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1 Random text block, should be removed
2 Make it shorter!
3 actual release date of magnavox odyssey?
4 Merge request - Nintendo NSider Forums
5 GA Re-Review and In-line citations
6 Changes
7 why is the length a problem
8 Major Changes / Updated Page
9 Please don't "covert lists to text."
10 Major Vandalism
11 GA Delisting
12 Gameboy Revolution
13 Some Thoughts
14 NTDOY not NASDAQ
15 GB and GBA headings
16 Redirect Page
17 Hello
18 Nintendo means "Trusting in luck"
19 Offices and Locations
20 What about the Q?
21 Super Gizmo
22 Cleaning the laundry.
23 Unprotected?
24 False Advertising / Legal Issues section
25 Falsity
26 Need help stopping abuse on the article Wii
27 Satoru Shibata
28 DS: Developers' System or Dual-Screen?
29 Wireless Play
30 Lots of consoles missing from the product line
31 NES blurb on top of the article
32 Arrangement
33 Lock it now
34 Gamecube neglection
35 Bad Article?
36 Visit
37 Wise Guy Changing Nintendo to Nintendon't
38 Is Nintendo Gamecube really 2001 - Present?
39 Wikipedia 0.7
40 I'm confused

[edit] Random text block, should be removed

Could someone who has editing access remove this section, under Wii: " 200612/15 Nintendo is recalling 3.2 million straps of Wii controllers, and about 200,000 AC adapters for its DS. consumers reported they were breaking during game play. [5]". It is improperly formatted, and has nothing to do with either the article or the subsection. Also, it is wrong. There was, in fact, no recall of the straps. Nintendo offered free straps to those who needed them, not a recall. 70.74.135.191 00:46, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Actually you are wrong CSPC,a US government watchdog became tired of citizen's complaints and launched a urgent recall —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.247.21.109 (talk • contribs) 17:02, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

From what I've seen, neither the CPSC nor Nintendo have directly characterized the replacement program as a "recall". I also have not seen evidence that the CPSC forced Nintendo into this. If anything, it looks to me that Nintendo was doing this for PR purposes, to be a "good citizen". Dancter 17:19, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Make it shorter!

A lot of this article's length is found in the console descriptions. As there are very substantial main articles for the consoles, I think this one needs trimming.

I agree; the information about consoles from N64 onward is far too long. I would suggest eliminating the specific "console dedicated" sections altogether (such as N64, GameCube and Wii) and integrating them into the main article itself like the section about the NES is. Ex-Nintendo Employee 20:59, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

This information is not relevant and should be removed:

Nintendo is recalling 3.2 million straps of Wii controllers, and about 200,000 AC adapters for its DS. consumers reported they were breaking during game play.When I speak for Nintendo,the following consoles not mentioned are game boy SP,pocket,color,and advance,by the way does anyone remember Poke'mon pinball or rumble paks!

Why has the article length been reduced to such an extreme? I find it totally preposterous to have a page that is related to such major relevance and popularity to be relatively bare. There is a difference between being concise and nigh on stripping an article of information. I much preferred it as it was previously. Ashnard _talk 14:09, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] actual release date of magnavox odyssey?

this nintendo article says it was released in 1975, but the page for the magnavox odyssey says it was released in may of 1972.

can anyone clear this up?

The article does not say that the Odyssey was released in 1975, it says the Odyssesy was realeased in JAPAN in 1975. These are two very different statements. Indrian 17:06, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merge request - Nintendo NSider Forums

I have requested a merge from Nintendo NSider Forums into this article. Any comments? Starmenclock 19:13, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Strong Oppose, for reasons stated on Talk:Nintendo NSider Forums#Sources. (Sorry to be redundant :p) ShadowJester07 01:46, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Oppose, as both articles are lengthy already, and also are quite different. -- VGF11 03:23, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Strong Oppose, They are quite different. Also the Nsider forums are only part of NOA as the Nintendo article deals with all branches it wouldn't work. - Digipen89

