Happy 129th Birthday, Nintendo
129 years young.
Nintendo is today one year older. It's now been 129 years since entrepreneur Fusajiro Yamauchi originally founded the Japanese company. Established way back in 1889 as a Hanafuda playing card manufacturer, Yamauchi opened his first shop "Nintendo Koppai" in Kyoto. Eventually, he was succeeded by his son-in-law Sekiryo Kaneda (Yamauchi) in 1929, and the business was then passed onto his grandson, Hiroshi Yamauchi - who modernised the company and also the video game industry at the time.
Since then, Nintendo has had many ups and downs - releasing one line after another of modern systems, games and even services. To this day, Nintendo continues to revolutionise the industry and remains synonymous with Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Pokémon and its more recent franchises like Splatoon. So now, let's all take a moment, as we collectively raise our Joy-Con to wish Nintendo a Happy Birthday.
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