Japanese businessman Fusajiro Ymauchi founded a small trading card company. He named it Nintendo.
1959
For seventy years the Nintendo card company dominated the trading card market. They joined forces with Disney to produce Disney trading cards.
1962
Their joint venture with Disney was a huge success, and it took the company to a new level. They were able to open their stock to the public.
1970
The Ultra Hand was Nintendo's first big toy hit. Developed by one of Nintendo's assembly line workers, Gunpei Yokoi, the moving hand opened new doors for Nintendo.
1972–1982: Arcade Games, Color Tv-Game, and Game & Watch
1982–1988: Nintendo Entertainment System Era
1989–1995: Game Boy, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and Virtual Boy Eras
1996–2000: Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Color Eras
2001–2003: Game Boy Advance and Gamecube Era
2004–2011: Nintendo DS and Wii Era
2012–2017: Nintendo 3Ds and Wii U Era
2017–Present: Nintendo Switch Era
Released in 1972, the first commercially available video game console, the Magnavox Odyssey, has a light gun accessory, the Shooting Gallery. This was the first involvement of Nintendo in video games. According to Martin Picard in the International Journal of Computer Game Research: "in 1971, Nintendo had—ev…
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