A Gap Fill on Nintendo

Nintendo is a Japan- multinational video game manufacturer and . It was founded in 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi as a maker of Japanese handmade hanafuda cards. The company tried various over the next century before turning to toys in 1966 and video games in 1977. It became one of the most popular and most in the world. It is also Japan’s third most company, with a value of almost $100 billion. The company website says ‘Nintendo’ means ‘Leave luck to Heaven’. A game called Shigeru Miyamoto was hired by Nintendo and he changed the company’s with like Donkey Kong and Super Mario. Miyamoto is now a gaming superstar. The of the Nintendo DS and the Wii game console further Nintendo as a major player.