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'''Nintendo''' (任天堂株式会社, ''Nintendō Kabushiki gaisha'') is a video game company originally founded on September 23, 1889.<ref>http://www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate/outline/index.html</ref> When founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it was a card producer. In 1963, Yamauchi renamed the company from Nintendo Playing Card Co. Ltd. to just Nintendo Co., Ltd. and began changing industries to such things as a taxi company, a love hotel chain, a TV network, and a food company. About three years after the company name was changed, Nintendo became a video game developer.<ref>http://www.webcitation.org/5vQB0bQ5E</ref> | '''Nintendo''' (任天堂株式会社, ''Nintendō Kabushiki gaisha'') is a video game company originally founded on September 23, 1889.<ref>http://www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate/outline/index.html</ref> When founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it was a card producer. In 1963, Yamauchi renamed the company from Nintendo Playing Card Co. Ltd. to just Nintendo Co., Ltd. and began changing industries to such things as a taxi company, a love hotel chain, a TV network, and a food company. About three years after the company name was changed, Nintendo became a video game developer.<ref>http://www.webcitation.org/5vQB0bQ5E</ref> | ||
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Nintendo (任天堂株式会社, Nintendō Kabushiki gaisha) is a video game company originally founded on September 23, 1889.[1] When founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it was a card producer. In 1963, Yamauchi renamed the company from Nintendo Playing Card Co. Ltd. to just Nintendo Co., Ltd. and began changing industries to such things as a taxi company, a love hotel chain, a TV network, and a food company. About three years after the company name was changed, Nintendo became a video game developer.[2]
Trivia
- The company name can be translated into English as "leave luck to heaven".[3]
- Nintendo of America is the owner of the Seattle Mariners, a Major League Baseball team.[4]
References
- ↑ http://www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate/outline/index.html
- ↑ http://www.webcitation.org/5vQB0bQ5E
- ↑ http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=4&ved=0CCoQFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstaff.science.uva.nl%2F~egoris%2Fteaching%2Fspring2005%2Fweek%25201%2520intro%2FExample%2520Nintendo.doc&rct=j&q=Nintendo%20roughly%20leave%20luck%20to%20heaven&ei=AXRkTc6bG4Oclge-8NnPBg&usg=AFQjCNFGQ4RzTu303jOfDcIUCe3Z6V9xcg&sig2=we0PmKuVJcf6JFyGzAQdqg&cad=rja
- ↑ http://wii.nintendolife.com/companies/nintendo