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Nintendo Turns 130 Years Old

Marufuku

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1889
Fusajiro Yamauchi began manufacturing and selling Japanese playing cards, Hanafuda, in Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan.


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1902
Started manufacturing and selling the first western playing cards in Japan.


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1947
Established Marufuku Co., Ltd., which is the previous incarnation of Nintendo Co., Ltd., in Higashikawara-cho, Imagumano, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan.

1949
Hiroshi Yamauchi took office as president.

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1951
Changed the company's name to Nintendo Playing Card Co., Ltd.

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1952
Consolidated the manufacturing facilities, which used to be scattered around Kyoto, in Kamitakamatsu-cho, Fukuine, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan.

1953
Became the first company to succeed in mass-producing plastic playing cards in Japan.

1959
Moved the headquarters to Kamitakamatsu-cho, Fukuine, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan.
Started selling Disney character playing cards.
Automated the production of Japanese playing cards with machines that paste backing paper onto the cards.

1961
Established the Tokyo Branch in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

1962
Listed stock on the Second Section of the Osaka Securities Exchange and on the Kyoto Stock Exchange.

1963
Changed the company's name to Nintendo Co., Ltd. (current name).

1970
Stock listing was changed to the First Section of the Osaka Securities Exchange.

1973
Developed an entertainment system called Laser Clay Shooting System for leisure facilities.

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1977
Launched Nintendo's first home video game machines, TV Game 15 and TV Game 6.

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1978
Developed and started selling arcade video game machines.

1980
Developed and started selling GAME & WATCH.
Established a wholly-owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc., in New York, U.S.A.

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1981
Developed and started selling an arcade video game called Donkey Kong.

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1982
Established Nintendo of America Inc. in Seattle, Washington and merged the New York subsidiary into it.

1983
Launched the home video game system, Family Computer System (known as Nintendo Entertainment System outside Japan.)

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1985
Started selling the Super Mario Bros. game software for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

1989
Launched the handheld video game system, Game Boy.

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1990
Launched the home video game system, Super Famicom (known as Super Nintendo Entertainment System outside Japan.)

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1996
Launched the home video game system, Nintendo 64.

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2000
The headquarters of Nintendo Co., Ltd. was relocated to 11-1 Hokotate-cho, Kamitoba, Minami-ku, Kyoto, Japan (current location).

2001
Launched the handheld video game system, Game Boy Advance. Launched the home video game system, Nintendo GameCube.

2002
Satoru Iwata took office as president.

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2004
Launched the handheld video game system, Nintendo DS.

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2006
Launched the home video game system, Wii.

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2008
Launched the handheld video game system, Nintendo DSi.

2011
Launched the handheld video game system, Nintendo 3DS.

2012
Launched the home video game system, Wii U.

2014
Launched the handheld video game system, New Nintendo 3DS.

2015
Tatsumi Kimishima took office as president.

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2016
Released smart device application, Miitomo.

2017
Launched Nintendo Switch, a home video game system that can also be used as a handheld.
Established Nintendo Sales Co., Ltd. in Taito-ku, Tokyo.

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2018
Shuntaro Furukawa took office as president.
Started the online service, Nintendo Switch Online.

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2019
Launched Nintendo Switch Lite.

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skeezx

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130 years of hanafuda goodness.

also some video games. they were kind of okay at that. ice climber was sort of fun
 
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Marufuku

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Sorry, I hit the post button before finishing the thread.

Should be ready by the morning.
 
LittleAlchemist

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How weird to have worked for the company long before they become globally recognized for what they currently are known for. Like a completely different business. With Sony they just opened up a gaming division but with Nintendo, that's practically just what they are now (I'm sure they have novelty products on the side though).
 

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happy birthday nintendo!

they've survived as a company for 130 years, but just wait for the smallest mistake or flop, and people will start the doom and gloom and speculate about which company will acquire them. they'll outlive all of us, i'm sure.

to me they're a huge part of why i like this hobby in the first place, they've just never lost sight of what makes a game good and timeless. it's not the flashy graphics, it's not the "mature" or "cinematic" feel. it's good old fun gameplay. i'm confident that they'll never let go of their main priority.
 

srtrestre

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Oct 25, 2017
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More than a century later, Does Nintendo "give a shit about games as an art form"?
 
Unknownlight

Unknownlight

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Nov 2, 2017
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Happy Birthday, Nintendo!

Trivia: Nintendo was founded the same year the Eiffel Tower first opened.
 
Advc

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Nov 3, 2017
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I dislike congratulating big ass corporations because obvious reasons, but with Nintendo there's always a exception because their products have always been present during the happiest moments of my life since I was a dumb kid. And during the roughest too. Congrats, Nintendo! Here's to another 130 years of awesomenes and of no Mother 3 on the West!
 
ascii42

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LittleAlchemist said:
How weird to have worked for the company long before they become globally recognized for what they currently are known for. Like a completely different business. With Sony they just opened up a gaming division but with Nintendo, that's practically just what they are now (I'm sure they have novelty products on the side though).
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Just think about Hiroshi Yamauchi, who was President of the company from 1949-2002.
 
Handicapped Duck

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"Leave luck to the heavens" is probably the most apt translation of a company ever, because one doesn't get by on luck alone. Happy Birthday Nintendo and here's to another 130 years.
 

Goodbye

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Oct 27, 2017
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You're early, it's not even 23 sept. in Japan. But that's okay, here's to another 130 years! Let's have some cake!

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Tesser

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What position do you think Nintendo will be in once PlayStation turns 130? I Imagine they'll have finally, begrudgingly, dropped friend codes and released a 4K remastered version of F-Zero - the original one - on their new full-VR subscription service. 2124 will definitely be the year of Nintendo, mark my words.
 
aisback

aisback

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Oct 27, 2017
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The growth is pretty remarkable .

You can tell how they are always working on something by constantly releasing stuff
 
Lua

Lua

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Aug 9, 2018
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Nintendo is as old as the eiffel tower, to put things in perspective.
 
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