Mitsumi Electric
Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd. is a Japanese manufacturer of consumer electronic components, founded in 1954. Mitsumi has been a subsidiary of MinebeaMitsumi since 27 January 2017, when it merged with Minebea to form the parent company.
Mitsumi is primarily known as an OEM manufacturer of computer peripherals and input devices, floppy and optical disc drives used in laptop computers, desktops, servers and the Famicom Disk System. Prior to its merger with Minebea, the company was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, was a constituent of the Nikkei 225 stock index and provided its products through its subsidiaries in Asia, Europe, and North America.
Products
Video game console controllers
One of the company's most noticeable product lines were video game console controllers. Mitsumi manufactured the official controllers for the following consoles:- Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom controller
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom controller
- GameCube controller and the WaveBird Wireless Controller
- Panasonic 3DO Controller
- Wii Remote and Wii Nunchuk
- PlayStation standard and DualShock controllers
- PlayStation 2 DualShock 2 controller
- Xbox original 'Duke' Controller and early 'Controller S' models
Other
- The Wi-Fi sub-PCB for the Nintendo DS family of systems, and at least some of the Nintendo DS Lite consoles manufactured for Nintendo
- Nintendo DS power adapter and Sony Handycam power adapters
- Remote controls for several home electronics brands
- Computer keyboards, mice, and floppy drives for a number of computer manufacturers. These include the Apple Pro Keyboard and the Mighty Mouse, the keyboards, mice, and floppy drives for the Amiga, the keyboards for the VIC-20, TI-99/4A, and Amstrad CPC.
- Certain hardware parts for the Nintendo Wii U system
- Some components of the XM Satellite Radio system