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| {{distinguish|Nintendo GameCube}}
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| {{company infobox | | |logo=Nd Cube Logo 2.png |
| |logo=Nintendo Cube Logo.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]] |
| |latest_release=''[[Super Mario Party Jamboree]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]]) | | |lastgame=''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]] |
| |president=Shuichiro Nishiya | | |president=Hidetoshi Endo |
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| '''{{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, 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.<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> The company is based in Tokyo but also has a secondary office Sapporo. Nintendo Cube is responsible for developing the [[Mario Party (series)|''Mario Party'' series]] 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.]] |
| | '''Nd Cube Co., Ltd.''' (Japanese: エヌディーキューブ株式会社 Enudī Kyūbu Kabushiki Gaisha), stylized '''NDcube''', is a Japanese video game developer and subsidiary of Nintendo. Originally on founded 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. Nd Cube has offices in Tokyo and Sapporo. Nd Cube is responsible for developing the most recent ''Mario Party'' games starting with ''[[Mario Party 9]]''. |
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| 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. | | By April 2006, many of Nd Cube's employees at the time had moved to other companies (including Nintendo themselves). At a later point, however, several previous employees of [[Hudson Soft]] moved to the company, including various staff that had worked on the Hudson-developed [[Mario Party (series)|''Mario Party'' games]] and former president Hidetoshi Endo, who became the current president of Nd Cube. |
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| 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.<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 Mario Club and [[1-UP Studio]] with an identical font, albeit with their pre-established blue color scheme instead of red or green, respectively.
| | ==''Mario'' installments by Nd Cube== |
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| ==''Super Mario'' installments== | |
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| |[[Nintendo 3DS]] | | |[[Nintendo 3DS]] |
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| |''[[Mario Party 10]]'' | | |''[[Mario Party 10]]''* |
| |2015 | | |2015 |
| |[[Wii U]] | | |[[Wii U]] |
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| |''[[Mario Party: Star Rush]]''
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| |''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]''<ref>[http://marioparty100.nintendo.com/ ''Mario Party: The Top 100'' official website]</ref>
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| |Nintendo 3DS
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| |''[[Super Mario Party]]''
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| |[[Nintendo Switch]]
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| |''[[Mario Party Superstars]]''
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| |Nintendo Switch
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| |''[[Super Mario Party Jamboree]]''
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| |2024
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| |Nintendo Switch
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| | | <nowiki>*</nowiki> <small>- Indicates upcoming game.</small> |
| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery> | |
| Nd Cube logo.png|Logo used until 2012
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| Nd Cube Logo 2.svg|Logo used from 2012 to 2024
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| ==Names in other languages==
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| ===Nintendo Cube Co., Ltd.===
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| |Jap=ニンテンドーキューブ株式会社
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| |JapR=Nintendō Kyūbu Kabushiki-gaisha
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| |JapM=Nintendo Cube Co.
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| |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>
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| ===NDcube Co., Ltd.===
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| |Jap=エヌディーキューブ株式会社
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| |JapR=Enudī Kyūbu Kabushiki-gaisha
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| |JapM=NDcube Co.
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| |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>
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| ==External links== | | ==External links== |
| {{NIWA|NWiki=1|Nookipedia=1|StrategyWiki=Category:Nd Cube}}
| | *[http://www.ndcube.co.jp/ Nd Cube Official Webpage] |
| *[https://www.nintendo-cube.co.jp/ Official website] | | {{BoxTop}} |
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| {{Companies}} | | {{Companies}} |
| [[Category:Developers]] | | [[Category:Video game developers]] |
| [[Category:Companies]] | | [[Category:Companies]] |
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