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Nintendo is a consumer electronics company centered around the development of video games, and hardware to run them. The company was founded in 1889 by entrepreneur Fusajiro Yamauchi, originally as a seller of card games, at the time banned by the Japanese government due to its ties to gambling; Yamauchi's playing cards were one of few that were permitted for sale to the Japanese public. Around the 1960s, Nintendo started to experiment with numerous ventures, including a taxi service (their most successful venture at the time), love hotels, a TV network, and the sale of instant rice. After securing the rights to distribute the Magnavox Odyssey game console in Japan in 1974, Nintendo started to solely focus on the development of video games and gaming hardware for both arcades and home use. Today, Nintendo is best known for its participation in the video game console market, with consoles such as the DS, Game Boy, Wii, NES, and, most recently, Switch. They are also the owners of numerous iconic gaming franchises, including Mario, Donkey Kong, Pokemon, Metroid, and Zelda.

==Nintendo==

===1st Logo (1986-)===

'''Music/Sounds''': None.

'''Availability''': Very common. Seen on Nintendo-licensed games since 1986.

'''Editor's Note''': None.

===2nd Logo (November 21, 1990-October 21, 2003) ===

[[File:Nintendo (1990).jpg|thumb]]

'''Logo''': On a black background, we see ''- Nintendo -'' in its corporate font without the round shape. Below it is ''Presents".''

'''FX/SFX''': None.

'''Editor's''' '''Note''': None. This one's tame, compared to the next logo...

'''Logo''': Same as the Nexoft logo used in Penguin Wars, but with the corporate Nintendo logo, but without the oblong shape.

'''FX/SFX''': See Nexoft.

[[File:Nintendo (1992).png|center]]

'''Nicknames''': ''The Gold Mario Coin'', ''Nintendo Coin''

'''Logo''': On a black background, we see the normal Nintendo logo but the round shape is stretched out a bit. On top of the text is a gold Mario coin, that shines once.

'''Variant''': On ''Super Mario Kart'', ''Yoshi's Safari'', ''Super Punch-Out!!'' (this game has the logo in silver), and ''Stunt Race FX'' (this game has the logo in pink), there's no gold Mario coin.

'''FX/SFX''': The coin shining.

'''Music/Sounds''': The coin sound effect from the 2nd logo. On ''Stunt Race FX'', a honking sound effect is heard. On ''Super Punch-Out!!'', TBA.

'''Availability''': Uncommon. Seen on ''Super Mario Kart'', ''Super Mario All-Stars (+ Super Mario World)'', ''Stunt Race FX'', ''Super Punch-Out!!'', ''Yoshi's Safari'', and ''Super Mario All-Stars 25th Anniversary Edition''.

===5th Logo (1993-)===

'''Nicknames''': "Eternal Darkness", "Nintendo's Dark Side", "Creepy Nintendo", "Sintendo"

'''Logo''': On a black background, we see some reddish-grey smoke rising, forming a red skeleton with its eyes lit green which then looks to the camera with its mouth opening. Its eyes brighten up before a cyan flash of light appears, causing the skeleton to move to the right, off the screen. The flash becomes a beam of light, circling around before it reaches the bottom-center of an outline of the Nintendo logo. It flashes even brighter and the full Nintendo logo appears in light blue. Throughout its screen time, the color of the Nintendo logo changes to red.

'''FX/SFX''': All CGI.

'''Variant''': On the PAL/European version of the game, the Nintendo logo would turn blue instead of red.

'''Music/Sounds''': Ominous orchestral music, accompanied by the skeleton growling. After the Nintendo logo gets formed, a creepy male announcer says the company name.

'''Availability''': Only appeared on ''Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem'' for the Nintendo GameCube.

==Nintendo Films==

===(November 6, 1999-March 29, 2001, December 16, 2006) (USA)===

[[File:Nintendo Films (1999).jpg|center]]

'''Nicknames''': "Shining Nintendo", "Nintendo!"

'''Logo''': On a black background, we see a 3D Nintendo logo zoom in and rotate to face us. As it is rotating, a shining effect wipes across the logo.

'''Variant''': On the trailer for Pokemon The Movie: 2000, it is on a space background and 2D.

'''FX/SFX''': The logo zooming and spinning and the shining wipe effect.

'''Music/Sounds''': Silent for ''Pokemon: The First Movie'' and ''Doubutsu No Mori'' (the Japanese name for the ''Animal Crossing'' series, which translates to i), but the other movies had a shining sound.

'''Availability''': Rare. Seen on ''Pokemon: The First Movie'', ''Pokemon The Movie: 2000'', and ''Pokemon The Movie 3'', which were released by Warner Bros. in the United States. Also seen on ''Doubutsu No Mori'' (''Animal Crossing''), released in 2006 in Japan only.

'''Editor's Note''': Minimal.