Nintendo’s beginnings started off very differently from the company we know today. Back in 1889, Fusajiro Yamauchi opened a playing card company he called Nintendo Playing Card Company. The handmade cards were so popular that they were soon being sold around the globe. The company does still produce playing cards, but they are sold only in Japan. The word Nintendo is roughly translated to “leave luck to heaven.”
In 1963, the company renamed themselves to just “Nintendo.” The company tried many other business ventures in the US in the 1960’s, everything from taxis to motels, instant rice to television networks, but none of them were successful.
After partnering with a toy and game company in the early 1970’s, business began to turn around. They created a light-activated shooting style arcade game that became very popular and the company’s direction took an entirely new turn. 
The company’s first video game was made in 1977. In 1985, the company created what would become one of the most famous video game consoles, the Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES, and video game in the world, Mario Brothers.
Today, Nintendo is one of the world’s largest video game companies, creating some of the best-known consoles and games in the world, including Mario Brothers, Pokemon, and The Legend of Zelda.
Nintendo is Japan’s 3rd most valuable company, with a market value of more than $85 billion. Headquarters are located in Kyoto, Japan, with the American corporate office located in Redmond, Washington.
After a day of attempting to contact various support providers I am still not able to get an answer or resolve my problem.
The problem is that I live in the Falkland Islands (a BRITISH country) in the South Atlantic but am no doubt being lumped in with the America’s for regional access. All I need is the option to choose my country from the listing to CREATE A NEW NINTENDO ACCOUNT! Please will someone be able to help.
Hello ! I’m sure you’ve heard of complaints by now of the blue screen of death , why should we have to pay $99.99 plus shipping cost for a system defect ? This is NOT anything my son did to make this happen , I’ve done my research and there’s other people experiencing this problem which this should be Nintendo’s responsibility to fix not the customer ! We pay a lot of money for this game system and I expect it to last longer , If I don’t hear anything to replace or reimburse my money for this system soon , I will make a post on Facebook and other social media to warn others of the defect before buying . I expected this system to last more than a year and I’m very disappointed ☹️Misty