The game was inducted into GameSpys " Hall of Fame ", and was voted 54th place in Nintendo Powers top 200 Nintendo games.

In Nintendo Powers Top 200 countdown in 2004, Ocarina of Time took first place, and seven other Zelda games placed in the top 40.

Dr. Mario is rated the 134 < sup > th </ sup > best game released on a Nintendo system in Nintendo Powers Top 200 Games list, by ScrewAttack as the seventh best Mario game of all time, and by IGN as the 51 < sup > st </ sup > best NES game of all time.

It was rated the 63rd best game made on a Nintendo system in Nintendo Powers " Top 200 Games " list in 2006.

Paper Mario was rated the 63rd best game made on a Nintendo system in Nintendo Powers " Top 200 Games " list, and the 13th greatest Nintendo 64 game of all time by the same magazine.

The game placed first in the player's poll " Top 30 " in Nintendo Powers first issue and continued to dominate the list into the early 1990s.

It placed first in Game Informers list of " The Top 200 Games of All Time ", fifth in Electronic Gaming Monthlys 200th issue listing " The Greatest 200 Videogames of Their Time ", seventh in Nintendo Powers list of the 200 Best Nintendo Games Ever, 77th in Official Nintendo Magazine's 100 greatest Nintendo games of all time and 80th among IGN readers ' " Top 99 Games ".

Prime was also chosen for lists of best games: 24th in IGN's Top 100, 29th in a 100 game list chosen by GameFAQs users, and 10th in Nintendo Powers " Top 200 Nintendo Games Ever ".

At the end of 1989, it was the top ranked game on Nintendo Powers Top 30 list.

It ranked number 33 in Nintendo Powers " Top 200 Nintendo Games Ever " list and number 60 in Official Nintendo Magazines " 100 Best Nintendo Games " list.

Pilotwings 64 was ranked number 38 in Nintendo Powers " 100 Best Nintendo Games of All Time " in its landmark 100th issue in September 1997.

In October 1992, a staff writer of the UK publication Nintendo Magazine System said that Kid Icarus was " pretty good fun ", but did not " compare too well " to other platform games, owing in part to its " rather dated " graphics.

When Nintendo of America received a 60 % complete version in November, the staff were surprised at the inclusion of an RPG battle system.

He later states that the staff of GamesRadar feels that Waluigi is seen as " less than legitimate " by Nintendo, who he feels may not find him good enough to appear in a main Mario or Wario title.

Since then, he has been collaborating with other staff members at Nintendo EAD, supervising music created by others, as well as providing additional compositions for games such as Super Mario Galaxy, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.

The game was a collaborative effort between Retro's staff in Austin, Texas and Japanese Nintendo employees, including producer Shigeru Miyamoto, who was the one who suggested the project after visiting Retro's headquarters in 2000.

During the last nine months of development Retro's staff worked 80 to 100-hour weeks to reach the deadline imposed by Nintendo.

Super Metroid was developed by Nintendo R & D1 with a staff of 15 people managed by Gunpei Yokoi.

What became Link's Awakening began as a port of the Super Nintendo title The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, developed after-hours by Nintendo staff.

Other staff members of the Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development division joined him after-hours, and worked on the game in what seemed to them like an " afterschool club ".

Nintendo Power editorial staff praised the music in 2008, stating it is among the best on the platform.

After the release of Chrono Cross, a number of key staff from the title left Square to form a new development studio, Monolith Soft, which was initially owned by Namco and is currently a first-party developer working under Nintendo.

The 1UP. com staff listed the battle with Ridley in Super Metroid as being one of the most iconic in Nintendo history.

While some of the game's designers were similar to that of the original PC-9801 title, much of the staff for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System version was made up of a younger, less experienced crew, which Yoneda stated made things " interesting " during development.

Along with the cosmetic overhaul came a greater focus on Nintendo fans, staff reviews, rumor-milling and fan service including an expanded and enhanced reader mail segment ( known as " Pulse ") and an equally revamped " Community " section.

The awards are nominated by the staff members, and the awards are voted on by the readers via Nintendo. com.

