Nintendo Co., Ltd. is a Japanese multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto. It develops,publishes and releases video games.
Nintendo was founded in 1889 as Nintendo Koppai by craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi and originally produced handmade hanafuda playing cards. After venturing into various lines of business during the 1960s and acquiring a legal status as a public company, Nintendo distributed its first console, the Color TV-Game, in 1977. It gained international recognition with the release of Donkey Kong in 1981 and the Nintendo Hyper-System and Super Mario Bros. in 1986.