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Nintendo courts non-gamers in 'about-turn' strategy
"There was a certain culture of secrecy, taken to extremes within Nintendo, that made it very squeamish about trying new ...
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Nintendo pioneer Hiroshi Yamauchi dies
Former Nintendo Co Ltd President Hiroshi Yamauchi, who built the company into a videogame giant from a maker of playing cards during more than half a century at the helm, died on Thursday of ...
Feature: It's 20 Years Since The Launch Of Nintendo's Most Important Console
One of the joys of Nintendo's Switch is how it marries the company's home console heritage with its equally prestigious ...
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What was Nintendo's first ever product (back in 1889)?
Nintendo's playing card business flourished under the leadership of Hiroshi Yamauchi, Fusajiro Yamauchi's grandson, who took over as Nintendo's president in 1949. Nintendo's hanafuda cards were ...
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Hiroshi Yamauchi | Financial Post
Hiroshi Yamauchi, who ran Nintendo for more than 50 years and led the Japanese company’s transition from traditional playing-card maker to video game giant, has died. He was 85 This advertisement has ...
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From creating Japanese playing cards in 1889 to becoming one of the most iconic video game companies in history, see how Nintendo has evolved
In 1889, Fusajiro Yamauchi began manufacturing Japanese playing cards called Hanafuda for his company Nintendo Koppai in Kyoto, Japan. Nintendo would become the biggest card-selling company in the ...