Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Nintendo

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Did you know it took Nintendo over 90 years to make a name for itself? Launching in 1889 (yes, that’s one-eight-eight-nine), it wasn’t until the mid-198os when Nintendo really started busting out of its shell, much to the credit of Shigeru Miyamoto, who was hired by Nintendo in 1977 as their first staff artist at the under ripened age of 24.

There’s probably more about this company that you don’t know than you thought. Hit the jump to check out the fact revealing infographic.

nintendofacts Things You Probably Didnt Know About Nintendo

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2 comments

Pete

May 5, 2010   10:10am

Even the chart doesn’t want to talk about the Mario movie!

Lombardo Joe

May 5, 2010   20:18pm

Wasn’t Sonic a SEGA production? And then didn’t Microsoft buy it when SEGA crapped out?

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