See the bottom of this page for relevant press releases. In 1981, the hugely popular Donkey Kong was released to arcades, featuring a plumber called Mario, and the eponymous ape.
As time went on, they produced their own home video console (Color TV Game 6 and Color TV Game 15 in 1977). Their first foray into video gaming was in a partnership with Magnavox, making light guns for their early consoles. Nintendo is a huge player in video games, and has been at the top of the game since 1972.
It is also designed to give visitors to California and Florida another reason to visit Universal, challenging Disney’s Star Wars Land openings. The collaboration between Nintendo and Universal Parks and Resorts will be the next big thing in Universal Parks, and is expected to have a similar effect to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter openings in recent years. Construction has just begun at Universal Studios Hollywood, and will start shortly at Universal Orlando. The Hollywood and Orlando Universal parks will follow. The first Nintendo theme park, Super Nintendo World, will open at Universal Studios Japan in time for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics. First announced in May 2015, this is huge news for Universal theme park fans.