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Not to be confused with Nintendo GameCube.
Nintendo Cube
Logo of Nintendo Cube (as of 2024)
Founded March 1, 2000[1]
First Super Mario game Mario Party 9 (2012)
Latest Super Mario game Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV (2025)
Current president Shuichiro Nishiya

Nintendo Cube Co., Ltd. (formerly Nd Cube Co., Ltd. and NDcube Co., Ltd.) is a Japanese video game developer and subsidiary of Nintendo. It was originally founded on March 1, 2000, as a joint venture between Nintendo and advertising firm Dentsu (the "Nd" in the former name reflecting this). Dentsu's stake was bought out by Nintendo in 2010, and Nintendo now owns 99% of Nintendo Cube.[2] The company is based in Tokyo but also has a secondary office in Sapporo. Nintendo Cube is responsible for developing the Mario Party series starting with Mario Party 9 , although its first developed game since becoming a subsidiary of Nintendo is Wii Party .

By April 2006, many of Nintendo Cube's employees at the time had moved to other companies, including Nintendo and Square Enix. At a later point, however, several former employees of Hudson Soft, and Nintendo-Hudson joint venture Monegi Inc., moved to the company, mainly various staff that had worked on the Hudson-developed Mario Party games, including former president Hidetoshi Endo, who became the president of Nintendo Cube.

As of June 2019, Hidetoshi Endo resigned, and the company's chief creative director Shuichiro Nishiya replaced him as president. On September 1, 2024, the company was renamed from NDcube to Nintendo Cube.[3] As part of the rebranding, the company adopted a new logo based on that of Mario Club and 1-UP Studio with an identical font, albeit with their pre-established blue color scheme instead of red or green, respectively.

Super Mario installments[edit ]

Title Year released Console
Mario Party 9 2012 Wii
Mario Party: Island Tour 2013 Nintendo 3DS
Mario Party 10 2015 Wii U
Mario Party: Star Rush 2016 Nintendo 3DS
Mario Party: The Top 100 2017 Nintendo 3DS
Super Mario Party 2018 Nintendo Switch
Mario Party Superstars 2021 Nintendo Switch
Super Mario Party Jamboree 2024 Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Switch 2
Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour 2025 Nintendo Switch 2
Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV 2025 Nintendo Switch 2

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Names in other languages[edit ]

Nintendo Cube Co., Ltd.[edit ]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese ニンテンドーキューブ株式会社
Nintendō Kyūbu Kabushiki-gaisha
Nintendo Cube Co. [4]

NDcube Co., Ltd.[edit ]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese エヌディーキューブ株式会社
Enudī Kyūbu Kabushiki-gaisha
NDcube Co. [5]

References[edit ]

  1. ^ January 11, 2018. COMPANY. Japanese. Retrieved December 23, 2024 from エヌディーキューブ株式会社.
  2. ^ https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Iwata-Asks/Iwata-Asks-Wii-Party/Iwata-Asks-Wii-Party/1-A-Team-with-Experience-Making-Party-Games/1-A-Team-with-Experience-Making-Party-Games-224354.html
  3. ^ September 1, 2024. 商号(社名)変更に関するお知らせ. nintendo-cube.co.jp (Japanese). Retrieved September 2, 2024. (Archived September 2, 2024, 13:45:47 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
  4. ^ 会社概要. nintendo-cube.co.jp (Japanese). Retrieved September 2, 2024. (Archived September 2, 2024, 15:06:16 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
  5. ^ 会社概要. ndcube.co.jp (Japanese). Archived June 9, 2024, 17:10:12 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved September 2, 2024.

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