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[edit] People / Divisions
[edit] People
- Minoru Arakawa — Former president and founder of Nintendo of America.
- Reggie Fils-Aime — President and COO of Nintendo of America.
- George Harrison — Senior Vice President of marketing and corporate communications.
- Satoru Iwata — Current president of Nintendo (2002-present).
- Perrin Kaplan — Nintendo of America's Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Affairs
- Tatsumi Kimishima — CEO and Chairman of the Board for Nintendo of America, Inc. [1]
- Koji Kondo — Composer of music tracks in many Nintendo games, including virtually every home console entry of Super Mario and Legend of Zelda.
- 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, Pikmin, 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.
- Howard Lincoln — Now retired, former Chairman of Nintendo of America.
- Howard Philips — Creator of Nintendo Power magazine.
- Satoshi Tajiri — Creator of the Pokémon series.
- Yuka Tsujiyoko — Composer of music tracks in many Intelligent Systems games, most notably Paper Mario and the Fire Emblem series.
- Fusajiro Yamauchi — Founder of Nintendo in 1889. Died 1940.
- Hiroshi Yamauchi — Former president of Nintendo (1949–2002).
- Gunpei Yokoi — Best-known as the creator of the Game Boy and the Metroid series. Died 1997.
- Shigesato Itoi - Creator of EarthBound series
- Masahiro Sakurai - Creator of Kirby and Super Smash Bros..
[edit] Some popular franchises and characters
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- Animal Crossing - Also known as Animal Forest in Japan, a franchise that has developed a cult following and constantly growing install base with each installment. It has appeared on the Nintendo 64 (Animal Forest), GameCube, Nintendo DS, E-Reader, and will soon be appearing on the Wii.
- Brain Age - Nintendo DS title that helps players exercise their brains in minutes a day through simple, interactive problems.
- Donkey Kong (Nintendo EAD Tokyo) - Dates back to Nintendo's original line of arcade games. Introduced Mario, back then known as "Jumpman."
- EarthBound (called "Mother" in Japan) - A very quirky role-playing game series that takes place in modern times.
- Fire Emblem (Intelligent Systems) - Medieval RPG/strategy series started in 1990, confined to Japan until 2003.
- F-Zero - Futuristic racing game series which began in 1990
- Game & Watch - Nintendo's oldest franchise, started on handheld systems.
- Ice Climber - An old franchise featuring Popo and Nana, two parka-clad mountain climbers.
- Kid Icarus - "Sister series" to the much more popular Metroid franchise. Stars Pit, a young, bow-wielding angel.
- Kirby (HAL Laboratory, Inc.) - A typically pink (but sometimes multi-colored) puff who can copy enemy powers for his own use. Has starred in several games since his debut on the Game Boy.
- Legend of Stafy
- The Legend of Zelda (Nintendo EAD) - One of the company's most popular franchises and widely considered to be among the best franchises ever. It has won numerous awards including several "Greatest Game of all Time" awards. [citation needed]
- Mario (Nintendo EAD) - Nintendo's flagship franchise and main influence in the platform genre. Mario has branched out to multiple spin-offs including Mario Kart, Mario Party, Paper Mario, Mario Tennis, Dr. Mario and Super Mario Strikers (has a game for almost every sport).
- Metroid (Intelligent Systems / Retro Studios) - One of the company's most popular franchises, featuring a futuristic bounty hunter called Samus Aran.
- Nintendo Wars - Series historically confined to Japan but has recently appeared overseas with Advance Wars and Battalion Wars.
- Nintendogs - A dog simulator which can be considered the first of the Touch Generations branding of Nintendo games.
- Pikmin - One of Nintendo's newest franchises, only two installments as of summer 2006 (both on the GameCube).
- Pokemon (Game Freak) - Arguably the most influential (and most lucrative) of Nintendo's franchises. The aim is to try and capture one of every species of Pokémon (currently 493 are available in standard canon) and become the strongest Pokémon trainer in the Pokémon world.
- Punch-Out!! - Boxing game where the player had to fight his/her way to win the heavyweight belt.
- Star Fox (Nintendo EAD) - Has appeared on the Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, Nintendo GameCube and DS. Star Fox is a futuristic flying fighter.
- Super Smash Bros. (HAL Laboratory, Inc. / Sora Ltd.) - A fighting game that pins Nintendo's (and, more recently, other companies') franchises up against each other. Has appeared on The Nintendo 64, Nintendo GameCube, and will be appearing on Wii.
[edit] Divisions
Nintendo has an extensive list of major developers that work on its systems. Some of the most popular being HAL Laboratory, Game Freak, and Camelot Software Planning.
[edit] Released arcade games
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[edit] Slogans
Slogans from Nintendo (slogans in languages other than English are also included):
- Now you're playing with power. (NES, 1985)
- Now you're playing with power. Super power. (SNES, 1991)
- Now you're playing with power. Portable power. (Game Boy)
- Play it loud! (Game Boy, 1994)
- A 3-D game for a 3-D World (Virtual Boy)
- Get into it! (Game Boy Color, 1998)
- Vous n'en reviendrez pas (N64, France 1998)
- Feel Everything Everywhere (Game Boy Color, Europe 1999)
- Welcome to the future (N64, Europe 1999)
- Change the System (N64)
- Get N or get out. (N64)
- Life, Advanced. (Game Boy Advance, 2001)
- Igazi játékos vagy? (Are you a real gamer?, Game Boy Advance, Hungary 2001)
- La vie est un jeu (GameCube, France 2002)
- Az élet játék. (The life is a game, GameCube, Hungary 2002)
- Gaming 24:7 (Europe 2002)
- Touching Is Good. (Nintendo DS)
- Touch Me!"Touchez-moi!" (DS, 2005)
- Pick up and play (DS, Europe 2005)
- Open up and play (DS, Europe 2005)
- Pour changer (Wii, France 2006)
- Playing = Believing (Wii, 2006)
- Who are you? (United States)
- Too much fun. (Canada)
- Kore wa nan deshou? (What is this?, Wii, Japan 2006)
- What is this? This is Wii. (Also translations into other languages; Wii, Europe, 2006)
- Wii Move You (Wii, UK 2006)
- Wii would like to play (Wii, Americas 2006)
- Oh Wii (Wii, Quebec Canada, 2006)
