The History of Nintendo
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1889: Nintendo is founded as a playing card company.
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1929: Sekiryo Kaneda becomes company president.
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Hiroshi Yamauchi starts transforming Nintendo into a toy company.
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1956: Nintendo explores U.S. markets and begins diversification.
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1963: Nintendo Co., Ltd. is established and expands into toys and electronics.
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1970: Nintendo enters the electronic toy market.
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1977: Release of the Color TV‑Game series.
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1980: Launch of Game & Watch.
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1981: Release of Donkey Kong.
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Launch of the Famicom / NES.
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1985: Worldwide NES release and Super Mario Bros.
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1989: Release of the Game Boy.
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1990: Launch of the Super Nintendo (SNES).
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1996: Release of the Nintendo 64.
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1998: Launch of the Game Boy Color.
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2001: Release of the Game Boy Advance and GameCube.
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2004: Launch of the Nintendo DS.
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2006: Release of the Nintendo Wii, becoming one of the best‑selling consoles of all time.
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2011: Launch of the Nintendo 3DS
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2012: Release of the Wii U.
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2017: Launch of the Nintendo Switch.
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2019: Release of the Switch Lite.
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2021: Release of the Switch OLED
♦️ Fun Fact: Nintendo started in 1889 making hand-painted playing cards.
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