Srong Accept, All their info has no sources. They argue that they do, but they point to "Nsider forums", which according to Wikipedia rules, do not count. Starmenclock 16:02, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
- Since you nominated it, it's clear you support the merge. I Oppose per other opposers.--Ac1983fan^{(yell at me)} 16:50, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Oppose. The problems with the NSider content aren't going to be solved by moving the content here. In addition, given the size, this article needs trimming, not expansion. A good deal of information is unnecessary repeated from other articles. Dancter 18:23, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Strong Oppose, Agreed with the previous user; article problems are not going to be solved by a merge. In addition, merging Nsider into the main Nintendo article (which has more of a focus on history and game development) would sound choppy. Finally, as Digipen has said, Nsider only constitues one branch of Nintendo, not Nintendo as a whole. PsychoYoshi

Strongly Oppose. This matter does not need to be under any scrutiny as it is obvious a mere forum should not and will not be added to an article relating to the past, present and future of the company. It is uncalled-for to suggest this and totally unnecessary to discuss adding irrelavant information on an article about the Corporation of Nintendo, as this will only lead to further inconsistency in the article.
FullMetal Falcon 00:20, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Oppose. It's bad enough we have an article dedicated solely to a forum in the first place. Ex-Nintendo Employee 03:44, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Strong Oppose. This is absurd, the information shown here is nothing like the company Nintendo. There would be no reason to merge it. I can't even imagine this being in the Nintendo article. Like I said, NO! YSHOULDUKNOW123 03:50, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GA Re-Review and In-line citations

Note: This article has a very small number of in-line citations for an article of its size and currently would not pass criteria 2b.
Members of the Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles are in the process of doing a re-review of current Good Article listings to ensure compliance with the standards of the Good Article Criteria. (Discussion of the changes and re-review can be found here). A significant change to the GA criteria is the mandatory use of some sort of in-line citation (In accordance to WP:CITE) to be used in order for an article to pass the verification and reference criteria. It is recommended that the article's editors take a look at the inclusion of in-line citations as well as how the article stacks up against the rest of the Good Article criteria. GA reviewers will give you at least a week's time from the date of this notice to work on the in-line citations before doing a full re-review and deciding if the article still merits being considered a Good Article or would need to be de-listed. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us on the Good Article project talk page or you may contact me personally. On behalf of the Good Articles Project, I want to thank you for all the time and effort that you have put into working on this article and improving the overall quality of the Wikipedia project. Agne 22:02, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Changes

I am applying dramatic changes to this article in order to fix the SEVERE issue of length and confusion. YSHOULDUKNOW123 04:41, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

UPDATE!: I've created a whole new page for the History of Nintendo, replacing the History section of this artcle with a more brief description. YSHOULDUKNOW123 20:48, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] why is the length a problem

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i was wondering if any one could find out more ive been trying about the history of nintendo from 1889 to their first arcade game more specific information and also im not sure but i think it was edited out but the meaning of "nintendo" being leave luck to heaven —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Epotn (talk • contribs) .

What!?! -Saturn Yoshi ^{THE VOICES} 09:08, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

In fact "Nintendo" in Japanese means something on the lines of "Leave things to heaven" or "May heaven grants us luck"85.155.204.78 16:08, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

I think you're looking for the History of Nintendo article. Ex-Nintendo Employee 23:57, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Major Changes / Updated Page

I have successfully re-worded, edited, and shortened the page from 64 kilobytes to 35 kilobytes. If you have any questions, or comments, post them here. I created a new page for Nintendo's history (History of Nintendo) to shorten the article (The History section was about 30 KILOBYTES!!!) too. As I said, the transition is complete. YSHOULDUKNOW123 22:19, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

I just created another page for the Divisions of Nintendo. The page is officially under 32 KB, which is about the size of what a page should be under. The transition is NOW complete! YSHOULDUKNOW123 23:22, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Please don't "covert lists to text."

Hey all, I do think the article is too long and has too many irrelevant items in the list. But I strongly disagree with the wiki-tag suggesting someone "covert the lists to text" or whatever... information in lists is almost always in a list for the very reason that it IS very cumbersome in text. So... perhaps someone could simply summarize the lists in text, or link out from this article to a website that has the information? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 156.56.169.93 (talk • contribs) .

