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'''Nintendo Company, Limited''' (任天堂 ''Nintendō''^{[[Help:Japanese|<span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color:#00e;font:bold 80% sans-serif;text-decoration:none;padding:0 .1em;">?</span>]]}; {{ndaq|NTDOY}}, {{tyo|7974}}) is a [[multinational corporation]] founded on <!--This founding date is correct. Nintendo is literally over a hundred years old. Please do not change it to another date.--> [[September 23]] [[1889]]<ref name="history NOJ">{{cite web|last=|first=|authorlink=|coauthors=|date=|year=|month=|url=http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n05/index.html|title=Company History|format=|work=|pages=|publisher=Nintendo of Japan|language=Japanese|accessdate=2006-07-29|accessyear=|curly=}}</ref> in [[Kyoto]], [[Japan]] by [[Fusajiro Yamauchi]] to produce handmade [[hanafuda]] cards.<ref name="history NOA">{{cite web|last=|first=|authorlink=|coauthors=|date=|year=|month=|url=http://www.nintendo.com/corp/history.jsp|title=Company History|format=|work=|pages=|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=|accessdate=2006-06-04|accessyear=|curly=}}</ref> In the mid-twentieth century, the company tried several small niche businesses, such as a [[love hotel]] and a taxi company.<ref name="history N-Sider">{{cite web|last=|first=|authorlink=|coauthors=|date=|year=|month=|url=http://www.n-sider.com/articleview.php?articleid=45|title=Nintendo History Lesson: The Lucky Birth|format=|work=|pages=|publisher=[[N-sider]]|language=|accessdate=2006-06-04|accessyear=|curly=}}</ref> Over the years, it became a [[Computer and video games|video game]] company, growing into one of the most powerful in the [[Video game industry|industry]]. Aside from video games, Nintendo is also the majority owner of the [[Seattle Mariners]], a [[Major League Baseball]] team in [[Seattle]], [[Washington]],. also theyThey also are the partial owner of the [[Atlanta Hawks]], an [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] team in [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].