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Nintendo 1st-half net profit surges

OSAKA, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata attends a press conference in Osaka, Japan, on Oct. 29, 2014. The company said its group net profit in the fiscal first half surged, driven by a foreign exchange-related gain and solid sales of its Wii U home video-game console.

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Nintendo incurs 46 bil. yen operating loss in FY 2013

OSAKA, Japan - Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo Co., speaks about his company's earnings report for fiscal 2013 at a press conference in Osaka on May 7, 2014. Nintendo incurred a group operating loss of 46.43 billion yen in the fiscal year that ended in March due mainly to sluggish sales of its Wii U home video game console and software.

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Nintendo incurs 46 bil. yen operating loss in FY 2013

OSAKA, Japan - Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo Co., speaks about his company's earnings report for fiscal 2013 at a press conference in Osaka on May 7, 2014. Nintendo incurred a group operating loss of 46.43 billion yen in the fiscal year that ended in March due mainly to sluggish sales of its Wii U home video game console and software.

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'Famicom' turns 30 years old

OSAKA, Japan - Nintendo Co.'s latest video game console Wii U is on sale at a home appliance store in Osaka on July 12, 2013. Wii U was launched in 2012 in Japan and overseas.

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Nintendo's new Wii U game console

OSAKA, Japan - People line up at a store in Osaka to buy the Wii U game console on Dec. 8, 2012, when Nintendo Co. began selling in Japan the successor to its video game console Wii.

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Nintendo's new Wii U game console

OSAKA, Japan - People smile at a store in Osaka after buying the Wii U game console on Dec. 8, 2012, when Nintendo Co. began selling in Japan the successor to its video game console Wii.

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Tokyo Game Show

TOKYO, Japan - Nintendo Co.'s Wii U video game console is displayed as the Tokyo Game Show 2012 kicked off in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Sept. 20, 2012. The four-day video game software and hardware expo is one of the world's top gaming industry events.

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New "Dragon Quest" title hits Japanese market

TOKYO, Japan - The Tsutaya movie and music rental shop in Tokyo's Shibuya district is packed Aug. 2, 2012, with people buying a new title in the popular "Dragon Quest" game series. Japanese game developer Square Enix Co. launched the same day "Dragon Quest 10 -- Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku (five awakened tribes) Online" for Nintendo Co.'s Wii home game console.

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New "Dragon Quest" title hits Japanese market

TOKYO, Japan - Yuji Horii (L), the creator of "Dragon Quest," hands a new software title in the popular game series to Kensuke Matayoshi, a 33-year-old part-time employee who became the first person to purchase the game at the Tsutaya movie and music rental shop in Tokyo's Shibuya district, on Aug. 2, 2012, its launch day, after waiting outside the shop from the previous day. Japanese game developer Square Enix Co. launched "Dragon Quest 10 -- Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku (five awakened tribes) Online" for Nintendo Co.'s Wii home game console.

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Dragon Quest X to be released in 2012

TOKYO, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata (R) attends a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2011, to announce a plan to release the game Dragon Quest X in 2012. The upcoming version of the popular role playing game series will be made for Nintendo's home game console Wii and its successor model Wii U.

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Unveiling of Nintendo's Wii U

LOS ANGELES, United States - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata unveils the company's new game console Wii U, which features a new type of controller with a touch screen that can double as a handheld gaming device, in Los Angeles on June 7, 2011. The console will be put on sale in 2012.

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Australian stroke patients to trial Wii for rehabilitation

SYDNEY, Australia - A stroke patient demonstrates a rehabilitative approach that employs applications for the Nintendo Wii at Neuroscience Research Australia in Sydney on June 28, 2010.

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Nintendo's group net profit marks record high

OSAKA, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata briefs reporters on the company's earnings report for fiscal 2008 in Osaka on May 7. Nintendo's group net profit rose 8.5 percent from the previous year to a record high of 279.09 billion yen due to the strong popularity of its DS and Wii game consoles.

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Nintendo's group net profit marks record high

OSAKA, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata briefs reporters on the company's earnings report for fiscal 2008 in Osaka on May 7. Nintendo's group net profit rose 8.5 percent from the previous year to a record high of 279.09 billion yen due to the strong popularity of its DS and Wii game consoles.

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Popular DS, Wii games boost Nintendo's profit to record high

OSAKA, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata told reporters in Osaka on April 24 that the company's group net profit surged 47.7 percent from the previous year to a record high of 257.34 billion yen in fiscal 2007 due to the strong popularity of its DS and Wii game consoles.

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Nintendo's Wii not in competition with rival game consoles

TOKYO, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata (L) delivers a speech at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Dec. 7.

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Nintendo's new game console Wii debuts in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - People show off Nintendo Co.'s next-generation video game console, the Wii, they bought at a Tokyo store on Dec. 2, the first day of sales for the product in Japan. The Wii made its sales debut in the United States two weeks ago.

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Nintendo's new game console Wii hits U.S. shelves

NEW YORK, United States - Jubilant shoppers show off their Wii videogame system, Nintendo Co.'s new next-generation console, which hit U.S. store shelves on Nov. 18 before its debut in Japan on Dec. 2. Nintendo made 400,000 units available for the first day of sales at a per-unit price of $244.99, or 29,000 yen, hoping to sell 2 million units by the end of the year.

