Nintendo is a Japanese multinational video game company, and they develop as well as publish and release video games and video game consoles.
As of now, they have produced some very popular and successful video game consoles such as the Game Boy, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, the Nintendo DS, the Wii, and the Switch.
Currently, Nintendo has two video game consoles under the Switch family, Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch Lite. Nintendo Switch is a balance between home and portable video game consoles, on the other hand, Nintendo Switch Lite is dedicated to portable gaming.
Also, Nintendo has created and/or published many popular video game franchises such as Donkey Kong, Metroid, Fire Emblem, Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Pokémon, Super Smash Bros, Animal Crossing, etc.
As per the information shared on Wikipedia, as of March 2023, Nintendo has sold more than 5.592 billion video games and over 836 million hardware units worldwide.
Nintendo was founded in 1889 as Nintendo Koppai by Fusajiro Yamauchi, and initially, Nintendo was producing handmade hanafuda playing cards.
It was the year 1977 when Nintendo introduced its first video game console with the name of the Color TV-Game.
Later they released two games, Donkey Kong (1981) and Super Mario Bros (1985), both of these games became very popular and gained international recognition.
In case you want to have a complete list of the Nintendo products & Toys and cards then you can refer to this Wikipedia page.
Besides video games and video game consoles, Nintendo also provides some services to their users such as Nintendo eShop, My Nintendo, and Nintendo Switch Online.
- Nintendo eShop is the official digital games store on Nintendo Switch which lets you download games to your console. Users can purchase games, or try free games and demos.
- My Nintendo is a loyalty program where players can earn points for using software or purchasing games, and those earned points can be used for things like in-game content and discounts on digital games.
- Nintendo Switch Online is an online subscription (Membership) service for the Nintendo Switch which offers features like cloud saving, online multiplayer, access to promotions and offers, and much more.