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The Story of Nintendo

They started making playing cards, but they really reached their stride in the eighties...

They started making playing cards, but they really reached their stride in the eighties and nineties, when they started releasing Arcade machines and then home consoles

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They started making playing cards,
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but they really reached their stride
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in the eighties and nineties,
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when they started releasing Arcade machines
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and then home consoles.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
44
Timestamp in Movie
00:02:07
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.
And that was about the same time as well - The Story of Nintendo 00:11
And that was about the same time as well
As you can see, - The Story of Nintendo 00:09
As you can see,
Nintendo's earliest and best customers - The Story of Nintendo 00:09
Nintendo's earliest and best customers
They ran lots of illegal gambling dens - The Story of Nintendo 00:07
They ran lots of illegal gambling dens
And because no one wanted cheating going on - The Story of Nintendo 00:09
And because no one wanted cheating going on
So Nintendo had a great business early on - The Story of Nintendo 00:11
So Nintendo had a great business early on
Yamauchi found great success - The Story of Nintendo 00:06
Yamauchi found great success
Before long, he had established a new shop in Osaka - The Story of Nintendo 00:09
Before long, he had established a new shop in Osaka
It was in 1929 when yamauchi decided to step down - The Story of Nintendo 00:14
It was in 1929 when yamauchi decided to step down
Fusajiro remained uninvolved with the company - The Story of Nintendo 00:13
Fusajiro remained uninvolved with the company
And the founder of the company continued until 1929 - The Story of Nintendo 00:17
And the founder of the company continued until 1929
It was occupied most, there wasn't much food, - The Story of Nintendo 00:08
It was occupied most, there wasn't much food,
I mean, the country had to rebuild from absolute scratch. - The Story of Nintendo 00:07
I mean, the country had to rebuild from absolute scratch.
And from that came this kind of, you know, - The Story of Nintendo 00:17
And from that came this kind of, you know,
The years following world war II - The Story of Nintendo 00:06
The years following world war II
Markets for electronics were established - The Story of Nintendo 00:07
Markets for electronics were established
Among such technological innovations, - The Story of Nintendo 00:14
Among such technological innovations,
Akihabara is an electronics district in Tokyo, - The Story of Nintendo 00:10
Akihabara is an electronics district in Tokyo,
You'd have these kind of multi-story arcades - The Story of Nintendo 00:08
You'd have these kind of multi-story arcades
It was really kind of very, kind of geeky mecca if you like. - The Story of Nintendo 00:06
It was really kind of very, kind of geeky mecca if you like.