For the location in The Minish Cap, see Nitendo.

Nintendo Company, Limited 任天堂株式会社
Type	Public
Founded	September 23, 1889
Headquarters	Kyoto, Japan International: Redmond, Washington, USA Richmond, British Columbia, Canada Großostheim, Germany Scoresby, Victoria, Australia Suzhou, China (as iQue, Ltd.) Seoul, South Korea
Key people	Fusajiro Yamauchi: Founder Satoru Iwata: President & CEO Reggie Fils-Aime: President & COO of NoA Shigeru Miyamoto: Game Designer Gunpei Yokoi: Creator Game Boy, Game & Watch, and Metroid Hiroshi Yamauchi: Former President & Chairman Minoru Arakawa & Howard Lincoln: Former heads of NOA Satoru Shibata: President of NOE
Industry	Card games (previously) Video games
Products	Game Boy line, Color TV Game, NES, SNES, Nintendo 64, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo DS, the Wii, and various video game titles
Revenue	¥555.263 billion (2009) Forbes 2000 ranking: 620
Net income	¥279.089 billion (2009)
Employees	3,013 (2006)
Website	Nintendo Japan Nintendo of America Nintendo Europe Nintendo Australia

Nintendo Company, Limited (任天堂株式会社, Nintendō^?) is the company that publishes the Legend of Zelda series, along with many other series. The Zelda series makes several references to other Nintendo games, especially the Super Mario Bros. series.

History Edit

Nintendo is a Japanese multinational corporation originally founded on September 23, 1889 in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. 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.

Gaming systems Edit

Nintendo has created many gaming systems, most of which are listed below:

Consoles Edit

• Color TV Game (1977 – 1980)
• Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) (1983 – 2003)
• Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) (1990 – 2003)
• Nintendo 64 (N64) (1996 – 2002)
• Nintendo GameCube (GCN) (2001 – 2006)
• Wii (2006 – 2012)
• Wii U (2012 - Present

Portables Edit

• Game Boy (1989 – Present)
• Nintendo DS (2004 – Present)
• Nintendo DS Lite (2004 - Present)
• Nintendo DSi (2009 - Present)
• Nintendo 3DS (2011 - Present)

External links Edit

• Wikipedia's Nintendo article
• Nintendo Japan
• Nintendo of America
• Nintendo Europe
• Nintendo Australia and New Zealand
• Nintendo of Canada
• Nintendo of Korea
• The Official Nintendo Magazine (UK)
• Nintendo Power
• Detailed Nintendo history