** 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 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.

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.

Asteroids Hyper 64 is an update to the 1979 arcade shooter Asteroids released for the Nintendo 64 on December 14, 1999.

While side-scrolling games in the vein of Super Mario Bros. are possible on the system ( 1990's Scrapyard Dog is the best example ), it is significantly harder to develop such a title than on a tile-based system such as the Nintendo Entertainment System.

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 ).

** The Nintendo 3DS is backward compatible with most of the Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi software.

The poem is referenced in the Super Nintendo Entertainment System game EarthBound, where a weapon is named the Casey Bat, which is the strongest weapon in the game, but will only hit 25 % of the time.

All Star Cheerleader is also available for Nintendo DS.

In the Nintendo 64 version, he is referred to by his nickname, El Pibe.

Duke Nukem 64 is a port for Nintendo 64 which features a split screen 4-player mode.

is a video game for the Nintendo Famicom / Nintendo Entertainment System ( NES ) game console system in which players use the NES Zapper to shoot ducks on screen for points.

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 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.

The CPU of the V64 is a 6502 chip ( the CPU from the Nintendo Entertainment System ); the operating system is stored in the BIOS chip.

The expansion slot is essentially a mirror image of the cartridge slot on the top of the unit, with the same electrical connections, thus the Nintendo 64 reads data from the Doctor V64 in the same manner as it would from a cartridge plugged into the normal slot.

In order to get around Nintendo's lockout chip, when using the Doctor V64 a game cartridge is plugged into the Nintendo 64 through an adaptor which connects only the lockout chip.

The line is a line of battery-powered handheld game console sold by Nintendo.

The is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed, manufactured and marketed by Nintendo.

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

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!