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New Series Im gonna do once a week :)

Part 1:

It was long ago in the 1960s a struggling Japanese company named Nintendo was trying to find a sucess for many of their markets were pretty niche. Then video games came into the picture. In the 1970s Nintendo made the color tv game. This is where they would make the color tv game and one of the most influential developers in gaming history will come along.

Young Mr. Shigeru Miyamoto

This was around the North American Gaming Crash of the 1980s. Nintendo seeing sucess in Japan decided to bring its console and dk over to North America. DK was about a person known as Jumpman who has his lover kidnapped by DK(Donkey Kong) and he tries to save her.


Picture of the Original DK

It was a huge sucess, which will start the rise of a gaming giant.

Part 2:

Nintendo then released in Japan the Famicon. This was a huge sucess so in 1985 they brought it over to the west and named it the NES(Nintendo Entertainment System). The result of this was more than Nintendo had ever riched for.

NES or Famicon in Japan

They became the only relevent console manufactuer in NA. This was all due to Mario/Jumpman.

Original box art for Super Mario Bros which will go on to sell 25 million + copies

Super Mario Bros rekindled the interest in consoles and Mario became so widespread he almost was as well known as Mickey Mouse. Nintendo would then continue this dominance in Japan and North America(sorry Europe Nintendo didnt think of you as relevent :(  )

But all this will change quickly when a new player comes to town.

That player was Sega.

So how was it?

Might do Xbox and Playstation history after this.

Thoughts?



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Raichu's First Series:

First RPG?

First Fighter?

First Racer?

First Shooter?

First MMO?

First Horror?

Official Ni No Kuni Fanboy:

Familiars Captured:37

Game Beaten: 2 times almost

Times I got teary during some scenes: 3

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Pssh Mario. He was called Jump Man back in the day!

Also, some pictures wouldn't hurt but apart from that, pretty good!



                  

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The game crash was in 1983 btw...



KLXVER said:
The game crash was in 1983 btw...

fixed my sources kept telling me late 1970s for some reason



Bets:

(Won)Bet with TechoHobbit: He(Techno) says 10 million by January 1,2014 I say 9 million by then. Winner gets 2 weeks of sig control.

(Lost)Bet with kinisking: I say Ps4 will win April NPD while he says Xbox One will win it; winner gets 1 week of avatar control.

Raichu's First Series:

First RPG?

First Fighter?

First Racer?

First Shooter?

First MMO?

First Horror?

Official Ni No Kuni Fanboy:

Familiars Captured:37

Game Beaten: 2 times almost

Times I got teary during some scenes: 3

Miyamoto smokes...?



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KLXVER said:
Miyamoto smokes...?

during the 1900s all the cool people smoked

that was before they learned about it causing lung cancer



Bets:

(Won)Bet with TechoHobbit: He(Techno) says 10 million by January 1,2014 I say 9 million by then. Winner gets 2 weeks of sig control.

(Lost)Bet with kinisking: I say Ps4 will win April NPD while he says Xbox One will win it; winner gets 1 week of avatar control.

Raichu's First Series:

First RPG?

First Fighter?

First Racer?

First Shooter?

First MMO?

First Horror?

Official Ni No Kuni Fanboy:

Familiars Captured:37

Game Beaten: 2 times almost

Times I got teary during some scenes: 3

Good start, but what about 1898 when Nintendo was founded? Various businesses Nintendo did before they got into the video game industry?



51JBerger said:
Good start, but what about 1898 when Nintendo was founded? Various businesses Nintendo did before they got into the video game industry?

1889*

Came here to say that. The birth of Nintendo was as a Toy company. They made cards, specifically.



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Slarvax said:
51JBerger said:
Good start, but what about 1898 when Nintendo was founded? Various businesses Nintendo did before they got into the video game industry?

1889*

Came here to say that. The birth of Nintendo was as a Toy company. They made cards, specifically.


Thanks for the correction.



OfficerRaichu15 said:
KLXVER said:
Miyamoto smokes...?

during the 1900s all the cool people smoked

that was before they learned about it causing lung cancer

Pssssh all the cool people still smoke. B-)