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Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America

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  • UPC:9781591845638
  • Weight:10.00 Ounces
  • Width:5.51 (in)
  • Height:8.43 (in
  • )Depth:0.81 (in(
  • Format:Books
  • Case Pack:52
  • Release Date:2012-09-25

 

Product Description

The definitive story of the rise of Nintendo.

In 1981, Nintendo of America was a one-year-old business already on the brink of failure. Its president, Mino Arakawa, was stuck with two thousand unsold arcade cabinets for a dud of a game (Radar Scope). So he hatched a plan.

Back in Japan, a boyish, shaggy-haired staff artist named Shigeru Miyamoto designed a new game for the unsold cabinets featurĀ­ing an angry gorilla and a small jumping man.Ā Donkey KongĀ brought in $180 million in its first year alone and launched the career of a short, chubby plumber named Mario.

Since then, Mario has starred in over two hundred games, genĀ­erating profits in the billions. He is more recognizable than Mickey Mouse, yet heā€™s little more than a mustache in bib overalls. How did a mere smear of pixels gain such huge popularity?

Super MarioĀ tells the story behind the Nintendo games millions of us grew up with, explaining how a Japanese trading card company rose to dominate the fiercely competitive video-game industry.

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