The Story Of Nintendo

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-The Story of Nintendo

The history of Nintendo Company
Nintendo started out inKyoto, Japan, in 1889 as a company that made playing cards called Hanafuda. They still make playing cards today.
Around 1975 Nintendo started making video games and video game machines. Now Nintendo isone of the biggest video games company in the world. (Source:Wikipedia .org)
How old is the Nintendo Company? _________________________________________________
Nintendo has been making video gamesand machines for __________________________ years
The Nintendo Characters
Nintendo games are very unique mainly because of their whimsical characters
Check off five of your favoritecharacters from Nintendo Games
Mario Bowser Kirby
Luigi Olimar Boo
Link Pikachu Bowser Jr
Yoshi Star Fox Donkey Kong
Peach Wario Sonic
Zelda Samus King Dedede
Pit Snake MetaKnight
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Nintendo DS and Wii
Nintendo DS was launched in 2004, DS Lite in 2006, and DSi in 2008. It is a very popular handheld game. A unique characteristic of the DS isthe dual screens, one of which is touch sensitive. The DS can connect wirelessly to other DS units so that you can play games with friends.
The Wii was launched in 2006 and attaches to a televisionlike most video game systems. It uses a wireless remote that allows the players to move around quite a bit.
There are many types of games that you can play on a Ds or Wii.
What type of video games doyou like to play?
Check as many as you want
Fighting- Example “Super Smash Bros. Brawl”
Shooter- “Metroid” or “Bionicle Heroes”
Adventure- “Lego Star Wars” or “Zelda”
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