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Pre-nes...hmm Nintendo was at the height of its peek until a meteor crashed into the yucatan peninsula 65 million years ago. they were rivaling with Mu/Atlantis. The technology was lost and kept secret from other pre existing ancient rivals in Tibet an dIndia where scholars kept vimana texts. Whew hope that helped.nah It was cards and I believe they have been in business since 1889 Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, is the acknowledged worldwide leader in the creation of interactive entertainment. To date, Nintendo has sold more than one billion video games worldwide, created such industry icons as Mario and Donkey Kong and launched franchises like The Legend of Zelda and Pokémon. Nintendo manufacturers and markets hardware and software for its popular home video game systems, including Nintendo 64 and Game Boy - The world's best selling video game system. As a wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc., based in Redmond, Washington, serves as headquarters for Nintendo's operations in the Western Hemisphere, where more than 40 percent of American households own a Nintendo game system. http://www.ncecbvi.org/students/keith/Nintendo.html 1889 - Fusajiro Yamauchi, the great-grandfather of the present president, began manufacturing "Hanafuda," Japanese playing cards, in Kyoto. 1902 - Mr. Yamauchi started manufacturing the first playing cards in Japan. Originally for export, the product became popular in Japan as well as abroad.