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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Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (2014)
Developed by Retro Studios for WiiU
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is a platform game developed by Retro Studios for Wii U. It is the fifth installment in the Donkey Kong Country series and the first entry in the series to be truly HD. It features a variety of graphical enhancements that allow you to be immersed in Donkey Kong Country. -
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (2013)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (also often referred to as A Link to the Past 2) is the latest entry in the Legend of Zelda series of games, developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. Is a follow up to the original The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and is due to be released sometime in 2013.4.005 -
Mario Party Island Tour (2013)
Developed by Nd Cube Co., Ltd. for 3DS
Mario Party Island Tour is a misc game developed by Nd Cube Co., Ltd. and released on Nintendo 3DS.-5 -
Super Mario 3D World (2013)
Developed by Nintendo EAD Tokyo for WiiU
Super Mario 3D World is the first 3D mario game for the Wii U. The game draws heavily from its predecessor Super Mario 3D Land. It will feature up to four player simultaneous co-op with Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach and Toad. Each character will have different traits when played such as Princess Peach being able to float similar to in Super Mario Bros. 2.4.675 -
Daigasso! Band Brothers P (2013)
Daigasso! Band Brothers P is a misc game developed by Nintendo and released on Nintendo 3DS.-5
History
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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