Editing Nintendo (section)

==== Nintendo of Europe (NOE) ====
Nintendo's European subsidiary was established in June 1990,<ref name="NOE, History">{{cite web |url=https://www.nintendo.co.uk/NOE/en_GB/service/nintendo_history_9911.html |title=History |publisher=Nintendo |access-date=9 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120904134155/http://www.nintendo.co.uk/NOE/en_GB/service/nintendo_history_9911.html |archive-date=4 September 2012 }}</ref> based in [[Frankfurt]], Germany.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Legal/Ambassador/Contact-946390.html |title=Contact |access-date=24 July 2009 }}{{dead link|date=June 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The company handles operations across Europe (excluding [[Scandinavia]], where operations are handled by [[Bergsala]] on behalf of NOE),<ref name="ign lie">{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/12/09/the-lie-that-helped-build-nintendo |title=The Lie That Helped Build Nintendo |first=Joe |last=Skrebels |date=9 December 2019 |accessdate=20 October 2021 |work=[[IGN]] |archive-date=21 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221231714/https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/12/09/the-lie-that-helped-build-nintendo |url-status=live}}</ref> as well as South Africa.<ref name="NOE, History" /> Nintendo of Europe's United Kingdom branch (Nintendo UK)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Support/Contact/Repairs/General-Customer-Service-1106617.html |title=General Customer Service |publisher=Nintendo |date=29 August 2012 |access-date=9 October 2012 }}{{dead link|date=June 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> handles operations in that country and in Ireland from its headquarters in [[Windsor, Berkshire]]. In June 2014, NOE initiated a reduction and consolidation process, yielding a combined 130 layoffs: the closing of its office and warehouse, termination of all employment, in Großostheim; and the consolidation of all of those operations into, and terminating some employment at, its [[Frankfurt]] location.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2014-06-06-130-jobs-lost-in-nintendo-of-europe-reshuffle |title=130 jobs lost in Nintendo of Europe reshuffle |first=Dan |last=Pearson |work=[[gamesindustry.biz]] |date=6 June 2014 |access-date=9 June 2014 |archive-date=9 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140609064746/http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2014-06-06-130-jobs-lost-in-nintendo-of-europe-reshuffle |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://americasmarkets.usatoday.com/2014/06/06/nintendo-to-close-european-headquarters-lay-off-130/ |title=Nintendo to close European headquarters, lay off 130 |work=USA Today |date=6 June 2014 |access-date=9 June 2014 |archive-date=9 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140609082500/http://americasmarkets.usatoday.com/2014/06/06/nintendo-to-close-european-headquarters-lay-off-130/ |url-status=live }}</ref> As of July 2018, the company employs 850 people.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gameswirtschaft.de/wirtschaft/deutschlands-groesste-spielehersteller-2018/ |title=Deutschlands größte Spielehersteller 2018 |date=2 July 2018 |website=GamesWirtschaft |language=de |access-date=5 January 2019 |archive-date=5 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105043924/https://www.gameswirtschaft.de/wirtschaft/deutschlands-groesste-spielehersteller-2018/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In October 2018, Nintendo of Europe announced plans to relocate to a new {{convert|160,000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} headquarters in Frankfurt,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iz.de/transaktionen/news/-nintendo-verlegt-europazentrale-in-frankfurt-niederrad-1000056584 |title= Nintendo verlegt Europazentrale in Frankfurt-Niederrad |date=19 October 2018 |website=Immobilien Zeitung |language=de |access-date=1 May 2025 }}</ref> eventually moving into the location in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gameswirtschaft.de/wirtschaft/nintendo-of-europe-frankfurt-230223/ |title=Warum Nintendo fast 1.000 Leute in Deutschland beschäftigt |date=26 February 2023 |website=GamesWirtschaft |language=de |access-date=1 May 2025 }}</ref> In 2019, NOE signed with Tor Gaming Ltd. for official distribution in Israel.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-5451692,00.html|script-title=he:דיווח: נינטנדו צפויה להתחיל בייבוא רשמי לישראל|trans-title=Report: Nintendo is expected to start official imports to Israel|date=23 January 2019|website=ynet|language=he|access-date=17 April 2020|archive-date=29 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929022417/https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-5451692,00.html|url-status=live|last1=ויטצ'בסקי|first1=דניס}}</ref>

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| Former Nintendo of Europe headquarters in [[Großostheim|Großostheim, Germany]], until 2014
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| Former Nintendo of Europe headquarters in [[Frankfurt, Germany]], until 2020
| File:Edificio Adamastor Fernando Guerra & Sérgio Guerra – Fotografia de Arquitectura.JPG
| Nintendo of Europe (formerly Nintendo Iberica) office in [[Lisbon, Portugal]]
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