Nintendo
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Nintendo (In Japanese: 任天堂) is a company that makes video games and video game consoles. At first, they began by creating playing cards and other toys and games. Their main office is in Kyoto, a city in Japan. They also have offices in other continents — for example, North America and Europe. Their most famous video games are the Super Mario Brothers series.
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[edit] History
Nintendo was formed on Setember 23, 1889. They began making video games only in the 1980s. Nintendo's first video game console was the Famicom. Famicom was first only released in Japan but it was later released in some other areas, such as North America. When they released it in there, its name was changed to "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
- Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
- Game Boy
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Super NES)
- Virtual Boy
- Game Boy Color
- Nintendo 64 (N64)
- Game Boy Advance (GBA)
- GameCube (GCN)
- Game Boy Micro
- Nintendo DS (NDS)
- Wii
[edit] Today
Today, Nintendo has many popular characters and series. Super Mario Brothers, The Legend of Zelda and Pokémon are examples of these.
Nintendo currently makes the Wii, Nintendo DS, Game Boy Micro and Game Boy Advance SP video game consoles. Wii and GameCube plug in to a TV and are called home consoles, because they are used most of the time at home. Game Boy Advance SP, Game Boy Micro and Nintendo DS are small and have their own screens. They are called handhelds, because they can be taken anywhere.
[edit] See also
Other video game companies:
[edit] External links
- Nintendo's American Website (Needs Macromedia Flash to run)
- The Pokémon Website (Needs Macromedia Flash to run)