** The Wii is backward compatible with all games from the Nintendo GameCube, due to its being based on the PowerPC, the same base as the latter ; however, a " Family Edition " model released in North America and Europe in late 2011 removes GameCube support.

Due to concerns from Nintendo of America, the Super NES version was modified to not include any swastikas or Nazi references ; furthermore, blood was replaced with sweat to make the game seem less violent, and the attack dogs in the game were replaced by giant mutant rats.

Kid Icarus, known as in Japan, is an action platform video game for the Famicom Disk System in Japan and the Nintendo Entertainment System in Europe and North America.

A download code was given to users who registered two selected 3DS games with Nintendo in Japan and Europe or pre-ordered Kid Icarus: Uprising in North America from certain retailers before it was released.

Nintendo of America is also the majority owner of the Seattle Mariners Major League Baseball team.

Nintendo of America and Nintendo of Europe went further in that games released for Nintendo consoles could not feature nudity, sexuality, profanity ( including racism, sexism or slurs ), blood, graphic or domestic violence, drugs, political messages or religious symbols ( with the exception of widely unpracticed religions, such as the Greek Pantheon ).

The only clear-set rule is that ESRB AO-rated games will not be licensed on Nintendo consoles in North America, a practice which is also enforced by Sony and Microsoft, its two greatest competitors in the present market.

The gold starburst seal was first used by Nintendo of America, and later Nintendo of Europe.

Nintendo of America unveiled the Virtual Boy at the Consumer Electronics Show on 6 January 1995.

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

Owned by Nintendo of America, the Mariners are one of three Major League Baseball teams under corporate ownership ; the other two are the Atlanta Braves and the Toronto Blue Jays.

The second game, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, was released for the Famicom Disk System in Japan in January 1987, and for the Nintendo Entertainment System in Europe in November 1988 and North America in December 1988.

This compilation was never sold commercially, and originally could only be obtained by purchasing a GameCube bundled with the disc, ( in North America, Europe and Australia ), by registering a GameCube and two games at Nintendo. com, or by subscribing or renewing a subscription to Nintendo Power ( in North America ) or Club Nintendo in Sweden.

In November 2004 in Japan and Europe, and January 2005 in America, Nintendo released The Minish Cap for the Game Boy Advance.

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the series, Nintendo of America originally had planned to release a compilation of titles together for the Wii, similar to the collector's edition disc released for the GameCube in 2003.

In the Nintendo / GameFreak video game franchise " Pokémon ", there are three creatures in the same evolutionary chain named Abra, Kadabra, and Alakazam ( the third of which is also an alleged magic word used by stage magicians ).

All Star Cheerleader is also available for Nintendo DS.

Prior to the NES version, Nintendo also made a Duck Hunt game based on Laser Clay Shooting System released in 1976.

The Doctor V64 ( also referred to simply as the V64 ) is a development and backup device made by Bung Enterprises Ltd that is used in conjunction with the Nintendo 64.

Hexen was also released for the Sega Saturn, PlayStation and Nintendo 64, all released by GT Interactive during the first half of 1997.

Nintendo Power also listed it as the 20th best NES video game, and praised it for its " unique vertically scrolling stages, fun platforming, and infectious 8-bit tunes ", in spite of its " unmerciful difficulty ".

* Mandragora is the name of several enemy characters in various of Konami's Castlevania games and also an important item in Castlevania ( Nintendo 64 ).

This enemy is repeated with the same game mechanic and frames on the Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin & Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia also for Nintendo DS.

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.

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 ).

* Mario Pinball Land, also known as Super Mario Ball, a pinball video game for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance

The formation of a new company also made it possible to take advantage of Nintendo ’ s Q fund for new game developers who develop for GameCube.

The game also heavily used context-sensitive button play, which enabled the player to control various actions with Link using only one button on the Nintendo 64's game pad.

Nintendo also hinted they are working on a high-definition Legend of Zelda title for the Wii U, but that the final version may not necessarily take the same form as what was depicted in the demo.

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

Link is also a fighter in Super Smash Bros. Melee for the Nintendo GameCube, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii alongside Zelda ( also able to transform into Sheik ), Ganondorf and Young Link ( the child version of Link from Ocarina of Time ).

It is also the first Mario Kart game not to be developed by Nintendo EAD ; instead, it was developed by Nintendo's Intelligent Systems division.

It was also ported to the PlayStation Portable in February 2006, the Nintendo DS in October 2008 and the Wii in November 2008.

A simplified version of Dr. Mario also appears in the Nintendo DS game Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day!

Nintendo had no problems supplying retailers with the Game Boy for the Christmas season while Atari Corp. only managed limited distribution of their Lynx by year's end.

The V64jr had no CD drive and plugged into the normal cartridge slot on the top of the Nintendo 64.

Despite their work, Nintendo turned them down, saying they had no interest in expanding to the PC market, and that Mario games were to remain exclusive to Nintendo consoles.

He thought that it had " aged in as timeless a manner as many other first-party Nintendo games from the NES era ", and described Kid Icarus as " one of those games that made a lot more sense back in the ' 80s, accompanied by a tips and tricks strategy sheet ".

In terms of its long lasting impact on the video game industry, perhaps the most intriguing aspect is Wyn Holloway's claim that Lucasfilm had their frequent partner Sony lined up to manufacture their version of the system, this being contemporaneous with Sony's development of the SNES-CD for Nintendo, which ultimately led to the first PlayStation.

For many years, Nintendo had a policy of strict content guidelines for video games published on its consoles.

A known side effect of this policy was the Sega Genesis version of Mortal Kombat selling over double the number of the Super NES version, mainly because Nintendo had forced publisher Acclaim to recolor the red blood to look like white sweat and replace some of the more gory graphics in its release of the game, making it non-violent.

* There was a minimum number of cartridges that had to be ordered by the licensee from Nintendo.

Nintendo and Philips had established an agreement to co-develop a CD-ROM enhancement for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System due to licensing disagreements with Nintendo's previous partner Sony ( an agreement that produced a prototype console called the Play Station ).

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.

Square was one of the many companies that had planned to develop and publish their games for the Nintendo 64, but with the cheaper costs associated with developing games on CDs for the Sony PlayStation, the games were instead made for PlayStation.

was a shell corporation founded by Square to create video games for the Nintendo GameCube, even though Square had an exclusive deal with Sony Computer Entertainment to create games only for PlayStation consoles.

The original Game Gear pack-in title was Columns, which was similar to the Tetris cartridge that Nintendo had included when it launched the Game Boy.

People who were frustrated with Nintendo's policy of remaking older games for the GBA were pleasantly surprised that not only had Nintendo released a brand new Mario Kart game, but that all of the courses from Super Mario Kart had been included instead of being released as a separate port.

The game was either ported, remade, or has had a sequel on every Nintendo home console since the NES as well as most portable consoles, including a re-release in 2004 on the Game Boy Advance as part of the Classic NES Series.

TOSE ported both titles from the Super Nintendo Entertainment System ; each had been previously released as individual Japanese PlayStation ports in 1997 ( Final Fantasy IV ) and 1999 ( Chrono Trigger ).

The video-game industry was revitalized a few years later, mostly due to the widespread success of the Nintendo Entertainment System ( NES ), which was released in North America in and had become extremely popular by.