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Foundation of Nintendo
The grandfather of the todays owner starts the production of Japanese playing cards -
Change of Strategy - Cooperation with Disney
The grand son of the Nintendo founder, Hiroshi Yamauchi, decides to change the core business to children's playing cards - The actual "foundation" of the today's company -
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Nintendo developed their first "video game" platforms
Some of the first arcade and a home-use videogame systems are introduced to the public -
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Sega and Sony - Competition never sleeps
Also other companies develop videogame systems - In the course of all the years Sega and Sony stay the closest competitors -
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Nintendo gets international - NES and Super Mario as flagships
After releasing the "Familiy machine" in Japan as the first market-ready gaming system for the users at home, Nintendo becomes international - until 1986 they sell their Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) together with der Super Mario Bros. all over the world -
Release of the first Gameboy
Nintendo releases the first portable gaming system - the Gameboy -
The next generation - Nintendo 64
Nintendo releases its new gaming system the Nintendo 64 and Super Mario 64 - For many gamers the "greatest game of all time" -
Pokemon is released
The videogame Pokemon is released - One of the most famous videogames ever and till nowadays a transmedia success story -
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Virtual hype - Nintendo becomes a global business
Continuing to release several new videogame systems (Gamecube, Gameboy Advance, Nintendo DS) in the early 2000´s Nintendo plays a major role in the upswing of the gaming business to a worldwide market -
Release of the Nintendo DS
The nextgen Handheld platform -
Release of the Nintendo Wii - the worldwide Nº1 in sales
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Release of the latest videogame System WiiU
