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Nintendo was founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi in Kyoto, Japan.
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Date not specified. The name Nintendo Kaoppai was created and the card game of Hanafuda was created. The game was based in Kyoto Japan.
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Date not specified. Fusajiaro's (The founder of nintendo) grandson traveled to the U.S. and there, learning the limits of the playing card business got permission to use Disney characters on the Hanafuda cards.
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Date not specified. The name was changed again, this time to NIntendo Co. Ltd.
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Date not specified. Nintendo got rights to distribute their first contribution to the video game world with their Magnarox Odyssey video game system.
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Date not specified. Nintendo made its first arcade game. It was EVR race.
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Date not specified. Nintendo started making ots own software with the Color TV-Game.
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Shigeru Migyamoto was hired. He went on to make some of NIntendo's most famous games.
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They came out with their first handheld gaming system - Game and Watch.
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Donkey Kong was created. It was a major game or nintendo, it was also the first game Mario appeared in.
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Mario appeared for the first time in a game. He was a major character for NIntendo and became their mascot.
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The first Super Mario Bros was released. This was a major game series for Nintendo.
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Date not specified. The Nintendo Entertainment System was realease the America.
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The legend of Zelda was a major game series for Nintendo. (Zelda is the girl. Link is the name of the playable character.)
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The Gameboy was released in Japan. Major handheld system made by Nintendo.
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The gameboy was released in America. This was a major handheld system for NIntendo.
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Super Nintendo was released in Japan. Major system for Nintendo.
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Sonic the Hedgehog was released. He became a major Nintendo figure and started a mjaor game series.
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The Super Nintendo was released in America.Major system for Nintendo.
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Ninendo bonded with other gaming companies and demanded that a video game rating system be enforced. It was created and known as the entertainment software board.
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The Nintendo 64 was released in North America. This was a major gaming system for NIntendo.
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Gunpei Yokei, who was a major Nintendo developer, died.
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Date not specified. The Gameboy Color was released.
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Date not specifified. There was a major remodel of the Gameboy when the Gameboy advance was created.
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The Gamecube was released in the United States. 21.74 million were sold worldwide. Most were sld in America.
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The Nintendo DS was released in America. This was a major handheld gaming system for Nintendo. Around 153.99 million were sold worldwide. (All models)
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Nintendogs was created. This was a popular game and one of the two major Nintendo DS games that played a dramatic part in the DS's success.
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This was a major Nintendo DS games. This was on of the games that played a dramatic role in the success of the Nintendo DS.
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The wii was released in America. This system did not do well at first but later bounced back. 101.15 million were sold worldwide.
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Nintendo gained an 80% stake on Monolith Soft. They were known for role playing games.
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The Wii U was released. Major gaming system for Nintendo.This consisted of both a handlhed and console parts.
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The wii, which had at first been slow selling picked up, bounced back, and became a huge hit.
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Nintendo made a shocking announcement that it had spent over $150 million dollars on an unspecified, non-japanse, non-game tech company.
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The president of Nintendo annouced that he would be taking a 50% salary cut and all excecutives would have a 25-50% cut. This was due to a huge dive in profits
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The Nintendo 2DS was released.
