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    How did Nintendo go from a small card company in Kyoto, Japan to a global juggernaut in the video game industry? They were able to able to mesmerize us all with fun and new intuitive ways to enjoy a medium that was only looked at as toys, but now is a medium that is enjoyed by every one of all ages. To quote the former president of Nintendo, the late Satoru Iwata said, “Above all, video games are meant to be just one thing: Fun for everyone” with that philosophy Nintendo was able to shape, save,

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    The Nintendo 3DS XL introduces many new features off of the original design of the DS. The gaming company Nintendo released the original DS in America in November 21st, 2004, The DS grew throughout the years from DS, DS lite, DSi, to DSi XL finally landing us with the 3DS XL released in June 21st, 2012. The Nintendo 3DS added many features, but the ultimately noticeable feature being the 3D option. This excited numerous Nintendo fans because they believed they were obtaining the future. These features

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    Nintendo first started out as a playing card company that would soon grow into one of the largest video game company in the world. Shigeru Miyamoto created one of Nintendo’s most well-known iconic characters: Mario. Mario made his first appearance in Donkey Kong named as Jumpman. With the graphic limitations at the time Mario’s design was simple and consisted of red overalls, a blue shirt, large nose, and a mustache. A beloved character by all, Mario with his simplistic games, has made an impact

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    Technology Research Paper The Nintendo is a truly fascinating system. With a lot of history you may not have heard of, and with the Nintendo coming very far in the gaming world with the system’s and company’s progression as well as the systems after it, it is a very cool system altogether that I enjoy thoroughly. Nintendo was not always the sweet gaming company of today; it was originally the Marufuku Company, founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi, and they made paper playing cards, believe it or not, called

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    Nintendo is a wonderful company, although there is much more to Nintendo than just a video game company. The company has been around for a while, and there’s proof that shows: over multiple years, Nintendo has made many games and many consoles. Nowadays, Nintendo consoles have been tossed aside, forgotten as people play on their Xboxes and Playstations, yet Nintendo still works to make consoles for people’s entertainment. Nintendo tries to make game consoles that’ll please everyone, although that

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    Activision still exist today and had some good runs, but never where that popular in the gaming market and it stayed like that for most 2nd party developers in the future 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

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    In 1985, Nintendo launched what would become one of its most successful games in all of video gaming history. Super Mario Brothers; released for the Nintendo NES, became on of the best selling games in the world, and put Nintendo on the map as the “Grandfather of Modern Video Gaming” (Nintendo, 2016). Nintendo has seen a dozen of its products dominate the market—from the Gameboy to the Wii, the company’s products are iconic and unique to the industry and are easily accessible worldwide. Despite Nintendo’s

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    In 1975, Nintendo shifted to the video arcade game industry with EVR Race, designed by first game designer Genyo Takeda. Along with several other titles, Nintendo started out with some success, but in 1981, the release of Donkey Kong, designed by Shigeru Miyamoto, increased Nintendo’s profits exponentially. The success of the game along with many licensing opportunities provided Nintendo a huge boost in money, and the game also introduced a visualization of Mario, the mascot of Nintendo. Back then

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    situation faced by Nintendo, the oldest video-game company in the world. The company had positioned its line of developing good games for all age stages and strongly opposed to violence and pornography. In 1985, shortly after the company’s introduction of Nintendo Entertainment System to the United States, Nintendo met its match when Japanese entertainment giant Sony and American tech behemoth Microsoft entered the field with the PlayStation and Xbox. Despite the new competition, Nintendo still held strong

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    Nintendo started up as a small business in Japan. It was founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi on the 23rd of September 1889 as Nintendo Koppai. Being based in Kyoto, Japan, it marketed and produced Hanafuda cards. These cards were handmade and soon they began to gain popularity and Yamauchi needed to hire assistants so as to mass produce in order to meet the high demand. Between 1956 and 1974, Nintendo ventured in toy productions rather than just the production of cards. Being a small company, it struggled

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