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 Nintendo Co., Ltd. is a Japanese multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. It develops video games and video game consoles.

Nintendo was founded in 1 889 as Nintendo Karuta by craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi and originally produced handmade hanafuda playing cards. After venturing into various lines of business during the 1 960s and acquiring a legal status as a public company, Nintendo distributed its first console, the Color TV-Game, in 1 977. It gained international recognition with the release of Donkey Kong in 1 9 81 and the Nintendo Entertainment System and Super Mario Bros. in 1 985.