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On 1977/6/1, Nintendo released their first console, the Color TV-Game 6, costing ¥9,800. On 1978/6/8, Nintendo released the Color TV-Game 15 & the Color TV-Game Racing 112. On 1979/4/23, Nintendo released the Color TV-Game Block Breaker, as well as the Computer TV-Game in 1980. Collectively, ~3,000,000 units of the Color TV-Game consoles were sold. | On 1977/6/1, Nintendo released their first console, the Color TV-Game 6, costing ¥9,800. On 1978/6/8, Nintendo released the Color TV-Game 15 & the Color TV-Game Racing 112. On 1979/4/23, Nintendo released the Color TV-Game Block Breaker, as well as the Computer TV-Game in 1980. Collectively, ~3,000,000 units of the Color TV-Game consoles were sold. | ||
On 1983/7/15, Nintendo released the Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES. | |||
On 1990/11/21, Nintendo released the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, or SNES. | |||
On 1996/6/23, Nintendo released the Nintendo 64, or N64, in japan, taking until 1996/9/29 to be released in north america & 1997/3/1 to be released in europe & australia. | |||
On 2002/5/24, Hiroshi Yamauchi would step down as president & Satoru Iwata became the fourth president of Nintendo. | On 2002/5/24, Hiroshi Yamauchi would step down as president & Satoru Iwata became the fourth president of Nintendo. | ||
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History
1889-1972
Nintendo was founded on 1889/9/23, by Fusajiro Yamauchi, starting as a playing card producer.
In 1929, Nintendo experienced it's first leadership transition when Fusajiro Yamauchi stepped down & his son-in-law, Sekiryo Yamauchi, took on the role as president.
On 1940/1/1, Fusajiro Yamauchi died of a stroke at the age of 80.
In 1948, Sekiryo Yamauchi would suffer a near-death stroke. Because of his health, he arranged for his grandson, then 21 year old Hiroshi Yamauchi, to take his role & become the third president of Nintendo on 1949/4/25. Sekiryo Yamauchi would die on 1949/2/2 at the age of ~65.
In 1959, Nintendo made a partnership with Disney to make it's characters into playing cards. This choice was successful enough that Nintendo chose to become a public company in 1962. Nintendo made ¥150,000,000 of revenue in 1964.
1973-2002
In 1973, Nintendo released the Laser Clay Shooting System, their first arcade game.
In 1974, Nintendo released Wild Gunman, an electro-mechanical arcade game, which was adapted for the NES in 1985.
On 1977/6/1, Nintendo released their first console, the Color TV-Game 6, costing ¥9,800. On 1978/6/8, Nintendo released the Color TV-Game 15 & the Color TV-Game Racing 112. On 1979/4/23, Nintendo released the Color TV-Game Block Breaker, as well as the Computer TV-Game in 1980. Collectively, ~3,000,000 units of the Color TV-Game consoles were sold.
On 1983/7/15, Nintendo released the Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES.
On 1990/11/21, Nintendo released the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, or SNES.
On 1996/6/23, Nintendo released the Nintendo 64, or N64, in japan, taking until 1996/9/29 to be released in north america & 1997/3/1 to be released in europe & australia.
On 2002/5/24, Hiroshi Yamauchi would step down as president & Satoru Iwata became the fourth president of Nintendo.
2003-2023
On 2004/11/21, Nintendo released the Nintendo DS, a handheld foldable, double screen display. The Nintendo DS sold 18,790,000 units, or 154,020,000 units including the Nintendo DS Lite, Nintendo DSi & Nintendo DSi XL.
On 2013/9/19, Hiroshi Yamauchi died from pneumonia at the age of 85.
On 2015/7/11, Satoru Iwata died from bile duct cancer at the age of 55.