Nintendo
In 1975, Nintendo moved into the video arcade game industry with "EVR Race", designed by their first game designer, Genyo Takeda, and several more games followed. Nintendo had some small success with this venture, but the release of "Donkey Kong" in 1981, designed by Miyamoto, changed Nintendo's fortunes dramatically. The success of the game and many licensing opportunities (such as ports on the Atari 2600, Intellivision and ColecoVision) gave Nintendo a huge boost in profit and in addition, the game also introduced an early iteration of Mario, then known in Japan as Jumpman, the eventual company mascot.
Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection
The first Wi-Fi Connection games were "Mario Kart DS" and "Tony Hawk's American Sk8land" for the Nintendo DS, released on November 14, 2005 and November 16, 2005 respectively, followed by "" in Japan on November 23 and in North America on December 5. The first Wii Wi-Fi Connection games were released in 2006 in Japan and in 2007 overseas. In Japan and North America the first game was "Pokémon Battle Revolution". In Europe, Australia, and New Zealand the first game was "Mario Strikers Charged".