Nintendo Australia, established in 1994, is the local head office for the worldwide
leader in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd of Kyoto, Japan.
To date, Nintendo has sold more than 1.4 billion video games worldwide, created such industry icons as
Mario®
and Donkey Kong and launched franchises like The Legend of Zelda® and Pokémon™. Nintendo manufactures and
markets hardware and software for its popular home video game systems, including the Nintendo 64,
NINTENDO GAMECUBE, Game Boy Advance and
Game Boy - the World’s best-selling video game system which has sold over 120 million units.
Nintendo Australia has sold over 12 million video games, over 2.5 million Game Boys and over 1 million consoles
to date. Nintendo Australia has also sold over 2 million Pokémon video games alone, since their launch on
Game Boy in Australia over 3 years ago.
Nintendo Australia is an active and longstanding sponsor of the Starlight
Children’s Foundation, providing Nintendo consoles and games that can be wheeled to a child’s bedside
while they are in hospital. Nintendo characters and games gurus also visit children’s hospitals nationally.
 Nintendo also donates product
to various sporting, leisure, not-for-profit and youth organisations nationally. We also have a team of Nintendo
games gurus that support various events and organisations across the country, by staging Nintendo challenges.
Each year Nintendo also stages free national tours involving live character appearances, stage shows, Nintendo
challenges, product giveaways and competitions. To date Nintendo’s Pokémon Tours have been the
country’s biggest free, shopping centre activities ever, including Pokémon Mew Tour in 1999,
Pokémon Stadium 2000 and Pokémon Celebi Tour in 2001. Nintendo Australia also hosted the world’s
biggest Pokémon event in Sydney in 2000, including the global Pokémon Stadium Championship.
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1889
- Founded in Kyoto, Japan
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1962
- Listed on the Osaka Stock Exchange |
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1970
- introduced electronic technology to Japanese
Toy industry |
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1976
- Introduced first home TV game |
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1980
- Started selling “Game N Watch” |
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1981
– “Mario” and “Donkey Kong”
appear for the first time |
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1985
- NES is launched along with “Super Mario
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1989
- Nintendo launches Game Boy |
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1991
- SNES is launched in USA 1994 - Nintendo is
established in Australia in January |
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1997
- N64 is launched in Australia |
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1999
- 1 millionth Game Boy is sold in Australia |
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1999
– August, Pokémon Cards are launched
in Australia. Total sold since that date over
230M |
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2001
– June, Game Boy Advance is launched using
the latest 32 bit technology |
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2001
- The 2 millionth Game Boy is sold in Australia |
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2002
– May, Nintendo GameCube is launched |
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A recorded information service available 24 hours per day.
Features recorded gameplay information covering a range of games for
Nintendo systems as well as set-up/troubleshooting information.
*Informatel call rate $1.98 per/min (higher from mobile/pay phones). |
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