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[[File:Imagst.jpg|thumb|The old Nintendo logo....]] | [[File:Imagst.jpg|thumb|The old Nintendo logo....]] | ||
'''Nintendo''' is a video-game company that was founded in September 1889 as a manufacturer of a card game called ''Hanfuda''. One of Nintendo's current products is the [[Pikmin series]] of games, which number two GameCube games along with their ''[[New Play Control!]]'' releases, and a third on the way. | '''Nintendo''' is a video-game company that was founded in September 1889 as a manufacturer of a card game called ''Hanfuda''. One of Nintendo's current products is the [[Pikmin series]] of games, which number two GameCube games along with their ''[[New Play Control!]]'' releases, and a third (Pikmin 3) on the way. The first game, [[Pikmin (game) |''Pikmin'']], was released in 2001 in North America and Japan, and in 2002 in Europe. The sequel to ''Pikmin'', [[Pikmin 2 |''Pikmin 2'']] was released in 2004. The [[New Play Control!]] version of ''Pikmin'' was released in 2008 in Japan and 2009 everywhere else. ''New Play Control! Pikmin 2'' was released in 2009 in Japan, Europe and Australia; the given date of release in North America is also 2009. These games are played on Nintendo consoles, the [[Wii]] and [[GameCube]]. Other popular Nintendo franchises include Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Star Fox, Kirby, F-Zero and Pokémon. | ||
[[Image:Nintendo-logo.png|thumb|right|...and the newer one.]] | [[Image:Nintendo-logo.png|thumb|right|...and the newer one.]] | ||
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