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The Story of Nintendo

So in the beginning, Hiroshi Yamauchii was only 21 years old, and the workers in Nintendo...

So in the beginning, Hiroshi Yamauchii was only 21 years old, and the workers in Nintendo didn't necessarily take
him entirely seriously

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So in the beginning,
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Hiroshi Yamauchii was only 21 years old,
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and the workers in Nintendo
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didn't necessarily take him entirely seriously.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
50
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:49
Uploaded
Mar 08, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Entertain Me Productions,Tudor Productions

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Movie Summary

Over 133 years in the making, from humble beginnings manufacturing 'Hanufuda' cards came the world's most recognized video game companies.
Visiting Cincinnati in the United States - The Story of Nintendo 00:08
Visiting Cincinnati in the United States
He'd gone to examine - The Story of Nintendo 00:08
He'd gone to examine
However, on his arrival, - The Story of Nintendo 00:06
However, on his arrival,
To Hiroshi, the scale of the facility - The Story of Nintendo 00:09
To Hiroshi, the scale of the facility
Concerned for the company's future, - The Story of Nintendo 00:09
Concerned for the company's future,
After Nintendo had established themselves - The Story of Nintendo 00:11
After Nintendo had established themselves
So they tried a whole range of different companies, - The Story of Nintendo 00:08
So they tried a whole range of different companies,
He went into the food business making instant rice, - The Story of Nintendo 00:07
He went into the food business making instant rice,
And that one seemed to go okay - The Story of Nintendo 00:08
And that one seemed to go okay
So by the early seventies, Nintendo was struggling. - The Story of Nintendo 00:05
So by the early seventies, Nintendo was struggling.
It spent a fortune trying all these businesses, - The Story of Nintendo 00:09
It spent a fortune trying all these businesses,
The outlandish ventures - The Story of Nintendo 00:07
The outlandish ventures
Desperately searching for ideas, - The Story of Nintendo 00:08
Desperately searching for ideas,
Around that time, - The Story of Nintendo 00:10
Around that time,
And instead of telling him off for that, - The Story of Nintendo 00:11
And instead of telling him off for that,
The ultra hand was distributed - The Story of Nintendo 00:05
The ultra hand was distributed
Such simplistic ingenuity spurred new ideas for the company. - The Story of Nintendo 00:06
Such simplistic ingenuity spurred new ideas for the company.
Soon a toy department was made in Kyoto, - The Story of Nintendo 00:11
Soon a toy department was made in Kyoto,
♪ Love tester ♪ - The Story of Nintendo 00:13
♪ Love tester ♪
The early seventies came rolling in, - The Story of Nintendo 00:08
The early seventies came rolling in,