World & BusinessNintendo's roots in handmade Japanese playing cards
An anniversary post looks back at Nintendo's beginnings as a small hanafuda maker and credits it with transforming gaming worldwide during the 20th century.
TLDR
Nintendo started as a small business producing handmade hanafuda—Japanese playing cards—an anniversary post recalls. It contrasts those modest beginnings with what it describes as the company's radical transformation of gaming around the world during the 20th century.
Nintendo's roots in handmade Japanese playing cards
An anniversary post looks back at Nintendo's beginnings as a small hanafuda maker and credits it with transforming gaming worldwide during the 20th century.
TLDR
Nintendo started as a small business producing handmade hanafuda—Japanese playing cards—an anniversary post recalls. It contrasts those modest beginnings with what it describes as the company's radical transformation of gaming around the world during the 20th century.
