Nintendo (Japanese: 任天堂, ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 ) is an international company originally founded in Japan on November 6, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards, for use in a Japanese playing card game of the same name. In the mid-twentieth century, the company tried several small niche businesses, such as a love hotel and a taxi company. Over the years, it became a video game company, growing into one of the most powerful in the industry. Aside from video games, Nintendo is also the majority owner of the Seattle Mariners, a Major League Baseball team in Seattle, Washington. Nintendo has also purchased a sizeable portion of Gyration Inc, a company specializing in gyros and motion sensors, in 2001. Nintendo's main competitors on the gaming front are Sony and Microsoft.

SystemsEdit

Home ConsolesEdit

• Nintendo Entertainment System(NES)
• Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)
• Nintendo 64 (N64)
• Nintendo GameCube
• Nintendo Wii (Wii)

Handheld ConsolesEdit

• Game Boy
• Game Boy Advance
• Nintendo DS

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