- Not to be confused with Nintendo GameCube.
Nintendo Cube Co., Ltd. (formerly Nd Cube Co., Ltd. and NDcube Co., Ltd.) is a Japanese video game developer and subsidiary of Nintendo. Originally founded on March 1, 2000, as a joint venture between Nintendo and advertising firm Dentsu (the "Nd" in the former name reflecting this), Dentsu's stake was bought out by Nintendo in 2010 and Nintendo now owns 99% of Nintendo Cube.[1] The company is based in Tokyo but also has a secondary office Sapporo. Nintendo Cube is responsible for developing the Mario Party series starting with Mario Party 9, although its first developed game since becoming a subsidiary of Nintendo is Wii Party.
By April 2006, many of Nd Cube's employees at the time had moved to other companies, including Nintendo and Square Enix. At a later point, however, several former employees of Hudson Soft, and Nintendo-Hudson joint venture Monegi Inc., moved to the company, mainly various staff that had worked on the Hudson-developed Mario Party games, including former president Hidetoshi Endo, who became the president of NDcube.
As of June 2019, Hidetoshi Endo resigned, and the company's chief creative director Shuichiro Nishiya replaced him as president. On September 1, 2024, the company was renamed Nintendo Cube.[2] As part of the rebranding, the company adopted a new logo based on that of Mario Club and 1-UP Studio with an identical font, albeit with their pre-established blue color scheme instead of red or green, respectively.
Super Mario installments[edit]
Gallery[edit]
Logo used from 2012 to 2024
Names in other languages[edit]
Nintendo Cube Co., Ltd.[edit]
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ニンテンドーキューブ株式会社[4]
Nintendō Kyūbu Kabushiki-gaisha
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Nintendo Cube Co.
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NDcube Co., Ltd.[edit]
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エヌディーキューブ株式会社[5]
Enudī Kyūbu Kabushiki-gaisha
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NDcube Co.
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External links[edit]
Nintendo Cube coverage on other
NIWA wikis:
References[edit]
- ^ https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Iwata-Asks/Iwata-Asks-Wii-Party/Iwata-Asks-Wii-Party/1-A-Team-with-Experience-Making-Party-Games/1-A-Team-with-Experience-Making-Party-Games-224354.html
- ^ September 1, 2024. 商号（社名）変更に関するお知らせ. nintendo-cube.co.jp (Japanese). Retrieved September 2, 2024. (Archived September 2, 2024, 13:45:47 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Mario Party: The Top 100 official website
- ^ 会社概要. nintendo-cube.co.jp (Japanese). Retrieved September 2, 2024. (Archived September 2, 2024, 15:06:16 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ 会社概要. ndcube.co.jp (Japanese). Archived June 9, 2024, 17:10:12 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
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| Game companies
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Divisions and subsidiaries of Nintendo
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1-UP Studio • iQue • Mario Club Co., Ltd. • Next Level Games • Nintendo • Nintendo Cube • †Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development • Nintendo Entertainment Planning and Development • †Nintendo Research & Development 1 • †Nintendo Research & Development 2 • †Nintendo Software Planning & Development • Nintendo Software Technology Corporation • †Nintendo System Development • Retro Studios • Treehouse
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| Third parties
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Acquire • †AlphaDream • Arika • ArtePiazza • †Artoon • Arzest • †Atari, Inc. • Bandai Namco Entertainment • †Banpresto • †Bullet-Proof Software • Camelot Software Planning • Capcom • CAProduction • Forever Entertainment • Game Arts • Game Freak • Good-Feel • GREZZO Co., Ltd. • GungHo Online Entertainment • HAL Laboratory • †Hudson Soft • Ikegami Tsushinki • Intelligent Systems • Interplay • Jupiter • Konami • Monster Games • †NovaLogic • Paon DP • Racjin • Radical Entertainment • Rare Ltd. • Royal Philips Electronics • Sega • Silverball Studios • Softnica • Sora Ltd. • Spike Chunsoft • Square Enix • †St.GIGA • †SUZAK Inc. • Tantalus Media • TOSE Software Co. • Treasure • Ubisoft • Velan Studios • †Coleco • †Atarisoft • Sharp Corporation • †The Software Toolworks • Atari Corporation • National Human Electronics • Fantasy Factory • Tokyo Electron • †Software Creations • Nichimen Graphics • EA Canada • †Skip Ltd. • Beenox • indieszero • Vicarious Visions • Mojang Studios • 4J Studios • Playtime • Scientific Toys • Million Colors • Nelsonic Industries • S.I.U. • Mani • Natsume • Vanpool • Armor Project • Dynatech Play2O • T's MUSIC Co., Ltd. • Access Games • TNX • Switch Entertainment Inc. • Digital Works Entertainment • WILL Co., Ltd. • Sound Racer Ltd. • Hexadrive • Other Ocean Interactive • SkyBox Labs • SmileBoom Co., Ltd. • Magnum enter Co., Ltd. • HAMSTER Corporation • Falcon • Iwasaki Engineering • †Gottlieb • Sunwise • †Fabtek • Atlus • Brunswick • Maygay • †Brian A. Rice, Inc. • Presage Software • Digitainment • Brainstorm Entertainment • Codesmith, Inc. • MISA • †Ocean Software • Caroline Software Incorporated • C3 Incorporated • POP Multimedia • Skyworks Technologies, Inc. • VPI.net • Lightmaker • Blit Interactive • NHN Entertainment • †Yutaka • Cosmodog • PlayWorks Digital Limited • Yuke's • Denaris Entertainment Software • Climax • Argonaut Games • Riedel Software Productions • †Boss Game Studios • Orpheus Software • Firebird • Designer Software • †Renegade Kid • Roklan • HAL College of Technology & Design • Neopets
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Book publishers
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Guinness World Records • Prima Games • Scholastic • Shogakukan • Valiant Comics • Dark Horse Comics • Archie Comics • Fleetway Publications
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†DIC Entertainment • Illumination • †Medialab • Nelvana • †Pacific Rim Productions, Inc. • †Sei Young Animation Co., Ltd. • Sony Pictures
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| Home video distributors
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†Abbey Home Entertainment • Bim Bum Bam Video • Beyond Home Entertainment • Buena Vista Home Video • Disky Communications • Egmont Film • GoodView Home Video • HVN • IDP Home Video • †Kids Klassics • Lionsgate Home Entertainment • Maximum Entertainment • Manga Distribution • MRA Entertainment • NCircle Entertainment • On Air Video • Paramount Home Video • Pickwick Video • Pidax Film • Producciones Panther • Roadshow Entertainment • Sterling Entertainment Group • Shout! Factory • SMI url • Target • The Video Collection • UIG Entertainment GmbH • Universal Pictures • Wendros
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| Collectible / toy makers
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†Banpresto • Bioworld • BlackMilk Clothing • ERTL • Fangamer • First4Figures • Furuta • Gelato Pique • Hallmark • Jakks Pacific • K'NEX • LEGO • Mattel • PopCo Entertainment • S.H. Figuarts • San-ei Co., Ltd. • Toy Biz
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| Food companies
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Burger King • Freiberger • Keebler • Kellogg's • The Kraft Heinz Company • McDonald's • Nagatanien • Sonic Drive-In • †Sunshine Biscuits • Taco Bell • Wendy's
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| Cosmetics companies
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Lush • shu uemura
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| Miscellaneous
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Aeon • †MediaBrowser • Tesla • EMI Music Publishing
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