Nintendo Company, Limited (??????? Nintendo Kabushiki-kaisha?; TYO: 7974, NASDAQ: NTDOY, FWB: NTO) is a Japanese multinational corporation founded on September 23, 1889 in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards.
In the mid-twentieth century, the company tried several small niche businesses, such as a love hotel and a taxi company.