Nintendo: The Company and its Founders - Sharyland ISD

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NINTENDO Nintendo also learned from other video game manufacturer’s mistakes. Unauthorized, cheaply MARIO MEDIA produced games could not work The little plumber Mario has on their system because of their inspired some big things in the entertainment business. unique 10NES lockout chip. They A movie based on the game also created the Nintendo Seal of starred Academy Awardwinning British actor Bob Quality, making authenticity easily Hoskins as Mario. The liveaction film entitled Super in the video game products was recognizable on the label. Faith Mario Bros. was released in 1993. The film received bad restored, and the competition with reviews and did poorly at the other manufacturers began again. box office, but it was also By the end of 1985, Nintendo nominated for two Saturn Awards for best costume and had sold more than 1 million best makeup. Mario has also units in the United States. It inspired a comic book series, a would eventually sell nearly television cartoon show, and a rock opera. 62 million units, and the NES would become the best-selling video game system in the United States until the Wii. Meanwhile, Nintendo kept producing one successful game after another. Nintendo had kicked the video game door wide open. The United States provided the biggest video game market in the world, and Nintendo had captured it through innovation. With Yamauchi at the helm, it seemed there was no end in sight. 80
NINTENDO OF AMERICA EXPANDS Super Mario Brothers was one of many popular games for the NES. 81
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THE COMPANY AND ITS FOUNDERS by Mar
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CREDITS Published by ABDO Publishin
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CHAPTER 1 People stood in line at a
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NINTENDO In 1990, a study showed th
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NINTENDO Miyamoto worked for Ninten
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NINTENDO character: a little plumbe
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CHAPTER 2 Hanafuda are smaller and
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NINTENDO HANAFUDA Hanafuda playing
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NINTENDO Nintendo began in the city
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NINTENDO MATERNAL STRENGTH Hiroshi
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NINTENDO concerns about employees f
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CHAPTER 3 Yamauchi struck a deal wi
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NINTENDO The inventors at Nintendo
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NINTENDO Yamauchi’s instinct told
Page 32 and 33: NINTENDO MASAYUKI UEMURA Masayuki U
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Page 36 and 37: CHAPTER 4 From left, Federico Faggi
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Page 44 and 45: CHAPTER 5 Mino studied civil engine
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Page 68 and 69: CHAPTER 8 Atari 2600 had a joystick
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Page 88 and 89: NINTENDO Xbox won more buyers due t
Page 90 and 91: NINTENDO GAME SHIFT The success of
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Page 102 and 103: NINTENDO ESSENTIAL FACTS CREATORS F
Page 104 and 105: NINTENDO GLOSSARY apprentice Someon
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Page 112 and 113: NINTENDO INDEX Arakawa, Minoru (Min
Page 114: NINTENDO ABOUT THE AUTHOR Mary Fire
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