Nintendo History

After reading this article on the history Nintendo, I was very surprised.  First off, I had no idea that nintendo started as playing cards.  I was so focused on what Nintendo has been like throughout my childhood, that I did not know the history behind it.  Also, I didn't know that nintendo in Japanese meant "leave luck to heaven." Im assuming that kind of means that to win their games isn't lucky, it is mostly skill, which is a great meaning for you company


In 1975, Nintendo released its first video game, which was called EVR Race.  The second video game was named Donkey Kong.  That name I definitely know, because of who Donkey Kong is now. After this, in 1983, Nintendo released their first console, which was called Famicom, another fact I did not know.


Soon after, Famicom crashed, and Nintendo came out with a console named Nintendo Entertainment System.  This system was basically the same as Famicom, but just fixed the problems with Famicom. Nintendo then released many other consoles, their latest one being the Nintendo Wii, which is a great console.  When that first came out, I bought it and it was the coolest thing ever to me.  The characters on the Wii and all the games had amazing graphics which was great art, and the technology perspective of it was something truly awesome.