Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America
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| Rating | : | 4.52 (869 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1591845637 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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How did a mere smear of pixels gain such huge popularity?Super Mario 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.. The first princess Mario saved was Nintendo itself. 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 featuring an angry gorilla and a
He lives in Bloomfield, New Jersey. Jeff Ryan, a lifelong gamer, has been featured on Salon and All Things Considered. . He reviewed over 500 video games and covered four console launches as the games editor for Katrillion, a popular dotcom-era news and entertainment Web site
All of this is distracting but not fatal, and the book is a thorough history of Nintendo's victories, written by an enthusiastic and knowledgeable fan. (Aug.) . The author takes readers through Nintendo's early business machinations; the story of Mario's eccentric creator, Shigeru Miyamoto; and the game-changing emergence of Nintendo's motion controller for the Wii, with a breezy journalistic style. From Publishers Weekly The history of how a Japanese video game featuring two Italian brothers became one of America's favorite pastimes is covered in exhaustive, enthusiastic detail by video game reviewer Ryan. At times the tone slips into the white hat–black hat morality employed in most video games, often painting Nintendo's business competitors or detractors with broad reductive strokes—"hardcore gamers sneer at Wii"—and pa
"An entertaining read, but not without errors." according to The Sound Defense. I've been a fan of Nintendo history for a while, and I like reading about the development of video games and video game consoles. This book does a good job of describing the process through which Nintendo's video game business came to life, from the Game & Watch to Donkey Kong and beyond. Even better than that, though, the book places all of these elements into their historical contexts. Before discussing the creation of Donkey Kong, the author describes . A good read, if you can get past Jeff's obvious JonDave A good read, if you can get past Jeff's obvious pro-Nintendo stance on pretty much everything. Read Console Wars for contrast and comparison for good narrative storytelling of an underdog in the budding video game industry.. "A real page turner, for gamers" according to J. Settnek. I hit this book at 88 miles per hour and flew back in time to relive what I consider the birth of the modern era of gaming. It was an awesome ride. I learned so much. What is funny is how it explained so much of what was noticeable to me as a young kid but escaped my comprehension at the time. I had several eureka moments as I read along and understood for example why I could purchase (in 198A real page turner, for gamers J. Settnek I hit this book at 88 miles per hour and flew back in time to relive what I consider the birth of the modern era of gaming. It was an awesome ride. I learned so much. What is funny is how it explained so much of what was noticeable to me as a young kid but escaped my comprehension at the time. I had several eureka moments as I read along and understood for example why I could purchase (in 1984) several intellivision games at a local pharmacy for $2 a piec. ) several intellivision games at a local pharmacy for $2 a piec