Nintendo

Nintendo is a video game company that creates, develops, and publishes video games. They created the Star Fox series, along with the Mario series, the Donkey Kong series, The Legend of Zelda series, the Animal Crossing series, the Metroidseries, the Kirby series, and the Pokémon series among others.

General Info
Nintendo Company Ltd. (任天堂株式会社, Nintendō Kabushiki kaisha) is a multinational corporation headquartered in Kyoto, Japan founded on September 23, 1889 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. Over time, it became a video game company, growing into one of the most powerful in the industry and Japan’s third most valuable listed company with a market value of more than US$85 billion. In 2007 Nintendo ranked 10th on the list of largest software companies in the world. Aside from video games, Nintendo is also the majority owner of the Seattle Mariners, a Major League Baseball team in Seattle, Washington. According to Nintendo's Touch! Generations website, the name "Nintendo" translated from Japanese to English means "Leave luck to Heaven." As of July 15, 2008, Nintendo has sold over 460 million hardware units and over 2.7 billion video games.

In 2008, Nintendo was honored at the 59th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards for pioneering the development of handheld games with its Nintendo DS system, and for the unique user interface of the Wii.

Consoles
Nintendo has had many consoles, most of which sponsor Star Fox games.
 * NES
 * Virtual Boy
 * SNES
 * N64
 * GCN
 * Wii

Handheld

 * GBN
 * GBC
 * GBA
 * DS