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Nintendo
Nintendo is the greatest video gaming company of all time, particularly if you are Japanese, American, Korean (unless reminded that Nintendo is Japanese), Chinese (to the point of piracy, in fact), or Taiwanese. Some random Europeans disagree, but nobody cares.
Also, they've been around for over 100 years, although in their older days, they used to make Hanafuda cards, and eventually English-style 52-card decks, both of which are still produced in Japan.
Nintendo despite having loved franchises such as Mario, Zelda, Donkey Kong, Pokémon and others is also a company very known for their shady practices. One is that in the mid '80s, they forced most of the leading publishers and developers (such as Capcom, Konami, Technos, Atari/Tengen, and even Namco.) to sign a vicious contract that won't allow them to develop on any other console.
Then again they did make Super Mario Bros. 3 and Punch-Out!!, so yeah...
Oh, I almost forgot to mention that Nintendo is the majority owner of the Seattle Mariners. Yeah, that Seattle Mariners team that used to have Ken Griffey Jr., and now currently has Ichiro Suzuki.
Games & Series Made/Published By Nintendo
- Super Mario Bros.
- The Legend of Zelda
- Metroid
- Metroid Prime Trilogy
- Kirby
- Pokémon
- Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition (Looks like Nintendo's taking the Capcom approach here.)
- Elite Beat Agents/Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan!
- Rhythm Heaven
- Fire Emblem
- Earthbound/Mother
- Nintendogs
- Brain Age
- Wii Sports/Sports Resort/Music/Fit/Fit Plus/Play/Chess/Party
- Big Brain Academy
- Punch-Out!!
- The Legendary Sta(r)fy (
A Japanese only series.A formerly Japanese only series that finally found a way to come to the U.S.A. and Europe with their recent game for the Nintendo DS.) - Donkey Kong (Despite owning the character, most DK games are developed by different companies, such as Paon, Rareware, or even Retro Studios.)
- Super Smash Bros.
- Professor Layton
- F-Zero
- Star Fox
- The Game & Watch Series
- Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Heartbreak (Seriously, they actually made this.)
- Mickey & Donald (They also did this too.)
- Chibi-Robo
- Trace Memory
- Animal Crossing
- Wario Ware (Series)
- Wario Land (Series)
- Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (Seriously, they actually published a horror game once.)
- Geist (They also made a FPS that tried to become a "Halo Killer", but it failed miserably.)
- 1080° Snowboarding
- Wave Race
- GoldenEye 007 (Was published by Nintendo, but made by Rareware.)
- Mario Kart
- Dr. Mario
- Kid Icarus
- Tetris
- Sin & Punishment
- Paper Mario
- Disaster: Day of Crisis
- Steel Diver
- The Last Story
- Ken Griffey Jr.'s Baseball Series (Seriously, they published 4 different baseball video games showing off the awesomeness of Ken Griffey Jr. Hell, they probably would've made more games dedicated to him had he decided to stay with Seattle instead of trying to follow his dad's footsteps and play for the Cincinnati Reds.)
Systems Released by Nintendo
- Colour TV Game 6 (1977 {Japan only})
- Colour TV Game 15 (1978 {Japan only})
- Racing Wheel 112 (1978 {Japan only})
- Colour TV Game Block Breaker (1979 {Japan only})
- Computer TV Game (19xx {Japan only})
- The Game & Watch series of LCD games (1980-1989)
- Family Computer/Nintendo Entertainment System/Hyundai Comboy (JP:1983/US:1985/Can:1986/Eur:1987/Korea:1989)
- Famicom Disk System (1986 {Japan only})
- Game Boy (1989/1990)
- Super Famicom/Super NES/Super Comboy (1990/1991/1992)
- Game Boy Pocket (1996)
- Nintendo 64 (1996)
- Game Boy Light (1998 {Japan only})
- Game Boy Colour (1998)
- Game Boy Advance (2000)
- Nintendo Gamecube (2001)
- Game Boy Advance SP (2003)
- Nintendo DS (2004)
- Nintendo DS Lite (2006)
- Nintendo Wii (2006)
- Nintendo DSi (2008/2009)
- Nintendo DSi LL/Nintendo DSi XL (2009/2010)
- Nintendo 3DS (2011) [No, really.]
