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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>The company was founded on March 1, 2000, as NDcube, as a joint venture between Nintendo and the biggest advertising firm in Japan called <a href="/facts/Dentsu/fSyI1TJt">Dentsu</a>, hence the "ND" (Nintendo-Dentsu) in the name. Nintendo had 78% of the shares of the company at the time, while 13.3% of the shares were owned by Dentsu and the rest of the 8.7% were owned by other shareholders.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p><p>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.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p><p>Since 2010, many employees from <a href="/facts/Hudson_Soft/BzmLg79F">Hudson Soft</a> migrated 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.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p><p>In 2019, the director of the <i><a href="/facts/Mario_Party/Rl4q5yq8">Mario Party</a></i> series since its Hudson Soft days, Shuichiro Nishiya, became the company's president in the place of Hidetoshi Endo, who was the president of NDcube for almost ten years.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p><p>In 2024, NDcube was renamed to Nintendo Cube.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="games">Games</h2> List of video games developed by Nintendo Cube<table><tbody><tr><th scope="col">Year</th><th scope="col">Title</th><th scope="col">Platform(s)</th></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">2001</td><th scope="row"><i><a href="/facts/F-Zero:_Maximum_Velocity/f4Cfkqwl">F-Zero: Maximum Velocity</a></i></th><td rowspan="4"><a href="/facts/Game_Boy_Advance/oRJksVAa">Game Boy Advance</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><i>EZ-Talk Shokyuuhen</i> series</th></tr><tr><th scope="row"><i>Dokodemo Taikyoku Yakuman Advance</i></th></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">2002</td><th scope="row"><i>Card Party</i></th></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Pool_Edge/pDI9gWsD"><i>Pool Edge</i></a></th><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/GameCube/acH9qVxz">GameCube</a></td></tr><tr><td>2003</td><th scope="row"><i><a href="/facts/Tube_Slider/Avq2e8XJ">Tube Slider</a></i></th></tr><tr><td>2010</td><th scope="row"><i><a href="/facts/Wii_Party/z93IJTvf">Wii Party</a></i></th><td rowspan="3"><a href="/facts/Wii/BxUgl2da">Wii</a></td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><th scope="row"><i><a href="/facts/Wii_Play:_Motion/UBUXjzyD">Wii Play: Motion</a></i></th></tr><tr><td>2012</td><th scope="row"><i><a href="/facts/Mario_Party_9/f3due3Sd">Mario Party 9</a></i></th></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">2013</td><th scope="row"><i><a href="/facts/Wii_Party_U/X5y9W4V9">Wii Party U</a></i></th><td><a href="/facts/Wii_U/Hv4EI4la">Wii U</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><i><a href="/facts/Mario_Party:_Island_Tour/PM4GM6cq">Mario Party: Island Tour</a></i></th><td><a href="/facts/Nintendo_3DS/nXIxNh1b">Nintendo 3DS</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">2015</td><th scope="row"><i><a href="/facts/Mario_Party_10/f8Pl5efX">Mario Party 10</a></i></th><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Wii_U/Hv4EI4la">Wii U</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><i><a href="/facts/Animal_Crossing:_Amiibo_Festival/sBDzepmS">Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival</a></i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></th></tr><tr><td>2016</td><th scope="row"><i><a href="/facts/Mario_Party:_Star_Rush/nDWznCPj">Mario Party: Star Rush</a></i></th><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Nintendo_3DS/nXIxNh1b">Nintendo 3DS</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">2017</td><th scope="row"><i><a href="/facts/Mario_Party:_The_Top_100/NcJdxUS2">Mario Party: The Top 100</a></i></th></tr><tr><th scope="row"><i><a href="/facts/Animal_Crossing:_Pocket_Camp/RMyq8GLs">Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp</a></i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></th><td><a href="/facts/Android_(operating_system)/nNyHb0xz">Android</a>, <a href="/facts/IOS/mK5cggH5">iOS</a></td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><th scope="row"><i><a href="/facts/Super_Mario_Party/414cgG3T">Super Mario Party</a></i></th><td rowspan="5"><a href="/facts/Nintendo_Switch/UPy7Bcyu">Nintendo Switch</a></td></tr><tr><td>2020</td><th scope="row"><i><a href="/facts/Clubhouse_Games:_51_Worldwide_Classics/aaMXa4AC">Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics</a></i></th></tr><tr><td>2021</td><th scope="row"><i><a href="/facts/Mario_Party_Superstars/7oESdCFp">Mario Party Superstars</a></i></th></tr><tr><td>2023</td><th scope="row"><i><a href="/facts/Everybody_1-2-Switch!