TIL Nintendo was founded in 1889 as a playing card company in Kyoto, Japan. They made traditional Japanese 'hanafuda' cards and didn't start making video games until the 1970s.
Yeah, to be clear, that was what I was intrigued by. That they existed for nearly 100 years before their rise as a video game power.
TIL Nintendo was founded in 1889 as a playing card company in Kyoto, Japan. They made traditional Japanese 'hanafuda' cards and didn't start making video games until the 1970s.
Yeah, to be clear, that was what I was intrigued by. That they existed for nearly 100 years before their rise as a video game power.