Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Japanese: 任天堂株式会社) is a Japanese multinational video game company that both develops and publish video games on their consoles. They are best known for their major franchises, including Super Mario, Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda, Kirby, and Pokémon. During the 1980s and 1990s, the company had a console war with Sega.
Several Thomas & Friends video games have been published on their consoles, including the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), the Game Boy Color, the Nintendo DS, the Nintendo Wii, and the Nintendo 3DS.
Video Games released on Nintendo hardware
Sodor tou no Nakamatachi (2001; Japan only)
Kokugo Sansu Eigo (2007; Japan only)
Hajimeru Chiiku Gakushū (2008; Japan only)
Thomas the Tank Engine (2010; Japan only)
Hero of the Rails (DS) (2010; Europe and Oceania only)
Hero of the Rails (Wii) (2010; Europe and Oceania only)
Words and number and ABC to Learn and Play with Thomas (2014; Japan only)
Steaming Around Sodor (2015; UK, Ireland, Spain, Germany and the Netherlands only)
Tetsudou Nippon! Rosen Tabi: Kikansha Thomas-hen Oigawa Tetsudou! (2016; Japan only)
Connections
- Leonhard Mahlich voiced Mario in the German dub of The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
- Kenta Miyake voices several Pokémon in the franchise of the same name, and Bowser in the Japanese dub of The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
- Kōhei Miyauchi voiced Kinoko Sennin in Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!
- Louise Raeder voiced Princess Toadstool in the Swedish dub of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! and Sprite and Wisdom's Wood Power in Swedish dub of The Legend of Zelda" television series.
- Susan Roman did additional voices on The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3.
- Brian Swenlin wrote episodes for the Super Mario World television series.
- Masayasu Wakabayashi appeared in various Nintendo commercials.
- Several English dub voice actors voice in the English dub of the Xenoblade Chronicles series:
- Rufus Jones voices Dunban, Rasmus Hardiker voices Tora, Jules de Jongh voices Brighid, Boreas and Finch, John Schwab voices Jin, David Menkin voices Malos, Kerry Shale voices Cressidus and Perceval, Joseph May voices Perdido, Teresa Gallagher voices Raqura and Azami, Christopher Ragland voices Aegaeon, and Martin Sherman voices Teach. Glenn Wrage is also listed under "additional voices".
Trivia
- A prototype for Adventure Series was developed for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). It was almost identical in gameplay and characters to its SNES counterpart, albiet with 8-bit graphics and a new soundtrack. Although it was finished, it was never released commercially for unknown reasons (most likely due to the fact that NES games gradually stopped being produced around the same time the game would have been released). A completed build of this game was found and dumped in 2014.
- Many companies that have developed or published Thomas & Friends video games have developed or published other video games for Nintendo:
- THQ, the company that published Adventure Series published video games for Nintendo.
- Blast! Entertainment Ltd, the company that published A Day at the Races published video games for Nintendo, including Bob the Builder: Festival of Fun, another HiT Entertainment brand.
- Silverball Studios, the company that developed the Hero of the Rails developed video games for Nintendo.
- Nelvana, the company that co-produces Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go with Mattel Television, as well as providing the animation produced the Donkey Kong Country television series.
Gallery
Nintendo 3DS HOME Menu theme
A Pikachu ride alongside a Let's Go Thomas ride in Japan
Clay models of Thomas and Pikachu on display at the Macy's Warehouse
88th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade poster featuring Pikachu and Thomas
Parade route map featuring Pikachu and Thomas
See also
- Category:Nintendo games
- Category:Nintendo DS games
- Nintendo on Wikipedia
- NintendoWiki
- Nintendo on NintendoWiki
- Nintendo Wiki (Fandom)
- Nintendo on Nintendo Wiki (Fandom)
- :Category:Thomas & Friends games on Nintendo Wiki (Fandom)