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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]

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