Nintendo


 * Nintendo** is a gaming company which is often considered one of the most famous in the industry. While its history goes through far more than video games, games are the property it is recognized for. Having been one of the companies to revive the gaming history (which was dying in its early forms), as well as introducing beloved franchises such as Mario and Zelda, the company is one of the most powerful in the field, rivaled only by Sony and Microsoft in console gaming.

__History__ The company was started as a playing-card shop shortly before the 1900's began, with the name roughly translating to "Leave Luck to Heaven". Throughout various decades, economic demands, and business deals (including some with Disney), the card company improved over the course of about 60 years. Some of the side branches it chose to pursue before video games were brought to mind were things such as instant rice and, shockingly enough to some who view Nintendo as the more "Family-friendly" gaming company, __love hotels.__ __[|A more specific list of Nintendo's pre-gaming history.]__

__Fame and Presence__ Nintendo is famous mostly for the games it publishes and has on its systems, specifically the first-party games such as the Mario series. Many players have memories of playing games on the Nintendo systems, and Nintendo's characters are some of the most recognizable icons in the gaming community. Even most non-gamers can recognize characters such as Mario and Bowser. While some players dismiss Nintendo games and systems as being "kiddie" and low quality compared to Sony's Playstation and Microsoft's Xbox, Nintendo's first-party games are considered some of the highest quality in existence in terms of entertainment and production value. Also, the systems (and cartridges) themselves are infamously famous for [|being EXTREMELY durable], to the point that the items are jokingly described as being "made of Nintenium". In comparison to modern consoles, even the first Nintendo systems are found to be more functional and reliable in performance than systems such as the Xbox 360.

__Properties and Trivia__ Nintendo's method of bringing video games back into homes (after the video game crash in the early 1980's) was to introduce them with exciting twists, such as __[|the Zapper and R.O.B]__