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Happy 120th Birthday, Nintendo

Way back on September 23, 1889, a businessman in Kyoto named Fusajiro Yamauchi started a company called "Nintendo Koppai" to manufacture a type of Japanese playing card, called hanafuda. In the six-score years since, while Nintendo still makes playing cards in Japan, the company has become slightly better-known for its line of electronics.

You owe it to yourself to read about the history of the Nintendo Company. Now valued at over US$85 billion, they're easily one of the most recognized videogame companies in the world. But along the road to that destination, they tried some… interesting ideas, including instant rice and love hotels. Fortunately for kids and videogame geeks everywhere, Fusajiro Yamauchi's grandson Hiroshi put the company on the path that led to its rise in the global electronic gaming market.

Lucreto5329d ago

120 years not many companys can say that.

wxer5329d ago

damn thats a lot

anyway
i think nintendo is a great gaming company along with Sony

good job nintendo

Nineball21125329d ago

Pretty amazing how some of the biggest companies in the world got their starts... interesting...

na-no-nai5329d ago

happy 120th birthday
cant believe they were anything else beside a game company

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6 Fun Games Where You Actually Play As The Bad Guy

While the mainstream media always sees things turning in favor of the hero, here are 6 games that own being a bad guy.

Profchaos1d 17h ago

Pretty much all of these games listed are based around a morality system you don't have to be bad and you don't have to be good.

It seems to have left out some real amazing games like red dead redemption 1/2,ass effect and true crime la/ny

Tacoboto1d 16h ago

Armored Core VI?

Ok, I'm really missing something here. Just beat chapter 3 earlier this evening, unlocked A-rank Arena fights. I'm not seeing or sensing any branching paths or morality system and I've done every side mission and arena fight available to me up to that fight.

Is something big coming soon to branch the story?

banger881d 16h ago

No mention of Grand Theft Auto? Saints Row (original trilogy), Manhunt? Also The Suffering (depending on the ending you get).

ChasterMies1d 6h ago

Trevor in GTA 6 is a sadist and psychopath who dabbles in cannibalism. Should be top of the list. These game “news” sites should hire people that know games.

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Infinite Space: The Story Of A Forgotten Space Opera And Sega's Negligence

Space opera fans deserve a chance to experience the vastness of Infinite Space, and Sega needs to make up for its mistake.

ZeekQuattro2d ago

I still go back to Infinite Space from time to time. Probably the most underrated game I ever played.

CDbiggen1d 21h ago

Felt like I was the only person who bought and played this lol

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Pac-Pix - A Fantastic Forgotten Spinoff

Pac-Pix launched in 2005 as a Nintendo DS exclusive, and deserves to make a comeback on modern touchscreen devices.