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Nintendo Co., of Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, is the worldwide innovator in the creation of interactive entertainment. Nintendo manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Wii™, Nintendo DS™, Game Boy® Advance and Nintendo GameCube™ systems.
Since 1983, Nintendo has sold nearly 2.4 billion video games and more than 420 million hardware units globally, and has created industry icons like Mario™, Donkey Kong®, and Pokémon®.
Mario is a video game character created by Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto and the official mascot of Nintendo. He has appeared in over 100 video games since his creation, more than any other character. He has also found his way into racing games, puzzle games, role-playing games, fighting games, sports games, and many others.
Donkey Kong is an arcade game that was first released by Nintendo in the early 1980’s. The storyline is thin but well-developed for its time. In it, Mario (originally called Jumpman) must rescue a damsel in distress, Pauline, from a giant ape named Donkey Kong. The hero and ape have gone on to become two of Nintendo's more popular characters.
Nintendogs launched in 2006 lets owners choose a puppy from one of 18 breeds, then raise and train the pup. Owners can teach their puppies new tricks. Successful trainers earn money and trainer points to use to buy additional breeds, new toys and accessories.
- The DS system out sells iPod by 4 to 1 and with Nintendogs has created interest from very different consumers.
- Nintendogs is the best selling new property for handheld games system.
- As Nintendo's mascot, Mario is considered to be the most famous character in video game history
- The Mario series of video games has sold more than 193 million units, making the Mario series the best-selling video game series of all time
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