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Whereas I was just a guy at Nintendo
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Console Wars

Whereas I was justa guy at Nintendo, Miyamoto is the guy,the master, and would go on to...

Whereas I was just
a guy at Nintendo, Miyamoto is the guy,
the master, and would go on to design some
of the best games at Nintendo

Full Transcript

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- Whereas I was just a guy at Nintendo,
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Miyamoto is the guy, the master,
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and would go on to design some of the best games at Nintendo.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:53:26
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
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
- Parents could say, "Oh, it's got this light gun, - Console Wars 00:14
- Parents could say, "Oh, it's got this light gun,