Editing Nintendo

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'''Nintendo Co., Ltd.''' ({{j|任天堂株式会社|Nintendō Kabushiki Gaisha}}) is a video game company that was founded in September 1889 as a manufacturer of a card game called ''Hanafuda''. Nintendo gained popularity in the video game industry with the release of ''Donkey Kong'' in 1981, and have since become one of the largest video game companies. One of Nintendo's current products is the [[Pikmin series|''Pikmin'' series]] of video games, which has had products and related media released on the [[Nintendo GameCube]], [[Wii]], [[Wii U]], [[Nintendo 3DS]], and [[Nintendo Switch]]. Other popular Nintendo franchises include [[mariowiki:Mario (series)|''Mario'']], [[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda (series)|''Zelda'']], [[metroid:Metroid (series)|''Metroid'']], [[starfox:Star Fox (series)|''Star Fox'']], [[wikirby:Kirby (series)|''Kirby'']], [[fzero:F-Zero (series)|''F-Zero'']], and [[bulbapedia:Pokémon games|''Pokémon'']].

The first ''Pikmin'' game, titled {{p1}}, was released in 2001 as a technical demo of the GameCube's abilities. Following generally positive reviews, Nintendo developed a sequel, {{p2}}, and have since developed 2 additional games in the main series, {{p3}} and {{p4}}. In addition, they have published the 2017 spinoff title {{hp}}, co-developed the 2021 mobile app {{pb}}, published remakes of the first 3 main games, and added Pikmin content to the Wii U game ''[[Nintendo Land]]'' and the ''[[Super Smash Bros. series]]''. Because of this, many references to the company and its properties appear in the form of [[Treasure|treasures]].

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==Shigeru Miyamoto==
[[File:Miyamoto.jpg|thumb|Shigeru Miyamoto at E3 2012, showing off ''[[Pikmin 3]]'' while holding a [[Red Pikmin]] plush.]]
'''Shigeru Miyamoto''' is a video game designer and producer for Nintendo. He is well-known for his work on many video game series, and has received near-universal critical acclaim. Some of the game series he has designed and created include ''[[mario:Mario (series)|Mario]]'', ''[[zelda:The Legend of Zelda (Series)|The Legend of Zelda]]'', and ''Pikmin''. He has worked on all ''Pikmin'' titles so far.

==Satoru Iwata==
'''Satoru Iwata''' was a Japanese video game programmer for Nintendo, and was also the fourth CEO of the company from 2002 until his death in 2015. He was involved in the development of ''Pikmin 3'', and received an executive producer credit for ''Pikmin 2''.

==Hajime Wakai==
'''Hajime Wakai''' is a Japanese composer for Nintendo. He is best known for composing the soundtracks for the ''Pikmin'' series with help from Kazumi Totaka, and has recorded some of the voice samples for the Pikmin themselves.

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==External links==
*{{w|Nintendo|Wikipedia's article on Nintendo}}

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