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  1. Nintendonoun

    A Nintendo Entertainment System, or other video game system made by Nintendo.

    Wanna play on my Nintendo after school?

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  1. Nintendo

    Nintendo Co., Ltd. is a Japanese multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto. It develops and releases video games and video game consoles. Nintendo was founded in 1889 as Nintendo Karuta by craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi and originally produced handmade hanafuda playing cards. After venturing into various lines of business during the 1960s and acquiring a legal status as a public company, Nintendo distributed its first console, the Color TV-Game, in 1977. It gained international recognition with the release of Donkey Kong in 1981 and the Nintendo Entertainment System and Super Mario Bros. in 1985. Since then, Nintendo has produced some of the most successful consoles in the video game industry, such as the Game Boy, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, the Nintendo DS, the Wii, and the Switch. It has created numerous major franchises, including Mario, Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda, Pokémon, Kirby, Metroid, Fire Emblem, Animal Crossing, Splatoon, Star Fox, Xenoblade Chronicles, and Super Smash Bros. Nintendo's mascot, Mario, is internationally recognized. The company has sold more than 5.4 billion video games and over 800 million hardware units globally as of 2022. Nintendo has multiple subsidiaries in Japan and abroad, in addition to business partners such as the Pokémon Company and HAL Laboratory. Nintendo and its staff have received awards including Emmy Awards for Technology & Engineering, Game Awards, Game Developers Choice Awards, and British Academy Games Awards. It is one of the wealthiest and most valuable companies in the Japanese market.

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  1. Nintendo

    Nintendo is a multinational video game company based in Japan that is renowned for developing and producing popular gaming consoles, handheld devices, and video games. The company has a long history in the gaming industry and is known for creating iconic franchises and characters, such as Mario, Zelda, and Pokémon, which have become staples of pop culture. Nintendo is known for its innovative and user-friendly gaming experiences, often focusing on family-friendly content and unique gameplay mechanics.

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  1. Nintendo

    Nintendo Co., Ltd. is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. Nintendo is the world's largest video game company by revenue. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it originally produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as cab services and love hotels. Abandoning previous ventures, 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. Nintendo of America is also the majority owner of the Seattle Mariners Major League Baseball team. The name Nintendo can be roughly translated from Japanese to English as "leave luck to heaven." As of March 31, 2013, Nintendo has sold over 654.1 million hardware units and 4.10 billion software units.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Nintendo in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Nintendo in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Nintendo in a Sentence

  1. Laine Nooney:

    It feels custom engineered for our ongoing pandemic, with folks stuck at home for the foreseeable future, and especially those with children, surely Nintendo Switch hopes Mario Kart Live will be a source of nostalgic fun for parents and at-home experimentation for kids.

  2. Serkan Toto:

    When you sell $400 dedicated devices and you sell the gamer boxed software for $60 a piece - for them this is the gold standard, for them, mobile is the junk food: enjoy while you wait for the bus. It's not something that Nintendo sees for itself.

  3. Devolver Digital:

    Nintendo has been awesome, when you're a small company, you always look for that level of support. That's going to bring your games to the wider audience.

  4. David Gibson:

    The market has overreacted to the Nintendo statement, i believe that Pokemon GO will be material in the company's earnings given the current trends for the game.

  5. Shigeru Miyamoto:

    For the time being, our focus is on the Wii U hardware, but Nintendo as a whole has groups working on ideas for new hardware systems, while we're busy working on software for the Wii U, we have production lines that are working on ideas for what the next system might be.

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