Talk:Nintendo
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Date[edit]
Maybe it's just me, but I don't believe Nintendo was founded in 1889. Phoenix Rider
- They first made playing cards, if that makes it any more believable... --YellowYoshi398 20:38, 2 February 2007 (EST)
Hmm... time to research. They were a card company, that part is true. I believe that it was founded in 59, but I'm not completely sure. User:Knife/sig1
They published a hundredth anniversary article in Nintendo Power, and I know I don't have any issues of Nintendo Power from 1959 or 2059. I could dig out the issue if necessary, but it would take some time to find. So take that for what it's worth. --Toadstool Forever 02:45, 24 March 2007 (EDT)
Campus Challenge?[edit]
This page talks of a Nintendo Campus Challenge, in which money prizes were given for top scores. Yet, besides on that page, no mention of a Campus Challenge is on the Wiki. I think it should be added here, as well as the link to that page, thus making that page no longer orphaned. ;D
~ Luigi hc
Virtual boy[edit]
Virtual Boy is under handheld. Although it is portable, you must have a steady surface, and you're sticking your face into a goggle-like thing. I doubt this is considered hand-held. Super Mario 256 07:35, 22 April 2007 (EDT)
Length[edit]
Shouldn't the article be longer because they were the ones to create most Mario Universe.
— The preceding unsigned comment was added by Pal101 (talk).
You shouldn't ask people to expand articles, you should do so yourself. And yeah, I'll get back to this after I finish doing recipes and SML2 articles.Knife (talk) 14:48, 9 June 2007 (EDT)
Already got it covered. I have expanded it, and it inludes a lot more information. I also did Gunpei Yokoi in my spare time. Oh, and Knife, you wrote "You Should ask people to expand articles". Well, I fixed it and spelled Shouldn't. However, if you intended on it being Should, then I'm sorry. Anyhoo, I expanded the article, is it good enough? My Bloody Valentine
Japanese Name[edit]
Despite the fact that it may be not needed, one letter of the Japanese name for Nintendo is displayed as ? for me. The other two display correctly. - Cobold (talk · contribs) 10:06, 22 November 2007 (EST)
Terrible logo...[edit]
I don't usually post here anymore, though I just have to explain to you what a terrible choice you made for the logo. Why in the world would you choose the N64 logo over the company's? --Bentendo 11:39, 23 August 2008 (EDT)
The N64 logo belongs in the Nintendo 64 page, not the Nintendo page because this is the company's page not the system's. So I say we keep the image we have. Paper Jorge (Talk·Contribs)
- ... You really didn't read his comment, didn't you? He's complaining that the n64 logo is on THIS page. --Blitzwing 12:41, 23 August 2008 (EDT)
Haha! That's much better! =) , ,
- Blitz: Wait... wut? I don't see a logo. Marcelagus (T • C • E)
- In case you didn't notice the fact that my comment was posted 10 minutes ago, the image on this article was a squat n64 logo before Mcool reverted it to it's original version. --Blitzwing 12:58, 23 August 2008 (EDT)
Logo's color change[edit]
I've found recently that Nintendo logo's color scheme was changed to grey now, possibly to just make a match for the current color of the consoles (which are obviously white - or black). I have proofs both Wikipedia and the Official website. Should we change the old red logo for the grey?
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[1] <- Some thing like this. Grapes
The meaning of Nintendo[edit]
Did you know that "Nintendo" means "leave your luck in heaven"? I don't know what this phase means, I just found out from the Guiness Book of Records: the Gamers' Edition. Should we mention it there?
Ms. Koopette(Contribs)Do theLuigi!!!
- Definitely. For every real world subject related to Mario that we cover on this website, we want to give a general background, and IMO the meaning of the name falls in that. :D Thanks for catching that! Stumpers! 17:28, 4 March 2009 (EST)
World's Largest Bowl of Pasta[edit]
On August 22nd 2002, at Washington Square, San Francisco, Nintendo of America and Buca Di Beppo Resturants made the worlds largest bowl of pasta, weighing at 1480kg. Since it's a world record, should we include this in the 'Trivia' section of the article? SKmaric (talk)
- What do you mean by Nintendo of America? Did the company sponsor the event, or were representatives there (i.e. Reggie Fils-Aime)? More importantly, do you have a source? Mario4Ever (talk) 23:14, 8 April 2011 (EDT)
My source is Guiness World Records 2005. I just said all of the information that was there. I don't have any further information. SKmaric (talk)
Does Donkey Kong really count as a Mario game?[edit]
Personally, I don't think so. DuchessSponge5000 (talk) 01:08, September 11, 2021 (EDT)
- I'm pretty sure Donkey Kong counts as an Mario game. Mario is the main character of the game and Donkey Kong and Pauline have reappeared in later titles. The A Traditional Festival quest in Super Mario Odyssey is a huge reference to that game too. There are also tons of other references of the original Donkey Kong in mainline Mario games too.
