Nintendo Chapter 1 Summary

When you think of your all-time favorite video games, it's a tough battle. With so much that goes into the spectrum of gaming, how do you compare a high definition first person shooter, to a classing 8-bit scroller? It's Mario vs Mortal Kombat X or Galaga vs GTA V. However, these sorts of video games are not a mere comparison, but history. Honoring the past, taking us to these fantastic new developments, most game fans salute the industry for how it has grown, but none of it would of started without the classics. Here is a homage to the five best retro games!Pac-Man was originally launched in Japan, by Namco in the 1980s, but with many other games more popularized it was gravely ignored, however in North America, it took a way bigger audience to fall in love with this yellow

When video games were first being introduced to the general public, they weren’t all that exciting. Most gaming took place in arcades and most arcades didn’t have many game cabinets due to their being very few games to begin with. However, all of this changed when the Atari 2600 was released. At the time, Atari was known for their home computers and their hit arcade game “Pong”. Though the Atari 2600 might not have been the first video game system, it was definitely the most successful at that time and a great success for Atari’s first attempt at a home video game console. Thanks to the success of the 2600, video games began to take off and arcades started popping up all over the world with hits like “Pac-Man” and “Donkey Kong”. These would be the

After seeing how the Nintendo Gamecube was doing many 3rd party developers did not want to work with Nintendo. Developers wanted to make mature games for the Play Station 2 and the soon to be released Xbox. Another reason developers shied away from developing on the Gamecube was for the lack of power and storage space with the discs (Thomas, L). Sony was using standard sized discs which meant that bigger games would be able to be played and developed, because of all the storage. Nintendo decided to try using smaller discs that had minimal storage and games would not be as big. This turned developers away and as of 2017 this decision Nintendo made back in 2001 still affects Nintendo.

The Nintendo brand has changed over the years, starting out as a simple card company that has expanded into the massive electronic giant we know today. They have had their ups and downs through their time as a gaming company but they always have the gamer’s interest in mind. As the late CEO of Nintendo, Satoru Iwata said, "On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer" (Yu, E., & Chan, W.

The battle went for 2 years until this happened in 1977 Shigeru miyamoto went to Nintendo an average card game company that made things like flower games and other card games.miyamoto turned that company into a high scale video game company. They released the nes and went overboard of anything Atari had done all their existence.miyamoto joined at the age of 25 and currently is at the age of

Anderson begins by telling his audience that with the creation of the popular and first Nintendo GameBoy game Tetris, a new tradition begins that he calls “stupid games”. Continuing his critical analyst he pointed out how technology has evolved a lot since Tetris was created and with so did video games leaving our world of today surrounded by what he calls “stupid games”. He talks about how Game-studies scholars have noticed a trend, that video games are often made during a time where they would be socially needed. Examples given by Anderson were, “Monopoly, for

For 30 years, an elf-like dude in a green shirt has embarked on adventure after adventure. His appearance changed, his setting changed, but his spirit never changed. Throughout the years, the brunt of a specific journey reverberated throughout the video game industry. A new meaning of adventure shook the foundation of video games; this new definition is “linked” to the Legend of Zelda and it’s green capped heroine. Thus, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time changed the gaming landscape forever.

Since the dawn of new age media, its effects on society have been a subject of widespread debate. The American Psychological association has come to the conclusion that watching Bugs Bunny or The Three Stooges leads to a public which craves aggression. A public which has been exposed to blood and gore by means of gaming consoles such as Sega genesis, Nintendo 64, Mircosoft’s Xbox gaming systems, and the oh so dreaded Play Station. There is no doubt that these fantastic creations have shaped the world around us in many ways. Counter cultures arising around the world seemingly overnight. In the beginning of the video game universe, in November of nineteen seventy-two, there was the ground breaking new system supporting “Pong” from Atari incorporated. Which ushered in a new age of computer engineering revolving around a world of gamers hungry for more.

