Nintendo Cube
 Logo since September 2024 | |
 Nintendo Cube'sSapporohead office in Daido Life Sapporo Building | |
Native name | ニンテンドーキューブ kabushiki gaisha |
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Romanizedname | Kabushiki gaisha Nintendōkyūbu |
| Formerly | NDcube (2000-2024) |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | March 1, 2000inTokyo,Japan |
| Headquarters | Saint Luke's Tower46F, 8-1 Akashi-chō,, Japan |
Number of locations | 2 studios[a](2020) |
Key people |
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| Products | Games |
| Brands | |
Number of employees | 120 (2024) |
| Parent | Nintendo(99%) (since 2023) |
| Website | nintendo-cube |
| Footnotes / references [1][2] | |
Nintendo Cube Co., Ltd.,[b]formerlyNDcube,is a Japanesevideo game developerand a subsidiary ofNintendobased inJapanwith offices inTokyoandSapporo.The majority of the company is made up of former employees ofHudson Soft.They have also been the developers of theMario Partyseries sinceMario Party 9onwards.
History
[edit]The company was founded on March 1, 2000, as NDcube, as a joint venture between Nintendo and the biggest advertising firm in Japan calledDentsu,hence the "ND" in the name. Nintendo had at the time 78% of the shares of the company, while 13.3% of the shares were owned by Dentsu and the rest of the 8.7% were owned by other shareholders.[3]
In 2010, Nintendo decided to buy out the company's shares from Dentsu and the other shareholders, being then the major shareholder on the company, with its changing from 78% to 96% initially, to 97% in 2015, and since 2023, to 99% of the shares.[4][5][6]
Since 2010, many employees fromHudson Softmigrated to a restructured NDcube, which is also head by Hidetoshi Endo, a former president at Hudson Soft that assumed NDcube at the end of the 2000s.[7]
In 2019, the director of theMario Partyseries since his Hudson Soft days, Shuichiro Nishiya, became president of the company in the place of Hidetoshi Endo, who was the president of NDcube for almost ten years.[8]
In 2024, NDcube was renamed to Nintendo Cube.[9]
Games
[edit]| Year | Title | Platform(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | F-Zero: Maximum Velocity | Game Boy Advance |
| EZ-Talk Shokyuuhenseries | ||
| Dokodemo Taikyoku Yakuman Advance | ||
| 2002 | Card Party | |
| Pool Edge | GameCube | |
| 2003 | Tube Slider | |
| 2010 | Wii Party | Wii |
| 2011 | Wii Play: Motion | |
| 2012 | Mario Party 9 | |
| 2013 | Wii Party U | Wii U |
| Mario Party: Island Tour | Nintendo 3DS | |
| 2015 | Mario Party 10 | Wii U |
| Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival[c] | ||
| 2016 | Mario Party: Star Rush | Nintendo 3DS |
| 2017 | Mario Party: The Top 100 | |
| Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp[c] | Android,iOS | |
| 2018 | Super Mario Party | Nintendo Switch |
| 2020 | Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics | |
| 2021 | Mario Party Superstars | |
| 2023 | Everybody 1-2-Switch![c] | |
| 2024 | Super Mario Party Jamboree |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"COMPANY".エヌディーキューブ kabushiki gaisha(in Japanese). January 11, 2018.RetrievedJune 29,2020.
- ^"Company profile".August 30, 2010. Archived fromthe originalon August 30, 2010.RetrievedJune 29,2020.
- ^"Nd Cube flatline".IGN.August 22, 2000.RetrievedJanuary 28,2010.
- ^Pearson, Dan."ND Cube now officially a subsidiary of Nintendo".Gamesindustry.RetrievedJanuary 9,2021.
- ^NE, Brian."Latest listing of Nintendo subsidiaries and affiliated companies".Nintendo Everything.RetrievedJanuary 9,2021.
- ^"COMPANY".エヌディーキューブ kabushiki gaisha(in Japanese). January 11, 2018.RetrievedOctober 30,2023.
- ^"Hudson's Ashes: A Tale of Nd Cube's Party Past - Feature".Nintendo World Report.
- ^"COMPANY".January 11, 2018.
- ^Scullion, Tom (September 2, 2024)."Mario Party developer NDCube has changed its name".Video Games Chronicle.RetrievedSeptember 2,2024.
External links
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