WildWario (talk) (talk) 01:16, September 11, 2021 (EDT)
- Hmmmm... okay. DuchessSponge5000 (talk) 01:31, September 11, 2021 (EDT)
Wouldn’it be good to have Nintendo Direct pages.?[edit]
For example a main Nintendo Direct page, would be split up into smaller pages, for example there would than be an article for Nintendo Direct - September 14, 2023, where you can see which content for the Super Mario franchise was announced/shown.
~~Big Super Mario Fan
supported regions[edit]
First-party distribution[edit]
As a multinational company, Nintendo has established various regional divisions dedicated to marketing and sales of its products outside Japan, including Super Mario games, merchandise, and licensing, located in different gaming markets around the world, and all of them are wholly owned. Two major subsidiaries, Nintendo of America and Nintendo of Europe, have the authority to publish games autonomously. As of August 2024, these divisions include:
- Nintendo Co., Ltd. (NCL)
- Nintendo of America, Inc. (NOA)
- Nintendo of Europe SE (NOE)
Swiss Confederation
Select European Union member states:
Principality of Andorra[1]
Principality of Liechtenstein[1]
Principality of Monaco[1]
Republic of San Marino[1]
Vatican City State[1]
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (including Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies in Europe[1])
- Nintendo Australia Pty. Limited (NAL)
- Nintendo of Korea Co., Ltd. (NOK)
- Nintendo (Hong Kong) Ltd. (NHK)
Third-party distribution[edit]
In addition to the above subsidiaries, over the years Nintendo has officially assigned various third-party distribution companies to represent Nintendo and its products (including Super Mario products) in certain markets. These partners may have the authority to handle marketing and sales, but they may vary and are overviewed by one of the three major divisions (NCL, NOA, NOE). As of February 2025, the following partners include:
- JVLAT[2][3][4]
Argentine Republic
Republic of Chile
Republic of Colombia
United Mexican States
Republic of Peru
Belize
Bolivia
Costa Rica
Ecuador
El Salvador
Guatemala
- French Guayana
- Guyana
Honduras
Nicaragua
Panamá
Paraguay
- Surinam
Uruguay
Venezuela
- Antigua y Barbuda
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Dominica
- Granada
- Haití
Jamaica
- Puerto Rico
República Dominicana
- San Kitts y Nieves
- Santa Cruz
- San Juan
- Santo Tomás
- Santa Lucía
- San Vicente y las Granadinas
Trinidad y Tobago
- Lojas Americanas, Magazine Luiza[5]
- Core Gaming Systems (Pty) Ltd.[4][6]
- Active Bokei K.K.[7]
- Advanced Initiative Company Trading[8]
- Bergsala AB[9][10]
- CD Media S.E.[11][12][13]
- ConQuest Entertainment A.S.
- ConQuest Entertainment A.S.[14], Game Park[15]
- Tencent[16]
- TorGaming, Ltd.[17]
- ERC[18][19][20][21]
Formerly supported regions[edit]
The following regions are ones where Nintendo previously offered official distribution for its products, including Super Mario material, only to cease activity for various reasons:
Russian Federation (initially via Steepler[22][23][24] and later through Nintendo of Europe SE;[25] suspended in 2023 due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine[25])
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic/Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (via Stadlbauer;[26] defunct due to the country's dissolution in 1992; distribution continued in the successor states of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, initially through Stadlbauer and MPM[26][27] and later through ConQuest Entertainment A.S.)
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia[26] (via Beosoft;[27] distribution later resumed in Serbia and Montenegro through Stadlbauer[28])
- Belarus (initially via Steepler[22], later by three distributors - Belconsole, MyDevice and Gameclub. Shut down in 2022 due to sanctions[29][30][31])
Georgia,
Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan (initially via Steepler[22] later by Russian Yandex.Money until Nintendo was shut down in Russia[32])
India (initially via Samurai, later by Sunder Electronics until 2017[33][34])
- Afghanistan, Algeria, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Congo,
Egypt, Gabon,
Ghana, Guinea, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast,
Jordan,
Kenya,
Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Mauritius, Morocco, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan,
Swaziland, Syria,
Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia,
Uganda (initially by Nintendo Co., Ltd. later by Nintendo of Europe)[4][35]
Bangladesh, Cambodia, Myanmar,
Pakistan,
Sri Lanka,
Vietnam (via Nintendo Co., Ltd.)[4]
- Cook Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Caledonia, Samoa, Vanuatu (via Nintendo Australia Pty. Limited)[4]
--Enteria (talk) 16:06, February 25, 2025 (EST)
- This is an edit the user wants to see on the page, FYI. Technetium (talk) 16:08, February 25, 2025 (EST)
- ^ a b c d e f "On 3rd March, Nintendo Switch will be available in the following European territories: Austria, Andorra, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Hungary, Isle of Man, Italy, Jersey, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Russia, San Marino, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the Vatican. It will also be available in South Africa at the same timing." – Nintendo (January 13, 2017). Nintendo Switch launches on 3rd March!. Nintendo (official South African site) (English). Retrieved November 24, 2024. (Archived November 24, 2024, 23:43:36 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ JVLAT.