The format for an encyclopedia is prose. Lists should be kept at a minimun, and only when not possible to create a paragraph with the same information. The article has 4 lists, one extremely long. Prose usually gives more information than a list, makes the article visually shorter, and allow for critical commentary. -- ReyBrujo 17:47, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Major Vandalism

Can somebody please block 208.247.49.2 so he can NEVER edit again? He's giving Nintendo a bad name with what he's trying to add to the article. --Christknight 20:06, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

The same should be done with 68.43.235.211, as he can't seem to control himself, and refrain from bad mouthing Nintendo. --Christknight 04:56, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm sure immature vandalism wouldn't ruin Nintendo's years of reputation in the game industry, but if this vandalism keeps going at this rate, I'm going to request this article being locked. --Chicito21154 17:23, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

I agree: people can't ruin Nintendo's reputation by adding little bits of vandalism to the article. But I think it's a good idea to have it locked. Yes, Wikipedia is a great encyclopedia for letting anyone go in and add what they know; but most of the edits I see on Nintendo are just pointless vandalism made by by people who aren't users, and who are nuts about whatever video game company they like. So much that they can't even respect the other companies, too. I've never looked up a locked article, so if it does get locked, will users still be able to edit the page? --Christknight 20:09, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Yes, users will be able to still edit the article. Only unregistered users and newly registered users will not be able to edit the article. --Chicito21154 18:17, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Then yes, I fully agree that the article should be locked. Way too much pointless vandalism gets in ,and when you think about it, thounds of people read Wikipedia every minute; so who knows how many people go onto the page looking for real info, and find vandalism? --Christknight 06:56, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

It is currently locked. Scepia 07:02, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GA Delisting

Far too listy and not comprehensive enough. Needs work. --SeizureDog 01:57, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

I went ahead and cleaned up a LOT of the listy-ness of this article. The only list I didn't remove was the "other hardware" section, as it strikes me as the most important. Characters, people, etc. that need to be mentioned from the removed lists should be worked into PROSE form. --SeizureDog 20:25, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Next time you remove massive amounts of data, please put it somewhere (by creating an article called Nintendo/lists, for example). --Raijinili 01:15, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

All of the lists I removed had lists or categories elsewhere. But whatever, this page is too cruft-heavy for me to rework again. It can stay messy for all I care. --SeizureDog 01:26, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gameboy Revolution

Apparently it will be the next Nintendo hand held console (after the DS) has anyone else heard of it?Shadoom1 23:23, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Talk about Gameboy Revolution has really gone away in the past year, and Nintendo has said nothing about it. We have no idea what Nintendo's future plans are. Scepia 23:44, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

If there is very little known about this "Gameboy Revolution", I wouldn't recommend adding it to the article until more sources can be found if any at all. --Chicito21154 02:15, 12 November 2006 (UTC) I agree,it's probably not true. If anything, it should be added at least to the "Game Boy line" article. Thesims18690 21:57, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Some Thoughts

You guys should write stuff about the GBC and GBA/GBA SP too.And also add an area talking about what people said or say about nintendo(Famous people and all);phrases and stuff like that.Rumors and crazy stuff releated to nintento itself would also be pretty neat.Anyways that's about it, Nintendo for life dudes;Laterz... {{unsigned|Antonyo))Rumors about reputible game companies are not for true fans,no offense,who told you dudes a Apple was gonna merge with Nintendo!

There are sales figures for the GBC, the GBASP wasn't a big upgrade and there's little space so it wasn't included. There aren't many rumors about Nintendo that are real notable, except for the Apple merger one. And even that one hasn't been too popular for the last year. Scepia 01:50, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Speaking of Apple, I once read an article in a magazine (I forget the title, it wasn't a Nintendo one, just a popular tech kind of thing) that Nintendo has a strange habbit of making their systems look like Apple's systems. It then showed six pictures: the Apple computers that came out in fruity colors and the N64 which also came out in those clear fruity colors, an Apple unit that had a cube-like design and the GCN, and then a new white Apple laptop that had a smooth and sleek look to it(came out after original DS), and then the DS Lite. It was pretty interesting to see that Nintendo did, in fact, seem to copy Apple's designs. --Christknight 22:14, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] NTDOY not NASDAQ

