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Nintendo: The Company and its Founders - Sharyland ISD

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NINTENDO<br />

to risk his long-term vision of success for the system,<br />

Yamauchi made another big move; he ordered a<br />

complete recall of all systems rather than fix the<br />

broken ones as they were returned.<br />

Now that the defective chip was gone <strong>and</strong><br />

replaced with one that worked, the Famicom was free<br />

to climb to dizzying heights of popularity in Japan.<br />

<strong>The</strong> system owners soon dem<strong>and</strong>ed more games.<br />

With a functioning <strong>and</strong> popular video game system<br />

in Japan, Yamauchi now could see an opportunity to<br />

bring a new game system to the United States as well.<br />

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