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The complete name of the company that manufactures the popular game Nintendo is Nintendo Company Ltd. It was founded on September 23rd 1889 (The date shocked me too) by Fusajiro Yamauchi and is located in Kyoto Japan and the name, when translated to English, reads, "Leave Luck to the Heavens". The interesting part is that the company was not always what it is today. In the beginning it tried various businesses like cab companies and love hotels. Today with a market turn over value of $ 85 billion it is one of the biggest industries around.

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The popular manufactures of playing cards in 1956
Magnavox Odyssey
The series DS from Nintendo
Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi: A comparison
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[...] The gamers need not make a choice between gaming and music anymore. With the DSi you can play your game and listen to music at the same time. The size is almost the same as the older version the DS (which sold of up to 75 million unit). Even though the new DSi is not an evolution it still has some added features over the older DS that are very much worth it. One difference between the new and the old is that the DS has a matte finish whereas the DSi has a glossy finish that makes it feel a bit sticky. [...]

[...] In a long history of gaming companies coming and going Nintendo has survived the longest ever. The company also has various branches spread all over the world. Nintendo of America (NOA) is based in Redmond, Washington with distribution centers in Atlanta, Georgia and also in North Bend Washington. British Columbia in Canada has the other center which is Nintendo of Canada Ltd (NOCL) which not only markets the company's products in Australia and New Zealand but also manufactures Wii games. [...]

[...] It also, for the first time, has 256 MB of internal memory and more secure, WPA and WPA2 security, on it Wi-Fi connections. The DSi's browser is powered by Opera however sometimes you might face a bit of a challenge surfing as some of the websites might require more memory in the system. One disadvantage of the DSi is the declaration by Nintendo claiming that they will be releasing new games meant specifically for the DSi only. This could mean that you will need to either discard the DS Lite or buy the DSi if you wish to play some of those games. [...]

[...] The working theme for the console is the improvement in the gaming experience. The DSi has a camera on the front and SD card slot on the side. It has a second camera on the hinge that faces the player with a microphone right next to it. It comes with a built in voice recorder that you can use to recorder your voice and then play around with the sound effects like changing the pitch and adding effects to the sound clip. [...]

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