Camp Hyrule is moderated and maintained by Nintendo of America's online staff.

The character Captain N first appeared in Nintendo Power magazine, created by a Nintendo staff member and magazine editor named Randy Studdard.

Campaigns were even waged to have Digitiser's writing team fired-both within Teletext by its editorial minions, and beyond ( by disgruntled Amiga, Sega, Sony, or Nintendo fans, not to mention the staff of Mean Machines and Official Nintendo magazines-whom Digitiser frequently poked fun at ).

Employing a staff of 218 people, it is known for developing such games as the Dragon Ball Z: Budokai trilogy for the PlayStation 2, and the Sonic the Hedgehog games specific to the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS under the guise of Sonic Team.

Nintendo programmer Kazuyoshi Osawa took lead of developing the game engine with several members of the original Wario Ware staff.

The editorial staff also takes part in conducting interviews with developers and hardware designers, such as Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii, Nintendo 3DS designer Hideiki Anno, and Portal writer Erik Wolpaw.

It has undergone numerous revisions for various platforms ( including Windows, Macintosh, Amiga, Atari ST, PlayStation, N-Gage and Super Nintendo ) and now exists in several versions.

Nintendo has released a pair of video games in Japan for the Nintendo DS, Osu!

Nintendo Power listed the dog as one of the things they love to hate, stating that there is not a Duck Hunt player in the world who has not wanted to shoot him.

The Game Boy line ( including Game Boy Advance for Ambassadors ) has made a retro return via the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console.

The Nintendo 64 version, developed by Software Creations retains all graphical quality and scenery architecture, has a consistent framerate, and includes high detail and smooth filtering options.

Due to cartridge storage limitations, the Nintendo 64 version is based on the original PC floppy version and lacks the FMV scenes and Redbook audio music introduced in the CD-ROM version, although it has new narrative introductions to the levels.

As of October 18, 2010, Nintendo has sold over 565 million hardware units and 3. 4 billion software units.

Nintendo has since allowed several mature-content games to be published on its consoles, including: Perfect Dark, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Doom and Doom 64, BMX XXX, the Resident Evil series, killer7, Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, BloodRayne, Geist and Dementium: The Ward.

The Nintendo DS also has violent games, such as Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Dementium: The Ward, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 and Resident Evil: Deadly Silence.

It is displayed on any game, system, or accessory licensed for use on one of its video game consoles, denoting the game has been properly licensed by Nintendo.

This seal is your assurance that Nintendo has reviewed this product and that it has met our standards for excellence in workmanship, reliability and entertainment value.

Nintendo has produced a number of gaming systems, many with different iterations.

Redmond is best known as the home of Microsoft ( for which Redmond has become a metonym ) and Nintendo of America.

As well as several sequels Nintendo has released numerous other sporting and non-sporting Mario spin-offs since Super Mario Kart ; a trend in part accredited to the commercial and critical success of the game.

Following this model the Mario series has gone on to become the best selling video game franchise of all time with 193 million units sold as of January 2007, almost 40 million units ahead of second ranked franchise ( Pokémon, also by Nintendo ).

The roster of racers has expanded in recent games to include a greater selection of Nintendo characters including some which had not been created at the time of Super Mario Karts release – such as Petey Piranha from Super Mario Sunshine who appeared in Mario Kart Double Dash.

Though its sales success as a non-Nintendo handheld has been surpassed by the PlayStation Portable ( PSP ), the Game Gear still stands as the longest supported handheld console not made by Nintendo.

The Legend of Zelda series, like many Nintendo games, has been noted for its use of music.

Koji Kondo, who has been described as the " greatest legend in the video game audio industry " because of his work for Nintendo, has composed much of the music for the series, although the last game for which he was solely responsible for the composition of the soundtrack was The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

Nintendo has confirmed an original Zelda title for the Nintendo 3DS and are also considering a Majora's Mask remake.

SCUMM has been released on the following platforms: 3DO, Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, CDTV, Commodore 64, Fujitsu Towns & Marty, Apple Macintosh, Nintendo Entertainment System, DOS, Microsoft Windows, Sega Mega-CD and TurboGrafx-16 / PC Engine.