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humble beginnings
On July 15, 1983 the first Nintendo game console called the NES was released, sweeping japan by storm for bringing games like Donkey Kong and other popular arcade games to your TV at home. With it's popularity growing in the rising sun America started to notice, and like that the negotiations began -
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the life of Nintendo
everything has a humble beginning, the same can be said about our favorite jump man console creator Nintendo. Starting from 1983 to now in 2022 come see the life of Nintendo in it entirety -
american consumption begins
on February 1986 three years after its release in Japan the NES came to america and started to boom in popularity with kid playing games like Duck Hunt, Hogan's Alley, and most popular Super Mario Bros. More than 60 million NES were sold and distributed in america though several companies. -
next gen gaming
on June 23, 1996 the Nintendo 64 was released in japan starting the trend of 3D gaming with games like super smash bros, and mario 64 and after some time it was released in america were it also gaind popularity -
the start of handheld gaming
on November 21, 2004 the Nintendo DS was released starting a new form of gaming, handheld. Because of its ability to be portable the system was very popular with titles like draw to life, super mario for the DS, and scribble adventures. -
the best (in my opinion) gaming console to date
November 19, 2006 the Nintendo WII was released to America and most other country's skyrocketing in sales as its unique gameplay style. There were over 100 million units sold by 2013. -
the biggest failure in the History of Nintendo
on November 18, 2012 the WII U was released in America. Although it was suppose to surpass it ansestor the WII it was very unpopular because It was big, bulky, and wasn't a true handheld console, as you needed to be within range of the Wii U to be able to use it and The GamePad also had terrible battery life -
the WII U rebrand
on March 3, 2017 the Nintendo Switch was released bringing back the idea of the hand held/ non handheld gaming console. The switch fixed most of the problems the WII U had, it was light and thin it had a longer battery lifespan and now it could be brought any where you wanted