136 years ago today, on September 23, 1889 (August 29, 1889 in the lunar calendar), Japanese game giant Nintendo was founded. Nintendo Co., Ltd. was established on September 23, 1889. It is one of the three giants in the video game industry and is a game manufacturer with global influence. Founder Fusharo Yamauchi. Over the years, Nintendo has become the world's largest manufacturer of video game consoles. In addition, Nintendo also holds shares in the Seattle Mariners in the Major League Baseball. Nintendo has developed seven generations of video game consoles, launched more than 250 games, and sold more than 2.4 billion games. In 2007, Nintendo ranked second in Japan in market value. Cumulative sales of Nintendo DS are close to 150 million units. In the 2009 Global Top 40 Best Companies ranking, Nintendo ranked first in the world. Nintendo has always insisted on opposing violence and pornography in the global game industry, and has made it its responsibility to develop excellent games for all ages, maintaining precious social responsibilities and corporate ethics. Nintendo introduced that Nintendo is the most influential and famous game platform manufacturer and a leader in portable game console platforms. Nintendo Corporation is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. Nintendo has sold more than 2 billion game software copies worldwide, created many famous figures in gaming history, such as Mario, Donkey Kong, and created the most classic games in gaming history, such as "The Legend of Zelda" and "Pokémon." Nintendo manufactures and sells home game consoles and game software, including the Nintendo GameCube and the GameBoy series, the world's best-selling handheld game consoles. Nintendo of Americas Inc. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nintendo and is located in Redmond, Washington. It is Nintendo's operations center in the Americas and Europe. About 40% of U.S. households own Nintendo's home game consoles. It has always maintained a profit margin of more than 20%, which is unique among large Japanese companies. As a super-large company with sales exceeding one trillion yen, it has only about 5000 employees, so the average sales generated by each employee are also very high (about five times that of Toyota). In addition, as such a large-scale enterprise without engaging in any financial activities, it can be said to be a maverick. Nintendo tops the list of the 40 best companies in the world for 2009. Over the past five years, Nintendo's revenue has grown 36% annually and its value growth has averaged 38%. Despite difficult times last year, Nintendo's insistence on innovation helped the company develop the DS handheld and video game console Wii.