[Research] Nintendo: Objects of the Past (4CTA1214)


It was my seventh Birthday when I unwrapped my first ever console - the Nintendo Wii. Released in 2006, it was unlike any other consoles at the time. This console had new and exciting ways of involving the whole family during multiplayer games and was extremely interactive. It was no surprise that during 2007, the Nintendo Wii had beaten it's competitor's, Microsoft's Xbox 360 in sales and took the lead over Sony's PlayStation 3.

 Although Nintendo is know for it's newer consoles, the first gaming system that was produced by this company in 1980 - 1981 named Game & Watch (G&W). This was an electronic handheld device which only played a single game on a LCD screen - this console was extremely successful.

One of the first official consoles released by this company was back in 1983 named the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). They caught the attention of customers by making the graphics on this console more creative in a hope to get rid of the bad views that the media had given to video games.

Below is a video of original game play from the NES console which is visually exciting for the gamer compared to the Game & Watch:


The company itself started as a small Japanese company which originally sold handmade cards, founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi on September 23, 1889, as Nintendo Koppai. 

 Bibliography & References
Ft.com. (2017). Nintendo’s Wii outsells rival consoles. [online] Available at: https://www.ft.com/content/58c00a80-c1a9-11db-ae23-000b5df10621 [Accessed 30 Nov. 2017].

 En.wikipedia.org. (2017). History of Nintendo. [online] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Nintendo [Accessed 30 Nov. 2017].

 nesguide (2008). Super Mario Bros. - NES Gameplay. [video] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia8bhFoqkVE [Accessed 30 Nov. 2017].

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