-
Japanese businessman Fusajiro Ymauchi founded a small trading card company. He named it Nintendo.
-
For seventy years the Nintendo card company dominated the trading card market. They joined forces with Disney to produce Disney trading cards.
-
Their joint venture with Disney was a huge success, and it took the company to a new level. They were able to open their stock to the public.
-
With Nintendo's success, they began branching out into new markets including food and toys. Each of their ideas failed, except for their ideas in toys.
-
The Ultra Hand was Nintendo's first big toy hit. Developed by one of Nintendo's assembly line workers, Gunpei Yokoi, the moving hand opened new doors for Nintendo.
-
Electronic games had been gaining popularity for several years, and Nintendo dabbled in a few new products. They began distributing the Magnavox Odyssey, and saw success.
-
Over the years, Nintendo began developing arcade games. Their games caught on, with the hugely popular Donkey Kong gaining instant fame.
-
Nintendo continued working on a handheld home device for video games. Some of them never came to fruition, but others went out to the public with mild success.
-
After a few years of perfecting their design and technology, Nintendo was at last ready to release their at-home gaming system. They released a limited number of games, including Super Mario Brothers in Japan.
-
Nintendo designed and released the first portable gaming system. The Game Boy was low in price, and was instantly popular.
-
Super Mario Bros. 3 was an instant hit, selling over 18 million copies. It has been called the best 8-bit game ever made.
-
The Super Nintendo had a new sleek design with a better controller. The introduction of the Super Nintendo helped pave the way for CD-ROM games of the future.
-
Nintendo continued streamlining their design and updating their technology, and they soon released the Nintendo 64. A year later, Sony would release the PlayStation which would cut into Nintendo's profits.
-
Originally known as Pocket Monsters, Pokemon cards became wildly popular. Nintendo took back ground it had lost to Sony, but the success didn't last and Nintendo struggled for several years.
-
Nintendo released their new portable gaming system called the Nintendo DS. In 2006, they released the Wii which was aimed at people who wouldn't normally play video games; it became a huge success and put Nintendo back on the map.
