Portal:Nintendo

edit  The Nintendo Portal Shortcut: P:N Nintendo of America Inc. (任天堂株式会社, Nintendō Kabushiki gaisha?) is a global company located in Kyoto, Japan founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel. Eventually, Nintendo developed into a video game company, becoming one of the most influential in the industry and Japan's third most valuable listed company, with a market value of over US$85 billion. In 2007, Nintendo ranked eighth on the list of largest software companies in the world. Besides video games, Nintendo is also the majority owner of the Seattle Mariners, a Major League Baseball team in Seattle, Washington. According to Nintendo's Touch! Generations website, the name "Nintendo" translated from Japanese to English means "Leave luck to Heaven". As of October 2, 2008, Nintendo has sold over 470 million hardware units and 2.7 billion software units. ( More about Nintendo... ) There are about 900 Nintendo articles on Wikipedia. Show new selections edit  Selected article The Kirby video game series is a franchise of platform games and other genres (including puzzle and racing games) published and produced by Nintendo. The games have been developed by Japan-based HAL Laboratory, a Nintendo second-party developer. All Kirby video games have been developed exclusively for Nintendo video game consoles and handhelds dating from the Nintendo Entertainment System to the current generation of video game consoles. The series debuted in Japan on April 27, 1992 with Hoshi no Kirby (星のカービィ, Hoshi no Kābī?, lit. "Kirby of the Stars"), which later was released in the North American and PAL regions as Kirby's Dream Land. The series revolves around Kirby, the series' protagonist, and his adventures in the fictional world of Pop Star. A common gameplay element is Kirby's ability to copy enemy skills, allowing him to use them to progress through levels. This and other changes in gameplay from traditional platform games distinguish the series from other entries in the genre. Currently, the series contains twenty games. A one-hundred episode anime series based on the video games, Kirby: Right Back at Ya!, was created in Japan and is currently shown weekly on 4KidsTV in North America. The Kirby series is among the best-selling video game franchises with over twenty million games sold worldwide. The franchise was conceived by Masahiro Sakurai as a game series for beginners, for which he partially attributes the series' success. A Wii Kirby platform game is currently in development without a tentative release date. More ... More articles... edit  Did you know... ... that Nintendo was formed in 1889, as a hanafuda card company? ... that Mario was originally a carpenter in Donkey Kong and was named Jumpman? ... that Nintendo owns a majority share of the Seattle Mariners? ... The name "Nintendo" translated from Japanese to English means "Leave luck to Heaven"? ... that the Super Mario Bros. theme has been listed as one of the top ten most downloaded ringtones in the United States for 226 consecutive weeks? ... that the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics and the International Olympic Committee has shared royalties from the video game Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games? edit  Quotations Now you're playing with power!—Original Nintendo slogan for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Video games are bad for you? That's what they said about rock and roll.—Shigeru Miyamoto. Thank you, Mario! But our princess is in another castle!—Toad, from Super Mario Bros. My name is Reggie. I'm about kickin' ass, I'm about takin' names, and we're about makin' games—Reggie Fils-Aime, introducing himself at E3 2004. My body is ready—Reggie Fils-Aime said before stepping onto the Wii Balance Board. It's-a me, Mario!—Mario during the startup of Super Mario 64 Games should be something everybody wants to play.—Shigeru Miyamoto. Thank you so much for to playing my game!—Mario at the end of Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Galaxy. STOP RESETTIN'! You hear me?!—Resetti in Animal Crossing Hey, listen!—Navi in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Welcome; welcome new galaxy!—Mario at the end of Super Mario Galaxy You say you want a Revolution?