Question: Which video game company, headquartered in Kyoto, continues to produce Mario games for current generation consoles?
Context: "Metroid" is a video game series published by Nintendo and primarily produced by the company's first-party developers, though second-party Fuse Games and third-party Team Ninja have also developed for the series.  It debuted in Japan with "Metroid" (メトロイド , "Metoroido" ) on August 6, 1986, and was later released in North America (August 1987) and PAL regions (January 15, 1988).  All "Metroid" video games have been developed exclusively for Nintendo video game consoles and handhelds, dating from the Nintendo Entertainment System to the current generation of video game consoles.  The franchise consists of eleven video games, the latest of which is "" for the Wii.  Comics and manga adaptations, and video game soundtracks released on audio CDs are also available and occasionally figurines. The Yoshi video game series is a franchise of platform games and puzzle games that is a spin-off of the "Mario" series published and produced by the Japanese gaming company Nintendo.  The games have been developed by a variety of developers including Nintendo, Game Freak, Intelligent Systems, Artoon, Arzest, and Good-Feel.  "Yoshi" games have been released for Nintendo video game consoles and handhelds dating from the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) to the current generation of video game consoles.  Some of the original Nintendo Entertainment System and Super Nintendo Entertainment System games have been ported to Game Boy Advance or the Virtual Console (both, in the case of "Super Mario World"). "Donkey Kong" is a video game series created by game designer Shigeru Miyamoto.  It is published by Nintendo, with entries in the series developed by Nintendo, Rare, Namco, Retro Studios, and Paon.  The series debuted in 1981 with the arcade game "Donkey Kong", which was a sales success that brought Nintendo into the North American market.  Most "Donkey Kong" games have either been arcade games or released for Nintendo consoles and handhelds dating from the Nintendo Entertainment System to the current generation of video game consoles.  However, some of the original arcade games were ported into versions on third-party home consoles and developed by several companies.  "Donkey Kong" is among the best-selling video game franchises, with more than 48 million games sold worldwide. WWE 2K Games (formerly "WWF SmackDown!" , "WWE SmackDown!" , "WWE SmackDown vs. Raw", and WWE Games) is a series of professional wrestling video games based on the American professional wrestling promotion WWE.  The series was first published by THQ until 2013, when Take-Two Interactive's 2K Sports took over.  Games in the series are primarily developed by the Japanese based company, Yuke's.  The series was published by Yuke's and known as "Exciting Pro Wrestling" in Japan until 2005.  Following "SmackDown vs. Raw 2007", THQ took over as the Japanese publisher and the series adopted the western name.  Initially, the series was exclusive to PlayStation video game consoles, and was featured in all of the seventh generation consoles by 2008.  The SmackDown!  series is among the best-selling video game franchises with 47 million copies shipped as of 2009.  The game engine for the series is based on that used by the Japanese professional wrestling video game series, "Toukon Retsuden" and "Rumble Roses", a fictional professional wrestling series, both developed by Yuke's.  THQ and Yuke's Future Media Creators consider one reason the series has remained so popular is due to series bringing "WWE programming to life through a host of key new features, extensive rosters with WWE's most popular Superstars, incredible graphics and engaging action in and beyond the ring." Nintendo Co., Ltd. is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics and video game company headquartered in Kyoto.  Nintendo is one of the world's largest video game companies by market capitalization, creating some of the best-known and top-selling video game franchises, such as "Mario", "The Legend of Zelda", and "Pokémon".  Founded on 23 September 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it originally produced handmade hanafuda playing cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as cab services and love hotels. Abandoning previous ventures in favor of toys in the 1960s, Nintendo then developed into a video game company in the 1970s, ultimately becoming one of the most influential in the industry and Japan's third most-valuable company with a market value of over $85 billion.  From 1992 until 2016, Nintendo was also the majority shareholder of Major League Baseball's Seattle Mariners. Dragon Ball Xenoverse (officially abbreviated as Dragon Ball XV) is a fighting role-playing video game based on the "Dragon Ball" media franchise developed by Dimps and published by Bandai Namco Games.  It was released in February 2015 for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows.  It was the first "Dragon Ball" video game released on eighth generation video game consoles and the last "Dragon Ball" video game released on seventh generation consoles.  On May 17, 2016, a sequel, "Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2", was confirmed. The "Star Fox" video game series is a franchise of rail shooters and other action-adventure games published and produced by Nintendo.  The games have been developed by a variety of developers, but all of the games have had input from Nintendo.  All "Star Fox" video games have been developed exclusively for Nintendo video game consoles and handhelds dating from the Super Nintendo Entertainment System to the current generation of video game consoles.  The series debuted in Japan on February 21, 1993 with "Sutā Fokkusu" (スターフォックス , Sutā Fokkusu , lit.  "Star Fox") , which was later released in North America as "Star Fox" and in Europe as "Starwing".  The series revolves around the Star Fox team, a group of mercenaries hired to protect the Lylat system.  The leader of the group, Fox McCloud, is the protagonist of the series, and the only playable character in most of the games.  Currently, the series contains five games.  One reason the "Star Fox" series has remained popular is because of the shoot 'em up aerial sequences found in many of the games, which are recognized as the series' high points.  Dylan Cuthbert, one of the original creators of the series, noted that it was the combination of the on-rails aerial action and the in-game universe that made the games successful. WWE 2K15 is a professional wrestling video game developed in a collaboration between Yuke's and Visual Concepts, and published by 2K Sports for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows.  It is the sequel to "WWE 2K14", and was succeeded by "WWE 2K16".  It was released on October 28, 2014 in North America and on October 31, 2014 in Europe for last generation consoles and released on November 18, 2014 in North America and on November 21, 2014 in Europe for current generation consoles.  It was released for Microsoft Windows on April 28, 2015 and was the first WWE game to be released on the platform since "WWE RAW", which was released in 2002.  It is the first game in the series to use the new WWE logo since it was introduced earlier in 2014. The "Luigi" video game series is a franchise of survival horror, platform games and puzzle games that is a spin-off of the "Mario" franchise published and produced by Nintendo.  The series revolves around Luigi, Mario's brother.  "Luigi" games have been released for Nintendo video game consoles and handhelds dating from the Nintendo Entertainment System to the current generation of video game consoles.  Two of the original Nintendo Entertainment System "Mario" games have been ported to Wii U and altered to feature Luigi as the protagonist. The Mario (Japanese: マリオ , Hepburn: Mario ) franchise is a video game franchise published and produced by Nintendo starring the fictional Italian character Mario.  The franchise's other forms of media include several television series and a feature film.  It was originally created by game designer Shigeru Miyamoto with the arcade "Donkey Kong", released on July 9, 1981.  The games have been developed by a variety of developers including Nintendo, Hudson Soft, and AlphaDream.  Most "Mario" games have either been released for the arcade or Nintendo video game consoles and handhelds dating from the Nintendo Entertainment System to the current generation of video game consoles.
Answer: Nintendo