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Console Wars

Mr. Miyamoto was the originaldeveloper of Donkey Kong and the creator of Mario as the...

Mr. Miyamoto was the original
developer of Donkey Kong and the creator of Mario as the character chasing him
up the construction site

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- Mr. Miyamoto was the original developer of Donkey Kong
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and the creator of Mario
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as the character chasing him up the construction site.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:53:16
Uploaded
May 31, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Scott Rudin Productions,Point Grey Pictures,Flying Penguin Pictures,Legendary Television

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Movie Summary

It was 1990: Sega, startup gaming co. assembled a team to take on Nintendo, world's greatest video game company. A make or break conflict pit brother against brother, Sonic against Mario and, American capitalism against Japanese trad
- Whereas I was just a guy at Nintendo, - Console Wars 00:12
- Whereas I was just a guy at Nintendo,
When "Donkey Kong" first came in, it was really cool - Console Wars 00:08
When "Donkey Kong" first came in, it was really co...
You'd say, "Oops. I can do better," - Console Wars 00:04
You'd say, "Oops. I can do better,"
- We sold over $100 million worth - Console Wars 00:10
- We sold over $100 million worth
- We'd get shipments from Japan, - Console Wars 00:04
- We'd get shipments from Japan,
Then one of the days, I open the box, - Console Wars 00:07
Then one of the days, I open the box,
Let's bring it over, sell it." - Console Wars 00:10
Let's bring it over, sell it."
So I started to get exposed to the fact that there was - Console Wars 00:10
So I started to get exposed to the fact that there was
- "E.T." video game? Wow. - Console Wars 00:05
- "E.T." video game? Wow.
- The game was so bad, so unplayable, - Console Wars 00:06
- The game was so bad, so unplayable,
- It is a legendary landfill, a tomb - Console Wars 00:07
- It is a legendary landfill, a tomb
Thousands of copies of one of the epic flops - Console Wars 00:10
Thousands of copies of one of the epic flops
- The video game industry is now becoming - Console Wars 00:09
- The video game industry is now becoming
- Given the collapse of Atari, - Console Wars 00:08
- Given the collapse of Atari,
- I was, "the original salesperson" at Nintendo. - Console Wars 00:05
- I was, "the original salesperson" at Nintendo.
I had family members say, - Console Wars 00:04
I had family members say,
"How are you gonna support your family - Console Wars 00:09
"How are you gonna support your family
- Video games: play them for fun, - Console Wars 00:06
- Video games: play them for fun,
- But we still had really great games, - Console Wars 00:13
- But we still had really great games,
- Will your family be the first to witness - Console Wars 00:10
- Will your family be the first to witness