[PAR] [TLE] Nintendo [SEP] Nintendo Co., Ltd. is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics and video game company headquartered in Kyoto.  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".  Founded on 23 September 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it originally produced handmade hanafuda playing cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as cab services and love hotels. Abandoning previous ventures in favor of toys in the 1960s, Nintendo then developed into a video game company in the 1970s, ultimately becoming one of the most influential in the industry and Japan's third most-valuable company with a market value of over $85 billion.  From 1992 until 2016, Nintendo was also the majority shareholder of Major League Baseball's Seattle Mariners. [PAR] [TLE] Mario (franchise) [SEP] The Mario (Japanese: マリオ , Hepburn: Mario ) franchise is a video game franchise published and produced by Nintendo starring the fictional Italian character Mario.  The franchise's other forms of media include several television series and a feature film.  It was originally created by game designer Shigeru Miyamoto with the arcade "Donkey Kong", released on July 9, 1981.  The games have been developed by a variety of developers including Nintendo, Hudson Soft, and AlphaDream.  Most "Mario" games have either been released for the arcade or Nintendo video game consoles and handhelds dating from the Nintendo Entertainment System to the current generation of video game consoles.
[PAR] [TLE] Nintendo [ SEP ] Nintendo Co. , Ltd. is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics and video game company headquartered in Kyoto . 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 " . Founded on 23 September 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi , it originally produced handmade hanafuda playing cards . By 1963 , the company had tried several small niche businesses , such as cab services and love hotels . Abandoning previous ventures in favor of toys in the 1960s , Nintendo then developed into a video game company in the 1970s , ultimately becoming one of the most influential in the industry and Japan 's third most - valuable company with a market value of over $ 85 billion . From 1992 until 2016 , Nintendo was also the majority shareholder of Major League Baseball 's Seattle Mariners . [PAR] [TLE] Mario ( franchise ) [ SEP ] The Mario ( Japanese : マリオ , Hepburn : Mario ) franchise is a video game franchise published and produced by Nintendo starring the fictional Italian character Mario . The franchise 's other forms of media include several television series and a feature film . It was originally created by game designer Shigeru Miyamoto with the arcade " Donkey Kong " , released on July 9 , 1981 . The games have been developed by a variety of developers including Nintendo , Hudson Soft , and AlphaDream . Most " Mario " games have either been released for the arcade or Nintendo video game consoles and handhelds dating from the Nintendo Entertainment System to the current generation of video game consoles .
Which video game company, headquartered in Kyoto, continues to produce Mario games for current generation consoles?
Which video game company , headquartered in Kyoto , continues to produce Mario games for current generation consoles ?
Nintendo
Nintendo