Nintendo Company is based in Kyoto, Japan. Nintendo is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics and video game company. Nintendo is one of the world's largest video game companies by market capitalization, creating some of the best-known and top-selling video game franchises, such as Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and Pokémon. It was founded on 23 September 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it originally produced handmade hanafuda playing cards.