Stuff you may not know about Nintendo by Shells Walter

 Mario and Luigi have been jumping on and around things in video games for decades. They even have their own movie now. But where did these popular playable characters in games come from? 

Nintendo.

Nintendo is a company that creates ideas, turning them into video games. Their hit games of Mario Brothers and Legend of Zelda have boosted the company’s sales at times in the millions.

Who is Nintendo and how did the company get to be a well-known force in the gaming industry?

Well for one, Nintendo didn’t start out in the video gaming industry. 

It also wasn't just named Nintendo.

The original name of this well-known company was called Yamauchi Nintendo and it didn’t create video games at the time, but playing cards.

As you can see it was 1889 and the thought of video games wasn’t even a foreseeable technology at the time.

And hence this is where Nintendo began its legacy in the gaming industry.

Moving forward several years later in the 1950s,  Nintendo wanting to market these playing cards, made a deal with another company that is extremely well known now called Disney to get Disney characters on their cards.

The partnership with Disney would be a profitable venture selling close to a million of these playing cards. 

However, the playing cards in the gaming industry a few years later was losing its momentum. People were losing interest in these types of games and yearned for something different.

Nintendo realized this and around 1966, started to move more into the toy industry. But unfortunately, the process of doing toys did not work out for them after a while either.

So what was this company going to do after several years of dipping into entertaining the masses?

Video games.

The 70s brought changes in so many things and technology was one of them.

Games took a whole new meaning when gaming consoles were invented.

The first gaming console according to the Computer Museum of America, was the Magnavox’s Odessy created in 1972. 

And yes, Nintendo had a hand in getting this new form of entertainment at the time out.

The company played a crucial role by creating a light gun to go with the console’s shooting gallery games.

Nintendo most likely saw a market for entertainment that was new and interesting to the public. 

Games, and not just any games, arcade games, and console games.