/sPQLrRm4">Everybody 1-2-Switch!</a></i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></th></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">2024</td><th scope="row"><i><a href="/facts/Super_Mario_Party_Jamboree/LVaWw5y0">Super Mario Party Jamboree</a></i></th></tr><tr><th scope="row"><i><a href="/facts/Animal_Crossing:_Pocket_Camp_Complete/RMyq8GLs">Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete</a></i></th><td><a href="/facts/Android_(operating_system)/nNyHb0xz">Android</a>, <a href="/facts/IOS/mK5cggH5">iOS</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.nintendo-cube.co.jp/">Official website</a> </li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Japanese: ニンテンドーキューブ株式会社, Hepburn: NintendōKyūbu Kabushiki Gaisha <a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" target="_blank">/wiki/Japanese_language</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Nd Cube flatline". IGN. August 22, 2000. Retrieved January 28, 2010. <a href="http://cube.ign.com/articles/080/080452p1.html" target="_blank">http://cube.ign.com/articles/080/080452p1.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Pearson, Dan (August 26, 2010). "ND Cube now officially a subsidiary of Nintendo". Gamesindustry. Retrieved January 9, 2021. <a href="https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2010-08-26-nd-cube-now-officially-a-subsidiary-of-nintendo" target="_blank">https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2010-08-26-nd-cube-now-officially-a-subsidiary-of-nintendo</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>NE, Brian (June 29, 2015). "Latest listing of Nintendo subsidiaries and affiliated companies". Nintendo Everything. Retrieved January 9, 2021. <a href="https://nintendoeverything.com/latest-listing-of-nintendo-subsidiaries-and-affiliated-companies/" target="_blank">https://nintendoeverything.com/latest-listing-of-nintendo-subsidiaries-and-affiliated-companies/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"COMPANY". エヌディーキューブ株式会社 (in Japanese). January 11, 2018. Retrieved October 30, 2023. <a href="https://www.ndcube.co.jp/company" target="_blank">https://www.ndcube.co.jp/company</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Hudson's Ashes: A Tale of Nd Cube's Party Past - Feature". Nintendo World Report. <a href="http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/feature/35784/hudsons-ashes-a-tale-of-nd-cubes-party-past" target="_blank">http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/feature/35784/hudsons-ashes-a-tale-of-nd-cubes-party-past</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"COMPANY". January 11, 2018. <a href="https://www.ndcube.co.jp/company" target="_blank">https://www.ndcube.co.jp/company</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Scullion, Tom (September 2, 2024). "Mario Party developer NDCube has changed its name". Video Games Chronicle. Retrieved September 2, 2024. <a href="https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/mario-party-developer-ndcube-has-changed-its-name/" target="_blank">https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/mario-party-developer-ndcube-has-changed-its-name/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Co-developed with Nintendo EPD <a href="/wiki/Nintendo_EPD" target="_blank">/wiki/Nintendo_EPD</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Co-developed with Nintendo EPD <a href="/wiki/Nintendo_EPD" target="_blank">/wiki/Nintendo_EPD</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Co-developed with Nintendo EPD <a href="/wiki/Nintendo_EPD" target="_blank">/wiki/Nintendo_EPD</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>