Nintendo

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Nintendo, right now, has the most sales out of all the companies which sell 7th generation video games (2005-2009).

Nintendo's famous Wii has the most world-wide sales out of all the 7th generation home video games. Nintendo Wii's famous game, Wii Sports (40.5 million sales), has beaten out PlayStation's Metal Gear Solid 4 (4.5 million) and Xbox's Halo 3 (10.3 million). The Nintendo DS has also beaten out it's 7th generation hand-held competitor, Sony PlayStation Portable. The Nintendo DS's most famous game, Nintendogs (21.67 million sales), had more sales than the PlayStation Portable's most famous game, Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (2.55 million sales).

__History:__ The Nintendo Company Ltd. is a global company located in Kyoto, Japan, founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi. The Nintendo Company was first created for the production of playing cards.



After several failed attempts at making a taxi company, a "love hotel" chain, a TV network, and a food company, Nintendo finally landed on video games in 1978. Nintendo's first games, like Computer Othello, Donkey Kong, and Game & Watch, brought Nintendo to world-wide success.

After the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) was released in 1985 as a third generation video game, Nintendo then followed up with the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) as a fourth generation video game, the Nintendo 64 as a fifth generation video game, the Nintendo GameCube as a sixth generation, and then the Nintendo Wii as a seventh generation video game.

Nintendo's hand-held games, like the Game Boy, the Game Boy Color, the Game Boy Advance, the Game Boy Micro, and the Nintendo DS were also a big help to Nintendo's success.



Nintendo's famous games included Super Mario, Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong, and Pokemon.



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