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Nintendo Co., Ltd.

A Japanese company that makes beloved video game hardware and software, including the Nintendo Switch console and the Mario, Zelda, and Pokémon franchises that players around the world grew up with. It began in 1889 in Kyoto, when Fusajiro Yamauchi started selling hand-painted Hanafuda playing cards, and its name is commonly translated as "leave luck to heaven." A fun detail: Mario debuted in 1981 under the name Jumpman and only became "Mario" after Nintendo of America's landlord, who was arguing over rent.