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The beginning
Nintendo Co., Ltd. is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics and software company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. Nintendo is one of the world's largest video game companies by net worth. -
New ventures
In 1956, Hiroshi Yamauchi, grandson of Fusajiro Yamauchi, visited the U.S. to talk with the United States Playing Card Company, the dominant playing card manufacturer there. He found that the biggest playing card company in the world was using only a small office. Yamauchi's realization that the playing card business had limited potential was a turning point. He then acquired the license to use Disney characters on playing cards to drive sales. -
The Creation of Nintendo games
The practice of bundling the system along with select games helped to make Super Mario Bros. one of the best-selling video games in history.In 1988, Gunpei Yokoi and his team at Nintendo .conceived the new Game Boy handheld system, with the purpose of merging the two very successful ideas of the Game & Watch's portability.Nintendo released the Game Boy in Japan on April 21, 1989, and in North America on July 31, 1989. -
world of nintendo
From 1990 to 1992, Nintendo opened World of Nintendo shops in the United States where consumers could test and buy Nintendo products. -
Nintendo DS
In 2004, Nintendo released the Nintendo DS, its fourth major handheld system. The DS is a dual screened handheld featuring touch screen capabilities, which respond to either a stylus or the touch of a finger. Former Nintendo president and now chairman Hiroshi Yamauchi was translated by GameScience as explaining, "If we can increase the scope of the industry, we can re-energise the global market and lift Japan out of depression - that is Nintendo's mission." -
Wii live's
in the 4th quarter of 2012, Nintendo produce the new Wii U.
