Nintendo

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Nintendo's offices in Kyoto.
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Nintendo's offices in Kyoto.

Nintendo (In Japanese: 任天堂) is a company that makes video games. At first, when Nintendo was founded, they began by creating playing cards and other toys and games. Their main headquarters are in Kyoto, a city in Japan. They also have several other "headquarters" — for example, their American headquarters is in Redmond, near Seattle, a city in the United States of America.

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[edit] History

Nintendo was originally formed in 1889, but first got into the video game market in the early 80s while arcade games were popular. Nintendo's first video game machine, or "video game console" (something that can be used to play video games) was called the "Famicom". The Famicom was first only released in Japan but it was later taken to some other areas, such as North America under the name "Nintendo Entertainment System", or NES for short. They also released some popular stand alone video games, with names like Donkey Kong and Super Mario Brothers.

[edit] List of Nintendo's video game consoles

The Nintendo GameCube
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The Nintendo GameCube

[edit] Today

Today, Nintendo has many popular franchises. Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda and Pokémon are examples of these.

Nintendo currently makes the Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo GameBoy Advance SP, and Nintendo DS consoles. The GameCube plugs in to a TV and is a home console. The GameBoy and the DS are small and have their own small screens, they are called hand-helds.

Nintendo has a newer console that is called Wii.

[edit] See also

Other video game companies:

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