Nortec Multimedia A.E.
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Nortec Multimedia A.E. was established in 1997. Its activities are imports and sells computer programmes, focusing particularly on software for video games.
The company was the official and exclusive representative of Nintendo in Greece and Cyprus (as of 1997), and the Balkans (as of 2002), and has a well-organised sales network with more than 500 outlets across Greece.
The main products it marketed in Greece and Cyprus were Game Boy, Nintendo 64 and Super Mario. Pokemon was the best seller for period 2000 - 2001.
In the 2015 Nortec officially announced it was ending its distribution partnership with Nintendo of Europe at the end of the year, citing trade issues with Nintendo. The following year the role of Nintendo's distributor in the region was picked up by CD Media S.E.
124 Games Released (2001 - 2009)
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| Animal Crossing: City Folk (2008 on Wii) |
| Disaster: Day of Crisis (2008 on Wii) |
| Wario Land: Shake It! (2008 on Wii, Wii U) |
| Mario Kart Wii (2008 on Wii) |
| Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008 on Wii) |
| Advance Wars: Days of Ruin (2008 on Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS) |
| Wii Fit (2007 on Wii) |
| Link's Crossbow Training (2007 on Wii) |
| Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles (2007 on PlayStation 3, Wii, Wii U...) |
| Mario Party DS (2007 on Nintendo DS, Wii U) |
| Super Mario Galaxy (2007 on Wii, Wii U, Android) |
| BWii: Battalion Wars 2 (2007 on Wii) |
| Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (2007 on Wii) |
| DK: Jungle Climber (2007 on Nintendo DS, Wii U) |
| Endless Ocean (2007 on Wii) |
| Donkey Kong Barrel Blast (2007 on Wii) |
| The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (2007 on Nintendo DS, Wii U) |
| Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day (2007 on Nintendo DS) |
| Mario Strikers Charged (2007 on Wii, Wii U) |
| Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (2007 on Wii) |
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History +
- 1997
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Company established.
- April 4th, 1997
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The company becomes the exclusive distributor for Nintendo games in Greece.
- April 25th, 2000
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After four years of investigation after a filed complaint from Omega Electro BV in 1996 against Nintendo Netherlands B.V. and Nintendo UK Ltd., the Commission of the European Communities opens a case against Nintendo of Europe GmbH, Nintendo Co., Ltd. and their 12 European distributors, including Nortec Multimedia A.E., for blocking parallel trades and operating a resale price maintenance policy (and therefore violating the European Community treaty).
- October 30th, 2002
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The Commission of the European Communities find Nintendo guilty and Nortec Multimedia A.E., Nintendo's Greek distributor, has to pay a fine of one million Euro. (A transcription of the case can be found in this PDF document.)
- December 31st, 2015
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Nortec Multimedia A.E. officially ends their partnership with Nintendo of Europe.
Trivia +
Company address (2007):
Nortec Multimedia
8 Alexandroupoleos str.
144 51 Metamorphosis
Athens
Greece
Tel.: +301-210-2850681
Fax: +301-210-2850684
Related Web Sites +
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Nortec Multimedia A.E.
official site
Frequent Collaborators
- 128 games with Nintendo of Europe GmbH
- 38 games with Mario Club, Inc.
- 27 games with Nintendo EAD
- 13 games with Nintendo Co., Ltd.
- 11 games with Intelligent Systems Co., Ltd.
- 9 games with SRD Co. Ltd.
- 7 games with Hudson Soft Company, Ltd.
- 6 games with DIGITAL Hearts Co., Ltd.
- 5 games with Creatures, Inc.
- 5 games with BANDAI NAMCO Amusement Inc.
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