The gaming company known as Nintendo has created many games that appeal to children, teenagers, and even adults. Nintendo’s wide variety of games has many distinguishing characteristics such as in-depth storylines, detailed characters, and emotional endings that make their games appealing to everyone. For example, one of Nintendo’s most successful games is the Fire Emblem series. In short, the Fire Emblem series allows the player to form tactics and devise battle strategies in order to move further into the game. The most recent installment of the Fire Emblem series, Fire Emblem Fates, offers the same qualities as a standard Nintendo game and follows the same criteria as a standard Fire Emblem game, but it has additional qualities that help

For over thirty years, Nintendo has created hardware that changes the way people play, whether it is through groundbreaking controls and innovative gameplay experiences. Since the release of the original Gameboy, the company has used the concept “Lateral Thinking of Withered Technology.” It refers to “using existing, cheap, well-established technology in new ways, thus allowing Nintendo to introduce new, innovative concepts at affordable prices” (Mathis 1). However, while this philosophy suited the gaming giant, third party developers became frustrated over old hardware limitations. So much in fact, that for a while it deteriorated Nintendo’s market share (apart from the Wii). Additionally, members of GamesSpot’s Nintendo Fan Club argue that

The famous games that ‘Stern Electronic’ published is ‘Astro Invader’ in 1980, the first published arcade game by ‘Stern Electronic,’ and ‘Amidar’ in 1981. ‘Stern Electronic’ also be known as the pinball machine company, created ‘Hot Hand’ in 1979, the poker-based pinball game, and ‘Flight 2000’ in 1980, the first pinball machine with speech. However, ‘Stern Electronic’ was closed in 1985 because of the North American Video Game Crush in 1983, destroyed the video game console industry until

     "Work hard, but in the end it's in heaven's hands." This is a quote from Game Over about the meaning of the word "Nintendo." In the video-gaming market, though, it was really in consumers' hands. Nintendo has always needed to adapt to survive in the market. Nintendo always needed to be on top; it was a company that needed to be ahead of the rest. Nintendo had to set new standards, or improve on an existing product or idea.

This essay will talk about how Nintendo is currently the best company in the video game race. It will discuss all of Nintendo’s innovations to the video gaming industry as a whole and how without Nintendo, the video game industry would be drastically different. An example of an event that would have altered the video game industry without Nintendo would be the Video Game Crash of 1983, where video games were being reproduced at a rate where all copies couldn’t be sold and how all of the games at the time were essentially the same, repetitive gameplay. Nintendo’s franchises will be discussed in detail to explain how Nintendo is superior to the other video game companies, without taking away the achievements other companies have produced, besides

Coleco releases the Colecovision in 1982. Nintendo, not doing well in the arcade market, licenses Donkey Kong among other games to Coleco. Colecovision's main appeal was an adapter to play Atari 2600 games. To compete with Colecovision, Atari releases its Atari 5200. It does poorly mainly because it took years to have the Atari 2600 adapter that Colecovision had all along. The very next year the Commodore 64 comes out. It is the best video game system yet and acted more like a computer. Because of this sudden flood of game consoles and software, 3rd party companies couldn't compete and went out of business. Their games became dirt cheap and soon people preferred to buy them than the expensive company's games. This all lead to a rough market.

We all know the GameCube did not last very long as the competing consoles had more support and many more developers churning out titles and managed to force Nintendo to pack the GameCube in and move on to try a newer concept but before that happened the guys and gals at Nintendo tried to drum up sales by signing exclusive rights to some franchises, as a result of that attempt to boost sales we saw the Resident Evil series rebooted and new titles added exclusively on the GameCube as a deal was signed with Capcom for exclusive GameCube releases and also Metal Gear Solid The Twin Snakes was a massive deal along with a few others but it was not enough to boost sales and in the end they just packed it in, of course the rival systems had some serious firepower of their own with the likes of Kill zone, Gran Turismo, (PlayStation) Halo, (Xbox) and of course Grand Theft Auto on both.