NTDOY is not NASDAQ listed, but instead trades OTC Pink Sheets. I switched it to use Template:ndaq which performs the same function as Template:nasdaq but apparently without the auto-categorization. It seems confusing to me to point to quotes from the wrong exchange, but apparently there's been a debate about that before at Template_talk:Infobox_Company. I don't know if there's a more appropriate template.Jkiang 06:38, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GB and GBA headings

I think that the Game Boy and Game Boy Advance should come under different headings under the main "Gaming systems" headline. The reason for this is that the GBA is a new iteration of game boy, just like the ps2, for example, was a new version of the ps1, and they wouldn't be under the same heading. GBA is a new system with new hardware, new specs and new software. It has been running independently of the original GameBoy for ages, it should have the recognition it deserves by having its own heading in the "Gaming Systems" part.

Accept since they're also classified as two lines by nintendo itself. 194.120.158.162 00:11, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Redirect Page

Searching for Nintendo controller(s) redirects here. Does anyone think it might be more appropriate to redirect to somewhere else or just delete it? BigHairRef | Talk 02:03, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hello

Hey how am I able to help edit? thanks --"P-Machine" 07:28, 17 November 2006 (UTC) Please add more pics of consoles

[edit] Nintendo means "Trusting in luck"

According to company spokesperson Yasuhiro Minagawa, at www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/54292.html:

The name Nintendo means "trusting in luck," according Minagawa, adding that he believes it refers to hanafuda cards, which is telling today in the gaming business.

I believe this is the best sourced explanation we will be finding about the name meaning, as it has been picked from ECT and Associated Press, and reproduced in Linux Insider. -- ReyBrujo 14:02, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Offices and Locations

Australian Office is Nintendo Australia Pty Limited (NAL)(not Nintendo of Australia) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 210.193.223.194 (talk • contribs) .

[edit] What about the Q?

I noticed that in the "other systems" section, there is no mention of the Japan-only (or was it europe) DVD-playing gamecube, the "Q" Can anyone find any information about it? -KLink/NiN10col/Neotendo123 13:49, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Also, can someone change the most recent edit to fix the grammatical error? (a unusual? huh?) It's driving me nuts. I'm new, and it's protected, so... -KLink/NiN10col/Neotendo123 02:15, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

I've added a mention of the Q to the GameCube section and I'm trying to find that grammatical error. Sockatume 02:25, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, but I need someone to edit the Gamecube section title: The official acronym is GCN, not GC. Weird, I know. -KLink/NiN10col/Neotendo123 14:31, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Fixed! -SaturnYoshi ^{THE VOICES} 21:14, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Super Gizmo

this is posted on the nintendo page

Super Gizmo

   Main article: Super Gizmo

It is the new nintendo that wil be realeased in the year 2011 not much is known about it because it is far too early to have information about it. I think that is true ,I read about it in Gamepro. i believe that the year should be 2011 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.118.82.235 (talk • contribs). I believe a company once tried to realease a product called Gizmondo,but the company owner went to jail,also from Gamepro.

[edit] Cleaning the laundry.

Article was listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Laundromat, 2nd attempt to fix this. All removed information can be found at User:SeizureDog/NintendoInfoRemoved.

Removed "Some popular franchises and characters" section as redundancy of Franchises established on Nintendo systems. Certain franchies (such as Mario) should be mentioned in prose form in various sections such as "History".
Removed "People" section as redundacy of Category:Nintendo people. People that are truly important to Nintendo should be mentioned in prose form through sections such as "History".
Removed "Released arcade games" section on grounds of being too narrow for the main article.
Removed "Divisions" section on grounds of the section being too small to make it much more useful than just being a link in "See also".
- Also note the "Nintendo Developers" template makes it twice as unneeded.
Removed "Slogans" section on grounds of being trivial.

Do NOT blindly revert this edit or simply readd what was taken out. None of the removed information comprises the article to any great degree, although certain things may need to be reworked into the article. If you well a certain something deserves to be in the article, work it into prose form. It is wiki-policy to not include many embedded lists in articles. Thank you, and I hope this can be a step towards a cleaner Nintendo article. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by SeizureDog (talk • contribs) 13:07, 5 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Unprotected?

