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[[Image:765px-Nintendo svg.png|right|thumb|Nintendo logo.]]

[[Image:765px-Nintendo svg.png|right|thumb|Nintendo logo.]]

'''Nintendo''' is commonly known as one the major video game hardware and software manufacturers in the world.  

'''Nintendo''' is commonly known as one of the major video game hardware and software manufacturers in the world.  

==Origins==

==Origins==

Nintendo actually finds its roots in Hanafuda, a Japanese card game.

Nintendo got its start in Japan in 1889, as a company manufacturing cards for Hanafuda, a Japanese card game.  In the 1960s, it diversified into a number of ultimately unsuccessful product lines, including a toy company. In the 1970s, it moved into electronic gaming, where it was ultimately successful.

 

In 1981, it created the popular arcade game "Donkey Kong", which brought it international attention, and introduced Nintendo to the American market.  Nintendo's products in the United States are released through Nintendo of America, their American subsidiary.

==Nintendo Video game systems==

==Nintendo Video game systems==