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The Story of Nintendo

It was inspired by a game developed by physicist William Higinbotham

It was inspired by a game developed by physicist William Higinbotham

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It was inspired by a game
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developed by physicist William Higinbotham.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
45
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:37
Uploaded
Mar 08, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Entertain Me Productions,Tudor Productions

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Over 133 years in the making, from humble beginnings manufacturing 'Hanufuda' cards came the world's most recognized video game companies.
Atari leap towards mainstream distribution, - The Story of Nintendo 00:10
Atari leap towards mainstream distribution,
Hiroshi hired employees from sharp electronics - The Story of Nintendo 00:10
Hiroshi hired employees from sharp electronics
Soon in cooperation with Mitsubishi electric, - The Story of Nintendo 00:10
Soon in cooperation with Mitsubishi electric,
So after Nintendo had been going for quite a long time, - The Story of Nintendo 00:09
So after Nintendo had been going for quite a long time,
So at the time, - The Story of Nintendo 00:05
So at the time,
Atari had already been producing them for quite a while. - The Story of Nintendo 00:05
Atari had already been producing them for quite a while.
Classics like "pong" had been around - The Story of Nintendo 00:10
Classics like "pong" had been around
So Nintendo decided that they would try and get in on this - The Story of Nintendo 00:08
So Nintendo decided that they would try and get in on this
And when they did, - The Story of Nintendo 00:07
And when they did,
But it wasn't actually meant to be Nintendo's console. - The Story of Nintendo 00:06
But it wasn't actually meant to be Nintendo's cons...
Mitsubishi had created it for another company that went bust - The Story of Nintendo 00:11
Mitsubishi had created it for another company that went bust
So Nintendo's very first console, - The Story of Nintendo 00:07
So Nintendo's very first console,
It was a very, very simple device, but it paved the way. - The Story of Nintendo 00:07
It was a very, very simple device, but it paved the way.
I think Shigeru Miyamoto, who would go on to make - The Story of Nintendo 00:13
I think Shigeru Miyamoto, who would go on to make
I think he designed like the outer casing - The Story of Nintendo 00:06
I think he designed like the outer casing
So it paved the way for one Shigeru Miyamoto - The Story of Nintendo 00:08
So it paved the way for one Shigeru Miyamoto
In response, - The Story of Nintendo 00:12
In response,
It was the most popular second generation console - The Story of Nintendo 00:08
It was the most popular second generation console
Nintendo would follow - The Story of Nintendo 00:12
Nintendo would follow
In response to America’s growing Arcade market, - The Story of Nintendo 00:13
In response to America’s growing Arcade market,