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Nintendo (company)
A video-game and game-console maker headquartered in Kyoto, creator of the Family Computer, the Game Boy, and the Switch, and of characters such as Mario and Zelda. It was founded in 1889 as a maker of 花札 playing cards.
The company's products are often referred to by their own short names: ファミコン (Famicom, the 1983 Family Computer), ゲームボーイ, スイッチ.
Common expressions
- 任天堂のゲーム機: a Nintendo game console
- ファミコン世代: the generation that grew up with the Famicom
- 花札: flower cards, the company's original product, which it still makes
Cultural note
Its consoles and characters made Japanese video games a worldwide cultural export, and the company is often cited alongside anime and manga as a pillar of Japanese popular culture.