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Nintendo's new game console Wii to debut on Dec. 2 in Japan

CHIBA, Japan - Nintendo Co. said on Sept. 14 it will launch its next-generation Wii video game console (in photo) on Dec. 2 in Japan, hoping to attract more game enthusiasts during the Christmas shopping season than its major domestic rival Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

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Nintendo reveals tentative release time for Wii console

LOS ANGELES, United States - Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo Co., speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Los Angeles on May 9.

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Nintendo names next game console 'Wii'

TOKYO, Japan - Nintendo Co. said on April 28 it has decided to name its next-generation game console ''Wii'' before the new product's debut later this year. The name, sounding like ''we'' in English, means that every family member can enjoy playing the new machine, the company said. The new console will feature a controller that can be operated with one hand.

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Nintendo reveals tentative release time for Wii console

LOS ANGELES, United States - Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo Co., speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Los Angeles on May 9. (Kyodo)

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Nintendo's new game console Wii to debut on Dec. 2 in Japan

CHIBA, Japan - Nintendo Co. said on Sept. 14 it will launch its next-generation Wii video game console (in photo) on Dec. 2 in Japan, hoping to attract more game enthusiasts during the Christmas shopping season than its major domestic rival Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (Kyodo)

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Nintendo's new game console Wii hits U.S. shelves

NEW YORK, United States - Jubilant shoppers show off their Wii videogame system, Nintendo Co.'s new next-generation console, which hit U.S. store shelves on Nov. 18 before its debut in Japan on Dec. 2. Nintendo made 400,000 units available for the first day of sales at a per-unit price of $244.99, or 29,000 yen, hoping to sell 2 million units by the end of the year. (Kyodo)

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Nintendo's new game console Wii debuts in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - People show off Nintendo Co.'s next-generation video game console, the Wii, they bought at a Tokyo store on Dec. 2, the first day of sales for the product in Japan. The Wii made its sales debut in the United States two weeks ago. (Kyodo)

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Nintendo's Wii not in competition with rival game consoles

TOKYO, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata (L) delivers a speech at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Dec. 7. (Kyodo)

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Popular DS, Wii games boost Nintendo's profit to record high

OSAKA, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata told reporters in Osaka on April 24 that the company's group net profit surged 47.7 percent from the previous year to a record high of 257.34 billion yen in fiscal 2007 due to the strong popularity of its DS and Wii game consoles. (Kyodo)

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Nintendo's group net profit marks record high

OSAKA, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata briefs reporters on the company's earnings report for fiscal 2008 in Osaka on May 7. Nintendo's group net profit rose 8.5 percent from the previous year to a record high of 279.09 billion yen due to the strong popularity of its DS and Wii game consoles. (Kyodo)

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Nintendo's group net profit marks record high

OSAKA, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata briefs reporters on the company's earnings report for fiscal 2008 in Osaka on May 7. Nintendo's group net profit rose 8.5 percent from the previous year to a record high of 279.09 billion yen due to the strong popularity of its DS and Wii game consoles. (Kyodo)

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Nintendo taps Managing Director Kimishima as new president

Tatsumi Kimishima, director of Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co., smiles during a press conference in Osaka on Sept. 14, 2015. Kimishima, 65, who will become company president on Sept. 16, vowed to "keep alive the intentions" of his predecessor Satoru Iwata. Iwata died two months ago after leading the development of the company's Wii and DS game consoles. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nintendo taps Managing Director Kimishima as new president

Tatsumi Kimishima, director of Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co., is surrounded by reporters, after a press conference in Osaka on Sept. 14, 2015. At the press conference, Kimishima, 65, who will become company president on Sept. 16, vowed to "keep alive the intentions" of his predecessor Satoru Iwata. Iwata died two months ago after leading the development of the company's Wii and DS game consoles. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nintendo names next game console 'Wii'

TOKYO, Japan - Nintendo Co. said on April 28 it has decided to name its next-generation game console ''Wii'' before the new product's debut later this year. The name, sounding like ''we'' in English, means that every family member can enjoy playing the new machine, the company said. The new console will feature a controller that can be operated with one hand. (Kyodo)

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Dragon Quest X to be released in 2012

TOKYO, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata (R) attends a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2011, to announce a plan to release the game Dragon Quest X in 2012. The upcoming version of the popular role playing game series will be made for Nintendo's home game console Wii and its successor model Wii U. (Kyodo)

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Unveiling of Nintendo's Wii U

LOS ANGELES, United States - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata unveils the company's new game console Wii U, which features a new type of controller with a touch screen that can double as a handheld gaming device, in Los Angeles on June 7, 2011. The console will be put on sale in 2012. (Kyodo)

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Australian stroke patients to trial Wii for rehabilitation

SYDNEY, Australia - A stroke patient demonstrates a rehabilitative approach that employs applications for the Nintendo Wii at Neuroscience Research Australia in Sydney on June 28, 2010. (Kyodo)