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Originally named “Nintendo Koppai”, the small business based in Kyoto started by Fusajiro Yamauchi produced Hanafuda Cards. For those unfamiliar, these are simple playing cards that are used to play multiple games – much like the more common standardized 52 playing card sets.
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1953 and the company was being run by Fusajiro’s grandson Hiroshi Yamauchi
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in 1959. Nintendo made a deal where they were able to print Disney characters on their cards. This enabled the business to tap into an entirely new market.
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The Color TV Game series includes five different pieces of hardware, each one with a unique game. Color TV Game systems did not have interchangeable cartridges, so each console could only play a single title.
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. Mario was created by Shigeru Miyamoto and appeared in the game designer's first ever title, the 1981 arcade platformer, Donkey Kong.
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In 1983 Nintendo finally decided to take the leap into the world of console-manufacturing and created the Nintendo Family Computer, commonly referred to as the FamiCom.
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Already in 2000 Nintendo announced it was developing a new console called The Dolphin. The system was being developed in heavy secrecy, but finally in late 2001 the system was announced as the Nintendo Game Cube (GCN).
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The Game Boy Advance was a beast. It was bigger, faster, button-ier, and more see-through than any Game Boy released up to that point. OK, so you could also see through the Game Boy Color’s case, but the Advance just had more to see under there. Chips and stuff. Where the graphics come from.
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Hiroshi Yamauchi passed away on september 19th 2013
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2004: Nintendo launches the hand-held DS with dual screens, touch control, wireless communication and voice recognition technology.
