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Nintendo Company, Limited (任天堂株式会社 ''Nintendō ; , , ) is a Japan ese Multinational Corporation originally founded on September 23 1889 1 in Kyoto , Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade Hanafuda cards.2 In the mid-twentieth century, the company tried several small niche businesses, such as a Love Hotel and a taxi company.3 Over the years, it became a Video Game company, growing into one of the most powerful in the Industry . Aside from video games, Nintendo is also the majority owner of the Seattle Mariners , a Major League Baseball team in Seattle , Washington , USA . Nintendo has the distinction of historically being both the oldest intact company in the Video Game Console market and one of the largest and well-known Console Manufacturer s, as well as being the dominant entity in the handheld console market. As of 30 June , 2007 , Nintendo has sold over 453 million hardware units, and nearly 2.2 billion software units worldwide. HISTORY See Also: History of Nintendo As a card company (1889-1956) Nintendo started as a small Japanese business by Fusajiro Yamauchi near the end of 1889 as Nintendo Koppai. Based in Kyoto, Japan, the business produced and marketed a Playing Card game called Hanafuda . The handmade cards soon began to gain popularity, and Yamauchi had to hire assistants to mass produce cards to keep up with the demand. New ventures (1956-1975) ]] In 1956, Hiroshi Yamauchi paid a visit to the US, to engage in talks with the United States Playing Card Company , the dominant playing card manufacturer in the US. Yamauchi was shocked to find that the world's biggest company in his business was relegated to using a small office. This was a turning point where Yamauchi realized the limitations of the playing card business. He then gained access to Disney's characters and put them on the playing cards, in order to drive sales. |
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