Did you know that Nintendo actually started out as a playing card company before Mario & Co came along?

Before Game Boys and Super Mario, Nintendo spent decades making Hanafuda cards. It turns 137 today, and the full story is better than most know.

What Happened: On this day in 1889, NINTENDO LTD/ADR (OTC: NTDOY) was founded. What Else Was Going On In The World: In 1889, the Pemberton Medicine Company, which would become Coca-Cola Co (NYSE: KO), ...

On September 23, 1889, Fusajiro Yamauchi founded Nintendo Koppai (koppai means “cards”) in Kyoto, Japan. Originally a playing card company, the company would go on to revolutionize video games forever ...

Nintendo is usually thought of — rightly — as a company whose success is founded on controlling every facet of its products. It designs and manufactures Nintendo game consoles, which people primarily ...

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