Nintendo

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Nintendo

Type	Public
Founder(s)	Fusajiro Yamauchi
Founded	September 23, 1889; 136 years ago (1889-09-23)
Headquarters	11–1 Kamitoba Hokodatecho, Minami-ku, Kyoto, Japan
Key people	Shuntaro Furukawa (president) Shigeru Miyamoto (executive fellow)
Products	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda franchises, and others
Links	Website

Nintendo Co., Ltd.^[a] is a Japanese multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto. It is responsible for the creation and development of the Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda franchises.

• The Super Mario Mash-Up Pack is exclusively available for Wii U, Nintendo Switch, and New Nintendo 3DS editions, as well as for Bedrock Edition on Nintendo Switch.
• Minecraft was released for the following consoles made by Nintendo: Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2,^{[upcoming][note 1]} Nintendo 3DS,^{[note 2]} and Wii U.
  • Minecraft: Story Mode, Minecraft Dungeons, and Minecraft Legends were also released for Nintendo consoles, with Story Mode - Season Two, Dungeons, and Legends being playable on Switch and Switch 2, and the first season of Story Mode being playable on the Wii U, Switch, and Switch 2^[verify].

• The Challenger Pack 7 DLC for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, a game published by Nintendo, adds Steve and Alex as playable fighters.

In 1889, Fusajiro Yamauchi created a company called Nintendo to make Hanafuda cards. Later in 1977, Hiroshi Yamautchi turned Nintendo into a video game company.

• In 2015, Nintendo teamed up with Mojang and 4J Studios to create the Wii U Edition of Minecraft.
• In September of 2017, Nintendo, Mojang and Other Ocean Interactive created the New Nintendo 3DS Edition of Minecraft, 2 months after the discontinuation of the New Nintendo 3DS.
• In 2018, Nintendo, Mojang and 4J Studios created the Nintendo Switch Edition.
  • Later that same year, Nintendo Switch Edition was replaced with Bedrock Edition.
• In 2020, Nintendo introduced the Challenge Pack 7 DLC to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, which added Steve and Alex as playable fighters.
• In 2026, a native Switch 2 version of Minecraft was announced.