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{{distinguish|Nintendo GameCube}}
{{company infobox
{{company infobox
|logo=Nintendo Cube Logo.svg
|logo=Nd Cube Logo 2.svg
|width=220px
|width=220px
|founded=March 1, 2000
|founded=March 1, 2000
|first_release=''[[Mario Party 9]]'' ([[List of games by date#2012|2012]])
|firstgame=''[[Mario Party 9]]'' ([[List of games by date#2012|2012]])
|latest_release=''[[Super Mario Party Jamboree]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|lastgame=''[[Mario Party Superstars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2021|2021]])
|president=Shuichiro Nishiya
|president=Shuichiro Nishiya
}}
}}
'''{{wp|Nintendo Cube|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, through a joint venture between Nintendo and advertising firm Dentsu (the "Nd" in the former name reflecting this), the company was bought out by Nintendo in 2010 and is now a fully owned subsidiary of Nintendo.<ref>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</ref> Nintendo Cube has offices in Tokyo and Sapporo. Nintendo Cube is responsible for developing the most recent [[Mario Party (series)|''Mario Party'' games]] starting with ''[[Mario Party 9]]'', although its first developed game since becoming a subsidiary of Nintendo is ''{{wp|Wii Party}}''.
[[File:Nd Cube logo.png|thumb|left|150px|Previous logo.]]
'''NDcube Co., Ltd.''' (Japanese: エヌディーキューブ株式会社 Enudī Kyūbu Kabushiki Gaisha), formerly '''Nd Cube Co., Ltd.''', is a Japanese video game developer and subsidiary of Nintendo. Originally founded on March 1, 2000 through a joint venture between Nintendo and advertising firm Dentsu (the "Nd" in the name reflecting this), the company was bought out by Nintendo in 2010 and is now a fully owned subsidiary of Nintendo<ref>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</ref>. NDcube has offices in Tokyo and Sapporo. NDcube is responsible for developing the most recent ''[[Mario Party (series)|Mario Party]]'' games starting with ''[[Mario Party 9]]'', although their first developed game since becoming a subsidiary of Nintendo is ''[[wikipedia:Wii Party|Wii Party]]''.


By April 2006, many of NDcube's employees at the time had moved to other companies, including Nintendo and [[Square Enix]]. At a later point, however, several previous employees of [[Hudson Soft]], and Nintendo-Hudson joint venture Monegi Inc., moved to the company, including various staff that had worked on the Hudson-developed ''Mario Party'' games, including former president Hidetoshi Endo, who became the president of NDcube.
By April 2006, many of NDcube's employees at the time had moved to other companies, including Nintendo and [[Square Enix]]. At a later point, however, several previous employees of [[Hudson Soft]], and Nintendo-Hudson joint venture Monegi Inc., moved to the company, including various staff that had worked on the Hudson-developed [[Mario Party (series)|''Mario Party'' games]], including former president Hidetoshi Endo, who became the president of NDcube.


As of June 2019, the former president Hidetoshi Endo resigned, and the company's chief creative director [[Shuichiro Nishiya]] was promoted to the president. On September 1, 2024, the company was renamed Nintendo Cube.<ref>{{cite|date=September 1, 2024|url=https://www.nintendo-cube.co.jp/|title=商号(社名)変更に関するお知らせ|publisher=nintendo-cube.co.jp|language=ja|accessdate=September 2, 2024|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20240902134547/https://www.nintendo-cube.co.jp/}}</ref> As part of the rebranding, the company adopted a new logo based on that of [[1-UP Studio]] with an identical font, albeit with a blue color scheme instead of green.
As of June 2019, the former president Hidetoshi Endo resigned, and the company's chief creative director [[Shuichiro Nishiya]] was promoted to the president.


==''Super Mario'' installments==
==''Mario'' installments==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Title
!Title
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|''[[Mario Party Superstars]]''
|''[[Mario Party Superstars]]''
|2021
|2021
|Nintendo Switch
|-
|''[[Super Mario Party Jamboree]]''
|2024
|Nintendo Switch
|Nintendo Switch
|}
|}
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Nd Cube logo.png|Logo used until 2012
Nd Cube Logo 2.svg|Logo used from 2012 to 2024
</gallery>
==Names in other languages==
===Nintendo Cube Co., Ltd.===
{{Foreign names
|Jap=ニンテンドーキューブ株式会社
|JapR=Nintendō Kyūbu Kabushiki-gaisha
|JapM=Nintendo Cube Co.
|JapC=<ref>{{cite|url=https://www.nintendo-cube.co.jp/company/|title=会社概要|publisher=nintendo-cube.co.jp|language=ja|accessdate=September 2, 2024|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20240902150616/https://www.nintendo-cube.co.jp/company/}}</ref>
}}
===NDcube Co., Ltd.===
{{Foreign names
|Jap=エヌディーキューブ株式会社
|JapR=Enudī Kyūbu Kabushiki-gaisha
|JapM=NDcube Co.
|JapC=<ref>{{cite|url=https://www.ndcube.co.jp/company/|title=会社概要|publisher=ndcube.co.jp|language=ja|accessdate=September 2, 2024|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609171012/https://www.ndcube.co.jp/company/|deadlink=y}}</ref>
}}


==External links==
==External links==
{{NIWA|NWiki=1|Nookipedia=1|StrategyWiki=Category:Nd Cube}}
{{NIWA|NWiki=1|Nookipedia=NDcube|StrategyWiki=Category:Nd Cube}}
*[https://www.nintendo-cube.co.jp/ Official website]
{{Wikipedia|NDcube}}
*[https://www.ndcube.co.jp/ Official website]


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Companies]]
[[Category:Companies]]
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