Nintendo Co., Ltd. is a Japanese video game manufacturer with headquarters in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, Nintendo started by produced handmade hanafuda cards and moved into video games in 1974 by securing the rights to distribute the Magnavox Odyssey video game console in Japan.
Nintendo's first hardware was in 1977, with the Color TV Game home video game consoles and today Nintendo is the most successful video game company in the world with a market value of over US$ 85 billion.
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Puzzles & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition (2015)
Developed by GungHo Online Entertainment for 3DS
Puzzles & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition is a puzzle game with strategy and role-playing elements, developed by GungHo Online Entertainment and released on Nintendo 3DS. The game will play similar to Puzzles & Dragons Z and will actually come packaged with that game when it releases in May in both Europe and North America. -
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars (2015)
Developed by Nintendo Software Technology for 3DS, WiiU
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars is a puzzle game developed by Nintendo Software Technology and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U.38
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The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D (2015)
Developed by GREZZO, Nintendo EAD Tokyo for 3DS
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D is an action/adventure game developed by Nintendo EAD Tokyo and Grezzo and published by Nintendo exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS.18
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Kirby and the Rainbow Curse (2015)
Developed by HAL Laboratory for WiiU
Kirby and the Rainbow Curse is a platform game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Wii U.-5 -
Pokemon Omega Ruby/Pokemon Alpha Sapphire (2014)
Developed by Game Freak for 3DS
Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire is a JRPG developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo and The Pokemon Company exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS.4.755
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Subsidiary Companies
Nintendo owns and manages several software development studios across the world. Here is a list of those studios:
Nintendo Brainwaves
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Best Music Score of 2014
Music is one of the most important aspects of a game's presentation. Music can incite excitement, fear,...
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Best Platformer of 2014
As the hip hop group House of Pain once sang, "jump, jump, jump around!" Platforming has traditionally...
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Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Edition Announced for 3DS
GungHo’s hit mobile series Puzzle & Dragons has already seen success on the 3DS with 2013’s Puzzle...