Why was this article unprotected? We still need it protected; especially now that the Wii has come out, and enthusiasts of Playstation(Sony) and Xbox(Microsoft) are probably feeling a threat to the success of their favorite systems. If an anon really wanted to add something to the article that's not already there, they could easily create an account or just bring it up on the talk page. I think that with all this flooding vandalism, we need to block this page permanently. Christknight 19:56, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

I have semi-protected the page. Permanent protection is not an option, but it's clear that vandalism hasn't sufficiently died down. Andre (talk) 22:24, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] False Advertising / Legal Issues section

Personal griefs with Nintendo for specific games and or features do not belong in the article, take that up else where. 31 Flavas

These are not personal griefs. Frankyboy5 00:18, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Well, whatever, if anywhere the specific features and games you have grief with should be noted in those particular articles. False advertising / dropped features / trivia / dissenting option about Super Mario World should go in the Super Mario World article. Ditto for WiiConnect24. They don't belong in the Nintendo Corporate article.

As far as the "Legal Issues" I would not believe you'd find such current events information in an encyclopedia article unless it has been an ongoing issue such as asbestos litigation or lawsuits against Big Tobacco or gun/firearms makers.

But the more I think about it, Nintendo has been convicted of price fixing and generally bad bussiness behavior in the past. So I guess I wouldn't be against you restoring the section or expanding it to include past transgressions.

31 Flavas 05:49, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

What are the sources for the price fixing and generally bad business behavior? I've heard about this but I don't know where to find a source. Frankyboy5 01:26, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Falsity

"The NES was the first console for which the manufacturer openly courted third-party developers." Atari et al? 67.35.241.52 18:52, 24 December 2006 (UTC) yes Atari was the first to come out with a console

Someone can correct me here where I am wrong, but Atari absolutely did NOT like 3rd parties and sued to keep them off the console. Atari lost, of course, and that is why 3rd party Atari games exist. Whether or not Nintendo was first, I don't know, but Nintendo welcomed 3rd party developers. Where as Atari despised them because it ment competition and lower game prices.

68.77.153.124 08:10, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Need help stopping abuse on the article Wii

There is a person who keeps adding abusive comments on the discussion part of the Wii Article and i do not know how to block him. Please could someone deal with him, he keeps referring to people as 'dolts' and is another word for idiot and would not be polite. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.159.152.89 (talk • contribs). That's no good ,they're probably British

Don't throw petty insults at the British please. Ashnard _talk 21:53, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Uh, c'mon now, how can you confuse Mario Bros. with Super Mario Bros!? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.163.133.172 (talk • contribs). Are they really that different

[edit] Satoru Shibata

Should Satoru Shibata be added to the list of keypeople? He's the president of Nintendo Europe. Camou 12:18, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

I believe he was already mentioned in the article.

He doesn't get named anywhere in the article. Camou 20:42, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DS: Developers' System or Dual-Screen?

I re-wrote the part about the name for the DS, putting more emphasis on the "Developers' System" name because Nintendo puts more emphasis on it in their explanation, as opposed to "Dual-Screen" which they merely state it can stand for. It was reverted, and I believe that a complaint was added onto my talk page about my alleged making changes that are still being discussed. I do not, however, see the discussion anywhere. If it exists but I cannot find it, could someone please direct me? DS stands for dual screen If I don't get any indication of discussion that includes a reason why this article should defy Nintendo's own description of the name, I will change it back and attempt to keep it that way. D prime 02:43, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

It has been called as both by nintendo employees, and although Dual Screen is less common, it is still legit.--Ac1983fan 18:27, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

The discussion of what it stands for arguably shouldn't even be in this article - it's trivial, and this article is supposed to be about the company Nintendo.Sockatume 01:20, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wireless Play

Does anyone have sources on the Wireless Play? I'm not calling anyone out on it, I just think if sources are available online, it'd be nice to have links to them (I for one am interested in reading more about it).Uagent 10:01, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lots of consoles missing from the product line

Should the older ones be added? SkyScrapers 23:27, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

I could have SWORN that the Nintendo home systems prior to the NES (TV Color Game 6 and such) had been mentioned sometime in the past, but for some reason they aren't mentioned in the article. Go ahead and add them. Ex-Nintendo Employee 23:33, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Is that a Japanese console.

