Nintendo

Nintendo (Japanese: 任天堂; {{Template:nasdaq|NTDOF}}, {{Template:tyo|7974}}) was originally founded in 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards, for use in a Japanese playing card game of the same name. Over the years, it became a video game company, 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.

People

See also Nintendo people

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• Fusajiro Yamauchi — Founder of Nintendo in 1889.
• Minoru Arakawa — Founder and former president of Nintendo of America.
• Hiroshi Yamauchi — Former president of Nintendo (1949-2002).
• Satoru Iwata — Current president of Nintendo.
• Shigeru Miyamoto — Nintendo's chief designer and video game producer. Largely known for creating many of Nintendo's most popular games including Mario, Donkey Kong, and the Legend of Zelda. In 1998 Miyamoto became the first person to be inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame.
• Gunpei Yokoi — Best-known as the creator of the Game Boy and the Metroid series. Now deceased.
• Koji Kondo — Composer of music tracks in many Nintendo games.
• Yuka Tsujiyoko — Composer of music tracks in many Intelligent Systems games, most notably Paper Mario and the Fire Emblem series.
• Howard Philips — Creator of Nintendo Power magazine.
• Tatsumi Kimishima — Current president of Nintendo of America.
• Perrin Kaplan — Nintendo of America's Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Affairs
• Reggie Fils-Aime — Nintendo of America's current Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing
• Howard Lincoln — Now retired, a former Nintendo of America Senior Vice President.
• George Harrison — Senior Vice President of marketing and corporate communications.