Nintendo
Founded | 1889 |
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Headquarters | Kyoto, Japan |
Key people | Shuntaro Furukawa (President) |
Website | nintendo.com |
Nintendo is a Japanese video game company based in Kyoto, Japan.
The company played a key part in the licensing of Tetris in the United States, having manufactured the Game Boy and Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom which hosted some of the most successful versions of Tetris in the United States.
In 1988, the company was also involved in a legal battle with Atari regarding the console rights to Tetris (Atari of whom had already produced their own version for the NES).
Former Nintendo of America president Minoru Arakawa would eventually form Tetris Online Japan, Inc. with Henk Rogers.
Games
Developed
- Tetris (Game Boy)
- Tetris (NES, Nintendo)
- Tetris & Dr. Mario
- Tetris DX
- Nintendo Mini Classics Tetris
- Pokémon Tetris
- Tetris DS
Published
- The New Tetris (developed by H2O and Blue Planet Software)
- Tetris: Axis (developed by Hudson Soft)
- Tetris 99 (developed by Arika)
- Tetrisphere (developed by H2O)
- Tetris Attack (developed by Intelligent Systems)
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