Nintendo
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| Type | Public | |||||
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| Founded | September 23, 1889 | |||||
| Headquarters | Kyoto, Japan | |||||
| Key people | Fusajiro Yamauchi (founder) Shuntaro Furukawa (president) Doug Bowser (president & COO of NoA) Satoru Iwata (former president) Reggie Fils-Aime (former president & COO of NoA) Shigeru Miyamoto (game designer) | |||||
| Industry | Video games Consumer electronics | |||||
| Revenue | ¥1.601 trillion (2023) | |||||
| Net income | ¥432.7 billion (2023) | |||||
| Employees | 7,317 (2023) | |||||
| Website | nintendo.com | |||||
Nintendo Co., Ltd. (任天堂株式会社 Nintendō Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese video game company headquartered in Kyoto. Founded in 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, Nintendo began as a producer of hanafuda cards. Throughout the 20th century, the company entered various industries before starting to develop video games in the 1970s. Nintendo went on to gain international success with the release of the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1985 and became one of the most successful video game companies in the industry, developing franchises such as Mario, Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda, Metroid, Pokémon, Animal Crossing, Pikmin, and Splatoon.
Video game consoles[edit]
Below is a list of video game consoles made by Nintendo. Bold indicates a console with at least one Animal Crossing game.
- Color TV-Game (1977)
- Game & Watch (1980)
- Family Computer (1983) / Nintendo Entertainment System (1985)
- Game Boy (1989)
- Super Famicom (1990) / Super Nintendo Entertainment System (1991)
- Virtual Boy (1995)
- Nintendo 64 (1996)
- Game Boy Color (1998)
- Game Boy Advance (2001)
- Nintendo GameCube (2001)
- Nintendo DS (2004)
- Wii (2006)
- Nintendo 3DS (2011)
- Wii U (2012)
- Nintendo Switch (2017)
- Nintendo Switch 2 (2025)
Services[edit]
Loyalty programs[edit]
Club Nintendo[edit]
Club Nintendo was a Nintendo reward system where users inputted codes included with Nintendo games and consoles to receive Coins (known as Stars in Europe). Coins could also have been earned by completing surveys. These Coins were then able to be traded for a variety of prizes, including Animal Crossing-related merchandise. It was discontinued in 2015.
My Nintendo[edit]
Launched in 2016 as the successor to Club Nintendo, My Nintendo is a loyalty program that uses Gold and Platinum Points received from purchasing or registering Nintendo games and using Nintendo services to purchase various rewards, including wallpapers, printables, digital game guides, and software discounts.
Online services[edit]
Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection[edit]
Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection was the online service used by the Nintendo DS and Wii. It was launched in 2005 and discontinued in 2014.
WiiConnect24[edit]
WiiConnect24 was an online service for the Wii that allowed the console to download data while in standby mode. It was launched in 2006 and discontinued in 2013.
Nintendo Network[edit]
Nintendo Network was the online service used by the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U. It was launched in 2012 and discontinued in 2024.
Nintendo Switch Online[edit]
Nintendo Switch Online is a paid subscription service launched in 2018 for the Nintendo Switch that gives users access to online multiplayer and exclusive software such as NES and SNES games. Beginning in 2024, it also includes access to Nintendo Music, a music-streaming mobile app that contains music from various Nintendo games.
Appearances in the Animal Crossing series[edit]
In the first-generation games[edit]
In every first-generation Animal Crossing game except Dòngwù Sēnlín, an Animalese voice says "Nintendo" when the game boots up. Additionally, the Nintendo logo appears when booting the game in Doubutsu no Mori+, Animal Crossing, and Doubutsu no Mori e+. The logo is a different color in each version: white in Doubutsu no Mori+, red in Animal Crossing, and blue in Doubutsu no Mori e+.
There are five variations of the Animalese "Nintendo": one which plays when the game is initially booted, and four that play in order when the game returns to the title screen, either through resetting, quitting, or letting the title screen demo loop. The sounds play in order and loop once all have been played.
The sound was changed to use the international version of Animalese in Animal Crossing, and the change was retained in Doubutsu no Mori e+.
- Doubutsu no Mori and Doubutsu no Mori+
"Nintendo" (initial boot)
"Nintendo" (reset 1)
"Nintendo" (reset 2)
"Nintendo" (reset 3)
"Nintendo" (reset 4)
- Animal Crossing and Doubutsu no Mori e+
"Nintendo" (initial boot)
"Nintendo" (reset 1)
"Nintendo" (reset 2)
"Nintendo" (reset 3)
"Nintendo" (reset 4)
In Wild World[edit]
In Animal Crossing: Wild World, the Nintendo logo and Animalese vocalization return. The logo is a different color between regions: blue in Japan, red in North America and Europe, and white in South Korea. Unlike the first-generation games, there is only one version of the Animalese "Nintendo" and it is the same between all regions.
"Nintendo"
Gallery[edit]
Logo from 1975 to 2006
Logo from 2006 to 2016
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External links[edit]
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