Nintendo
Nintendo Co., Ltd. (任天堂株式会社 Nintendō Kabushiki gaisha）is a Japanese multinational corporation best known for their home video game consoles and for their game franchises such as [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Super Mario|{{#if:||Super Mario}}]], [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}The Legend of Zelda|{{#if:||The Legend of Zelda}}]], Metroid and Pokémon, among many others. Founded in 1889, it originally began as a [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Hanafuda|{{#if:||Hanafuda}}]] [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}playing cards|{{#if:playing card|playing card|playing cards}}]] company and, after many failed ventures into other industries (among them being toys and even a "[[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Love Hotel|{{#if:||Love Hotel}}]]" chain of which the company would do a complete 180° and is now a far cry from), would find success in 1974 when it secured the rights to distribute the [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Magnavox Odyssey|{{#if:||Magnavox Odyssey}}]] in Japan, and its success would sprout from there as it began to develop its own games and hardware.
Like Transformers, Nintendo would also become a worldwide phenomenon in the 1980's with the 1981 arcade game [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Donkey Kong (video game)|{{#if:Donkey Kong|Donkey Kong|Donkey Kong (video game)}}]] and the Family Computer in 1983, released worldwide as the Nintendo Entertainment System just two years later. Due to the Transformers franchise having comparatively few video games until the rise of the live-action film series, only about a handful of Transformers titles were released at all on earlier Nintendo consoles, most of which were exclusive to the Japanese market and one of which was cancelled in development.
The company has partnered with DeNA and Niantic on the development of several mobile titles based on their franchises, such as Pokémon Go and Fire Emblem Heroes. In 2021, they purchased Next Level Games.
Nintendo console games
Famicom/NES
- Transformers: Mystery of Convoy (1986)
- Transformers: The Headmasters (1987)
Super Famicom/SNES
- A Generation 2 video game by [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Argonaut Games|{{#if:Argonaut Software|Argonaut Software|Argonaut Games}}]] was planned but scrapped during development. Many believed this game eventually evolved into an unrelated game called [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Vortex (video game)|{{#if:Vortex|Vortex|Vortex (video game)}}]], but these were later proven to be two separate projects.<ref>"The Making of: Vortex". Retro Gamer (147): p. 39. October 2015.</ref>
- While no Transformers games were developed for the system, players can access special features in Duel Fight Beast Wars by playing it on the Super Famicom or SNES via the [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Super Game Boy|{{#if:||Super Game Boy}}]].
Nintendo Gamecube
- DreamMix TV World Fighters (2003)
- Transformers: The Game (2007)
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
- Transformers: Cybertron Adventures (2010)
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Stealth Force Edition (2011)
- Transformers: Prime - The Game (2012)
- Transformers: Prime - The Game (2012)
- Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (2014)
- Splatoon (2015)
- Transformers: Battlegrounds (2020)
Nintendo Handheld games
- Transformers Autobots/Decepticons (2007)
- Transformers Animated: The Game (2008)
- Transformers Revenge of the Fallen Autobots/Decepticons (2009)
- Transformers: War for Cybertron — Autobots/Decepticons (2010)
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons (2011)
- Transformers: Prime - The Game (2012)
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Stealth Force Edition (2011)
- Transformers: Prime - The Game (2012)
- Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (2014)
- Bike Rider DX3: Time Rider (2015)
Notes
- The first [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Star Fox (video game)|{{#if:Star Fox|Star Fox|Star Fox (video game)}}]] game was also the first to utilize the Super FX chip and was also co-developed by Argonaut Software. Like the Transformers G2 title, [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Star Fox 2|{{#if:||Star Fox 2}}]] was also scrapped, though it eventually received an emulated release in 2017; it also featured a transforming mechanic, which would not be reused until [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Star Fox Zero|{{#if:||Star Fox Zero}}]].
- Nearly every Konami and Hudson Soft character in DreamMix TV World Fighters either made their debut on a Nintendo console or at least had a version of their originals released on a Nintendo system.
- In August 2015, Hasbro and Nintendo would form a sponsorship deal to promote Transformers: Robots in Disguise within its online multiplayer game Splatoon, through its "Splatfest" event in North America.
References
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External links
- Official website
- [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Nintendo|{{#if:||Nintendo}}]] at Wikipedia