- ^ Repair Options in Latin America and the Caribbean.
- ^ a b c d e International Distributors.
- ^ The Nintendo Switch goes on sale in Brazil on September 18th.
- ^ Core Group.
- ^ Active Bokei K.K.. Active Bokei K.K. (English). Retrieved July 3, 2024. (Archived June 3, 2024, 05:14:24 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Advanced Initiative. Advanced Initiative Co. Trdg. (English). Retrieved July 4, 2024.
- ^ Joe Skrebels (December 9, 2019). The Lie That Helped Build Nintendo. IGN (English). Retrieved June 1, 2024. (Archived December 21, 2019, 23:17:14 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Home. Bergsala (English). Retrieved September 26, 2024. (Archived June 14, 2024, 01:43:01 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Enes K. (July 24, 2018). Resmi Açıklama Geldi: Nintendo Switch Türkiye'de Satışa Çıkıyor. Webtekno (Turkish). Retrieved June 5, 2024. (Archived October 17, 2018, 00:20:49 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Partnerships. CD Media S.E. (English). Retrieved July 3, 2024. (Archived March 29, 2023, 11:50:20 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ CD Media location.
- ^ Kapcsolatok és támogatás.
- ^ Distributors Contact Details for Consumers.
- ^ Takashi Moshizuki, Shan Li (April 18, 2019). Nintendo, With Tencent's Help, to Sell Switch Console in China. The Wall Street Journal (English). Retrieved July 3, 2024. (Archived December 6, 2019, 20:13:54 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ March 12, 2019. לראשונה בישראל – תור גיימינג משיקה את נינטנדו בארץ ביבוא רשמ. IGN Israel (Hebrew). Retrieved June 5, 2024. (Archived May 15, 2019, 03:34:09 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Консоли Nintendo Switch будут официально продаваться в Украине.
- ^ Українські магазини офіційно продаватимуть консолі Xbox.
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- ^ Nintendo.
- ^ a b c Игорь Пичугин (November 1, 1994). Соглашение Steepler и Nintendo. Газета "Коммерсантъ" (Russian). Retrieved June 1, 2024. (Archived April 27, 2019, 02:58:42 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Семён Костин (December 14, 2021). Легенда о слоне: как IT-компания Steepler создала Dendy и основала российский консольный рынок. DTF (Russian). Retrieved June 1, 2024. (Archived June 1, 2024, 22:35:52 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Олег Хохлов (August 9, 2016). Приставка Dendy: Как Виктор Савюк придумал первый в России поп-гаджет. Секрет фирмы (Russian). Retrieved December 9, 2024. (Archived December 1, 2024, 05:49:08 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ a b Leah J. Williams (June 1, 2023). Nintendo eShop to shut down in Russia. Gameshub (English). Retrieved July 6, 2024. (Archived February 25, 2024, 05:34:24 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ a b c Joshua Rogers (December 26, 2020). World of Nintendo: Exploring Nintendo in (Eastern) Europe. PAX (via YouTube) (English). Retrieved June 5, 2024. (Archived June 5, 2024, 20:16:14 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ a b The Retro Sofa (June 2, 2024). The Complete (ish) History of Nintendo's Arrival in Europe. YouTube (English). Retrieved November 15, 2024. (Archived October 6, 2024, 16:07:51 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Coolplay - exclusive official Nintendo distributor.
- ^ Эксперт рынка видеоигр Владимир Бычинов: итоги E3 — финала «Лиги чемпионов» для фанатов PlayStation, Xbox и Nintendo.
- ^ И снова о Nintendo Switch: решаем возможные проблемы.
- ^ Гайд: как оплачивать подписку Nintendo Switch Online и покупать игры в условиях санкций.
- ^ Nintendo to Sell Games in Russia through Yandex.Money.
- ^ Nintendo Wii and DS to launch in India on September 30.
- ^ Want to Buy the Nintendo Switch In India? You Need to Read This First.
- ^ Nintendo Company, Ltd..