Nintendo
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Nintendo Co., Ltd.[lower-alpha 2] is a Japanese multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto. It develops, publishes and releases both video games and video game consoles.
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Native name | 任天堂株式会社 |
Romanized name | Nintendō kabushiki gaisha |
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Company type | Public |
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ISIN | JP3756600007 |
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Founded | 23 September 1889; 134 years ago (1889-09-23) in Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan |
Founder | Fusajiro Yamauchi |
Headquarters | 11–1 Kamitoba Hokodatecho, , Japan |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Products | List of products |
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Brands | Video game series
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Revenue | ¥1.601 trillion (US$13.923 billion) (2023) |
¥504.3 billion (US$3.678 billion) (2023) | |
¥432.7 billion (US$3.156 billion) (2023) | |
Total assets | ¥2.662 trillion (US$21.866 billion) (2023) |
Total equity | ¥2.069 trillion (US$16.995 billion) (2023) |
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Number of employees | 7,724[lower-alpha 1] (2024) |
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Website | nintendo |
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Nintendo was founded in 1889 as Nintendo Koppai[lower-alpha 3] by craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi and originally produced handmade hanafuda playing cards. After venturing into various lines of business during the 1960s and acquiring a legal status as a public company, Nintendo distributed its first console, the Color TV-Game, in 1977. It gained international recognition with the release of Donkey Kong in 1981 and the Nintendo Entertainment System and Super Mario Bros. in 1985.
Since then, Nintendo has produced some of the most successful consoles in the video game industry, such as the Game Boy, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, the Nintendo DS, the Wii, and the Switch. It has created and/or published numerous major franchises, including Mario, Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda, Metroid, Fire Emblem, Kirby, Star Fox, Pokémon, Super Smash Bros., Animal Crossing, Xenoblade Chronicles, and Splatoon, and Nintendo's mascot, Mario, is internationally recognized. The company has sold more than 5.592 billion video games and over 836 million hardware units globally, as of March 2023.
Nintendo has multiple subsidiaries in Japan and abroad, in addition to business partners such as HAL Laboratory, Intelligent Systems, Game Freak, and The Pokémon Company. Nintendo and its staff have received awards including Emmy Awards for Technology & Engineering, Game Awards, Game Developers Choice Awards, and British Academy Games Awards. It is one of the wealthiest and most valuable companies in the Japanese market.