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This article is about the Nintendo corporation. For the third-generation video game console from the company, see Nintendo Entertainment System.
Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Nintendo's current logo, in use since 1975, with the current gray color adopted in 2006
The exterior of Nintendo's headquarters in Kyoto, Japan
Native name
任天堂株式会社
Romanizedname
Nintendō kabushikigaisha
Formerly called
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Nintendo Karuta Co., Ltd.
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The Nintendo Playing Card Co.
Industry
Founded23 September 1889; 127 years ago[1]
FounderFusajiro Yamauchi
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
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Tatsumi Kimishima (President)
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Genyo Takeda (Technology Fellow)
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Shigeru Miyamoto (Creative Fellow)
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Reggie Fils-Aimé (NOA President and COO)
Products
Production output
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Hardware: 16.30 million
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Software: 123.20 million
(2014)Services
Revenue ¥504.459 billion[2] (2016)
¥32.881 billion (2016)
Profit ¥16.505 billion (2016)
Total assets ¥1.297 trillion (2016)
Total equity ¥1.161 trillion (2016)
Number of employees
Websitenintendo.com
Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Japanese: 任天堂株式会社 Hepburn: Nintendō kabushikigaisha?) 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 market capitalization.[4] Founded on 23 September 1889,[1] by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it originally produced handmade hanafuda playing cards.[5] By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as cab services and love hotels.[6] The word Nintendocan be roughly translated from Japanese to English as "leave luck to heaven".[7]
Abandoning previous ventures in favor of toys in the 1960s, Nintendo then developed into a video game company in the 1970s, ultimately becoming one of the most influential in the industry and Japan's third most-valuable company with a market value of over $85 billion.[8] From 1992 until 2016, Nintendo was also the majority shareholder of Major League Baseball's Seattle Mariners.[9]
As of 31 March 2014, Nintendo has cumulative sales of over 670.43 million hardware units and 4.23 billion software units.[10] The company has created some of the most well known and best-selling video game franchises in the industry, such as Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and Metroid, while also owning The Pokémon Company.
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