo DSi (2008)
Nintendo DSi XL (2009)
Nintendo 3DS (2011, N3DS)
Nintendo 3DS XL (2012)
Wii U (2012)
Nintendo 2DS (2013)
New Nintendo 3DS (2014)
New Nintendo 3DS XL (2014)
Nintendo Switch (2017)
New Nintendo 2DS XL (2017)
Nintendo Switch Lite (2019)
Nintendo Switch OLED model (2021)

Nintendo Today

Today, Nintendo has many popular characters and game series. Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda are two great examples of these.

Nintendo currently sells the Nintendo Switch. The Nintendo 3DS was released in 2011. It was special because it was the first system to show 3D effects without needing special 3D glasses. A larger version, the 3DS XL, came out in 2012 with a bigger screen and a different finish that hid scratches better.

The Nintendo Switch was released on March 3, 2017. It's a very unique console because you can play it both on a TV at home and as a portable device on the go. You can slide the tablet part of the Switch into its dock to play on a TV. You can also remove the two controllers from the sides of the tablet to use them as a more traditional controller.