Research paper

Mario's road to Success

 

Nintendo has been known for it’s long history of gaming of SuperMario Bros. and there gaming systems that reinvented the 21stcentury. But their history goes back before they had games,therebusiness started in 1889. A small town business that made cardgames. “originally named “Nintendo Koppai”, the small businessbased in Kyoto started by Fusajiro Yamauchi produced HanafudaCards... simple playing cards that are used to play multiple games.”1985, Nintendo decided to innovate their ideas, as they went fromplaying cards to virtual gaming, “Introduced in 1985, the NES was aninstant hit. Over the course of the next two years, it almost singlehandedlyrevitalized the video game industry. Selling over 60 million units.” (Company History) Peoplewere fascinated with the ideas that this was next gen, virtual games that could be played felt like thefuture. One of the biggest hit character that has made the franchise what it is today is Mario. Created byJapanese Designer Shigeru Miyamoto where he created the game “Donkey Kong” and Mario starred in,but Mario wasn’t his original name. ”Shigeru Miyamoto to design a new game based on his own ideas.The result was Donkey Kong, starring "Jumpman, a portly carpenter clad in red and blue.” click here for full article...