Yeah, the article is missing the Game Boypocket —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Lord Aid (talk • contribs).

[edit] NES blurb on top of the article

Is the blurb about the NES really necessary at the top of the article? Going on personal experiance myself, "Nintendo" in a casual, loose sense has always meant video games themselves e.g Let's play Nintendo. When it came to the NES it was always the NES, not "Nintendo". Also, the system is a classic and universally known like many other pop culture icons. I'd like to remove it but I'd like to know what others think. - Throw 05:22, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Do you mean the bit that says "For the 1985 gaming system, see Nintendo Entertainment System."? I'd agree with you. NES is mentioned in the TOC and later in the article. That line isn't needed. DanBeale 15:16, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Arrangement

Would you please arrange the consoles by release date? I think it would be better organized if layed out that way; the Wii should be at the bottom of the Consoles section, above it is the DS and DS Lite, and so on.

Ihafez 02:41, 15 February 2007 (UTC) Thank You, ihafez 2/14/07 I Agree.

[edit] Lock it now

Nintendo should be protected! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.245.7.23 (talk) 23:26, 22 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Gamecube neglection

The statement on GameCube neglection is highly subjective and not written in an encyclopaedic tone, I suggest that is either removed or reworded. Ashnard _talk 18:00, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

I just removed it before looking here. I suppose we could say something like "several games originally planned as GameCube exclusives, such as The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, were ported to the Wii," but really the GameCube section here should be more of an overview IMO, and I don't think it should surprise anyone that Nintendo's concentrating on the Wii now. BryanG^(talk) 03:48, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

I agree, although I think this article is too small considering it is Nintendo. Ashnard _talk 08:54, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bad Article?

1. Why is the article semi-protected?

2. Why is the article not a good article? Colonel Marksman 04:37, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Because of vandalism.Seventhofnine 08:40, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Visit

Can you go to Nintendo of America and visit the offices? I heard you can. If you can it should be added to article. 209.247.23.185

You can't visit without prior arrangement from NOA's management. If you just try to walk in the door, you'll be stopped before you pass the big security desk near the main stairs. Ex-Nintendo Employee 01:17, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

There is a sort of a an area inside the main enterance where you can buy special edition products and see some displays. It's hard to explain without seeing it. There's a Mario & Picachu statue, and to my knowledge it contains things to represent the history of Nintendo Seventhofnine 08:40, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

No, there isn't. The main entrance contains a waiting area (just inside the doorway), a security desk, men/women's bathrooms, and a metal door just past the security desk that leads to NOA internal production facilities. Near that is a staircase that leads past to Nintendo's customer service department. While Nintendo of America DOES have a "Museum of Nintendo", a "Nintendo Store", and a "Cafe Mario", none of these areas are accessable to the general public. Not without prior arrangement, in any case. Ex-Nintendo Employee 05:54, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wise Guy Changing Nintendo to Nintendon't

I cannot figure out how to fix this. Can somebody change this?

Sidepocket 11:30, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Oh, and lets ban the user that did this! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sidepocket (talk • contribs) 11:30, 16 March 2007 (UTC).

That's not even funny, it's stupid that people have nothing to do than add "'t" to Nintendo. To the person that did that: get a life.Doc Strange 21:43, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Is Nintendo Gamecube really 2001 - Present?

I'd personally say the hype of the GameCube died a year or two ago. Should it still be listed as "present"?
- Lasse Havelund ^{(p) (t)} 16:49, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

When the hype died doesn't matter. Nintendo is still manufacturing the GC [1] and games are still coming out for it[2]. 30K+ of them are being sold a month in the US.[3] Therefore its lifespan has not ended. -Ravedave 17:42, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

I didn't know the console was still being manufactured, my bad.
- Lasse Havelund ^{(p) (t)} 18:34, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia 0.7

This article was a candidate for Wikipedia 0.7. As it was selected for Wikipedia 0.5, it is automatically part of 0.7 and thus I have removed the nomination. Greeves ^{(talk • contribs)} 01:41, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] I'm confused

Why is this no longer a good article? I would think that if Pikachu can be made a good article then why not Nintendo?24.20.175.87 09:56, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

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