The History of Nintendo

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• In what year was Nintendo founded as a playing-card company in Kyoto?
• What type of playing cards did Nintendo originally produce?
• Which Nintendo employee designed the Ultra Hand, one of the company's early successful toys?
• What was the name of Nintendo's first widely successful handheld electronic game product, released in 1980?
• What was the Japanese name of the console released internationally as the Nintendo Entertainment System?
• Which game was bundled with the original Game Boy in many major markets and helped drive its early success?
• Nintendo was founded in 1889, decades before it began producing electronic video games.
• The Nintendo Entertainment System was released in North America before the Famicom was launched in Japan.