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[Jesus Diaz of Gizmodo]

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A text version that includes other Nintendo Products:

1889
Fusajiro Yamauchi founds playing-card company that will eventually become Nintendo. At first it is very small time.

1933
Established an unlimited partnership, Yamauchi Nintendo & Co. Through the next 20 years, the company quietly continues to make cards, while slowly becoming more and more successful.

1953
Operations are booming. Nintendo is selling well, becoming the first to succeed in manufacturing mass-produced plastic playing cards in Japan.

1959
Started selling cards printed with Walt Disney characters, opening a new market in children’s playing cards. Nintendo even has stocks beginning soon, things are going well.

1963
Changed company name to Nintendo Co. Ltd. and started manufacturing games in addition to playing cards.

1978
Nintendo begins making coin-operated video games. In addition, they begin selling coin-operated video games using microcomputers as well.

1980
Announced a wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc. in New York. Started selling “GAME & WATCH” product line.

1981
Developed and began distribution of the coin-operated video game “Donkey Kong.” This video game quickly became the hottest selling individual coin-operated machine in the business.

NES – 1985
Nintendo releases NES to test markets, but investors are wary. Nintendo redesigns case for US market, so it looks like a “video component” rather than a toy. Nintendo also releases new games with the new system.

NES contains lockout chip and Nintendo restricts software development to exclusively licensed companies.

NES – 1986
Nintendo releases NES to general market, price $199 including Super Mario Brothers game. NES was a big thing back then with a variety of over 700 games. The graphics where better than those in the arcade and they were cheap to hold and connect to the T.V. Nintendo had begun its life.

Game Boy (GB) – 1989
The first hand held gaming system became popular instantly on its release and sold 100 milion copies proving one of the best gaming devices made in years. Game Boy was seen nation wide and with its small LCD screen, black and white gameplay and great sound, people dove for a chance to have GB.

Game Boy Colour (GBC) – 1989
The GBC was the follow up to he GB but with a break through. Colour had been introduced to the small LCD screen and the GBC soon took eyes of the GB. GB went out of business and GBC took flight selling millions of copys and making special limited edition copies like the “Pocket Pikachu”, exclusive to Pokemon and “Pocket Game Boy’s” especially made for your pocket

Super Nintendo (SNES) – 1991
After the first Nintendo console had been made, a second was made in sequal to NES. The SNES was very popular and sold over 20 million consoles in the U.S alone and 46 million worldwide. The SNES had better graphics, gameplay and stereo sound. Not as many as GB though.

Nintendo 64 (N64) – 1996
N64 arrived in 96′ and the future had with it. 64 bit technology allowed graphics to reach a climax with this console and Nintendo had its best sales ever, introducing vrious features with the N64. N64 made itself a legend but something bigger was about to arrive.

Game Boy Advance (GBA) – 2001
Advancing the shape and style of its ancestor, the GB, GBA taken people by storm. GBA has graphics better than SNES and plays very good with its streamline shape and small pocket size. GBA is the evolved version of the GB and has shown that it is truly incredible in comparison.

Gamecube (GC) – 2001
With totally mind-blowing graphics, the Gamecube makes its debut in 2001, November 4th to be exact. This console pushes all the previous consoles away and shows what Nintendo can really do.  Sadly, the console does not have good sales and is thought of as the “kid” console.

Nintendo DS (Dual Screen) – 2004
To compete against the Sony PSP, indirectly according to Nintendo, the DS is released.  Featuring very unique capabilities such as voice chat, wi-fi online capabilities, and especially the ability to touch the screen like a PDA.  The DS does not pull the gamer crowd in like the previous Game Boy’s, but thus far, it is holding its own weight.

Nintendo Wii (Wii) – 2006
The next generation console for Nintendo.  After suffering to the hands of Playstation with the Nintendo 64, Nintendo goes from bad to worse with the Gamecube.  Finally attempting to please the gaming crowd and maturing into what seems to be a better console, the Revolution is set to be out mid-2006.  The console will be going online with a well organized plan this time around.  Other neat features also include being able to purchase older titles from all Nintendo consoles like the NES, SNES, or Nintendo 64.  Finally, Nintendo will be attempting to get many more mature and overall better quality titles this time around.  Hopefully the quantity of titles will also increase as well.

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