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, JapanInternational:  Redmond, Washington, USA Richmond, British Columbia Großostheim, Germany Scoresby, Victoria Suzhou, China (as iQue, Ltd.) Seoul, South Korea
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| 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. The series makes many references to other Nintendo series, especially Mario.
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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.
[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 – Present)
- Wii (2006 – Present)
[edit] Portables
- Game Boy (1989 – Present)
- Nintendo DS (2004 – Present)
[edit] References 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: Link's Awakening, several enemies, such as the Mask-Mimics, are enemies from Mario games.
- In The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Mario's nemesis Bowser is drawn on Link's house, and paintings of Mario and his friends can be seen in a window in Hyrule Castle. Also, Malon wears an emblem featuring Bowser's head, her father Talon looks similar to Mario, and Ingo looks like Fire Luigi.
- 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 Bullet Bill drawn on his shirt.
