Nintendo
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| Nintendo Company, Limited 任天堂株式会社 | |||
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| 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 | 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 |  USD$7.8 billion (2006)Forbes 2000 ranking: 620 | ||
| Net income | USD$1.4 billion (2006)
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| 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 others. The Zelda series makes several references to other Nintendo series, especially the Mario series.
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[edit] History
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.
[edit] Gaming systems
Nintendo has created many gaming systems, most of which are listed below:
[edit] Consoles
- 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 – Present)
[edit] Portables
- Game Boy (1989 – Present)
- Nintendo DS (2004 – Present)
- Nintendo DSi (2009 - Present)
[edit] Mario series cameos in the Legend of Zelda games
Nintendo's flagship character, Mario, has made cameo appearances in several The Legend of Zelda games, along with a few other components seen in the Mario world:
- In The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, paintings of Mario can be seen in the houses of Kakariko Village.
- In The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, several enemies, such as Goombas, are enemies from Mario games. Additionally, one of the items Link obtains in the adventure is a Yoshi Doll.
- In The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, paintings of Mario and his friends can be seen in a window in Hyrule Castle. Also, Malon and her father Talon wear an emblem featuring Bowser's head. The aforementioned Talon and his co-worker Ingo resemble Mario and his brother Luigi, respectively.
- In The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, the Happy Mask Salesman has a Mario mask on the side of his pack.
- In The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Fyer has a Banzai Bill drawn on his shirt.
