Nintendo Careers and Info

Nintendo Overview

Nintendo is a Japanese electronics and game company with large branches in America and Europe. The company was founded in 1889 in Kyoto, Japan. Initially, Nintendo produced playing cards, and the company skipped from venture to venture before finding its true calling almost one hundred years later in the budding video game industry. In 1983, Nintendo released the Famicom, a home video game console that would dominate the market for the next seven years. The Famicom was released in North America in 1985 as the Nintendo Entertainment System and soon became a massive hit.

Nintendo is highly respected in its industry as a video game console designer and as a first-party game developer. Its innovative and exciting game series, the most successful and popular of which are Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda and Metroid, helped Nintendo take control of the video game market in the 1980s and early 1990s. Nintendo now shares the market with Sony and Microsoft, but it has also discovered a new demographic of older gamers with its Wii and DS video game systems and their emphasis on family-based gaming.

Nintendo Job Information

Nintendo employs about 5,000 people worldwide. Nintendo's staff includes programmers, artists, writers, game testers, engineers, public relations officers and consumer service representatives. The company offers competitive salaries and 401k plans to its full-time employees. Full-time Nintendo employees also receive full health, dental and vision benefits and paid vacation time.

Some of Nintendo's more unusual employee perks include discounts on Nintendo-manufactured consoles and video games and free Japanese language training at Nintendo headquarters and offices located outside of Japan. As a video game developer, Nintendo offers its employees a uniquely enjoyable work environment.