—Satoru Iwata at the Nintendo E3 2005 Conference, his announcement of their new console at the time, the Wii Who are you? Nintendo Game Boy Advance slogan Now you're playing with power; SUPER POWER!Super Nintendo Entertainment System Now you are playing with power;PORTABLE POWER! Nintendo Game Boy NINTENDO POWER!Nintendo Power Magazine edit  Current events June 7, 2011 (2011-06-07) - Nintendo announces basic information regarding an upcoming console named the Wii U. June 14, 2010 (2010-06-14) - Nintendo presents its annual E3 conference at http://e3.nintendo.com/. The E3 network will run until June 17. March 24, 2010 (2010-03-24) - Nintendo today announces basic information regarding an upcoming Nintendo DS console with 3D screens, with a tentative name, Nintendo 3DS. May 11, 2009 (2009-05-11) – Despite global economic slowdown, Nintendo records a record profit in fiscal year 2008 of 279.09 billion yen—an 8.9% increase from fiscal year 2007. [1] May 11, 2009 (2009-05-11) – Nintendo announces that it will rerelease Pokémon Gold and Silver—titled Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver—for the Nintendo DS. [2] May 11, 2009 (2009-05-11) – Wii Fit, Wii Play, and Mario Kart Wii are the top three selling games on Chart-Track's platform-specific chart in the U.K. [3] May 10, 2009 (2009-05-10) – The gaming library for the iPhone exceeds Nintendo DS's gaming library. [4] May 9, 2009 (2009-05-09) – The Global Reputation Pulse 2009 survey ranks Nintendo as the sixth-most reputable company in the world. [5] May 7, 2009 (2009-05-07) – Sales of the Wii (pictured) reach 50 million units worldwide. [6] May 4, 2009 (2009-05-04) – Donkey Kong Jungle Beat is released for the Wii under the New Play Control! series. [7] edit  Selected picture Photo credit:User:Dancter A display of the Nintendo AVS—a prototype for the Nintendo Entertainment System—at the Nintendo World Store. More pictures... edit  Nintendo topics Characters: Bowser • Captain Falcon • Captain Olimar • Diddy Kong • Dixie Kong • Donkey Kong • Falco Lombardi • Fox McCloud • Ganondorf • Giegue • Ike • Ness • King De De De • Kirby • Lark • Link • Little Mac • Lucas• Luigi • Mario • Marth • Meta Knight • Mewtwo • Mii • Nintendogs • Peach • Mr. Game & Watch • Pikachu • Pikmin • Pit • Pokey • Red (Pokémon Trainer) • Ridley • R.O.B. • Samus Aran • Tom Nook • Waluigi • Wario • Yoshi Games: Donkey Kong • Dragon Warrior • Duck Hunt • F-Zero • Final Fantasy • The Legend of Zelda • The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time • The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess • The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker • Mario Bros. • Metroid • Metroid Prime • Nintendogs • Pikmin • Pokémon Red and Blue • Star Fox • Star Fox 64 • Super Mario 64 • Super Mario Bros. • Super Mario Bros. 2 • Super Mario Bros. 3 • Super Mario Kart • Super Smash Bros. • Super Smash Bros. Brawl • Super Smash Bros. Melee • Wii Sports • X (1992 video game) Franchises: Animal Crossing • Fire Emblem • Kirby • The Legend of Zelda • Mario • Metroid • Pokémon • Star Fox • Super Smash Bros. Home consoles: Wii U • Wii • Nintendo GameCube • Nintendo 64 • Super Nintendo Entertainment System • Nintendo Entertainment System Handheld consoles: Nintendo 3DS • Nintendo DSi • Nintendo DS Lite • Nintendo DS • Game Boy Advance • Virtual Boy • Game Boy Color • Game Boy • Game & Watch People: Shigeru Miyamoto • Hiroshi Yamauchi • Gunpei Yokoi • Kōji Kondō • Howard Lincoln • Satoru Iwata • Reggie Fils-Aime • Masahiro Sakurai First–party developers: Brownie Brown • Intelligent Systems • Monolith Soft • Nintendo R&D 1 • Nintendo R&D 2 • Nintendo EAD • Nintendo SPD • Nintendo Software Technology • Retro Studios Second–party developers: AlphaDream • Ambrella • Camelot Software Planning • Creatures Inc. (Ape) • Game Freak • Genius Sonority • HAL Laboratory • Nd Cube • Noise Inc. • skip Ltd. edit  Categories [−] Nintendo [+] Nintendo characters [+] Nintendo divisions and subsidiaries [+] Nintendo franchises [+] Game & Watch [+] Game Boy [+] Nintendo games [+] Nintendo hardware [+] Nintendo media [+] Nintendo-related lists [×] Nintendo people [×] Nintendo protagonists [×] Nintendo stubs edit  Nintendo task force Nintendo task force is the task force that serves as this portal's partner. Originally created as WikiProject Nintendo by Tree Biting Conspiricy and converted to a task force by MuZemike, the task force aims to work on and improve all Nintendo-related articles. If you are interested in Nintendo and would like to join, please do so by placing your name on the memberlist on the task force page. edit  Associated Wikimedia Nintendo on Wikibooks  Nintendo on Wikimedia Commons Nintendo on Wikinews  Nintendo on Wikiquote  Nintendo on Wikisource  Nintendo on Wikiversity  Nintendo on Wiktionary  Manuals and books Images and media News Quotations Texts Learning resources Definitions edit  Related portals Mario Pokémon The Legend of Zelda Sonic Video games What are portals? · List of portals · Featured portals Wikipedia portals: Culture Geography Health History Mathematics Natural sciences People Philosophy Religion Society Technology