** 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.

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.

Nintendo of America also had guidelines before 1993 that had to be followed by its licensees to make games for the Nintendo Entertainment System, in addition to the above content guidelines:.

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.

A 3D Classics remake of Kid Icarus was published for the Nintendo 3DS handheld console in Europe on January 5, 2012 and in Australia on January 17, 2012.

* Might and Magic II: Gates to Another World ( 1988 ; Apple II, Amiga, DOS, Commodore 64, Mac, Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System ( Europe only ), SNES ( Japan-only, different from the European version ), MSX, PC-Engine CD )

In addition, Nintendo celebrated the 25th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda game by releasing a Zelda game for all its current consoles in 2011: Link's Awakening in the 3DS's Virtual Console on June 7, Ocarina of Time 3D for the 3DS on mid-June, Four Swords Anniversary Edition on September 28, 2011 to February 20, 2012 as a free DSiWare download and Skyward Sword for the Wii, which was released on November 18, 2011 in Europe, November 20, 2011 in the United States and November 24, 2011 in Australia.

Populous DS, a new version of the game ( published by Xseed Games in America and Rising Star Games in Europe ), was developed by Genki for the Nintendo DS and released November 11, 2008.

The third and last issue of the soundtrack, Love, Peace & Happiness: The Original Yoshi's Story Soundtrack, contained 28 tracks, and was released in Germany on April 9, 1998, published by Nintendo of Europe GmbH.

The Goonies II was both released in North America, Europe and Australia, although the original was one of the NES games released as part of the Nintendo Vs. System arcade machine in the 1980s.

The game was also remade as part of the Super Mario All-Stars collection for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System ( SNES ), released on August 1, 1993 in North America and December 16, 1993 in Europe.

Nintendo of Europe announced that The Lost Levels would be retired as a download at the end of the month.

The Super Nintendo version 1. 1 was released on the Virtual Console for the Wii in Oceania on 7 December 2006, Europe on 8 December 2006, and North America on 19 February 2007.

It was released in Australia on September 3, 2001 and in Europe as the final PAL-region Nintendo 64 game on November 16, 2001.

More than a year later, North America and Europe received releases on the Nintendo Entertainment System in cartridge form, making the game the first home console title to include an internal battery for saving data.

SimCity DS is a heavily modified version of SimCity 3000 for the Nintendo DS ( or most likely a rewrite ), released in Japan on February 22, 2007, North America on June 19, 2007 and Europe on June 22, 2007.

Mario Kart Wii went on to be the worldwide best-selling game of 2008 ahead of another Nintendo game – Wii Fit – and the critically acclaimed Grand Theft Auto IV.

Donkey Kong 64 went on to become a Nintendo 64 Player's Choice title.

Nintendo bought back all the Randnet related hardware and gave all users free service from the time the closure of the service was announced until the day it actually went offline.

When the Nintendo 64, Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 were released, many chipped them, styled them, and added additional cooling ; some went as far as changing the hardware itself.

During the North American localization of Pokémon, a small team led by Hiro Nakamura went through the individual Pokémon, renaming them for western audiences based on their appearance and characteristics after approval from Nintendo of Japan.

Nintendo went to further detail to add a story line to that camp session, in which games and layouts were mysteriously vanishing at the hands of an evil force.

The original concept involved Captain N ( originally known as " Captain Nintendo ") as a Nintendo employee and the Mother Brain as a Nintendo main computer that went rogue, and Captain Nintendo had the power to temporarily give life to characters and items from Nintendo games.

The prank went widely believed for months, to a point where rival magazine Nintendo Power had to create a blurb to try to explain the origin of the rumor.

The band went on to support the album by touring with popular groups like Oleander, and Evanescence, and playing the 2003 Nintendo Fusion Tour.

The introduction of Ultra Game Players was intended to coincide with the release of the Nintendo 64 and Super Mario 64 ( originally, the Nintendo 64 went by the name Nintendo Ultra 64 ).

Despite its problems with Nintendo, Tengen went on to produce games for the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear, Sega CD, Atari Lynx, and NEC Turbo Grafx-16.

From an interview with Nintendo Power in the October 2007 issue, Inafune explained that the reason was because of "... what went into the game and what was behind the release of the game.

In 2010, Nintendo Power listed Leon as their 14th favorite Nintendo gaming hero, stating that he went from a " glorified meter maid with a bad haircut " to a tough guy.

Development later went into the Nintendo GameCube in 2000 before eventually selling the rights to Microsoft in 2005.

Afterwards Barritt and Horrocks went to Seattle to pitch the idea to Nintendo of America executives, and were approved.